Dead Centre

No one did more than Sherm Lutz to promote aviation to Centre County. Hear the story of Centre County's premiere aviator and his surprising legacy.  Thank you to the following artists for use of their music and sound effects in the making of this episode of Dead Centre:   THEME MUSIC: Licensed under Creative Commons:   Coffee Shop David Szesztay   https://open.audio/library/tracks/38904/   Pineapple Rag http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Joplin/   Let’s Call er Lil https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Singing_Sadie/Songs_for_Swingers/Lets_Call_er_Lil/   Policy Kin https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Heftone_Banjo_Orchestra/Music_Box_Rag/Heftone_Banjo_Orchestra_-_Music_Box_Rag_-_12_-_Policy_King/   Arctic https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chad_Crouch/20190430162340543/Arctic   Cows Mooing Felix Blume https://freesound.org/people/qubodup/   P-40 Takeoff https://freesound.org/people/Fight2FlyPhoto/sounds/161119/#    Bi-Plane taxi https://freesound.org/people/LOVEBURD/sounds/329615/#   Apollo and Mercu

Dive into the adventures of the early airmail pilots who flew blindly across the Allegheny Mountains, stopping in Bellefonte, PA, on the first leg of the transcontinental airmail route, and hear from Bob Hines whose Uncle Dan wrote an early history of the airmail pioneers. Thanks to the following artists whose work was used in this production: Creative Commons Attribution; Non-commercial Synthetic engine Timbre https://freesound.org/people/Timbre/packs/7226/ Attribution Only Bi-Plane taxi Loveburd https://freesound.org/people/LOVEBURD/sounds/329615/# College Football Game Timmyg62 https://freesound.org/people/timmyg62/sounds/328623/# Vintage Biplanes https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/packs/24881/ Steam train https://freesound.org/people/eliasheuninck/packs/10652/ Baseball hit https://freesound.org/people/AmishRob/sounds/214989/# Wind Sound effect Karas https://freesound.org/people/Karas_Homemade_SFX/ Prop wash https://freesound.org/people/Cheeseheadburger/sounds/141522/# Mournful Music https

The Civilian Conservation Corps is a Depression Era federal jobs program that left an extraordinary legacy in Centre County.

Philipsburg, PA philanthropist Charles Rowland built a theatre for his community in 1917. One hundred years later, Dead Centre revisits his legacy.

In the 19th century, Leonard Rhone started Centre County's Grange Fair as a way to promote education and fellowship among farm families. Today, visitors still gather at his Georgian mansion in Centre Hall, Pa.

An historic home in Milesburg, PA could not be salvaged, so its owner is turning it into a work of art called "The Crooked House."

The Iron Barons of 19th century Centre County successfully won hosting rights for a Farmers High School that became Penn State. Thank you to the following artists for use of their music and sound effects in the making of this episode of Dead Centre: THEME MUSIC: “Coffee Shop” David Szesztay is Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://www.needledrop.co/wp/artists/david-szesztay/ "Nothing Broken" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ The following works are: Licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License: Hammer and anvil Duasun September 12th, 2015 Saw » WoodSaw1.wav Pingel November 22nd, 2005 Cow moos josephsardin February 6th, 2013 Fire Crackle and Flames 002 FractalStudios October 19th, 2016 brassmusic.mp3 vollkornbrot May 9th, 2013 The following works are: Licensed under the Attribution License. SE Horse & wagon with lots of wooden &

Episode 2 of Dead Centre explores how a part of the Smithsonian collection came to be in Centre County, Pa. Thanks to the following artists whose work is used in this episode: Celebrating 50 Years by The United States Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps is licensed under a Public Domain Mark 1.0 License. Civil War » CW_Cannon_Single1.wav Richardemoore Licensed under Attribution 3.0 thefilmbakery Pioneer Village » Horse and Carriage.aif This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License. J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No4-1 BWV1049 by Kevin MacLeod Creative Commons Attribution license. playaudio1 Clippy cloppy Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution license.

This is the story of some of the rarest stamps in American philately and how four were stolen and three ultimately returned to the American Philatelic Society in Bellefonte, the seat of Centre County, PA. Thanks to the following creators and composers whose work is gratefully included in today’s episode: Theme Music "Ghost Dance" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Theme Music "Coffee Shop" David Szesztay http://www.needledrop.co/wp/artists/david-szesztay/ Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Sound Effects: The following are licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Plane Cessna Taxi Prop wash.wav Cheeseheadburger freesound.org onearmedbanditjackpot.wav vumseplutten1709 freesound.org fast foward.wav ricardri freesound.org presentiment R4544m2 Setuniman freesound.org photo press Conference.WAV kl