Trouble Has a Long Memory
A sometimes questionable history, as remembered by the Bayou across the ages.
Enter the worldBegin with Before Daylight: complete audio chapter · Serial 01 · Dr. Marr’s notebook
104.7 · The Between
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An open book, a voice on the radio, an evening worth remembering. These stories and films are free to explore.
The Machinery of Judgment
Emmie and Vangie follow the Toni Jo Henry case through the lives of the people caught in it, beginning with Joseph Calloway. Now complete: What the Record Keeps closes the season.
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Living the Storm
SunJewel remembers the sound of her own hurricanes beside the account of William B. Thompson and Charles C. Sapp, two keepers who maintained the light by hand.
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The Signal
A listener finds the station. Emmie follows the keepers’ story, and a glimpse of SunJewel brings us toward the full telling.
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The Bell That Wouldn’t Drown
Emmie keeps the Ledger. Vangie keeps the Lore. Together, they return to Chênière Caminada and the storm of 1893.
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How Thoughtful. How Discreet.
A dance, a glance, and an evening in which discretion has its limits.
Watch the filmLooking for a keepsake to take home? Visit the Upstairs Salon.
Folklore, fiction & poetry
Chasing the Shifting Rougarou · Part One
Follow a Louisiana legend through the stories and questions that gather around it. Folklore is a record of tellings, not proof of a creature.
Open Chasing the Shifting Rougarou · Part OneThe Eighteen Names
An original Louisiana story with names worth remembering. This is an imagined story, not a historical case record.
Open The Eighteen NamesFlame and Sword
An original romantic poem in words and images, by SunJewel.
Open Flame and SwordThe Names at Carville
Forty-one unopened letters challenge the family story Celeste thought she knew. Carville is real; this family and its story are imagined.
Open The Names at CarvilleThe North Room
A completed Gothic romance in three episodes.
Begin the trilogyA welcome from this world · 0:55 · The Mansion Is Open ↗