Ep. 577 - Fort McHenry

History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The Mind

Diane Student

Travel, History, Places & Travel, Paranormal, Haunted, Society & Culture, Ghosts

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Fort McHenry sits in Baltimore’s harbor and is probably best known as the site where America's National Anthem was penned during the War of 1812. The Battle of Baltimore was fought here with a relentless attack bearing down on the fort from the British. The assault was so harrowing, it's understandable how Francis Scott Key was inspired to write his poem. Today, spirits still linger from that era. Join us for the history and hauntings of Fort McHenry. The Moment in Oddity features Veronica Lake's War Factory Hairstyle and This Month in History features Baby Lindbergh's kidnapping and murder.

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Music used in this episode:

Main Theme: Lurking in the Dark by Muse Music with Groove Studios

(Moment in Oddity) "Vanishing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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(This Month in History) "In Your Arms" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Outro Music: Happy Fun Punk by Muse Music with Groove Studios

Other music used in this episode:

The Awakening by Sascha Ende at filmmusic.io
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Title: "Bugbears be Approaching"
Artist: Tim Kulig (timkulig.com)
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Transcript

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0:00.0	History tells the story of the world and of our lives.
0:21.4	Sometimes that history goes bump in the night.
0:32.4	Broadcasting from the center of oddity and the supernatural in central Florida.
0:39.2	It's the History Goes Bump podcast.
0:47.8	Hello, you sputacular people.
0:50.1	Welcome to this 57th episode of the History Ghostbump podcast.
1:11.7	Ghost tours for the Theater of the Mind. I am your host, Diane. And this is Kelly. Kelly on this episode, we're going to Fort McHenry. And do you know what this is the birthplace of? Yes. When would that be? The nationalem. Yes. That's so awesome.
1:19.8	So we're going to be talking a little bit about the fort and then our national anthem's birth and the ghosts that are all wrapped up in that.
1:21.2	Looking forward to it. Before we get into that, we want to welcome into the sputacular crew, Emily and Elizabeth.
1:26.4	Thank you so much for joining our Facebook group. And now this moment in
1:30.4	Audity. The moment in Audity was suggested by Jim Featherstone. In the 1940s during World War II, women
1:46.6	began working in factories to support the war efforts due to many men having been deployed overseas.
1:53.1	With 5 million women entering the workforce between 1940 and 1945, the American labor force at
1:59.3	the time was one-third women. The types of jobs performed by these
2:03.3	women varied from working in munitions factories, aircraft and tank factories, shipbuilding, and many
2:09.2	more. A good majority of these jobs involved working with heavy machinery. As one can imagine,
2:15.2	a woman's long hairstyle could be quite dangerous while working around grinding gears.
2:20.4	Then, in walks Veronica Lake.
2:23.2	Wow, sir.
2:24.5	She was a popular American film actress who was well known for her luscious locks and peekaboo hairstyle,
2:30.1	having her hair partially covering one eye.
2:32.8	Her hairstyle was iconic and was replicated by many women.
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