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The Monk and His Hypnotist – Podcast #86

Published on September 18, 2015

Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Death and Murder, Fraud & Deception, Podcast

An elderly monk and his wife decided to adopt their 63-year-old doctor. Dr. Raymond La Scola was then arrested for supposedly murdering his new mother.

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Forgotten Wine Cellars Discovered

Published on September 2, 2015

Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Forgotten History, Tidbits

On July 12, 1949, men doing excavation work for a building project in Cincinnati, OH unintentionally broke into some long-forgotten wine cellars.

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The Honest Man with an Evil Eye – Podcast #84

Published on July 10, 2015

Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Death and Murder, Money & Financial, Podcast

In 1935, Frank Greges stumbled across a wallet containing the stocks. Find out what really happened and how he killed a man simply by staring at him.

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Long Game of Chess

Published on July 8, 2015

Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Death and Murder, Tidbits

Few, if any, games of chess took as long as the one between Hugh P. Harrison and his aunt Annie Paton. The game lasted twenty years.

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Clarence Frechette – Michigan’s Flying Bandit – Podcast #83

Published on June 7, 2015

Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Crime & Punishment, Death and Murder, Podcast

Clarence Frechette made national news for a bizarre attack on the pilot of an airplane, possibly making him the world's first hijacker.

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Character Day Bank Holdup

Published on May 20, 2015

Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Crime & Punishment, Money & Financial, Tidbits

Six students from the Santa Rosa Junior College found themselves in hot water in 1960. They dressed up in roaring ‘20’s clothes and decided to rob a bank...

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Farmer Bitten Three Times in One Day

Published on May 6, 2015

Posted in: Animals & Pets, Bizarre & Oddities, Tidbits

How's this for bad luck: Nathan Brown was bitten by a bee, a snake, and a bulldog all on the same day: July 6th of 1935.

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He Gave His Right Arm

Published on April 29, 2015

Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits

A 1952 article discussed the case of a girl who was suffering from crippling arthritis. Her father offered to give up his right arm for a cure. And he did.

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The Shoeless Hillbilly – Podcast #81

Published on April 7, 2015

Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Escape and Survival, Fraud & Deception, Podcast

Peter Grainger had spent nearly his entire life living high in the mountains of New Mexico with virtually no contact with the outside world. Or did he?

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James Beasom – An Unlucky Day

Published on April 1, 2015

Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Death and Murder, Tidbits

The papers reported on January 4, 1935, that 56-year-old James Beasom had died. The way that he died was very unusual.

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Trapped in Refrigerated Boxcar

Published on March 25, 2015

Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Escape and Survival, Tidbits

Manuel Ramirez was laid off from his job, so he jumped aboard a boxcar that he thought was headed south to his mom's home. Big mistake...

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Ghosts on the Moon

Published on March 15, 2015

Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits

A story for those that buy into the whole NASA conspiracy-you know-that man never stepped foot on the moon. This is sure to add some more fuel to that fire.

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The Penny Covered Desk

Published on February 15, 2015

Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Money & Financial, Tidbits

Bank floor manager William H. Oglesbee had a very unusual desk. It was covered with more than 12,000 pennies using 77 tubes of cement.

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The Great Venus Swindle – Podcast #79

Published on January 21, 2015

Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Crime & Punishment, Fraud & Deception, Podcast, Unbelievable

In 1953, Harold Jesse Berney was chosen by the US government to be its main contact with Uccelles, a prince visiting our planet from Venus. A crazy, true story!

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Saved by His Buckle

Published on January 15, 2015

Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Escape and Survival, Tidbits

Alfred De Chico was shot three times by Salvatore Carricato, but there was no blood. He was saved by the buckle of his suspenders.

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