Turns out Joplin, MO is interesting.
TourPods has 8 narrated audio stories about Joplin — the hidden history, true crime, food legends, and local lore of its streets, told like a podcast about wherever you're standing.
Joplin Union Depot
Where Joplin Came and Went by Rail
A grand depot that turned mining wealth into motion.
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Where Mickey Mantle First Took Hold
In Joplin, an 18-year-old’s first pro season became baseball history.
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Eighty Years, One More Entrance
How a 1939 Joplin stage company kept finding its next cast.
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Before the Yankees, There Was Joplin
How an Oklahoma teenager found his professional footing with the Joplin Miners.
Bonnie and Clyde Garage Apartment
When Joplin Made Bonnie and Clyde Famous
A shootout, a rushed escape, and the photographs that changed everything.
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When Ore Turned a Camp Into Joplin
How mining wealth transformed a rough camp into an ambitious city.
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Born in Joplin, Carried to Harlem
How a Missouri birth opened into one of American literature’s great voices.
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How a Minister’s Name Became Joplin
A preacher’s surname followed a creek into an Ozarks boomtown.
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