FAMILY HISTORY DRAMA : True Ancestry. Told Like Legend.
Family History Drama is a true storytelling podcast that transforms actual ancestral accounts into immersive, emotionally rich audio experiences. It’s a place where true stories, well told, will inspire, caution, entertain, and instruct. By weaving personal stories and historical events with dramatized narrative, each episode brings context to the forgotten voices of the past—complete with the sounds of steam trains, battle cries, whispered prayers, and all the tragedies and divine providence of humanity. Family history isn’t just about names and dates—it’s the preserved energy, soul, and essence of ancestors past, recounted with power, humor, emotion, and heart. We invite you to feel your ancestors as well as think about them. Make the Día de Los Muertos an everyday occasion, because the moments of history become personal when family is involved.
Real ancestors. Real drama. Real lessons.
Family History Drama—True Ancestry, told like Legend.
Episodes
29 episodes
Ep 28-Mary Chamberlain Pt 2:💰High Pay, No Glory🫣 & a Rollaway Saloon🍺 in Fried Onion, AZ🌵
The all-woman town council of Kanab, Utah, wasn’t just a quirky footnote in frontier history—they were a civic force with apron strings and iron wills. In this second half of their story, the ordinances keep coming, but marshals keep quitting. ...
Ep 27 - Mary Chamberlain Pt 1: 🗳️Election Meddling, 👗Modest Skirts & Repo Cattle🐮
In the dusty crossroads town of Kanab, Utah, the year was 1911—and democracy was about to get a surprise makeover. What began as a satirical prank by frustrated young men turned into the most unexpected political shake-up in frontier history: t...
Ep 26 Wade Morrison Pt 2 : From Virginia Clerk🧹to ⭐️Texas Legend🥤
In the summer shadows of Reconstruction-era Virginia, Wade Morrison stands at a crossroads—torn between the memory of a broken town and the promise of a boundless frontier. As Christiansburg heals slowly from war, whispers of Texas grow louder,...
Ep 25 Wade Morrison Pt 1: The Boy Who Named Dr Pepper🥤The Untold Story😮
In the shadow of a nation torn by Civil War, a young boy in Christiansburg, Virginia, sweeps the floor of a quiet drug store—unaware that his path will one day lead to the naming of one of America’s most iconic sodas. This episode traces the ea...
Ep 24 Bartholdi the Italian: 👞Cobbler ⛏️Miner 🍇Vintner🍷
The article snippet below is all I could find on the life of an Italian legend in the San Gabriel Canyon, by the name of Bartholdi. No full name is given, and i could not locate him on any census. His arrival is as mysterious as his death was t...
Ep 23 Jesse Perse Harmon Pt 7: Assassination🩸Arson🔥Death🪦& Divine Providence
🚨Are YOU related to ME? Find me on Family Search: Jesse Perse Harmon 🔗 Then click “VIEW RELATIONSHIP” to see if we are cousins. Joseph and Hyrum Sm...
Ep 22 Jesse Perse Harmon Pt 6: Bounty 💰 Treason 🫣 & Arrested
🚨Are YOU related to ME? Find me on Family Search: Jesse Perse Harmon 🔗 Then click “VIEW RELATIONSHIP” to see if we are cousins. The year 1844
Ep 21 Jesse Perse Harmon Pt 5: 🥶 Alpheus 🤠 Posse 🚢 & The Maid Of Iowa
🚨Are YOU related to ME? Find me on Family Search: Jesse Perse Harmon 🔗 Then click “VIEW RELATIONSHIP” to see if we are cousins. After the 1842 assassin...
Ep 20 Jesse Perse Harmon Pt 4: Nauvoo 🏡 General Conference ⛪️ Gov Boggs shot
🚨Are YOU related to ME? Find me on Family Search: Jesse Perse Harmon 🔗 Then click “VIEW RELATIONSHIP” to see if we are cousins. The Mormonite congregat...
Ep 19 Jesse Perse Harmon Pt 3: Kirtland ⛪️ Family & Faith 🙏 Immigration to Illinois 🐎
🚨Are YOU related to ME? Find me on Family Search: Jesse Perse Harmon 🔗 Then click “VIEW RELATIONSHIP” to see if we are cousins. In 1837 Kirtland, Ohio,...
Ep 18 Jesse Perse Harmon Pt 2: Cannonballs💥Marriage💍Jesus🙏
🚨Are YOU related to ME? Find me on Family Search: Jesse Perse Harmon 🔗 Then click “VIEW RELATIONSHIP” to see if we are cousins. After escaping the cert...
Ep 17 Jesse Perse Harmon Pt 1: 💥 The Siege of Fort Erie ❤️🩹 Spared from Death
🚨Are YOU related to ME? Find me on Family Search: Jesse Perse Harmon 🔗 Then click “VIEW RELATIONSHIP” to see if we are cousins. In part one of this fab...
Ep 16 Howard Leon Whetten Pt 3 😇Angels of the Solomon Islands🛶
🚨Are YOU related to ME? Find me on Family Search: Howard Leon Whetten 🔗 Then click “VIEW RELATIONSHIP” to see if we are cousins. From the dust of South...
Ep 15 Howard Leon Whetten Pt 2 ✈️ Midnight’s Watery Grave
🚨Are YOU related to ME? Find me on Family🌳Search: Howard Leon Whetten 🔗 Then click “VIEW RELATIONSHIP” to see if we are cousins. From the dust of South...
Ep 14 Howard Leon Whetten Pt 1 👨🌾 Don’t Hate Your Enemies 👨🎓
🚨Are YOU related to ME? Find me on Family🌳Search: Howard Leon Whetten 🔗 Then click “VIEW RELATIONSHIP” to see if we are cousins. From the dust of South...
Ep 13 War⚔️& Tragedy😥at Boykin, South Carolina🦆
SPECIAL THANKS to Collett Carter for the family history story lead. The Boykin Mill Pond in South Carolina has been the hub of regional industry for processing grains and timber. In 1865 it was the scene of one of the last battles of th...
Ep 12 Stranger Trains : 🚂 A True Story of Death 🪦 & Premonition 🔮
In this emotionally layered and supernaturally charged episode, we follow two threads of human experience—one tragic, one miraculous—both connected by the iron rails of America’s 19th-century railroads.First, you’ll meet Cynthia Boardman...
Ep 11 Edward Augustus Boardman: Trains 🚂 Tragedy 🪦 & the Colorado Loop 🛤️
🚨Are YOU related to ME? Find me on Family🌳Search: Edward Augustus Boardman🔗 Then click “VIEW RELATIONSHIP” to see if we are cousins. In this deeply...
Ep 10 📞The Phone Call : 🐎Oh Brother Where Art Thou?
What starts as a lighthearted look at summer jobs and old pickup trucks in small-town Arizona quickly turns into a full-throttle tale of family, justice, and unexpected adrenaline. In this episode, we ride along with Justin, fresh out of high s...
Ep 9 🩺Dr. Priddy Meeks : 🥶 Frostbite, Polygamy💍💍💍 & Cayenne Pepper🌶
🚨Are YOU related to ME? Find me on Family🌳Search: Priddy Meeks🔗Then click “VIEW RELATIONSHIP” to see if we are cousins.In the rugged wilderness of early Utah T...
Ep 8 🔫Armed & Dangerous⚠️ : 🐴The Phantom Ranch Ranger🤠
In the sweltering summer of 1968, rookie park ranger Mel Heaton was expecting solitude and scenic beauty at Phantom Ranch, deep in the heart of the Grand Canyon. What he got instead was a radio call that would change everything: five armed men ...
Ep 7 Bub Meeks Pt 2: FLASH💥BANG…fade🫥A Tragic Tale of a One Legged Outlaw
After the smoke cleared from the 1896 Montpelier Bank robbery, Henry Rhodes “Bub” Meeks stepped off the wanted posters and into a slow-motion train wreck of his own making. Riding with Butch Cassidy may have taught him a few rules—don’t shoot u...
Ep 6 Bub Meeks Pt 1:🐎Fresh Horses, Butch Cassidy 🐿 & Unauthorized Bank Withdrawals💰
In the sweltering heat of August 13th, 1896, three men rode into the quiet town of Montpelier, Idaho. By sundown, the Bank of Montpelier had been cleaned out, a deputy was chasing shadows on a bicycle, and history had been written by the hooves...
Ep 5 Heber Jesse Meeks: 🐄 Milk Heist, Ghost🐎Horse, & Malt Beer🍺
In this heartwarming and humorous episode, we ride alongside Heber Jesse Meeks—a towering figure of gentleness and grit in the high desert of Southern Utah—through tales told by his youngest son, Athe. From a sly act of frontier justice involvi...
Ep 4 Orville Sutherland Cox: Strange Things 👨🏻🌾 & Rattlesnake Diaries 🐍
The Journey from Nebraska to the Territory of Deseret was an adventurously long one. And in the early days of settling the Wild West, there was never a destination. The only place you could permanently call home was your final resting place. Fr...
