Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
Traversing the gravesites of Jay Edgar Hoover, John Philip Sousa, and Edgar Allan Poe, writer Helen Chappell and photographer Starke Jett the fifth explored the old cemeteries of the Chesapeake Bay Region. Chappell and Jett join Kojo for a discussion of “The Chesapeake Book of the Dead”, a look into the impressive headstones and ghost stories of interesting graveyards across the region.
Guests
- Helen Chappell Author of "The Chesapeake Book of the Dead"
- Starke Jett V Photographer for "The Chesapeake Book of the Dead"
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