THE VANISHING OF DAVID LANG - 1880

THE VANISHING OF DAVID LANG - 1880

Author: Forgotten News Podcast October 25, 2018 Duration: 40:42

Our 2018 Halloween Episode!  with a wild featured story!

In 1880, in Gallatin, Tennessee, a farmer named David Lang, apparently vanished from the face of the earth, in front of his wife, children and friends. HISTORICAL REFERENCES The Vanishing of David Lang: Palmer, Stuart, Fate Magazine, July 1953, How Lost Was My Father?, pp. 75-85 (1931 interview of Sarah Lang, and related article & documents, as presented by Mr. Palmer, the author). Bierce, Ambrose, The Difficulty of Crossing a Field (short story, fiction), contained within published collection, Can Such Things Be? (1893). Edwards, Frank, Stranger Than Science (1959). Wilkins, Harold, Strange Mysteries of Time and Space (1958). Wallechinsky, David & Irving Wallace, The People’s Almanac (1975), p. 1370. Turashoff, Michael D., Can People Disappear into Thin Air? Ask David Lang If You Can Find Him! MDT Creative, (October 6, 2017). Painter, Sally, The Disappearance of David Lang: Mystery or Hoax? Top Secret Writers (April 22, 2015). Kensler, Marian, The Farmer Vanishes, Strange Horizons (May 12, 2008). Police Blotter & Court News: Cleveland Plain Dealer, June 3, 1858. GUEST VOICES The Vanishing of David Lang: Guest Narrator – Dennis Serra of @DennisSerra, podcast listener and free lance voice artist (formerly host of The Evil Podcast). Sarah Lang – Josie Necrofuhra, free-lance voice over artist. Police Blotter & Court News: Narrator, Police Blotter & Court News - Jaren Schoustra of WOC Radio and Queens of the Damned Podcast. Police Blotter Intro Title Voice - Paul Miscavage of Minefire Podcast Judge / Call to Order - John Doe, free lance actor & voice performer. Municipal Judge / Adjournment - Zane Sexton of Shadowy Slicker podcast. MISCELLANEOUS: Host Intro – Nina Innsted , the host of the Already Gone podcast. This is How I Died: Abducted Girl - The Teen Queen of Halloween - Anonymous By Request. MUSIC: Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0 At Rest The Curtain Rises Freesound.org: Digital Tension Dramatic_Organ_B haunted_place_0U_52m Piano Cord strings Suspense Motif Public Domain: Symphony in D Minor (César Franck, 1899). SOUND EFECTS Freesound.org: Applause Clapping steps in high_heels scary female ghost piano chord moan howling Graveyard At Night, Howling Wind ghost moan Flaw & Disorder Fairy Dust Evil Laughing Woman Evil Laugh Male Dog Howl Door Footsteps Awkward Tag Gavel_-_3_Strikes_with_room_reverb T-SHIRTS, MUGS, AND OTHER SWAG - NOW AVAILABLE! Just click here!   HEY!  CONTACT US:   E-Mail:  ForgottenNewsPodcast@gmail.com Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Forgotten-News-Podcast Twitter: @NewsForgotten @KitCaren   HEY! CAN YOU HELP US?!   PLEASE HELP THE FORGOTTEN NEWS PODCAST TO COVER THE COSTS OF RESEARCH, INVESTIGATION, AUDIO EQUIPMENT. AND PODCAST HOSTING FEES.   ANY DONATION - EVEN A DOLLAR - WOULD REALLY HELP US OUT! Just click on this PayPal link, to contribute. PAYPAL Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!


There’s a certain kind of story that crackles with urgency when it breaks, dominating conversations and front pages, only to vanish completely a few years later. FORGOTTEN NEWS PODCAST goes looking for those stories. Each episode is a deep dive into a different moment that once captivated the public, an event or figure that seemed indelible but somehow slipped through the cracks of our collective memory. You’ll hear about scandals that toppled empires of reputation, inventions that promised to change everything, and personal dramas that played out on a very public stage-all now quietly gathering dust in old newspaper archives and forgotten diaries. The aim isn’t just to recount these tales, but to understand why they resonated so powerfully in their moment and explore what their disappearance says about how we remember. It’s a process of careful excavation, piecing together narratives from primary sources, historical accounts, and the cultural echoes that remain. Tuning into this podcast feels like opening a long-lost trunk in the attic; every story is presented with the immediacy it once held, allowing you to experience the surprise, outrage, or wonder just as an audience did decades or even centuries ago. These are the headlines that time edited out, brought back to life.
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