The stories of Wake County, NC
154 narrated audio stories from across Wake County — hidden history, true crime, food legends, and local lore from its towns, landmarks, and back roads.
WRAL studios
How Raleigh’s Airwaves Became a Local Power
A family-built broadcaster grew with the Triangle and helped define local media.
Archives and History/State Library Building
Where North Carolina Keeps Its Memory
From lawmakers’ tool to the state’s paper memory bank.
Raleigh
Where Jim Crow Met a Medical Classroom
A school and hospital that trained Black physicians when access was denied.
Raleigh
Signals, Stages, and A. J. Fletcher
How one Raleigh broadcaster shaped media and the arts.
North Carolina Museum of History
Where Raleigh Keeps the War Close
A city’s wartime memory, held in uniforms, flags, and private belongings.
Downtown Raleigh
What Raleigh Lost With the Biltmore
A vanished hotel becomes a measure of urban renewal’s cost.
North Carolina Museum of History
From Raleigh’s Halls to Wilmington’s Ruin
How Raleigh’s power shaped the 1898 white supremacy campaign and coup.
Mordecai Historic Park
What One Raleigh House Refuses to Let Us Forget
A family's home reveals Raleigh's growth, privilege, and bondage.
First Baptist Church
Brick, Faith, and a Place in the Center
How First Baptist turned downtown architecture into civic presence after emancipation.
North Carolina State Capitol
What Capitol Square Chose to Remember
A monument’s story, and the era that raised it.
Raleigh
When North Carolina Decided Its Books Mattered
How a Raleigh association taught a state to honor its own writers.
North Carolina State University
Where a Research Campus Keeps Its Ghosts
How student folklore haunts the oldest corners of NC State.
Joel Lane Museum House
Where Raleigh’s First Story Still Creaks
A preserved colonial house that keeps Raleigh’s origin story alive after dark.
North Carolina Museum of History
Where North Carolina Keeps Its Story
A museum where state identity gathers under one roof.
WRAL-TV studios
Channel 5 and the Making of a Hometown Giant
How WRAL-TV became part of everyday life across the Triangle.
Raleigh
When Weather Became Must-See in Raleigh
How Greg Fishel made local forecasting feel urgent, personal, and unforgettable.
Raleigh
When Space Hit Southeast Raleigh
A real meteorite fall gave Raleigh a place in cosmic history.
Raleigh
Where North Carolina Democrats Fought for the Wheel
Raleigh as the party’s long-running command post for power, conflict, and campaigns.
A. J. Fletcher House
A House Built to Impress, and to Endure
A Raleigh mansion tells a story of ambition, style, and survival.
North Carolina State University Memorial Belltower
The Tower That Waited for Its Moment
A war memorial delayed for decades became NC State’s defining symbol.
Downtown Raleigh
Where Raleigh’s Newsroom Became Political Power
A paper, a family, and a capital-city megaphone.
Dorothea Dix Park
Where Smallpox Marched Through Camp Mangum
A Civil War camp’s deadliest threat was not always the battlefield.
Southeast Raleigh Magnet High School
Where Raleigh’s Student Movement Story Really Leads
A careful civil-rights story connecting a school to Raleigh’s wider Black education history.
Raleigh
The Friday Night Voice of Raleigh
How Tom Suiter made local football feel like family history.
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