In this episode we take a deep dive into two very different women – controversial temperance advocate Carrie Nation and New Orleans madam Josie Arlington – and what happened when they met on a December night in 1907 in the city’s notorious red light district known as Storyville.

The final episode of the three-part series entitled “Interview with a Gravedigger” with city gravedigger, sexton of Greenwood and Cypress Grove Cemeteries, and owner of NOLA Cemetery Renewal LLC, Nick Black. Listener discretion is advised. Nick discusses, among other things, disturbing things found in and above tombs, the difference between a reuse fee and an internment fee, what happens when a tomb is full, and his worst experience in a cemetery. This is intended for mature audiences.

Part two of a three-part series entitled “Interview with a Gravedigger” with New Orleans' city gravedigger, sexton of Greenwood and Cypress Grove Cemeteries, and owner of NOLA Cemetery Renewal LLC, Nick Black. Listener discretion is advised. This episode deals with some topics that some might find troubling. Nick talks about, among other things, what happens when they need to move a body that has not fully decomposed, how you move a body inside a tomb, what occurs when a tomb is full, and how opening every tomb in New Orleans is a lesson in troubleshooting. This is intended for mature audiences only