Welcome to Bridgeport Unmasked!
BPL’s new podcast explores all things about Bridgeport, Connecticut. Join librarian & moderator Adam Cleri–along with authors, Bridgeport librarians, & other guests–as we explore the city’s curious history, intriguing people, & unique fascinations that make Bridgeport Bridgeport.
Latest Episode
Episode 5: Revolutionary Connecticut
October 25, 2024
Past Episodes
Episode 1: The Death of James Beardsley
February 15, 2024
Sure, you’ve heard of James Beardsley—or at least, the Zoo, park, & library that bear his name—but have you heard about his murder? We explore the cold case (but we have thoughts about what happened) of the felony murder of one of Bridgeport’s best known benefactors.
Episode 2: Bridgeport to Hollywood
March 19, 2024
First Blood, The Conjuring, Story of G.I. Joe–none of these movies, & many others, would have been made without Bridgeport residents. We discuss how Brian Dennehy, the Mitchums, the Warrens, & others who called Bridgeport home, wrote & performed for great films.
Episode 3: Ghosts on Lindley St.?: A Debate
April 16, 2024
In November 1974, bizarre things happened on a house on Lindley St. in Bridgeport—can they be explained physically, were they the work of ghosts, or did they happen by something else entirely? This debate pits different explanations against each other in one of the Warrens’ most famous paranormal investigations.
Episode 4: The Disquieting Death of Emma Gill
September 9, 2024
In the late 1800s, abortion practitioner Nancy Guilford gets caught up in the death of a patient in Bridgeport, and then flees the country, before being returned to face her trial. Marcia Biederman comes into our podcast studio to talk about late 19th century intrigue, society, & medicine, as in her book, The Disquieting Death of Emma Gill.
Episode 5: Revolutionary Connecticut
October 25, 2024
The Library on Other Podcasts
Podcast: Amazing Tales from Off and On Connecticut’s Beaten Path
Episode: “This CT Ghost Story has Plenty of Credible Witnesses”
Librarian & Assistant Archivist Jaime Pettit joins Mike Allen to discuss the bizarre (even supernatural?) events that occurred in a Bridgeport house in the 1970s.
Floating refrigerators, knives and crucifixes flying through mid-air, and a talking cat were observed by more than a dozen police officers and firefighters reported seeing and hearing these incidents. When newspapers reported it, thousands of spectators gathered nightly, causing traffic jams. The Catholic Church became involved as did the infamous ghost hunter couple Ed and Lorraine Warren.
Want to dive more into the Lindley St. phenomena? Scroll up & click on Bridgeport Unmasked’s Episode 3: “Ghosts on Lindley St.?: A Debate”.
Podcast: The Checkout Stack
Episode: “A SciFi Philosophy Series With Adam in CT”
Librarian & Bridgeport Unmasked moderator Adam joins library superfan Maria to talk about books, including: Ishmael, The Story of B, My Ishmael, The Woman in Me, The Motley Fool Investment Guide for Teens, The Disquieting Death of Emma Gill, Red Paint, & Dirty Jokes & Bawdy Songs
The Checkout Stack is for library lovers and bookworms everywhere. Each episode Maria interviews a new librarian to discuss their recent reads, get book recommendations, and learn how their library impacts the community it serves. This podcast is a celebration of the reading life, join us to make sure your library checkout stack is always piled sky high.