Season 2, Episode 3: The Riches Underneath Charlotte

In this supersized episode, host Jeremy Markovich goes looking for Charlotte’s original gold mines, and then gets inside a vault that’s full of billions of dollars to understand how North Carolina’s biggest city ended up being the place where the state stores its money.

• Read more about Hugh McColl in this Our State magazine profile.
• For pictures inside the vault and other goodies from this episode, visit the Away Message Facebook page.

Credits:

Jeremy Markovich: writer, producer, editor, host

James Mieczkowski: production help

Kimberly Simpson: digital manager

Elizabeth Hudson: editor-in-chief

Music in this episode:

• “Gold Standard” by Supastition (Charlotte)
• “Got To Go” by Boulevards: Spotify |Apple Music | Facebook (Raleigh)
• Additional Music: Blue Dot Sessions

Special Thanks: Falfurrias Capital Partners; Laura Fortunato, The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Photograph by Chris Austin