Boring History

Five of the nine judges who convicted Mary Surratt signed a petition asking the President to spare her life.

She was hanged anyway.

Her son, John Surratt, had worked closely with John Wilkes Booth, escaped across the world, and later walked free after facing much of the same evidence.

So what really happened to the mercy petition?

Was Mary Surratt guilty, or was she punished for the crimes of the men around her?

The full story is now live:

https://youtu.be/V9uAvbmUmnk

Watch the documentary and tell me in the comments:

Was this justice, or vengeance?

2 days ago | [YT] | 3

Boring History

Five of the nine judges who convicted Mary Surratt signed a petition asking the President to spare her life.

She was hanged anyway.

Her son, John Surratt, had worked closely with John Wilkes Booth, escaped across the world, and later walked free after facing much of the same evidence.

So what really happened to the mercy petition?

Was Mary Surratt guilty, or was she punished for the crimes of the men around her?

The full story is now live:

https://youtu.be/V9uAvbmUmnk

Watch the documentary and tell me in the comments:

Was this justice, or vengeance?

2 days ago | [YT] | 9

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LINK : prairiesecrets.com/

You can get the books here. ❤

If the link does not open, you can copy and paste it into your browser, or scan the QR code from the book post.

Thank you so much for all the love and support. I truly hope you enjoy the Prairie Homestead Library.

6 days ago | [YT] | 4

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Sorry, I’m reposting this because the original QR code unexpectedly expired. I’ve now updated it, and hopefully this new QR code will work permanently.

Because the old code had expired, I also had to go back through the videos and remove or blur it wherever it appeared. I’ve deleted the previous post with the expired code and reposted everything here with the updated one.

I’ve been waiting for this moment for a long time. My very first books are officially out. I still can’t quite believe I get to say that.

A little honesty before anything else.

I’ve been away longer than I meant to be. For a while, I was trying my best to keep the videos coming almost every day or every other day, but life got busy in ways I didn’t plan for. Some days it became hard to stay regular, and the comments started piling up faster than I could answer.

If you wrote to me and I never replied or tagged you back, I’m sorry, truly. I haven’t ignored you. I’ve been reading them, and I’ll be working through them to reply to as many of you as I can very soon.

But the truth is, I wasn’t only busy.

Quietly, behind the scenes, I was working on something that means a lot to me. Call it a mission, call it a passion, but I’ve wanted for a long time to share these old stories, recipes, and forgotten pieces of history in a way people could keep, not just watch once and let disappear.

You know the videos I make: the slow, calm history, the old stories I’ve tried to bring back to life for you. Somewhere along the way, I realized I wanted some of that world to become real books you could hold, save, and return to whenever you wanted.

So now, that dream is finally real.

Here’s what’s inside The Complete Library:

Vol. I: The Prairie Kitchen: 73 heritage recipes and the kitchen wisdom of America’s homestead era.

Vol. II: The Lost Arts of the Homestead: old-time household wisdom, natural cleaning, gentle comforts, and the forgotten skills of the frontier.

Vol. III: Evenings on the Prairie: ten stories and the gentle evening traditions of a slower America.

Plus two little extras:

The Prairie Recipe Card Pack

The Prairie Pantry Checklist

This one really means a lot to me. Thank you for sticking around through the quiet, for watching, commenting, encouraging, and being part of this little corner of history with me.

If you’d like to take a look, just point your phone camera at the updated QR code in the image, or tap the link below. No pressure at all. Just go have a look.

👇

prairiesecrets.com/

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6 days ago | [YT] | 21

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A little follow up to my last post.

Since the books are finally out, I wanted to ask you something for the future.

Most of you probably haven’t had time to read them yet, and that’s completely okay. But if you do take a look, or if you decide to get the library and read through it, I’d genuinely love to know which one you enjoyed the most.

Was it the old recipes and kitchen wisdom?

The lost homestead skills and household traditions?

Or the quiet evening stories from prairie life?

I’m putting all three here as a poll, but I’d also love to hear your thoughts in the comments. Tell me which one felt the most useful, comforting, interesting, or worth expanding in the future.

Your feedback really helps me know what to create next.

Take a look here:

prairiesecrets.com

1 week ago | [YT] | 16

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Tonight’s quiet history story is one of the saddest trials America ever turned into a spectacle.

In 1934, a 10-year-old Gloria Vanderbilt was pulled into a courtroom while newspapers called her the “poor little rich girl.”

A fortune. A famous family. A mother. An aunt. A nurse named Dodo. And one child caught in the middle while the whole country watched.

But underneath all the headlines, she was just a little girl who wanted to feel safe.

Had you heard of the Gloria Vanderbilt custody trial before?

Watch here:
https://youtu.be/goNIenM3KXY

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 3

Boring History

Tonight’s quiet history story is one of the saddest trials America ever turned into a spectacle.

In 1934, a 10-year-old Gloria Vanderbilt was pulled into a courtroom while newspapers called her the “poor little rich girl.”

A fortune. A famous family. A mother. An aunt. A nurse named Dodo. And one child caught in the middle while the whole country watched.

But underneath all the headlines, she was just a little girl who wanted to feel safe.

Had you heard of the Gloria Vanderbilt custody trial before?

Watch here:
https://youtu.be/goNIenM3KXY

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 9

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Tonight's story: the woman they called the Blood Countess.

For 400 years the world believed she bathed in the blood of 650 virgins to stay young forever. That detail does not appear anywhere in her actual 1611 trial record. It was invented over a century after she died.

We went back to the real letters, the witness testimony, and the political conspiracy that destroyed her, and built a 2-hour sleep documentary around what the record actually shows.

New video is up now 👇
https://youtu.be/7bqIZcxKwPw

Settle in tonight. 🌙

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 6

Boring History

Tonight's story: the woman they called the Blood Countess.

For 400 years the world believed she bathed in the blood of 650 virgins to stay young forever. That detail does not appear anywhere in her actual 1611 trial record. It was invented over a century after she died.

We went back to the real letters, the witness testimony, and the political conspiracy that destroyed her, and built a 2-hour sleep documentary around what the record actually shows.

New video is up now 👇
https://youtu.be/7bqIZcxKwPw

Settle in tonight. 🌙

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 2

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She crowned the King of France at 17. Two years later, in 1431, that same king let a church court burn her alive at 19, and never lifted a finger to stop it.

The full 2 hour story is up now: https://youtu.be/01MO3-XaDEs

Who do you blame most for Joan of Arc's death?

1 month ago | [YT] | 5