Richmond Gun Hole, Small Town RVA Game, Henry Box Brown, and Windshield Manifesto - Unscripted #018

By Billy Briefman · October 24, 2025 · 1:02:04 read

Category: Arts & Culture

Show: Unscripted RVA

10% OFF your next purchase at Point 5 in Carytown: https://verahouse.co/point5 Richmond doesn’t need fiction—the lore is real. We run through the city’s greatest hits (Addison Street “gun hole,” Church Hill tunnel collapse, the Richmond Vampire, tank down Broad, Francine) and ask why these stories

10% OFF your next purchase at Point 5 in Carytown:

https://verahouse.co/point5

Richmond doesn’t need fiction—the lore is real. We run through the city’s greatest hits (Addison Street “gun hole,” Church Hill tunnel collapse, the Richmond Vampire, tank down Broad, Francine) and ask why these stories outlast headlines, then pivot to “conductor” leadership (Rick Rubin, the Steve Jobs analogy) and how taste shapes culture more than hustle.

We preview the 32-bit Small Town RVA game, unpack an 11-page windshield “manifesto” in the age of hoaxes, take a quick Point5 (Carytown) NA taste test, and close with Henry “Box” Brown—proof that Richmond history can be stranger, and braver, than rumor. Keywords: Richmond VA, Church Hill tunnel, Richmond Vampire, Addison Street gun hole, Small Town RVA, Point Five Carytown, Henry Box Brown.

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