Cemetery Row Podcast

30/01/2025

"Dial up Cemetery Row wherever you find podcasts. Pope, Donegan, and Barnett will have you skipping through the headstones in no time."

Memphis-area listeners, be sure to pick up the latest issue of The Memphis Flyer - you might see a familiar podcast logo on the cover!
Many thanks to Toby for sharing our story!

From politics to music to the paranormal.

29/01/2025

Cemetery Row is four years old today!

We seriously cannot thank you enough for listening to our show. We appreciate every one of you.

Do you have a favorite episode? A favorite story? Share the Cemetery Row love!

Keep tuning in, keep sharing the show and always support your local cemetery!
- Your Cemetery Row girls

27/01/2025

✈️ New Episode Alert: Badass Ladies and a Gangster 📰
We’ve got a fun variety of stories in this episode of Cemetery Row! Hannah covers crime reporter Agness Underwood and Sheena shares the story of Memphis gangster Machine Gun Kelly. Lori shares Helen Kahn’s incredible survival story.

22/01/2025

Researchers analyzed tiny fossils embedded in the limestone to determine the age and origins of the grave maker, which marked the final resting place of a prominent Jamestown colonist

09/01/2025

💎 New Episode Alert: 2024 Recap 💎
Happy New Year! In this short n’ sweet episode, the girls catch you up on the latest news and share their favorite stories from 2024.

What were your favorite stories that we shared in 2024?

23/12/2024

One of us is sick. Two of us are traveling. The holidays are here.
Therefore, you'll have to wait until 2025 for a new episode. Don't worry, it'll be here before you know it.

Until then, we wish you and yours the happiest of holidays.
Thank you so much, from the bottom of our hearts, for making our podcast a part of your lives.

17/12/2024

Good news about the other Only Good Terry: https://www.thestar.com/news/terry-fox-will-be-the-next-canadian-featured-on-the-5-bill/article_00a74e46-bbf3-11ef-be05-23925e074af7.html

We covered Terry Fox's story this summer in our It's Leo Season episode.

The athlete and activist will be replacing Sir Wilfrid Laurier who will now appear on the next version of the $50 note.

11/12/2024

🦵 New Episode Alert: Body Parts, Revolutions and "Die Hard" 🎬
Happy Holidays! This grab bag episode features some fun random stories. Sheena covers stories of buried (or consumed) body parts and Lori discusses “Die Hard” star Alexander Godunov. Hannah shares the story of the June Rebellion (aka the Paris Uprising of 1832), which inspired “Les Misérables.”

05/12/2024

So, uh... did we make it onto anyone's top podcasts on Spotify Wrapped? 🥹

26/11/2024

🎤 New Episode Alert: Listen to Black Women 🎤
Support, protect and believe in Black women! This episode celebrates influential and innovative Black women. Lori shares the story of inventor Mary Kenner, and Sheena covers award-winning sci-fi writer Octavia E. Butler. Hannah covers punk icon Poly Styrene.

ps sorry this episode is late - illnesses got us/our producer down!

07/11/2024

🐈 New Episode Alert: Presidents, Pets and Veterans 🇺🇸
It's November 2024, which means the Presidential election is here and Veterans Day is around the corner. On this episode of Cemetery Row, the girls cover presidential-ish and war-ish topics. Sheena shares the story of comedian Gracie Allen, who ran for President as a Surprise Party candidate in 1940. Hannah covers resistance fighters Hannie Schaft, Truus Menger-Oversteegen and Freddie Oversteegen. Lori introduces us to presidential pets Rebecca the Raccoon and Socks the Cat.

05/11/2024

Y'all know what to do.

31/10/2024

Happy Hauntings! 👻💀👽🎃😈🧟‍♀️🧛‍♂️

24/10/2024

💀 New Episode Alert: Spooky Season 2 - Serial Killers, Ghost Towns and Voodoo Curses 👻

Happy Halloween! In this week's episode, Sheena covers Memphis serial killer George Howard Putt and his summer of terror. Hannah takes us to the ghost town of Ong's Hat, New Jersey, and the Internet-based secret history conspiracy theory that it inspired. Lori covers Louisiana voodoo priestess Julia Brown.

17/10/2024

We 🧡 our sweet and creative listeners!
Last week, listener Lindsey surprised us with three adorable spooky critters she crocheted! The raven is Hannah's, the bat is Lori's and the ghost is Sheena's. And her husband, Thor, 3D printed the adorable little ghosties for each of us.
Thanks so much for your kindness, Lindsey!

10/10/2024

🔮 New Episode Alert 🔮
Spooky Season - Occultists, Psychics and Cryptids
Happy October! This episode features three spooky tales just in time for Spooky Season. Hannah covers the life of occultist, ceremonial magician and novelist Dion Fortune. Then, Lori dives deep to discover the lake monsters and water-based cryptids of Idaho. Sheena shares the life of psychic and crime doctor Simon Warner, the seer of Shelbyville.

08/10/2024

Sheena found a ghost at Elmwood Cemetery while out cleaning this weekend!

Unfortunately, we've had reports of our volunteers coming into close contact with the ghost that's found its way into the cemetery. We asked him to please chill and not scare off our friends. Thanks for everything you do for Elmwood Cemetery, Sheena Barnett! Let us know if the ghost gives you any trouble while you're cleaning monuments.