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S2E5 The People's Temple: A San Francisco Story
You've probably heard about Jim Jones, the People's Temple, and the infamous mass killing at Jonestown, but did you know that all of this kicked off in San Francisco? That Jim Jones was deeply…
S2E4 SF Almshouse: a little anti-Irish sentiment, a little ghost story.
Long before we had protracted, bad-faith government arguments over the political football of welfare, food, and medical aid, we had ALMSHOUSES. If you were poor, sick, or hungry in the United States,…
S2E4 The Medical Examiner and the Missing Skull (allegedly)
San Francisco just agreed to pay $750,000 in a settlement to a former investigator for the Medical Examiner's office, who says she was fired after she accused the office's director of throwing away a…
S2E3 Abortion in San Francisco 2: The villain edit
Who were San Francisco's abortion doctors? In the second part of our look at this history, Beth introduces us to three practitioners, including a son who took up the family business after his father…
S2E2 Abortion in San Francisco 1: A black market
Abortion was a booming business in San Francisco in the 19th and early 20th centuries. As in many parts of the country, women here sought ways to manage their lives and families, and doctors…
S2E1 City Cemetery: It's Just Like "Poltergeist"
Do you have a favorite cemetery and, if so, why is it City Cemetery, which currently lies hidden under Lincoln Park Golf Course and the Legion of Honor Museum in San Francisco? You know the one, with…
S1E7 Interview with funeral director Steven Welch: The Pope's hands
Steven Welch, a fifth-generation funeral director at San Francisco's Duggan's Funeral Service, joins Beth and Courtney to share what mortician life is like, both today and historically. He also…
S1E6 Bubonic Plague in San Francisco: You can't quarantine rats
What do you know about the bubonic plague? Probably that it killed a lot of people, it broke out in the middle ages, and rats were somehow involved. . . but did you know we ACTUALLY HAD A PLAGUE…
S1E5 San Francisco's pesthouse: Not a hospital!
If you got sick with a visible disease in 19th century San Francisco, you wouldn't be taken to a doctor or a hospital. You wouldn't be given chicken soup and penicillin. You'd be forcibly removed in…
S1E4 Interview with "Too Poor to Die" author Amy Shea
Do you know what happens to people when they die in poverty and estranged from family? We talk to writer and advocate Amy Shea about her book, "Too Poor to Die: The Hidden Realities of Dying in the…
S1E3 The History of Medical Cadavers: Never enough bodies
How did all those bones end up in a pit at Fort Mason? The Anatomy Act, that's how! In this episode, Courtney takes us through the history of using human cadavers to learn about medicine — whether…
S1E2 Fort Mason Burial Pit: The world's worst layer cake
Workers clearing lead-contaminated soil at Fort Mason in 2010 got an unpleasant surprise when they uncovered a pit full of body parts dating back to the 19th century. Beth shares the research into…
S1E1 Yerba Buena Cemetery: Everyone had broken noses
There's an unmarked cemetery in the heart of San Francisco, where hundreds, possibly thousands, of graves rest beneath the popular destinations like the Main Library, the Asian Art Museum, and the…
Dead Reckoning - Official Trailer
Welcome to Dead Reckoning, the podcast where death isn't the end of the story. Hosted by writer and creator Courtney Minick, and journalist and author Beth Winegarner, based in San Francisco.…
Dead Reckoning Intro
Welcome to Dead Reckoning - the podcast where death isn't the end of the story. Hosted by writer and creator Courtney Minick, and journalist and author Beth Winegarner, coming to you live from…
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