# Mary Todd Lincoln

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Bowen Yang Wants Cher to Come See Oh, Mary!

Vogue has been a fan of Oh, Mary! since before the play transferred to Broadway. Now, ten Marys later, Bowen Yang has stepped into the lead role of Mary Todd Lincoln (X), making his Broadway debut just under a month ago. Marley Marius, who made her podcast debut in 2024 while interviewing Oh, Mary!…

Haunted DC_ White House Seances_ Lincoln_s Ghost_ and More

Washington, D.C. was built on secrets, and some of them never died. Mary Todd Lincoln held séances in the White House, desperate to contact her dead son. Abraham Lincoln dreamed of his own assassination three days before it happened. A demon cat stalks the Capitol basement, appearing before nationa…

Statewide: Mary Todd Lincoln item from the night of the assassination goes on display

On this episode, we tell you about the cape Mary Todd Lincoln was reportedly wearing the night her husband was assassinated.

The White House Spirits

Perhaps the most famous building in the United States, the White House sits in Washington, DC, serving as both symbol, office, and residence . . . and, if the rumors are to be believed, as home to ghosts, too. From the seances of Mary Todd Lincoln to unusually aggressive attacks by a spectral Georg…

EP115: Assassination to Asylum (feat Chris DiStefano)

Visit Patreon.com/psychopediapod for exclusive content and join our family of little freaks and semen demons!Joining us today is Chris Distefano, NY based stand up comedian. He is the host of Chrissy Chaos and the co-host of History Hyenas. Chris is headlining the world famous Madison Square Garden…

Lois Romano – Mary Todd Lincoln: An Inconvenient Widow

Lois Romano – Mary Todd Lincoln: An Inconvenient Widow This is the first of four interviews in the Upstart Crow–Fairfax County Public Library Interview Series, presented as part of the celebration of America’s 250th anniversary. Details about the remaining three interviews appear below. “Tell peopl…

How Accurate Is the Movie Lincoln? Harold Holzer on Spielberg's 2012 Film

How accurate is Steven Spielberg's Lincoln? And what did the movie get wrong? Listener Elijah wants to know how closely the 2012 film starring Daniel Day-Lewis matches the real history of Abraham Lincoln—and there may be no better person to answer than Harold Holzer, one of America's leading Linco…

Antisemitism in schools, Lolly Adefope, Shingles and dementia, Femtick

A government review into antisemitism in schools and colleges in England will publish its recommendations today. The report from former Ofsted inspector Sir David Bell makes 27 recommendations to help schools tackle antisemitism. The review found that three out of five Jewish children had experienc…

Spirit Photography: Can a Camera Capture a Ghost?

What if you took a photograph and, when it was developed, someone appeared behind you who had been dead for years? In the 1860s, that question became more than a ghost story. As Spiritualism swept through the Victorian era, photographer William H. Mumler claimed his camera could capture something t…

Betty Gilpin is seeking anti-algorithm, weird roles – and it's working

"There's an understandable pull in my industry to make things that are kind of like a gleaming vanilla car commercial, like super safe, super familiar, appeal to the masses. And [then there are] people that are out there who are like, I'm actually going to go the other way,” she tells Fresh Air’s A…