Cape Fear Unearthed

Whether you've watched it yourself or heard about it around town, the lingering presence of "One Tree Hill" in Wilmingto... Read more

Before Brunswick Town and before Wilmington, the first residents of the Cape Fear were the native people who had inhabit... Read more

Was a colonial Englishman murdered and buried on what would become Third Street in downtown Wilmington? Host Hunter Ingr... Read more

For more than 15 years, the region's most popular resident didn't live in a historic home in the heart of Wilmington but... Read more

Did you know that in the height of World War II, Nazi soldiers were held as prisoners of war in camps in Wilmington? It'... Read more

A CAPE FEAR UNEARTHED HALLOWEEN, EP. 4  Major General William H. C. Whiting’s legacy is eternally tied to the rise and f... Read more

A CAPE FEAR UNEARTHED HALLOWEEN, EP. 5  With so much blood, sweat and tears going into the life and performances of a th... Read more

Wilmington has no shortage of ghost stories, but the one that persists at the Price-Gause House on Market Street is more... Read more

StarNews Media Presents "Cape Fear Unearthed," a podcast digging into the history books of Southeastern North Carolina. ... Read more

The Battleship North Carolina was a legendary vessel in the nation's fleet when it was scheduled to be torn apart for sc... Read more

Prohibition ushered in an age of rule breakin’ and hooch makin’ in America, and the Cape Fear region played host to it a... Read more

Plenty of legends speak of pirates around these parts in the days when they sailed the high seas, but what's the truth? ... Read more

Ever heard of the story of the club of young men in 18th century Wilmington that mocked the religious Last Supper and th... Read more

Hurricanes are a reality of living on the coast. You can't stop, you can only prepare for them. But what about the hurri... Read more

A CAPE FEAR UNEARTHED HALLOWEEN, EP. 1 For more than a century, the lives of the Foy family played out inside the walls ... Read more

Nancy Martin's life was cut short in 1857 while on a ship bound for Cuba. But it's the way she was buried that has defin... Read more

In the dead of night on Sept. 21, 1862, William Benjamin Gould and 21 other slaves escaped from Wilmington by commandeer... Read more

For 202 years, Old Baldy lighthouse on Bald Head Island has stood as a product of a different time in the Cape Fear regi... Read more

A CAPE FEAR UNEARTHED HALLOWEEN, EP. 3  Witches have become icons of Halloween, but in colonial America, they were somet... Read more

Going to Wrightsville Beach in the early 20th century was like no other attraction in the state thanks to Lumina Pavilio... Read more