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Dr. Nic Butler, historian at the Charleston County Public Library, explores the less familiar corners of local history with stories that invite audiences to reflect on the enduring presence of the past in the Lowcountry of South Carolina.

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Episodes

  1. 1

    Episode 278: Thomas Francis Meagher, Irish Patriot, in Charleston

    ·33m
  2. 2

    Episode 317: The First Days of South Carolina's Last Royal Governor

    ·31m
  3. 3

    Episode 316: Governor William Campbell and the Scorpion, sailing to Charleston in 1775

    ·27m
  4. 4

    Episode 315: Lord William Campbell, Sarah Izard, and their Carolina Connection, Part 2

    ·23m
  5. 5

    Episode 314: Lord William Campbell, Sarah Izard, and their Carolina Connection, Part 1

    ·32m
  6. 6

    Episode 313: The 1775 Debut of the South Carolina Flag

    ·26m
  7. 7

    Episode 302: Reconstructing the Streets of Post-Civil War Charleston

    ·26m
  8. 8

    Episode 312: The Demise of Butcher Town and the Charleston Abattoir

    ·32m
  9. 9

    Episode 311: The Path to Butcher Town, Charleston's Slaughtering Suburb

    ·31m
  10. 10

    Episode 310: Charleston's Centre Market, Established 1807

    ·27m
  11. 11

    Episode 309: The Restoration of Market Street, 1804–1807

    ·30m
  12. 12

    Episode 308: Meandering Marketplaces in Urban Charleston, 1794–1805

    ·26m
  13. 13

    Episode 307: The Refugees in Market Street, 1793

    ·26m
  14. 14

    Episode 306: The Genesis of Market Street, 1783–1789

    ·26m
  15. 15

    Episode 304: The Rise of Asphalt Roadways in Twentieth-Century Charleston

    ·27m
  16. 16

    Episode 303: The Granite Roadways of Gilded-Age Charleston

    ·24m
  17. 17

    Episode 301: Cobbling the Streets of Antebellum Charleston

    ·30m
  18. 18

    Episode 300: Frederick Douglass in 1888 Charleston

    ·31m
  19. 19

    Episode 299: The Orange Economy of Colonial Charleston

    ·25m
  20. 20

    Episode 298: Illuminating the Streets of Early Charleston

    ·34m
  21. 21

    Episode 297: Giving Thanks for Native American Food in 1670 Charleston

    ·25m
  22. 22

    Episode 296: Charleston Common: A Brief History of A Fractured Landscape

    ·31m
  23. 23

    Episode 295: Mutiny and Murder aboard Nuestra Señora de la Concepçion, Part 4

    ·36m
  24. 24

    Episode 294: Mutiny and Murder aboard Nuestra Señora de la Concepçion, Part 3

    ·26m
  25. 25

    Episode 293: Mutiny and Murder aboard Nuestra Señora de la Concepçion, Part 2

    ·25m
  26. 26

    Episode 292: Mutiny and Murder aboard Nuestra Señora de la Concepçion, Part 1

    ·28m
  27. 27

    Episode 290: Charleston’s Suburban Racecourse and Slave Auction Site

    ·33m
  28. 28

    Episode 287: Colleton Square: Prelude to Market Street

    ·29m
  29. 29

    Episode 286: The Charleston Gunpowder Plot of 1731, Part 2

    ·28m
  30. 30

    Episode 285: The Charleston Gunpowder Plot of 1731, Part 1

    ·23m
  31. 31

    Episode 284: Drama at the Court Room in 1735: Charleston’s First Theater

    ·28m
  32. 32

    Episode 283: A Hawaiian Band in Charleston, 1901–2

    ·28m
  33. 33

    Episode 282: Union Pier: Mobility Nexus through the Centuries

    ·26m
  34. 34

    Episode 281: Surf Bathing at Sullivan's Island In the 19th Century

    ·32m
  35. 35

    Episode 280: Cash and Credit in South Carolina before the U.S. Dollar

    ·30m
  36. 36

    Episode 279: Phebe Fletcher: A ‘Magdalene’ in Revolutionary Charleston

    ·26m
  37. 37

    Episode 318: The Flight of Sampson the Pilot in the Summer of 1775

    ·35m
  38. 38

    Episode 277: The Shaw Community Center: A Living Memorial to Civil Rights Progress

    ·34m
  39. 39

    Episode 276: Segregation and Desegregation at the Charleston County Public Library, 1930–1965

    ·30m
  40. 40

    Episode 275: John L. Dart, Champion of Education

    ·33m
  41. 41

    Episode 274: The Beef Market under Charleston's City Hall

    ·29m
  42. 42

    Episode 273: The First Football Match in Charleston, Christmas Eve 1892

    ·32m
  43. 43

    Episode 272: Watson's Garden: The Horticultural Roots of Courier Square

    ·36m
  44. 44

    Episode 271: Free Indians In Amity with the State: A Legal Legacy

    ·33m
  45. 45

    Episode 270: The Native American Land Cessions of 1684

    ·31m
  46. 46

    Episode 269: The Ghosts of Petit Versailles

    ·28m
  47. 47

    Episode 268: Demolition by Neglect in the 1720s: Forsaking Charleston's Earthen Fortifications

    ·36m
  48. 48

    Episode 267: Spanish and Cuban Consuls in Charleston, 1795–1959

    ·29m
  49. 49

    Episode 266: Inventing the French Quarter in 1973

    ·27m
  50. 50

    Episode 265: Hog Island to Patriots Point: A Brief History

    ·32m
  51. 51

    Episode 264: John Champneys and His Controversial Row, Part 2

    ·30m
  52. 52

    Episode 263: John Champneys and His Controversial Row, Part 1

    ·26m
  53. 53

    Episode 262: Bathing to Beat the Heat in Early Charleston, Part 2

    ·33m
  54. 54

    Episode 261: Bathing to Beat the Heat in Early Charleston, Part 1

    ·21m
  55. 55

    Episode 260: Anson's Landing to Gadsden’s Wharf: A Brief History

    ·25m
  56. 56

    Episode 259: Charleston's Third Ice Age: The Big Chill

    ·29m
  57. 57

    Episode 258: Sullivan's Island: Property of the Crown and State, 1663–1953

    ·29m
  58. 58

    Episode 257: William Ah Sang and the Chinese Question of 1869

    ·34m
  59. 59

    Episode 256: The Hard: Colonial Charleston's Forgotten Maritime Center

    ·22m
  60. 60

    Episode 255: The Genesis of North Charleston's Oldest and Newest Library

    ·24m
  61. 61

    Episode 254: Charleston's First Market and Place of Public Humiliation

    ·36m
  62. 62

    Episode 253: Blanche Petit Barbot: A Musical Life in Charleston

    ·21m
  63. 63

    Episode 252: Florence O'Sullivan: South Carolina's Irish Enigma

    ·31m
  64. 64

    Episode 251: Margaret Daniel: Enterprising Free Woman of Color

    ·30m
  65. 65

    Episode 250: Charleston's First Black Detectives, 1869–1886

    ·22m
  66. 66

    Episode 249: Searching For The Curtain Wall of Charleston’s Colonial Waterfront

    ·35m
  67. 67

    Episode 248: Savannah Highway: The Private Roots of a Public Thoroughfare

    ·28m
  68. 68

    Episode 247: The Ghost of Christmas Past: Joy and Fear during the Era of Slavery

    ·24m
  69. 69

    Episode 246: Park Circle: Vestige of the Original North Charleston Concept

    ·29m
  70. 70

    Episode 245: The Grand Model: John Culpeper's 1672 Plan for Charles Town

    ·34m
  71. 71

    Episode 244: Planning Charleston in 1672: The Etiwan Removal

    ·34m
  72. 72

    Episode 243: Ghost Island: Desecration on the Ashley

    ·32m
  73. 73

    Episode 242: Hispanic Prisoners in Charleston during La Guerra del Asiento

    ·31m
  74. 74

    Episode 241: The Mermaid and the Hornet in the Hurricane of 1752

    ·44m
  75. 75

    Episode 240: The Stono Rebellion of 1739: Where Did It Begin?

    ·29m
  76. 76

    Episode 239: Careening across the Lowcountry in the Age of Sail

    ·32m
  77. 77

    Episode 238: Charleston's Second Ice Age: Rise of the Machines

    ·26m
  78. 78

    Episode 237: Clementia Mineral Spring: Ghost Town that Never Was

    ·29m
  79. 79

    Episode 236: The Charleston Tar-and-Feathers Incident of 1775

    ·37m
  80. 80

    Episode 235: Navigating the Bar of Charleston Harbor: Gateway to the Atlantic

    ·24m
  81. 81

    Episode 234: Brewing Beer for the Carolina Station during the Era of Captain George Anson

    ·26m
  82. 82

    Episode 233: Oqui Adair: First Chinese Resident of South Carolina, Part 2

    ·29m
  83. 83

    Episode 232: Oqui Adair: First Chinese Resident of South Carolina, Part 1

    ·25m
  84. 84

    Episode 231: Where Did Robert Smalls Live in 1862 Charleston?

    ·29m
  85. 85

    Episode 230: Creating a Walled City: The Charleston Enceinte of 1704

    ·38m
  86. 86

    Episode 229: Swords, Fencing, and Masculine Choreography in Early Charleston

    ·25m
  87. 87

    Episode 228: The Other Eliza Pinckney: A Charleston Woman of Two Worlds

    ·39m
  88. 88

    Episode 227: The 'Irish Church' in Mazyck's Pasture: An Early Catholic Refuge in South Carolina?

    ·28m
  89. 89

    Episode 226: The Voice of the 'Black Swan' in 1873 Charleston

    ·31m
  90. 90

    Episode 225: The Colonial Roots of Black Barbers and Hairdressers

    ·26m
  91. 91

    Episode 224: South Carolina's Capitation Tax on Free People of Color, 1756–1864

    ·27m
  92. 92

    Episode 223: Five years of Charleston Time Machine

    ·23m
  93. 93

    Episode 222: A 'Banjer' on the Bay of Charleston in 1766

    ·26m
  94. 94

    Episode 221: Charleston’s Defensive Strategy of 1703

    ·29m
  95. 95

    Episode 220: The First People of the South Carolina Lowcountry

    ·25m
  96. 96

    Episode 219: Wielding the Sword of State in Early South Carolina

    ·27m
  97. 97

    Episode 288: Charleston's Forgotten First Orphan House, 1790–94

    Dr.

    ·28m
  98. 98

    Episode 289: Policing Rural Charleston, from Colonial Posse to County Sheriff

    Dr.

    ·27m
  99. 99

    Episode 305: The Waterfront Markets of Colonial Charleston

    Dr.

    ·32m
  100. 100

    Episode 291: Line Street: Vestige of the War of 1812

    Dr.

    ·37m
  101. 101

    Episode 318: The Flight of Sampson the Pilot in the Summer of 1775

    Hidden gem

    Charleston Time Machine traces how Samson Waldron, an enslaved mariner in Charleston, became the pilot who guided the Royal Navy sloop Scorpion out of Charleston Harbor in June 1775.

    Mar 27, 2026·35m·2 clips
  102. 102

    Episode 317: The First Days of South Carolina's Last Royal Governor

    Hidden gem

    Charleston Time Machine Episode 317 follows Lord William Campbell's arrival in Charleston Harbor on June 17, 1775, as the warship Scorpion delivers South Carolina's last royal governor to a city already organized around rebellion.

    Mar 6, 2026·31m·2 clips
  103. 103

    Episode 316: Governor William Campbell and the Scorpion, sailing to Charleston in 1775

    Hidden gem

    Charleston Time Machine tracks Lord William Campbell's 1775 voyage to Charleston aboard the sloop of war Scorpion as the American Revolution begins to harden in South Carolina.

    Feb 20, 2026·27m·1 clip
  104. 104

    Episode 315: Lord William Campbell, Sarah Izard, and their Carolina Connection, Part 2

    Historian Dr.

    Feb 6, 2026·23m
  105. 105

    Episode 314: Lord William Campbell, Sarah Izard, and their Carolina Connection, Part 1

    Hidden gem

    Charleston Time Machine follows Lord William Campbell from his command of the Nightingale during the Seven Years' War to his 1763 arrival in Charleston Harbor and marriage to Sarah Izzard.

    Jan 23, 2026·32m·2 clips
  106. 106

    Episode 313: The 1775 Debut of the South Carolina Flag

    Hidden gem

    Historian Nick Butler examines the first recorded appearance of South Carolina’s crescent flag at Fort Johnson on November 22, 1775.

    Dec 19, 2025·26m·1 clip
  107. 107

    Episode 312: The Demise of Butcher Town and the Charleston Abattoir

    Hidden gem

    Charleston Time Machine host Nick Butler traces slaughterhouse regulation from colonial Charleston in the 1690s through the 1912 opening of a modern abattoir.

    Dec 5, 2025·32m·2 clips
  108. 108

    Episode 311: The Path to Butcher Town, Charleston's Slaughtering Suburb

    Hidden gem

    Charleston Time Machine host Nick Butler traces how Charleston pushed animal slaughter from the walled city toward northern suburbs between 1698 and the early 19th century.

    Nov 7, 2025·31m·2 clips
  109. 109

    Episode 310: Charleston's Centre Market, Established 1807

    Hidden gem

    Charleston Time Machine host Nick Butler examines Charleston’s effort to complete Market Street’s public marketplace before General Charles Coatsworth Pinckney’s 1807 deadline.

    Oct 23, 2025·27m·1 clip
  110. 110

    Episode 309: The Restoration of Market Street, 1804–1807

    Oct 3, 2025·30m
  111. 111

    Episode 308: Meandering Marketplaces in Urban Charleston, 1794–1805

    Sep 19, 2025·26m
  112. 112

    Episode 307: The Refugees in Market Street, 1793

    Sep 5, 2025·26m
  113. 113

    Episode 306: The Genesis of Market Street, 1783–1789

    Aug 15, 2025·26m
  114. 114

    Episode 305: The Waterfront Markets of Colonial Charleston

    Aug 1, 2025·32m
  115. 115

    Episode 304: The Rise of Asphalt Roadways in Twentieth-Century Charleston

    Jul 11, 2025·27m
  116. 116

    Episode 303: The Granite Roadways of Gilded-Age Charleston

    Jun 27, 2025·24m
  117. 117

    Episode 302: Reconstructing the Streets of Post-Civil War Charleston

    May 30, 2025·26m
  118. 118

    Episode 301: Cobbling the Streets of Antebellum Charleston

    May 16, 2025·30m
  119. 119

    Episode 300: Frederick Douglass in 1888 Charleston

    Jan 31, 2025·31m
  120. 120

    Episode 299: The Orange Economy of Colonial Charleston

    Jan 17, 2025·25m
  121. 121

    Episode 298: Illuminating the Streets of Early Charleston

    Dec 13, 2024·34m
  122. 122

    Episode 297: Giving Thanks for Native American Food in 1670 Charleston

    Nov 22, 2024·25m
  123. 123

    Episode 296: Charleston Common: A Brief History of A Fractured Landscape

    Nov 8, 2024·31m
  124. 124

    Episode 295: Mutiny and Murder aboard Nuestra Señora de la Concepçion, Part 4

    Oct 25, 2024·36m
  125. 125

    Episode 294: Mutiny and Murder aboard Nuestra Señora de la Concepçion, Part 3

    Oct 18, 2024·26m
  126. 126

    Episode 293: Mutiny and Murder aboard Nuestra Señora de la Concepçion, Part 2

    Oct 11, 2024·25m
  127. 127

    Episode 292: Mutiny and Murder aboard Nuestra Señora de la Concepçion, Part 1

    Oct 4, 2024·28m
  128. 128

    Episode 291: Line Street: Vestige of the War of 1812

    Sep 20, 2024·37m
  129. 129

    Episode 290: Charleston’s Suburban Racecourse and Slave Auction Site

    Sep 6, 2024·33m
  130. 130

    Episode 289: Policing Rural Charleston, from Colonial Posse to County Sheriff

    Aug 16, 2024·27m
  131. 131

    Episode 288: Charleston's Forgotten First Orphan House, 1790–94

    Aug 2, 2024·28m
  132. 132

    Episode 287: Colleton Square: Prelude to Market Street

    Jul 19, 2024·29m
  133. 133

    Episode 286: The Charleston Gunpowder Plot of 1731, Part 2

    Jun 28, 2024·28m
  134. 134

    Episode 285: The Charleston Gunpowder Plot of 1731, Part 1

    Jun 21, 2024·23m
  135. 135

    Episode 284: Drama at the Court Room in 1735: Charleston’s First Theater

    Jun 7, 2024·28m
  136. 136

    Episode 283: A Hawaiian Band in Charleston, 1901–2

    May 24, 2024·28m
  137. 137

    Episode 282: Union Pier: Mobility Nexus through the Centuries

    May 10, 2024·26m
  138. 138

    Episode 281: Surf Bathing at Sullivan's Island In the 19th Century

    Apr 26, 2024·32m
  139. 139

    Episode 280: Cash and Credit in South Carolina before the U.S. Dollar

    Apr 12, 2024·30m
  140. 140

    Episode 279: Phebe Fletcher: A ‘Magdalene’ in Revolutionary Charleston

    Mar 29, 2024·26m
  141. 141

    Episode 278: Thomas Francis Meagher, Irish Patriot, in Charleston

    Mar 15, 2024·33m
  142. 142

    Episode 277: The Shaw Community Center: A Living Memorial to Civil Rights Progress

    Mar 1, 2024·34m
  143. 143

    Episode 276: Segregation and Desegregation at the Charleston County Public Library, 1930–1965

    Feb 16, 2024·30m
  144. 144

    Episode 275: John L. Dart, Champion of Education

    Feb 2, 2024·33m
  145. 145

    Episode 274: The Beef Market under Charleston's City Hall

    Jan 19, 2024·29m
  146. 146

    Episode 273: The First Football Match in Charleston, Christmas Eve 1892

    Dec 15, 2023·32m
  147. 147

    Episode 272: Watson's Garden: The Horticultural Roots of Courier Square

    Dec 1, 2023·36m
  148. 148

    Episode 271: Free Indians In Amity with the State: A Legal Legacy

    Dr.

    Nov 17, 2023·33m
  149. 149

    Episode 270: The Native American Land Cessions of 1684

    Nov 9, 2023·31m
  150. 150

    Episode 269: The Ghosts of Petit Versailles

    Oct 27, 2023·28m