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Listen With The Lights On, a WAMC podcast, has migrated its feed to wamcpodcasts.org/listen-with-the-lights-on. There, listeners can find all of our past… -
Jessica Bloustein MarshallAlong the banks of the Hudson River, roughly halfway between New York City and Albany, lies one of the country's most famous centers of culinary learning:…
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Every year on Christmas Eve, millions of children around the world go to bed with the expectation of waking up to a house full of presents on Christmas… -
Why does a baker's dozen equal 13? There are multiple theories as to why, and how it came to be. Some say it started in the 13th century, when English… -
There are historical markers all over the world. They are typically signs, placards or statues denoting some important bit of history that occurred in a… -
According to an Associated Press Survey from 2008, 34 percent of Americans say they believe in ghosts. Other surveys, like a Gallup poll from 2005, report… -
Vampires are a pillar of modern pop culture. From Edward Cullen to Dracula – they’re depicted as blood-thirsty, nocturnal immortals, sometimes with the… -
Ever wonder what lives in the cavernous storage rooms of a museum? Crates of artifacts, mixed with mummified remains and taxidermy? Or is there something… -
In the southwestern part of downtown Montreal, the Griffintown neighborhood lies along the Lachine Canal. First settled by Irish immigrants who came to… -
Symbols of nature takes various forms in the myths and legends around the world. But some of them… have common themes. Today Master storyteller Jonathan… -
A moonlit garden on the grounds of Union College in Schenectady plays host to one of the oldest ghost tales in the country. Forbidden love. Blind,… -
Visit any college or university campus in the world, and you’re likely to find at least one tale of a ghostly presence amid the hallowed halls. West Hall…
