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Chasing History Radio

Dec 23, 2021

In this episode, we look at the history of the Christmas Holiday. Are the roots really in pagan traditions? What do the Romans have to do with it? And how did a German prince completely alter how we celebrate this holiday???   Oh yeah! It gets deep! 

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Dec 16, 2021

On the evening of December 5th, 2021, we lost a dear friend of the show & the Smoky Mountain Relic Room - David Dean. For over 65 years David did archaeological & paleontological work for institutions, government organizations, universities, & for himself. David was a Citizen Scientist, a person who collects and...


Dec 6, 2021

In this episode, we go over the popular hobby of Medal Detecting, explain the in's and out's, why it is an important hobby and how you can discover lost history a foot under the ground. It's Magic! It's really science, but a metal detector seems like Magic!

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Dec 1, 2021

Is something as famous as the Ark of the Covenant still out there to be found? If so where could it be and how would one go about finding it? For centuries many have searched for the final resting place of the Holy of Holies, but in that search hard evidence has been hard to come by, until now.
 
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Nov 24, 2021

In this episode, we dive into the heated debate over where the first thanksgiving took place. Was it the pilgrims like we learned in school? Or was it the Spanish down in Florida with Garbanzo Beans? How about French fur trappers in Maine? Yeah, French fur trappers in Maine is a contender.

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