Some call it the Great Midwest Fire, others the Peshtigo Fire - and most remember it from history as "The Great Chicago Fire" of 1871. Remember the misteaching of Mrs. O'Leary's cow that kicked over the lantern? It turns out that the whole story was based on legend - but it was the same fire in Chicago that gave birth to the name "The Forgotten Fire" - because on the same day in October - the worst and most devastating fire in U.S. History occurred up in Wisconsin, Northern Illinois, and Western Michigan - fueled by high winds and lengthy forest fires around the region - and it completely overshadowed the event. One particular town, Williamsonville, was completely wiped off the map and never rebuilt - left as a permanent ghost town in ash. Come join this podcast episode as we explore "The Forgotten Fire of 1871"

In this episode, we move from the desert in Namibia to the desert in the Middle East - to the desert Ghost Town of "Al Madam" - Another story of a Ghost Town buried under the sand!

In this two-part episode "Ghost Towns Under The Sand" (Part I) We discuss the lost town of "Singapore Michigan" buried under the sands of Lake Michigan - We talk about the Great Peshtigo Fire and conclude the episode talking about a long-lost Pony Express Riding Station - found under the sands in Sand Springs Station, Nevada.

Covering and telling the story of Elizabethtown, New Mexico and South Pass, Wyoming Ghost Towns - and the story of a couple serial killers that lived in each town.

Part 2 of Ghost Towns and Boxing - covers the Ghost Towns of Busenbark, Ohio, Melbourne, Michigan, and Rock Bluff, Nebraska - George "The Saginaw Kid" Lavigne, and Perry Ivan "Kid" Graves Amazing stories and links between Ghost Towns and Boxing.