ABOUT
Rabbit Hole History is a documentary production team comprised of Steam at Harpers Ferry and Bot Studios. Our first feature length documentary film is “Hidden in Plain Sight – Revealing the Concealed Harpers Ferry Cemeteries.” Two cemeteries are featured. One cemetery was set aside by the United States Armory at Harpers Ferry in 1852 at the request of the citizenry, where Union soldiers were later buried. Another holds the remains of African American residents, including an African American Union soldier. Both are investigated using public records, interviews with local residents, and other clues to explain why these cemeteries were ignored in a town so rich in history.
Our next project was a documantary short called “The Lore of Hill Top House – Murder, Madness and Baked Beans” which connects one of the most outrageous murders at the turn of the 20th Century, that of Stanford White by Harry Shaw with the famous Hill Top House in Harper’s Ferry.
Rabbit Hole History Productions is developing another feature length documentary about Barbara E. Pope, an educator, author and activist whose Jim Crow Case was presented at the Second Annual Niagara Movement meeting in Harpers Ferry.
Our goal is to explore United States’ history in new ways by finding little known or frequently overlooked people and subject matter. In addition to the documentary “Hidden in Plain Sight – Revealing the Concealed Harpers Ferry Cemeteries,” Rabbit Hole History productions is developing a companion guide to the documentary, related podcasts, preparing scripts and other materials featuring the region around Harpers Ferry.
Rabbit Hole History Productions prepares and presents local history lectures and living history presentations.
