THE BLACK HOPE MYSTERY

<p>In the 1980s, a series of strange, unexplainable things begin to occur, after a new, upscale housing development is built over a forgotten cemetery for ex-slaves. </p><p><a href="paypal.me/forgottennewspodcast" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Support this podcast⁠⁠</a></p><p>===</p><p><strong>EPISODE RELEASE DATE: </strong> 02/17/2025.</p><p>===</p><p><strong>HISTORICAL REFERENCES:</strong></p><p><strong>The Black Hope Mystery -</strong></p><p>Ben and Jean Williams, <em>The Black Hope Horror: The True Story of a Haunting (1991).</em></p><p><a href="https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Black_Hop" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><em>Black Hope Curse</em></a><em>, article </em>(with many news articles and reference sources listed at bottom of page).</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Police Blotter &amp; Court News </strong>-</p><p><em>The Subterranean</em> (newspaper), June 3, 1846.</p><p><br></p><p>===</p><p><br></p><p><strong>VOICES -</strong></p><p><strong>The Black Hope Mystery</strong> -</p><p><em>Guest Narrator</em>: <a href="mailto:berniehort67@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><strong>Bernie Horton</strong></a>, voice performer.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Police Blotter &amp; Court News </strong>-</p><p><em>Guest Narrator</em>: <a href="mailto:ashleecraft@gmail.com " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠<strong> Ashlee Craft</strong>⁠</a>, voice performer.</p><p><em>Title Voice: </em><a href="mailto:astridsvoices@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠<strong> Astrid WS</strong>⁠</a>, voice performer. </p><p><em>Judge: </em><a href="mailto:glenn.hascall@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠<strong>Glenn Hascall</strong>⁠</a><strong>,</strong> voice performer.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>===</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>MISCELLANEOUS:</strong></p><p><em>Host Intro</em> – <strong>Nina Innsted</strong>, host of the <a href="https://podbay.fm/podcast/1109927634" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠<strong>Already Gone</strong>⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a> podcast.</p><p><em>Exit Aphorism - </em>extract from <a href="https://www.chesterton.org/twelve-men/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><strong>The Twelve Men</strong></a>, an essay (1909), by G.K. Chesterton. </p><p><em>Aphorism Voice -</em><a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100085459732466" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠<strong> Kit Caren</strong>⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>, co-host of Forgotten News Podcast.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>===</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>MUSIC:</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Kevin MacLeod</strong>  of<a href="https://incompetech.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Incompetech.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a> – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0.</p><p><em>At Rest</em></p><p><em>The Curtain Rises</em></p><p><em>I Knew A Guy.</em></p><p><br></p><p><strong>===</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>All Sound Effects &amp; Short Instrumentals Are From </strong><a href="https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/e9m1ho/metadata/www.Freesound.org" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><strong>⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Freesound.org</strong></a><strong> or the Public Domain</strong>.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>===</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>HEY!  CONTACT US!</strong></p><p><br></p><p>E-Mail:  <a href="mailto:ForgottenNewsPodcast@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ForgottenNewsPodcast@gmail.com ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p><br></p><p>FNP Facebook page:</p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Forgotten-News-Podcast" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/Forgotten-News-Podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p><br></p><p>Kit Caren&#39;s Facebook page:</p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/people/Kit-Caren/100085459732466/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Kit-Caren/100085459732