The stories of Philadelphia County, PA
166 narrated audio stories from across Philadelphia County — hidden history, true crime, food legends, and local lore from its towns, landmarks, and back roads.
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How Philadelphia Put a Magazine on America’s Kitchen Table
A Philadelphia magazine became a national force in culture, advice, and reform.
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A City Makes Room for Its Novelist
Philadelphia honors a literary pioneer who never became a major tourist draw.
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The Weekly That Taught America How to Read Together
How a Philadelphia magazine became a national ritual.
United States Mint at Philadelphia
Where America Learned to Make Change
Philadelphia’s mint tells the story of a young nation becoming real.
Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church
Where Patriots Rest and Ghost Stories Gather
At Old Pine, Revolutionary memory lingers among the gravestones.
Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
Between Battles in Society Hill
A Revolutionary engineer pauses in Philadelphia before leaving America for good.
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How Lippincott Put Philadelphia on the Literary Map
A Philadelphia publisher helped turn local printing into world literature.
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The Philadelphia That Raised Marian Anderson
How a city’s Black church community helped shape a legendary voice.
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Philadelphia, Reclaimed in Creed
How Creed handed Rocky’s city to a new fighter.
Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church
Where Old Philadelphia Learned to Whisper
A churchyard's ghost stories grow from survival, memory, and deep colonial roots.
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Ghosts on Familiar Blocks
How Philadelphia made a supernatural hit feel unsettlingly real.
Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
When Dinosaurs Taught Philadelphia to Look Back
How fossils helped define a scientific institution in Philadelphia.
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When Philadelphia Became the Test
Washington’s hardest lesson: hold the army, even if the city falls.
Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church
Where Richard Allen Built Black Independence
How Mother Bethel became a headquarters for freedom, aid, and organizing.
Mercer Museum
What Mercer Chose to Preserve
A story about a museum built from objects, not headlines.
President's House Site
Where Washington Governed at the Doorstep of Revolt
A house on Market Street became the early republic’s nerve center and a moral test.
South Philadelphia
Behind Moyamensing’s Walls
A vanished jail where Philadelphia staged justice, fear, and public conscience.
Smith Memorial Playground and Playhouse
The Philadelphia Slide Kids Never Forget
A free playground became a shared childhood memory in Philadelphia.
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Where Poe Sharpened His Pen
In Philadelphia, Poe became a formidable editor and literary critic.
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Broad Street’s String-Soaked Hit Machine
How Gamble and Huff made Philadelphia sing nationwide.
USS Olympia
From Manila Bay to Philadelphia
A steel warship’s long journey from battle flagship to preserved memory.
Grand Army of the Republic Museum and Library at the Edwin Forrest House
After the War, They Built a Memory
Union veterans turned a grand Philadelphia house into a keeper of Civil War memory.
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How Rocky Turned Philadelphia Into a Movie Myth
A modest boxing film fused real Philadelphia streets with lasting screen legend.
Girard College
A Fortune in Marble
How Stephen Girard’s will became a monumental school in Philadelphia.
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