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Three Sisters Bridge: Congress Ordered It, Courts Stopped It
October 26, 2026 · 11 minJust upriver from Key Bridge sit three little rocks called the Three Sisters. Since at least the 1890s, people have said they moan before someone drowns. In 1968, Congress ordered a freeway bridge built right on top of them, no matter what…
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Hains Point Was River Bottom Until the Army Pumped It Up
October 26, 2026 · 9 minEvery bit of Hains Point was river bottom or mud flat until 1882, when an Army engineer named Peter Hains started pumping the Potomac's mud into new land. The point got his name while he was still alive, and the river has been trying to…
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The Bayou Booked U2 as the Opening Act
October 25, 2026 · 12 minIn December 1980, U2 played its second American show at a Georgetown club tucked under the Whitehurst Freeway, as the opening act. Decades earlier, the same room had a pirate brig for argumentative dates, and a 1951 shooting with two…
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14th Street's Red Light District Was Protected by the Law Against It
October 24, 2026 · 11 minJust before 3 a.m. on November 10, 1984, the dancers at Benny's on 14th Street took the stage for the last time. The 1977 law written to keep Washington from ever having another red light district had spent years protecting this one. Full…
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Tabard Inn's Founder Sold It, Then Bought It Back at Auction
October 24, 2026 · 9 minIn August 1930, the Tabard Inn near Dupont Circle went up for auction. The high bidder was the woman who had started it, three years after she sold it. Full story, photos and sources: https://ghostsofdc.org/2026/10/21/ta…
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Why Is It Called Adams Morgan? Two Segregated Schools
October 24, 2026 · 10 minAdams Morgan isn't named for a president or a police chief. It's named for two elementary schools a block apart, one white and one Black, and the two principals who brought their neighbors together in 1955. Full story, photos and sources…
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Suburban Gardens Booked a Young Duke Ellington
October 24, 2026 · 11 minIn June 1922, a 23-year-old Duke Ellington played a beauty contest at an amusement park in far Northeast DC. It was the only major amusement park ever built inside the city, and Black Washingtonians built it because Glen Echo wouldn't let…
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How Washington Got DC's Land in Three Days
October 24, 2026 · 9 minIn March 1791, George Washington met two feuding camps of landowners at a Georgetown tavern. Three days later he had the land for a capital, and he hadn't bought most of it. Full story, photos and sources: https://ghosts…
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Washington's Last Streetcar Bridge Is Held Up by Vines
October 23, 2026 · 7 minIn 2019, engineers checked what was still holding up DC's last streetcar bridge. Their answer wasn't the steel. Full story, photos and sources: https://ghostsofdc.org/2026/10/20/foundry-branch-trestle-last-streetcar-bridge/ Narrated by an…
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River Place in Rosslyn Expires in 2052
October 23, 2026 · 11 minAbout 1,700 homes in Rosslyn have an expiration date. In 2052, the land under them goes back to the landlord, and the buildings go with it. Full story, photos and sources: https://ghostsofdc.org/2026/06/15/river-place-ro…
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The Missing J Street Was Never L'Enfant's Grudge
October 23, 2026 · 8 minWalk north from Lafayette Square and the streets go H, I, K. For more than two hundred years, people have blamed a grudge against John Jay, but the man they blame never named a single street. Full story, photos and sources…
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Sharks in the Potomac and the Man Who Punched One
October 23, 2026 · 8 minIn July 1911, the Washington Post reported that a man on the Potomac punched a shark on the nose. Days later, Alexandria's fishermen formed the Society for the Suppression of Man-Eating Fish. Full story, photos and sources…
About the show
The lost and untold stories of Washington, DC. The buildings, blocks and people the city and region forgot.
The Beatles played their first American concert here. Sharks turned up in the Potomac in 1911. Ford’s Theatre collapsed in 1893 while government clerks worked inside.
Since 2012, Ghosts of DC has been digging through old newspapers, maps and archives for stories like these, from Georgetown to Anacostia and across the whole DMV. Now they’re a podcast.
Short episodes, most around ten minutes. Each one is built on the historical record and tied to a full post with photos and sources at ghostsofdc.org.
Something for the Metro ride or the walk to work.
Narrated with an AI version of Tom’s voice. AI also helps with the archival research, and facts are checked against the original sources.