Dust to Dust

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October 28, 2001

We’ve got a million expressions for death: kicking the bucket, checking out, buying the farm - but what do we do when words aren’t enough?  In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge, artisans are finding new passages through grief, from graffiti memorials to handcrafted coffins.  Also, the master of the macabre, Edgar Allan Poe.  And, the real life adventures of a ghost tracker.

Ilana Harlow on Artist Grief

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Ilana Harlow talks with Anne Strainchamps about the remarkable creativity people show when it comes to memorializing their dead.

Peter Stark on Near Death Experiences

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Peter Stark, author of “Last Breath,” tells Steve Paulson about various narrow escapes adventurers have had from avalanches and bitter cold.

Norman George on Poe

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Norman George wrote and stars in “Poe Alone” - a play set during the writer’s last public lecture.

Katherine Ramsland on Ghosts

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Katherine Ramsland set out to track down a ghost and chronicles her adventures in search of the paranormal in her book “Ghost: Investigating the Other Side.”

Hugh Lupton on Celtic Story

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Storyteller Hugh Lupton tells Jim about the ancient Celtic tradition related to our Halloween rituals, and tells him a story.  Lupton is the author of “Freaky Tales from Here and There.”

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October 28, 2001
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Ilana Harlow

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Peter Stark

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Norman George

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Katherine Ramsland

Hugh Lupton

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Literature
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August 02, 2024