Author Archives: Scott

We Are The #1 Road Trip Planning Podcast for Travelers!

Yes… Talk with History was just listed on Feedspot as the #1 podcast for travelers in 2026. 😊 Even though the site has our old cover art…that’s still pretty cool. Thank you so much for your support and for making Talk with History what it is. 😁 If you need a podcast to listen to…FeedspotContinue reading “We Are The #1 Road Trip Planning Podcast for Travelers!”

Bonnie & Clyde’s Route 66 Hideout: The Joplin Shootout and Lost Artifacts

Walk With History heads to Joplin, Missouri on Route 66 to trace Bonnie and Clyde’s 1933 hideout and the shootout that helped make them nationally infamous. After renting a garage apartment in April 1933, Clyde and Bonnie, Buck and Blanche Barrow, and W.D. Jones stayed 13 days before police—suspecting bootleggers—ambushed the apartment, leading to aContinue reading “Bonnie & Clyde’s Route 66 Hideout: The Joplin Shootout and Lost Artifacts”

St. Louis: The City That Launched a Nation

Why start Route 66 at the Gateway to the West? At Gateway Arch National Park in St. Louis, Scott and historian Jenn kick off their Route 66 centennial series at the symbolic “Gateway to the West,” where Lewis and Clark launched the Corps of Discovery after the 1803 Louisiana Purchase. They explore the Arch’s undergroundContinue reading “St. Louis: The City That Launched a Nation”

Wild Bill Hickok: The True History and Death in Deadwood

What really happened in Deadwood when Wild Bill Hickok was killed, and why is his death tied to a place that wasn’t even U.S. state territory? This episode revisits the Black Hills gold-rush boomtown of Deadwood and Hickok’s final days after traveling from Fort Laramie with Charlie Utter’s wagon train, joined by Calamity Jane. It explains Deadwood’s explosive growth and Hickok’s poker game at Saloon 10 where Jack McCall—shot him on August 2, 1876. Join us…and learn about this giant of American history.

Exploring History All Over the World

First…a thank you. Here is a code for a free month pass to our new History or Drive app. (check out the Guam locations) Use code “explore” at checkout at HistoryOrDrive.com. We recently rebranded the Talk with History podcast and I think you will love it. (we do) This new podcast look better displays whatContinue reading “Exploring History All Over the World”

We Just Drove Route 66 – Here is the History, Tips, and Places to See

Most have heard of America’s “Mother Road” – Route 66. But do you know what you MUST see? Have you talked to anyone who has driven the whole thing? Join host Scott and his wife and historian Jenn, as they give you all the information you are looking for…and more you didn’t expect!

John Wilkes Booth’s Quiet Grave: Following the Assassin to Green Mount Cemetery

This episode of Talk With History follows the trail of John Wilkes Booth after Lincoln’s assassination to his final, quiet resting place in Baltimore’s historic Green Mount Cemetery. 📍 Visit John Wilkes Booth gravesite

Baltimore’s Darkest Cemetery Secret | The Booth Plot

Jenn searches for graves connected to the Lincoln assassination plot, including John Wilkes Booth and his childhood friends Michael O’Laughlen and Sam Bland Arnold. She explains Booth’s Baltimore roots, his fame as an actor, his 1864 kidnapping plan, and how his unmarked burial in the Booth family plot—along with missing autopsy photos and the family’sContinue reading “Baltimore’s Darkest Cemetery Secret | The Booth Plot”

History of the U.S. Naval Academy: Memorial Hall, the Chapel, and Cemetery

This episode of Talk With History traces the origins and legacy of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, from its 1845 founding by Secretary of the Navy George Bancroft at Fort Severn to its growth into a defining institution of American sea power. Scott (a 2004 Naval Academy graduate) and Jenn share why sheContinue reading “History of the U.S. Naval Academy: Memorial Hall, the Chapel, and Cemetery”