Episode notes
In this S1/E12 Paranormal NL Podcast host Jen Noseworthy (season one radio episode 12 in 2023) Jen talks with Katie Crane-MUN-Memorial University of Newfoundland-Folklore Dept.-PHD Student-Historic Cemetery Research in Newfoundland & Labrador (NL), Canada. I give an ancestry NL land nod before we begin. Katie discusses things such as Cemetery historic tourism, grave rubbing for research, and the Billion Graves app. for family tree research., and the Wiki edit. She also discusses her grandfather Dr. Tucker and his NL history, culture, & education work at MUN & his books & awards such as the Order of NL & the Order of Canada. Katie discusses her favorite cemeteries in St. John's, NL such as Waterford Bridge Road. We discuss NL flower cemetery events, and the Mexico Day of the Dead. She talks about the St. John's Military Road near Rawlings Cross area skeleton that was found Sept 1896 with a stake through his body. He was found to have hung himself. The culture back then for suicides was to bury the body with an wooden stake in them to keep their Spirit grounded, with Vampire ties to the tradition. The city workers back then according to newspapers reburied the man there at the center of the Crossroads. Katie describes bark tanning with animal material. We give a shout out to local Folklore and historical person Dale Jarvis. Follow Katie Crane on TikTok Graveyard Lore for her Cemetery content.
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