Poplar Grove Plantation has seen progress sweep past it on all sides since it first started producing peanuts in the late 1700s. Over the past two centuries, it served as a home and a haven for the Foy family, and has become an important vessel for talking about Gullah Geechee history in the Southeastern United States. But has all that life spawned any ghost stories on the site?

Joining the episode to talk about the history, evolving narrative and haunted happenings of Poplar Grove Plantation is executive director Caroline Lewis.

For more information about the Burgwin-Wright House and to learn how to support the house, visit BurgwinWrightHouse.com.

Cover art design by Rachel Ross.

Poplar Grove Plantation has seen progress sweep past it on all sides since it first started producing peanuts in the late 1700s. Over the past two centuries, it served as a home and a haven for the Foy family, and has become an important vessel for talking about Gullah Geechee history in the Southeastern United States. But has all that life spawned any ghost stories on the site?
Joining the episode to talk about the history, evolving narrative and haunted happenings of Poplar Grove Plantation is executive director Caroline Lewis.
For more information about the Burgwin-Wright House and to learn how to support the house, visit <a href="https://www.burgwinwrighthouse.com/">BurgwinWrightHouse.com</a>.
Cover art design by Rachel Ross.

Burgwin-Wright Presents... explores the riveting stories of North Carolina's Cape Fear region through the history of one of its oldest Colonial historic sites – the Burgwin-Wright House and Gardens in Wilmington. Focusing on history that spans the formation of the American Colonies to the modern day, Burgwin-Wright Presents... will explore the fact vs. fiction within the stories that have defined the Cape Fear region for three centuries.

Burgwin-Wright Presents... explores the riveting stories of North Carolina's Cape Fear region through the history of one of its oldest Colonial historic sites – the Burgwin-Wright House and Gardens in Wilmington. Focusing on history that spans the formation of the American Colonies to the modern day, Burgwin-Wright Presents... will explore the fact vs. fiction within the stories that have defined the Cape Fear region for three centuries.

Burgwin-Wright Presents...

Burgwin-Wright Presents... explores the riveting stories of North Carolina's Cape Fear region through the history of one of its oldest Colonial historic sites – the Burgwin-Wright House and Gardens in Wilmington. Focusing on history that spans the formation of the American Colonies to the modern day, Burgwin-Wright Presents... will explore the fact vs. fiction within the stories that have defined the Cape Fear region for three centuries.

Each season focuses on a new topic. Season 1, 3 and 5 are devoted to examining the real history of "Outlander" in the Cape Fear, while Season 2 is all about the fact and fiction of Cape Fear Legends & Lore. Season 4 will explore the ghost stories of the Cape Fear.

Burgwin-Wright Presents... explores the riveting stories of North Carolina's Cape Fear region through the history of one of its oldest Colonial historic sites – the Burgwin-Wright House and Gardens in Wilmington. Focusing on history that spans the formation of the American Colonies to the modern day, Burgwin-Wright Presents... will explore the fact vs. fiction within the stories that have defined the Cape Fear region for three centuries.
Each season focuses on a new topic. Season 1, 3 and 5 are devoted to examining the real history of "Outlander" in the Cape Fear, while Season 2 is all about the fact and fiction of Cape Fear Legends &amp; Lore. Season 4 will explore the ghost stories of the Cape Fear.

Haunted Tales of the Cape Fear

"Burgwin-Wright Presents... Haunted Tales of the Cape Fear" explores the history behind the ghost stories of the Poplar Grove Plantation.

Haunted Tales of the Cape Fear: Poplar Grove Plantation

As the "Outlander" story moves around the American Colonies during the Revolutionary War, we take a moment to return to the homefront to talk about what Wilmington would have looked like during the war. The town's port made it an invaluable commodity during the conflict, but how did its citizens fare as fighting raged on? What impact did the revolution have on Wilmington's ascension as a jewel in North Carolina's crown?

Joining the episode is Jack E. Fryar, a historian and author of the new book, "When the British Came: Revolution in the Cape Fear, 1765-1782." Fryar is the publisher behind Dram Tree Books, the extensive local history catalogue for which can be found at DramTreeBooks.com.

For more information about the Burgwin-Wright House and to learn how to support the house, visit BurgwinWrightHouse.com.

Cover art design by Rachel Ross.

As the "Outlander" story moves around the American Colonies during the Revolutionary War, we take a moment to return to the homefront to talk about what Wilmington would have looked like during the war. The town's port made it an invaluable commodity during the conflict, but how did its citizens fare as fighting raged on? What impact did the revolution have on Wilmington's ascension as a jewel in North Carolina's crown?
Joining the episode is Jack E. Fryar, a historian and author of the new book, "When the British Came: Revolution in the Cape Fear, 1765-1782." Fryar is the publisher behind Dram Tree Books, the extensive local history catalogue for which can be found at DramTreeBooks.com.
For more information about the Burgwin-Wright House and to learn how to support the house, visit <a href="https://www.burgwinwrighthouse.com/">BurgwinWrightHouse.com</a>.
Cover art design by Rachel Ross.

"Burgwin-Wright Presents... Outlander in the Cape Fear" takes a look at what was happening on the homefront in Wilmington during the American Revolution.

Outlander in the Cape Fear: Two Teeth and A Musket

One of the most formative events in the "Outlander" story happens far from the Cape Fear region back in Scotland when thousands took up arms against the British throne in the Jacobite Rising of 1745. But what brought Scotland to war with its monarch? What did it mean for the average Scot, and how did it impact the American Revolution decades later?

This episode, we are joined by Professor Murray Pittock, a historian and author with the University of Glasgow in Scotland to talk about the age of the Jacobites and how that uprising left scars that would be brought to the American Colonies on the eve of its own war.

For more information about the Burgwin-Wright House and to learn how to support the house, visit BurgwinWrightHouse.com. For more information on Murray Pittock and his published works, you can find him at https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/critical/staff/murraypittock/.

Cover art design by Rachel Ross.

One of the most formative events in the "Outlander" story happens far from the Cape Fear region back in Scotland when thousands took up arms against the British throne in the Jacobite Rising of 1745. But what brought Scotland to war with its monarch? What did it mean for the average Scot, and how did it impact the American Revolution decades later?
This episode, we are joined by Professor Murray Pittock, a historian and author with the University of Glasgow in Scotland to talk about the age of the Jacobites and how that uprising left scars that would be brought to the American Colonies on the eve of its own war.
For more information about the Burgwin-Wright House and to learn how to support the house, visit <a href="https://www.burgwinwrighthouse.com/">BurgwinWrightHouse.com</a>. For more information on Murray Pittock and his published works, you can find him at <a href="https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/critical/staff/murraypittock/">https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/critical/staff/murraypittock/</a>.
Cover art design by Rachel Ross.

"Burgwin-Wright Presents... Outlander in the Cape Fear" revisits the Jacobite Rising of 1745 and its implications on the Scottish who fought in the American Revolution.

Outlander in the Cape Fear: Age of the Jacobites

Return to the world of “Outlander” with a deep dive into the realities and risks of battlefield medicine. As the series moves through the Revolutionary War, historical medicine interpreter Charles Brett discusses how physicians, nurses and healers were the saving grace of those wounded in battle or ravaged by the diseases that plagued regiments from battle to battle.

For more information about the Burgwin-Wright House and to learn how to support the house, visit BurgwinWrightHouse.com.

Cover art design by Rachel Ross.

Return to the world of “Outlander” with a deep dive into the realities and risks of battlefield medicine. As the series moves through the Revolutionary War, historical medicine interpreter Charles Brett discusses how physicians, nurses and healers were the saving grace of those wounded in battle or ravaged by the diseases that plagued regiments from battle to battle.
For more information about the Burgwin-Wright House and to learn how to support the house, visit <a href="https://www.burgwinwrighthouse.com/">BurgwinWrightHouse.com</a>.
Cover art design by Rachel Ross.

"Burgwin-Wright Presents... Outlander in the Cape Fear" details the risks and realities of medical care administered on the battlefields of the American Revolution.

Haunted Tales of the Cape Fear: Poplar Grove Plantation

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