Episode 26: CofC HH The Weird History of Mailing Kids

Hometown Haunts Podcast

Episode 26: THE WEIRD CINCINNATI HISTORY OF MAILING KIDS Kat, Jen, and Christina are back from spring break! First on a serious note: #stopasianhate Lots of great links here to support your fellow Americans of Asian and Pacific Islander descent. https://asianpacificfund.org/make-an-impact/solidarity/ways-to-help/ George Takai’s musical called Allegiance starring Lea Salonga: http://allegiancemusical.com/article/meet-george-takei-and-the-cast-of-broadways-allegiance-2/ His graphic novel: They Called Us Enemy Get a copy here: https://www.amazon.com/They-Called-Enemy-George-Takei/dp/1603094504 Emily Hanako Momohara Art Exhibit Never Again is Now Re-photographs of American Incarceration Camps https://ehmomohara.com/about Next, we reveal the lineup of Cabinet of Curiosities Issue 2… • Christina Wald and Jeff Suess with the Price Hill Medium • Kevin Necessary with the Ghost at the Chillicothe Gazette • Tom Miller with the Screaming Bridge at Maud Hughes road • Inky and Aziza with the Crosswick Snake • Steve Stegelin with Cryptids Forever • Kat Klockow with the Ghosts of The Sorg Finally, the main topic… Mailing Kids! Yes! It really happened in Cincinnati in the early 1900s!! Sources: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/brief-history-children-sent-through-mail-180959372/ https://postalmuseum.si.edu/very-special-deliveries#:~:text=The%20first%20child%20%E2%80%9Cmailed%E2%80%9D%20in,Little%20to%20its%20grandmother%2C%20Mrs. https://wrruralpost.com/kids-going-postal/ https://handeaux.tumblr.com/post/185676843780/send-your-kids-to-grandma-through-the-us-mail Email us your hometown haunt story and we will read it on our next episode! [email protected] Drops every Wednesday at midnight! Follow us on Social: @cincabinetcurio (twitter) @cincycabinetofcuriosities (instagram) Cincinnati Cabinet of Curiosities (facebook) Follow Kat: https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/witches-sorcerers-/list?title_no=417865 Follow Christina: https://embracethecrone.com/ https://www.instagram.com/cswyellokat/ Follow Jen: https://society6.com/jenkoehlerart?fb