Films The stories hiding in plain sight around Richmond.
Short documentaries about Richmond, Virginia and the places around it. Each one is built from the newspapers, letters, maps and records of the time, and checked before it goes out. Watch the film, then read the story behind it, with every source.
- Films
- 9
- Running time
- 58 min
- Years covered
- 1763–2023
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Every film
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6:44 Why This Richmond Church Was Built Over a Grave Monumental Church, 1224 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia
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6:21 The Richmond Vampire Is Younger Than You Think Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia
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5:52 Skeletons Dig for Lord Dunmore's Treasure. He Left Behind 130 Graves. Old House Woods and Gwynn's Island, Mathews County, Virginia
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7:13 Chesterfield County Posted a List of Its Haunted Buildings. So We Checked It. Chesterfield County, Virginia
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4:03 He Won the Lawsuit. The Jury Gave Him One Penny. Hanover County Courthouse, Hanover, Virginia
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8:04 The "Pocahaunted Parkway": A Virginia Highway's International Ghost Story Pocahontas Parkway (Route 895), Chesterfield and Henrico counties, Virginia
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7:05 The Ghost Whose House Was Demolished Hawes House, 506 East Leigh Street, Richmond, Virginia
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6:42 There's a Train Buried Under Richmond, Virginia Church Hill Tunnel, Jefferson Park, Richmond, Virginia
Through time
The same films, in the order the stories happened.From 1763 to 2023. Pick a year to watch the film and read the story.
- 1763He Won the Lawsuit. The Jury Gave Him One Penny.
- 1776Skeletons Dig for Lord Dunmore's Treasure. He Left Behind 130 Graves.
- 1811Why This Richmond Church Was Built Over a Grave
- 1849Richmond Raised Edgar Allan Poe. Then It Lost Him.
- 1851The Ghost Whose House Was Demolished
- 1925There's a Train Buried Under Richmond, Virginia
- 1925?The Richmond Vampire Is Younger Than You Think
- 2002The "Pocahaunted Parkway": A Virginia Highway's International Ghost Story
- 2023Chesterfield County Posted a List of Its Haunted Buildings. So We Checked It.