Evergreen History Podcast

Allen C. Mason was an important figure in early Tacoma history. He really encouraged and helped fund it's development in the late 1800s. Ankh-Wennefer was an Egyptian priest in the 500's BCE.  Mason acquired the mummy which is still housed in Tacoma, in a fashion seemed as intriguing and fun at the time, but today might be protested.   

This is one is a more gruesome topic, a Tacoma murder trial and subsequent “curse,” that was supposedly cast on those involved in the trial. The convicted murderer was Jake Bird. The victims were a mother, Bertha Kludt, aged 52 and her daughter, Beverly Kludt, aged 17.