Podbean logo
  • Discover
  • Podcast Features

    Your all-in-one podcasting solution.

    Podcast Studio

    Easy-to-use audio recorder app.

  • Livestream

    High-performing audio live, without limits.

  • Podcast App

    The best podcast player & podcast app.

  • Ads Marketplace

    Join Ads Marketplace to earn money
    through sponsorship on your podcast.

    PodAds

    Manage your ads with dynamic ad insertion capability.

  • Patron & Paid Content

    The seamless way for fans to support you directly
    from your podcast.

  •  
  • All Arts Business Comedy Education
  • Fiction Government Health & Fitness History Kids & Family
  • Leisure Music News Religion & Spirituality Science
  • Society & Culture Sports Technology True Crime TV & Film
  • Live
  • How to Start a Podcast
  • How to Start a Live Podcast
  • How to Monetize a podcast
  • How to Promote Your Podcast
  • How to Use Group Recording
  • Log in
  • Start your podcast for free
  • Podcasting
    • Podcast Features
    • Live Stream
    • PodAds
    • Podcast App
    • Podcast Studio
  • Monetization
    • Premium
    • Patron
    • Ads Marketplace
  • Enterprise
  • Pricing
  • Discover
  • Log in
    Sign up free
Talking Hart Island

Talking Hart Island

History

Potters Field(s) with Andrew Berman

Potters Field(s) with Andrew Berman

2020-03-29
Download
Episode 31 “Potters Field(s)”: with Andrew Berman,

Executive Director, Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation.

By the early 1800’s New York City boasted a population of over 200,000, qualifying it as the largest city in the Western Hemisphere. As New York City’s population grew, so did its number of dead. The fact that the number of interred, in Trinity Church’s graveyard in 1822, was estimated at 120,000 was just that, an estimate!

New York City was facing an unprecedented crisis at an unprecedented speed. Existing accommodations in the city’s burial grounds could not keep up with the staggering number of people dying. Other grounds in the city faced the same problem; among them were the North Dutch Church and St. Paul’s, all within a close radius to Trinity Church. The solution to the burial dilemma would of course become the purchase of Hart Island in 1869.

Join us as Andrew Berman takes us on a tour of some of Greenwich Villages more notable cemeteries as well as other iconic landmarks of New York City.

Michael T. Keene is the author of Folklore and Legends of Rochester, Murder, Mayhem and Madness, Mad~House, Question of Sanity, and now his new book, 

NEW YORK CITY’S HART ISLAND: A CEMETERY OF STRANGERS

Order a signed, soft cover copy of the book: New York City's Hart Island, directly from the Author

https://michaeltkeene.com/hart-island-soft-cover-book/

Learn more about Author / Host / Filmmaker Michael T. Keene

https://michaeltkeene.com/about/

Send questions / comments / suggestions to:

https://michaeltkeene.com/contact/

Connect with Michael T. Keene on Social Media

Twitter https://twitter.com/talkhartisland

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TalkingHartIsland/

view more

More Episodes

The Orphan Trains and Charles Loring Brace
2020-05-24 366
Lloyd “The Whistler” Threlkeld with Douglass Fraser
2020-05-17 117
AIDS-The First Five Years with Jean Ashton
2020-05-10 118
Burial Grounds in a Segregated City with Tom Angotti
2020-05-03 90
AIDS with Michael Bronsky
2020-04-26 96
Grave Yard of Strangers with Norma Jean Gradsky
2020-04-19 91
Angels of Mercy with William Seraile
2020-04-12 75
Boroughs of the Dead with Marie Carter
2020-04-05 101
Six to Celebrate Simeon Bankoff
2020-03-22 54
Hebrew Free Burial Society with Amy Koplow, Executive Director
2020-03-15 56
Louisa Van Slyke with Author Gail Jarrow.
2020-03-08 58
Greta Garbo with Lois Banner
2020-03-01 71
Ghosts of St Vincents with Tom Eubanks
2020-02-23 57
The Tenement Museum with Kevin Jennings, Director
2020-02-16 60
Still Born with MJ Adams
2020-02-09 63
Leo Birinski with Barbara Kosta
2020-02-02 53
The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Greatest Plague in History by John Barry
2020-01-26 124
The Bowery with Dr. Robert Aronowitz
2020-01-19 67
Ruth Proskauer Smith with Ian Dowbiggin
2020-01-12 59
  • ←
  • 1
  • 2
  • →
01234567910111213141516171819

Get this podcast on your
phone, FREE

Download Podbean app on App Store Download Podbean app on Google Play

Create your
podcast in
minutes

  • Full-featured podcast site
  • Unlimited storage and bandwidth
  • Comprehensive podcast stats
  • Integrate with iTunes and Google
    store
  • Make money with your podcast
Get started

It is Free

  • Podcast Services

    • Podcast Features
    • Pricing
    • Enterprise Solution
    • Private Podcast
    • The Podcast App
    • Live Stream
    • Audio Recorder
    • Remote Recording
  •  
    • Create a Podcast
    • Video Podcast
    • Start Podcasting
    • Start Radio Talk Show
    • Education Podcast
    • Church Podcast
    • Nonprofit Podcast
    • Get Sermons Online
    • Free Audiobooks
  • MONETIZATION & MORE

    • Podcast Advertising
    • Dynamic Ads Insertion
    • Patron Program
    • Affiliate Program
    • Switch to Podbean
    • Submit Your Podcast
    • Podbean Plugins
    • Developers
    • Badges
  • KNOWLEDGE BASE

    • How to Start a Podcast
    • How to Start a Live Podcast
    • How to Monetize a podcast
    • How to Promote Your Podcast
    • How to Use Group Recording
  • Support

    • Support Center
    • Podbean Blog
    • What’s New
    • Free Webinars
    • Podcast Events
    • Podbean Academy
    • Podcasting Smarter
    • Resources
  • Podbean

    • About Us
    • Careers
    • Press and Media
    • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Policy
  • Terms of Use
  • Consent Preferences
  • Do Not Sell or Share My Personal information
  • Copyright © 2006-2023 Podbean.com