It’s our anniversary! This podcast started just over a year ago. In order to celebrate, we decided it was high time to do a Q & A session with our listeners. So, we spent over an hour answering some great questions. Listen to find out who is married (or not), more about the genealogy research process, how we choose our subjects, and more about our us.

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recommendations

Throughout this episode, we discussed some of our favorite podcasts, television programs, and books. We have listed all that we mentioned during this episode below plus a few more.

Podcasts worth a listen

• And That’s Why We Drink (Zelda): paranormal and true crime

• The Office Ladies (Denise): If you loved The Office, you will love this podcast hosted by Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey, stars of the show.

• Podchaser List of recommendations

books to read

• China Wakes: The Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Power by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn

• The Valachi Papers by Peter Maas

• Postmortem by Patricia Cornwell

• The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule

• Archangel by Sharon Shinn

• Duke of Pleasure by Elizabeth Hoyt (The historical romance novel recommendation that eluded Denise during the episode.)

• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

• Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

• Fool’s Puzzle by Earlene Fowler

• The Alienist by Caleb Carr

• Carpe Demon: Adventures of a Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom by Julie Kenner

• The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith

• Eye of the World by Robert Jordan (First book in the Wheel of Time series recommended by Zelda)

• The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson’

• Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

• Tell the Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt

• Dolly Parton: My Life and Unfinished Business by Dolly Parton

• Balancing Act: The Authorized Biography of Angela Lansbury by Martin Gottfried

True Crime Television Programs

• The First 48

• Evil Lives Here

• American Monster

• Homicide Hunter

• Genetic Detective

corrections

After we recorded the show, Denise went back to look into more information about the cousin she mentioned, Harold Wesley Raley, Jr., who was murdered. She discovered that she had a few facts wrong. It turns out the man responsible for her second cousin’s death was prosecuted, but he did not get much time and was out of prison within a year or two. Her belief that he got off completely and other information came from Harold’s mother. Well, that and the fact that Denise is closing on 50, and her memory isn’t what it used to be. Below you will find an article detailing the facts about the actual case.