![🎙️ Episode 23: Under the Dryer at Hockenmeyer's Shoppe - [Jan 16, 1943]](https://storage.ghost.io/c/20/a9/20a91fba-e841-4219-9098-ce0f695aff91/content/images/size/w720/2026/09/Ep-23_Spruce.jpg)
🎙️ Episode 23: Under the Dryer at Hockenmeyer's Shoppe - [Jan 16, 1943]
Handwritten while getting ready for a night on the town, this letter is a rollercoaster - from stress to bowling, we learn a lot about the neighborhood.
30 Sep 2026
Mattie On The Homefront
A podcast about one family during World War II
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![🎙️ Episode 22: We Found Virginia - Mrs Michigan Has a Ring to It - [Jan 11, 1943]](https://storage.ghost.io/c/20/a9/20a91fba-e841-4219-9098-ce0f695aff91/content/images/size/w720/2026/09/Ep-22_Virginia.jpg)
🎙️ Episode 22: We Found Virginia - Mrs Michigan Has a Ring to It - [Jan 11, 1943]
36 hours for Mattie brings more news about Wes & Flo. And gives us enough clues to find one of the most mysterious figures in our story so far.
25 Sep 2026![🎙️ Episode 21: Wes and Florence's Sinful Lives - [Jan 9, 1943]](https://storage.ghost.io/c/20/a9/20a91fba-e841-4219-9098-ce0f695aff91/content/images/size/w720/2026/09/Ep-21_Sinful-Ways-2.jpg)
🎙️ Episode 21: Wes and Florence's Sinful Lives - [Jan 9, 1943]
It confused Mattie when her son Wes left his wife Florence to look for work in California. Today, she finds out some not-so-nice reasons why he might have made that choice.
17 Sep 2026