Show Notes
An Awful But Cheerful Grave
In this episode, Caitlin, in keeping with the new format, tells Frances all about the awful, cheerful, amazing, and quite sad life of Elizabeth Bishop. Frances is suitably impressed.
Decadence and Social Degeneracy
In this episode, Caitlin and Francesgrace try out a new show format, in which Frances tells Caitlin all about Gustav Klimt, the artist, and Caitlin is appropriately amused.
Portrait of The Artist Who Stalked George Washington
In this episode, Caitlin and Francesgrace try out a new show format, in which Caitlin tells Frances all about Gilbert Stewart, the artist, and Frances makes mildly snarky comments.
A Grave Love Story
In this episode, Caitlin and Francesgrace, in an early celebration of Valentine’s Day, chose their first ever couples in hopes of finding two love stories for the ages. Things did not go as planned in the stories of Heloise and Abelard, though Charity and Sylvia saved the day.
It’s a Wonderful Grave
In this episode, Caitlin and Francesgrace, after bonding over a shared hollywood love, delve into the stars of one of America’s most famous Christmas Movies: Donna Reed and Jimmy Stewart from It’s a Wonderful Life.
Graves in Toyland
In this episode, Caitlin and Francesgrace look toward the holidays and into toy making in New England, which obviously means Hasbro founder Henry Hassenfeld and doll maker Izannah Walker.
Tides of Activism
In this episode, Caitlin and Francesgrace picked two completely unrelated people, neither of whom the other recognized, and learned that Badass Ida Lewis and Take-No-Crap Susan H Wixon have more in common than they realized.
Memories of The Memorials
Caitlin and Francesgrace were curious about the stories behind a couple of local memorials and went hunting for stories. They ended up trading stories about Hannah Robinson and Roger Williams.
Lizzie Took An Axe
Caitlin and Francesgrace bring in the new season with a bang, by trading rhymes and stories about Emma and Lizzie Borden, of axe-wielding fame.
In the Cemetery…Season Finale!
In this season’s finale, Caitlin and Francesgrace zoom out a little and discuss cemeteries themselves. Caitlin, at North Burial Ground, goes back to where it all began and Francesgrace, at Ancient Little Neck Cemetery, is unclear about whether she’s in Rhode Island or Massachusetts.
When You Wish Upon A Grave
In this episode, Caitlin and Francesgrace welcome podcaster Dan Miceli, their second ever guest, to talk about that towering shadow of Walt Disney.
Remember the Ladies
In this episode, Caitlin and Francesgrace wandered through the cemetery and almost literally stumbled onto the lives and extraordinary times of Mary Lemist Titcomb and Annie Smith Peck.
Quiet Lives of Desperation
In this episode, Caitlin and Francesgrace got a little lost in the woods and in the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau.
Unanswerable Questions, Unquestionable Answers
In this episode, it’s 1692 and Caitlin and Francesgrace find themselves on opposite sides of the sharp divide between the Witches and the Hanging Judge. Welcome to Salem.
One Grave To Rule Them All
In this episode, Caitlin and Francesgrace are overjoyed to welcome their first official guest to the show. Jesse makes them both cry.
Missing In Action
In this episode, Caitlin and Francesgrace wade their way through the absolute quagmire that is Institutional Cemeteries in New England.
Rest In Pieces
In this episode, Caitlin and Francesgrace trade stories of the lives and deaths of Mercy Brown, Rhode Island’s most famous vampire, and Mary Greene Clapp, a woman who may or may not have been murdered.
For Whom The Opening Bell Tolls
In this episode, Caitlin and Francesgrace examine about the lives, deaths, graves, and legacies of Isabella Stewart Gardener, the philanthropist, and Mary Ann Lippitt, the oralism advocate.
The Sound of Silence
In this episode, Caitlin and Francesgrace examine about the lives, deaths, graves, and legacies of Isabella Stewart Gardener, the philanthropist, and Mary Ann Lippitt, the oralism advocate.
The Hitchhiker’s Manifesto
In this episode, Caitlin and Francesgrace swap stories about the lives, deaths, and strange graves of Karl Marx, the philosopher, and Douglas Adams, the writer.