Richmond Vampire & Hidden Trains (VCU discovery, Watermelon Festival, Texas Beach) #010

By Billy Briefman · September 12, 2025 · 1:07:53 read

Category: Arts & Culture

Show: Unscripted RVA

Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2513071/open_sms Richmond’s folklore runs deep — and in this episode we dig up a few of the city’s strangest myths and modern problems side by side. We start with the infamous Richmond Vampire and

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Richmond’s folklore runs deep — and in this episode we dig up a few of the city’s strangest myths and modern problems side by side. We start with the infamous Richmond Vampire and the buried train beneath Church Hill, exploring how urban legends take root when tragedy and mystery overlap.

From there, the conversation shifts to science: the discovery of fossilized human teeth in Ethiopia, where VCU researchers are helping rewrite the story of human evolution. We talk Australopithecus, Neanderthals, diet, jaw development, and whether “aliens” might simply be future humans reshaped by posture, breath, and environment.

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