BewilderBeasts!

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BewilderBeasts!

Ep 97: Shockoe

February 04, 2024 • PodFix Network • Season 6 • Episode 97

Some dogs work to close decades-old cold cases. Others are tasked with finding long-lost burial grounds, shining a light on America's racist foundation while uncovering the truth that some today wish would stay buried.
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Cat Warren author of "What the Dog Knows" (thank you!)
Thanks to Kimberly Chen for sharing the public reports of what HRDs found at Shockoe African Burial Ground II.
Peabody Essex Museum Talk
National Geographic
Discover Magazine
NY Times
The Guardian
Canine Forensics Foundation
Indigenous Science
ICFK9
WTHR.com Baumeister
Martin Archeology
APTN News McGill
Historical Richmond
Saving Places PODCAST
RVA
Body Snatching
Richmond Cemeteries Ryan Smith
Palm Beach Florida Weekly
Scripps News
LA Times
US News
TCIF.org Sapiens.org

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