Capital City Ghosts, Part 1
In this episode, we talk with Ernest Dollar, author and Director of the Raleigh City Museum and Pope House, about his book, work and experience with ghost stories in the Triangle. We discuss local history and some of the souls who may still be wandering around Raleigh.
Ernest A. Dollar Jr. is the director of the City of Raleigh Museum, as well as the director of the Pope House in Raleigh. He is also the author of "Heart's Torn of Thunder Trauma and the Civil War's Final Campaign in North Carolina."
- A Durham native, Ernest was born here in the Triangle and has been involved in local history since he was the director of the Orange County Historical Museum in Hillsborough in 2001.
- We discuss Ernest's book and North Carolina's role in the Civil War.
- Ernest discuss the question some have of, "Why have we forgotten the part North Carolina played in the Civil War?"
- The Bennett Place is a state historic site in Durham, just between Durham and Hillsborough where General William Tecumseh Sherman accepted the surrender of Confederate General Joseph Johnston.
- From Raleigh to Morrisville, we start to see ghost stories emerge from the woodwork about a wave of broken, diseased and horrifically mangled men seeking care in our hospitals. Many of them died in Raleigh.
- We talk about Peace College and it's history as a hospital during the Civil War.
- Any historian looks at the lived experience of the people we study—everything from economics, literature, arts and labor—but also the mythology and people's beliefs.
- We discuss the 2022 True Death, True Crime Dark Raleigh Walking Tours.
- We talk about the ghost of the governor's mansion.
- And more! Don't miss this convo!
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Adam Cave
Marketing manager, writer, content and brand creator, graphic designer, and arts professional
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Melissa Wistehuff
Social Media and Community Engagement Manager for Midtown Magazine, freelance writer + social media manager
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Joe Woolworth
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