The Stories You Never Heard!

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January 25, 2021

The Invasion of Kern County

Down the street the Piper walked, always playing. Down the street the rats ran after him; but when he stopped on the bank of the River Weser, every one of…
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January 5, 2021

The Ugly Woman in the Park

A touching tribute to a hometown hero gone frighteningly awry. It has since been fixed, but the internet—the world— never forgets. (more…)
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December 7, 2020

The Sky is On Fire

If I told you that our story tonight was about a great fire that occurred on October 8, 1871, you’d probably guess we were talking about the Great Chicago Fire.…
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December 2, 2020

There Are People in the River

How do you prioritize tragedy? When two terrible things happen around the same time, do you mourn the loss of one person or 1,547? A sad tale of tragedy being…
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December 1, 2020

The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919

Molasses. That sweet, brown, viscous liquid. Harmless enough when you buy a jar at the store, but destructive and damaging when hundreds of thousand of gallons come rushing at you…
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March 12, 2020

Mad Mike Hughes

"There is a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line." -Oscar Levant (more…)
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February 20, 2020

A Saint Named John

This week we hear another personal tale. Harry takes us on a trip back to his struggling younger self, tells the story of an amazing running coach, and we learn…
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February 6, 2020

Cher Ami, The Hero of The Lost Battalion

This week we take a trip back to the first world war. Heroes of war come in all shapes and sizes. Listen to the tale of Cher Ami, a very…
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January 9, 2020

The Battle For The Castle

This week we depart from US soil to tell the tale of what has often been called the strangest battle of World War II — Americans, Germans, and prisoners all…
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December 19, 2019

Being Different

It's a story we've all heard, but this is the side of the story you've never heard. The last of our holiday episodes is told once more by Gloria Gaither.…
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December 12, 2019

Here Comes Saint Nick

War — it is destructive, disruptive, and disparaging. Tradition — it is empowering, strengthening, and echoes the resilience of those who have suffered. Listen to the story of how the…
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November 28, 2019

Falling From The Sky

If ever there was something to be thankful for today, Alan Magee knows exactly what that is. From my mother's sleep I fell into the State, And I hunched in…
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November 14, 2019

A Mysterious Illness

Before advances in medical science and vaccinations, people were at the mercy of many dangerous viruses. This mysterious illness took the lives of more US soldiers than the entirety of…
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October 31, 2019

A Halloween Story

Everyone has a spooky story to tell, right? Gather ’round the campfire, kiddies, as we listen to an experience that Telly Savalas had many, many years ago that spooked him…
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October 20, 2019

An Actor’s War

This week things get personal as Harry relates a story told to him by a friend and coworker. Bravery turns to fear turns to survival in this tale of a…
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October 10, 2019

The Smallest Angel

The president elect visits Miami in 1933. The entire city is overjoyed except for one man who plans to make it known. His terrible plan, one that could change the…
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October 1, 2019

A Star With a Plan

She arrived in America in 1938. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. And in her spare time she created technology that would eventually be…
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September 10, 2019

The Good Deed

No good deed goes unpunished. A poor widow receives a gift from a benevolent stranger, a bitter landlord is relieved of all his money by the country's most notorious outlaw,…
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September 1, 2019

Two Guys On a Train

In 1863 an actor who still holds the record for playing Hamlet more times than any other actor in the world rescued a young man from certain death on the…
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