Hmmm... Potters Field...Probably a coincidence, but one of Patricia Cornwell's books is Titled that I think, or something close to it. Interesting stories, and once again can tell you did a ton of research. The entire time I lived and have visited Virginia and the "South" I can't say I remember ever hearing of the Belk department stores. A few years ago, the was and possibly still is a "Belk Bowl" football game. I had no idea what "Belk" meant. Still trying to figure out how I've spent so much time in the south and had never heard of them. (I'd never heard of Dillards until they opened a store in our mall just before people stopped going to malls. LOL man I've lived a sheltered life huh?) I had heard of Governor Morrison, if I remember correctly, his name came up a lot when they started removing Confederate Names from buildings. While obviously not an American hero, still think it's wrong to erase history. The log cabin marker is amazing looking!! That took some real talent!! The Potters Field section is sad to see. But do think it's a great thing they have and continue to do there? Another AWESOME Job Julie! If you get an extra hour, did finally post my Arboretum video. ☺ Few mistakes I've seen, and I still need to work on my voice over skills, but I'm learning. 😊
Good morning Mustang!!!!! What a coincidence that we're talking about Patricia Cornwell again! I went to an antique consignment store with my grandma last week, and they had a huge stack of her books!! But I think they were all fiction. I'm specifically looking for her book on Jack the Ripper, and if I find it I'll read it! Potter's Field is sad, especially to think only the poorest of white people could be buried there, as if they weren't "good enough" to be buried in Elmwood, but "too good" to be buried in Pinewood. The whole situation is so bizarre to me and I'm so glad our world has changed so much, away from such ideology. CANNOTTTTTT believe you've never heard of Belk!! What the absolute F!!! Belk's are everywhere down here, I can't think of any mall I've ever visited without one. Including all over Florida when we lived there. The furthest north one I've visited was when we went to Huntington West Virginia, although I can't remember if I ever saw one in Ohio. Belk's is kind of a staple here, possibly the most common department store, much more common than Dillard's, I would think, based on malls I can think of that have Belk's but not Dillard's. You are correct, the department store sponsors the Belk football game. Even me, with my likited sports trivia knowledge, knew that one!!! 😂😂😂😂😂 I'm so glad you enjoyed this video! It was so much fun to film & put together. Where we are living is super close to this cemetery, and I've been over there many times now. I've been going there for years to get out and walk, and Michael likes to run there, although he's on a treadmill kick nowadays. The Florida heat kind of ruined him for running outside 😂😂😂
Hi Julie!!!! Patricia Cornwell's newest book just came out this week. I have all them pre-ordered so Stacey gets them the day they are released, but she won't pick it up until we go to Florida next year. LOL And how she lost last years book. (We did find it after we returned home by the way. 🤣, so now she has two copies..) So while looking into her books, I found out there are two versions of the Jack the Ripper book Cornwell wrote. The first one is called, Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper―Case Closed. Then it was re-released with a different title, Ripper: The Secret Life of Walter Sickert. From what I've read, the second book incorporates material from the first book, adds 8 new chapters and includes maps and pictures. (This sounds like it's right up your alley!!!) The second one is available on Kindle Unlimited which I think you both have?? Look it up and see if you can get it, I bet you'll really like it! The first one isn't right now, but the paperback isn't expensive at all. The Potters Field book is one that I keep mixing up with another book of hers. I haven't read them, but Stacey tells me about them. Potters Field is about a murder in North Carolina, which may be why it struck a chord with me, and The other book is called the Body Farm. Cadavers are put in various stages of death in a field so they can study what happens to humans left in the elements after dying. I think these are people who left their bodies to science rather than being buried. Maybe why I thought Potters Field Cemetery was tied to her book. But the story of that book did happen in NC, so who knows? Well Belk doesn't exist up here, at least I've never seen one anyway. LOL If there was one in Harrisonburg VA, where I lived, I sure don't remember it, and it is a college town, so you'd think it may have been there. This was the mid '80's too, don't know if that matters or not. But when I heard about the Belk Bowl, I had no idea what they were saying. Then I saw the emblem, Belk. What is Belk? 🤓 I did however see Belk stores on the way to Florida this year and last year. All thanks to the football game. I guess it does pay to advertise huh? 😂🤣 I really like listening to the the history and the people you talk about. Can tell you've done research and that really interests me. There is SO MUCH history in just about every graveyard. It's sad that people seem to forget about people once they die. And maybe it's creepy to some folks, stories like these are so fun to watch and listen to in my opinion anyway. ☺
Good morning Mustang!!! Currently, I think you have delivered to me the best news I have heard all day! I've been looking everywhere for Portrait of a Killer, but it's currently out of print! I go back and forth on the Kindle vs. physical copy situation. I absolutely hate owning a huge collection of books that we have to move around with us every time we change homes or put into storage. About once every year or 2, I have a huge box full of physical books to donate to a second hand bookstore or library. But reading on the kindle is just not working out for me. ADHD maybe? I just cannot seem to dive into anything on the Kindle. I get burned out and bored not having a book in my hands, and I rarely ever finish a book on the kindle. I really wanted to find Portrait of a Killer in physical form, but you can't buy it anymore anywhere that we shop, and I've been looking in used bookstores in Charlotte (and even when we were in Louisville!) and just can't find it. But now that I know she wrote a 2nd book, I'm way more excited for that! I will start the hunt all over again for a physical copy of Ripper. I think I"m going to need to read it in a physical copy so I'll try to find a used version somewhere. If I can't, maybe I'll just get it on Kindle. I'm really excited for it though! I've been really busy trying to finish up videos for October. They're almost all done being edited at this point, I've been focusing all my time on working on TH-cam. Hopefully I'll be at a good stopping point soon. I' have a few ideas for November, but I'd like to take a breather break before starting in on those! :D. A nice book to knock out reading in a day or 2 would be heavenly! I'm so pleased that you enjoy these little bite sized history videos so much!! I can't even tell you how much I enjoy making them. I've always loved history, but it does tend to go "in one ear and out the other" for me. I've found that filming, researching, editing, watching it back over, things really start to sink in for me and turn into long term memories for me. There are so many resources now a days to make spending time in cemeteries so enjoyable and help you learn more about who is buried where. There's an app for find a grave dot com, which often links photos and obituaries or other relevant articles. I'm already starting to feel like I have friends buried all over Elmwood & Pinewood and other cemeteries around town. It's so bizarre to think these people never knew me, but I'm eating up as much information about them as I can find.
Amazon has both of the books, they are pretty cheap. You could probably get whichever or both pretty quickly. Then you'll have to do a book report on it. of course. 😁😉 The first book is $14 Hardback, $9 for paperback. The second one is $14 for hardback as well. I think we saw it on Merritt Island, Books-a-Million store, but Stacey didn't end up getting that one when she restocked her collection. Can't remember if she read it or not. She really likes the Scarpetta Series. LOL Well you know me and history, I love learning new things and even if its learning from their grave, it's fun to watch and learn. Its cool you do these like you have. 🙂
oh cool is Portrait of a Killer back in stock on Amazon?? It was "out of print" last time I checked, but admittedly that was quite a few weeks ago when we were first talking about Patricia Cornwell. I'll have to check again, although now I really want the Ripper book instead haha. I'd like to check some local used bookstores first though just in case. It's so cool to meet people with similar hobbies for sure. I was so surprised while doing this series, how many like-minded people I've met here in Charlotte and talked to!
Hmmm... Potters Field...Probably a coincidence, but one of Patricia Cornwell's books is Titled that I think, or something close to it.
Interesting stories, and once again can tell you did a ton of research. The entire time I lived and have visited Virginia and the "South" I can't say I remember ever hearing of the Belk department stores. A few years ago, the was and possibly still is a "Belk Bowl" football game. I had no idea what "Belk" meant. Still trying to figure out how I've spent so much time in the south and had never heard of them. (I'd never heard of Dillards until they opened a store in our mall just before people stopped going to malls. LOL man I've lived a sheltered life huh?)
I had heard of Governor Morrison, if I remember correctly, his name came up a lot when they started removing Confederate Names from buildings. While obviously not an American hero, still think it's wrong to erase history.
The log cabin marker is amazing looking!! That took some real talent!! The Potters Field section is sad to see. But do think it's a great thing they have and continue to do there?
Another AWESOME Job Julie! If you get an extra hour, did finally post my Arboretum video. ☺ Few mistakes I've seen, and I still need to work on my voice over skills, but I'm learning. 😊
Good morning Mustang!!!!! What a coincidence that we're talking about Patricia Cornwell again! I went to an antique consignment store with my grandma last week, and they had a huge stack of her books!! But I think they were all fiction. I'm specifically looking for her book on Jack the Ripper, and if I find it I'll read it! Potter's Field is sad, especially to think only the poorest of white people could be buried there, as if they weren't "good enough" to be buried in Elmwood, but "too good" to be buried in Pinewood. The whole situation is so bizarre to me and I'm so glad our world has changed so much, away from such ideology.
CANNOTTTTTT believe you've never heard of Belk!! What the absolute F!!! Belk's are everywhere down here, I can't think of any mall I've ever visited without one. Including all over Florida when we lived there. The furthest north one I've visited was when we went to Huntington West Virginia, although I can't remember if I ever saw one in Ohio. Belk's is kind of a staple here, possibly the most common department store, much more common than Dillard's, I would think, based on malls I can think of that have Belk's but not Dillard's. You are correct, the department store sponsors the Belk football game. Even me, with my likited sports trivia knowledge, knew that one!!! 😂😂😂😂😂
I'm so glad you enjoyed this video! It was so much fun to film & put together. Where we are living is super close to this cemetery, and I've been over there many times now. I've been going there for years to get out and walk, and Michael likes to run there, although he's on a treadmill kick nowadays. The Florida heat kind of ruined him for running outside 😂😂😂
Hi Julie!!!! Patricia Cornwell's newest book just came out this week. I have all them pre-ordered so Stacey gets them the day they are released, but she won't pick it up until we go to Florida next year. LOL And how she lost last years book. (We did find it after we returned home by the way. 🤣, so now she has two copies..) So while looking into her books, I found out there are two versions of the Jack the Ripper book Cornwell wrote. The first one is called, Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper―Case Closed. Then it was re-released with a different title, Ripper: The Secret Life of Walter Sickert. From what I've read, the second book incorporates material from the first book, adds 8 new chapters and includes maps and pictures. (This sounds like it's right up your alley!!!) The second one is available on Kindle Unlimited which I think you both have?? Look it up and see if you can get it, I bet you'll really like it! The first one isn't right now, but the paperback isn't expensive at all.
The Potters Field book is one that I keep mixing up with another book of hers. I haven't read them, but Stacey tells me about them. Potters Field is about a murder in North Carolina, which may be why it struck a chord with me, and The other book is called the Body Farm. Cadavers are put in various stages of death in a field so they can study what happens to humans left in the elements after dying. I think these are people who left their bodies to science rather than being buried. Maybe why I thought Potters Field Cemetery was tied to her book. But the story of that book did happen in NC, so who knows?
Well Belk doesn't exist up here, at least I've never seen one anyway. LOL If there was one in Harrisonburg VA, where I lived, I sure don't remember it, and it is a college town, so you'd think it may have been there. This was the mid '80's too, don't know if that matters or not. But when I heard about the Belk Bowl, I had no idea what they were saying. Then I saw the emblem, Belk. What is Belk? 🤓 I did however see Belk stores on the way to Florida this year and last year. All thanks to the football game. I guess it does pay to advertise huh? 😂🤣
I really like listening to the the history and the people you talk about. Can tell you've done research and that really interests me. There is SO MUCH history in just about every graveyard. It's sad that people seem to forget about people once they die. And maybe it's creepy to some folks, stories like these are so fun to watch and listen to in my opinion anyway. ☺
Good morning Mustang!!! Currently, I think you have delivered to me the best news I have heard all day! I've been looking everywhere for Portrait of a Killer, but it's currently out of print! I go back and forth on the Kindle vs. physical copy situation. I absolutely hate owning a huge collection of books that we have to move around with us every time we change homes or put into storage. About once every year or 2, I have a huge box full of physical books to donate to a second hand bookstore or library. But reading on the kindle is just not working out for me. ADHD maybe? I just cannot seem to dive into anything on the Kindle. I get burned out and bored not having a book in my hands, and I rarely ever finish a book on the kindle. I really wanted to find Portrait of a Killer in physical form, but you can't buy it anymore anywhere that we shop, and I've been looking in used bookstores in Charlotte (and even when we were in Louisville!) and just can't find it. But now that I know she wrote a 2nd book, I'm way more excited for that! I will start the hunt all over again for a physical copy of Ripper. I think I"m going to need to read it in a physical copy so I'll try to find a used version somewhere. If I can't, maybe I'll just get it on Kindle. I'm really excited for it though! I've been really busy trying to finish up videos for October. They're almost all done being edited at this point, I've been focusing all my time on working on TH-cam. Hopefully I'll be at a good stopping point soon. I' have a few ideas for November, but I'd like to take a breather break before starting in on those! :D. A nice book to knock out reading in a day or 2 would be heavenly!
I'm so pleased that you enjoy these little bite sized history videos so much!! I can't even tell you how much I enjoy making them. I've always loved history, but it does tend to go "in one ear and out the other" for me. I've found that filming, researching, editing, watching it back over, things really start to sink in for me and turn into long term memories for me. There are so many resources now a days to make spending time in cemeteries so enjoyable and help you learn more about who is buried where. There's an app for find a grave dot com, which often links photos and obituaries or other relevant articles. I'm already starting to feel like I have friends buried all over Elmwood & Pinewood and other cemeteries around town. It's so bizarre to think these people never knew me, but I'm eating up as much information about them as I can find.
Amazon has both of the books, they are pretty cheap. You could probably get whichever or both pretty quickly. Then you'll have to do a book report on it. of course. 😁😉 The first book is $14 Hardback, $9 for paperback. The second one is $14 for hardback as well. I think we saw it on Merritt Island, Books-a-Million store, but Stacey didn't end up getting that one when she restocked her collection. Can't remember if she read it or not. She really likes the Scarpetta Series. LOL
Well you know me and history, I love learning new things and even if its learning from their grave, it's fun to watch and learn. Its cool you do these like you have. 🙂
oh cool is Portrait of a Killer back in stock on Amazon?? It was "out of print" last time I checked, but admittedly that was quite a few weeks ago when we were first talking about Patricia Cornwell. I'll have to check again, although now I really want the Ripper book instead haha. I'd like to check some local used bookstores first though just in case. It's so cool to meet people with similar hobbies for sure. I was so surprised while doing this series, how many like-minded people I've met here in Charlotte and talked to!