North Carolina Rabbit Hole

A podcast that goes the distance to reveal hard-to-find stories across North Carolina. Join journalist Jeremy Markovich as he travels across the state to uncover remote places, lost artifacts, overlooked people, and forgotten stories.

North Carolina Rabbit Hole is a history podcast hosted by Jeremy Markovich, with 71 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Jeremy Markovich hosts North Carolina Rabbit Hole, a history show with 71 episodes published.

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  The Only Carolina Panther To Get a Madden Cover Is A Guy You've Never Heard Of

  Aug 6, 202612 min

  Cary Brabham never played in a regular season game for the Panthers. So how did he end up gracing the front of a legendary video game franchise? Host: Jeremy Markovich Photos via Wikimedia Commons Music by Blue Dot Sessions. Sign up for the weekly North Carolina Rabbit Hole newsletter: https://www.ncrabbithole.com/subscribe Already a fan? Support the Rabbit Hole here: https://www.ncrabbithole.com/upgrade

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  Yes, there is a Honolulu, North Carolina for some reason.

  Jul 28, 20263 min

  You've heard of Honolulu, Hawaii (I hope). There's also a Honolulu, North Carolina. Here's the story of that place and its confounding founding. Music by Blue Dot Sessions. Listen to more episodes on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/north-carolina-rabbit-hole/id1254488006 Listen to more episodes on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4wBaGxCXSNQmQ3wHpjZBm8 Sign up for the weekly North Carolina Rabbit Hole newsletter: https://www.ncrabbithole.com/subscribe Already a fan? Support the Rabbit Hole here: https://www.ncrabbithole.com/upgrade

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  Stealing a dog is a felony in North Carolina. Stealing a cat is not. Why?

  Jul 15, 202613 min

  Back in the day, pet crime was treated equally. That all changed in 1989, thanks to a spat between lawmakers that turned a seemingly harmless bill into a legislative dogfight. Music by Blue Dot Sessions Read the original story: https://www.ncrabbithole.com/p/stealing-a-dog-is-an-automatic-felony-in-north-carolina-stealing-a-cat-is-not-why Listen to more episodes on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/north-carolina-rabbit-hole/id1254488006 Listen to more episodes on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4wBaGxCXSNQmQ3wHpjZBm8 Sign up for the weekly North Carolina Rabbit Hole newsletter: https://www.ncrabbithole.com/subscribe Already a fan? Support the Rabbit Hole here: https://www.ncrabbithole.com/upgrade

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  How our Bill of Rights was stolen, and how the FBI got it back

  Jul 1, 202648 min

  Just after the Civil War, a soldier casually took North Carolina's copy of a priceless founding document. A century later, the feds set up a sting operation to recover it. Here's a true story involving a fake tech millionaire, the Antiques Roadshow, and vanilla milkshakes from Cook Out. Music in this episode: " Not Those Kind of People " by Bombadil Additional music: Blue Dot Sessions Special Thanks: North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, Joe Torsella and the Pennsylvania Treasurer's Office 2005 press conference audio provided by WRAL-TV This episode was originally entitled "Stealing Bill," and was produced in 2018 as an episode of Our State magazine's "Away Message." Production help from James Miezckowski. Additional Reading: Lost Rights: The Misadventures of a Stolen American Relic , by David Howard Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World's Stolen Treasures , by Robert K. Wittman and John Shiffman

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  Some Pig: The Story of Struttin' Stormy and the Stanley Cup

  Jun 20, 202625 min

  The Carolina Hurricanes just became NHL champions for the first time in 20 years, and during that run a lot of people noticed something unusual on their road uniforms: A cartoony, college-style pig on the shoulder. Today, we take a closer look at the long journey of a logo from the mind of an art teacher in South Dakota all the way to the Stanley Cup champions. Special thanks to Ross Hettinger, Dan LaTorraca, and Doug Warf. See the original sketches at https://ncrabbithole.com Sign up for the weekly North Carolina Rabbit Hole newsletter: https://www.ncrabbithole.com/subscribe Already a fan? Support the Rabbit Hole here: https://www.ncrabbithole.com/upgrade Music by Blue Dot Sessions used under a Creative Commons License.

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