The Kid Is Not My Son – Podcast #198 Published on June 7, 2023 Posted in: Hoaxes, Love & Marriage, Money & Financial, Podcast A young boy could inherit millions until his father suspects he isn’t the dad. A true story that involves deceit, attempted blackmail, international law, forged papers, a deceased lawyer, and more!Click to Read More...
A Little Boy’s Revenge (1953) Published on April 21, 2023 Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Hoaxes, Law & Order, Tidbits Three boys at PS 90 in Manhattan were witness to the murder of one of their classmates. Police were called and began a search for the body...Click to Read More...
The Rise & Fall of the Celestial Comet – Podcast #176 Published on July 19, 2022 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Hoaxes, Podcast, Sports In 1941, the Plainfield Teachers College football team was unstoppable. That was until a reporter exposed a shocking secret about the team and their storybook season was brought to a grinding halt.Click to Read More...
1930: Live Baby Auctioned Off Published on March 1, 2022 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Hoaxes, Tidbits Could a baby really be auctioned off? An ad by the Red Arrow Auctions claimed that they would be doing so at their next auction. Was there a catch?Click to Read More...
Two Worlds Collide – Podcast #153 Published on July 29, 2021 Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Hoaxes, Love & Marriage, Podcast, Schools & Education In 1932, the office of Redondo Beach school superintendent Elliott B. Thomas was destroyed and he had mysteriously disappeared. Was he dead or alive? Or was something else going on?Click to Read More...
Giraffes Can’t Speak Published on March 24, 2021 Posted in: Hoaxes, Humor, Tidbits What did the giraffe say when the elephant stepped on his toe? To find out the answer, kids had to dial long-distance to find out the answer.Click to Read More...
One-Week with the Beatles? Published on March 16, 2020 Posted in: Hoaxes, Tidbits When Cheryl Bedrock received a call from Brian Epstein, the famed manager for the Beatles, she was told that she had won a free trip to London to meet the group. It didn't go as planned...Click to Read More...
Don’t Drink Sunlight Dish Detergent Published on February 19, 2018 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Hoaxes, Tidbits On July 15, 1982 the Maryland Poison Control Center in Baltimore reported that 33 adults and 46 children had consumed a brand new lemon-scented dishwashing liquid named Sunlight.Click to Read More...
The Salem Trade School – Podcast #90 Published on January 27, 2016 Posted in: Fraud & Deception, Hoaxes, Podcast, Schools & Education, Sports The Salem Trade School had the worst high school football team in the Boston region back in the 1920's. But they had a big secret...Click to Read More...
The Last Man on Earth – Podcast #88 Published on December 2, 2015 Posted in: Escape and Survival, Hoaxes, Podcast In 1960, Bud Boyd set out to find out what it would be like to be the last man on Earth. Without basic supplies, he set out to survive six weeks in the wild.Click to Read More...
The Fever Girl – Podcast #72 Published on April 18, 2014 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Fraud & Deception, Hoaxes, Podcast In 1923, newspapers around the US reported on the health of the Fever Girl - Evelyn Lyons - a woman with the highest temperature ever recorded to that date.Click to Read More...
Summer Job Hoax Published on April 15, 2014 Posted in: Hoaxes, Schools & Education, Tidbits In 1932, more than fifty Bronx teachers received a telegram telling them that they had a summer job, Did they really?Click to Read More...
The Short Life of Suzy Dewey – Podcast #65 Published on August 19, 2013 Posted in: Death and Murder, Fraud & Deception, Hoaxes, Podcast The story of a little girl named Suzy Dewey who was diagnosed with terminal leukemia and was the victim of a hoax during the last few months of her life.Click to Read More...
Will the Real Dr. Brown Please Stand Up? – Podcast #55 Published on July 10, 2012 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Fraud & Deception, Hoaxes, Podcast, Science, Technology & Medicine Dr. Brown was loved by everyone in Groveton, Texas. When he was arrested for a crime that could have endangered others, they didn't abandon their faith in him.Click to Read More...
The Kidnapping of Caleb Milne IV – Podcast #24 Published on August 6, 2009 Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Fraud & Deception, Hoaxes, Podcast A long-forgotten story about the sensational kidnapping of Caleb Milne IV back in 1935. Not all was as it seemed.Click to Read More...