Titanic’s Orphans – Podcast #138

• Published on August 29, 2020

• Posted in: Escape and Survival, Forgotten History, Podcast

After the Titanic sank, two brothers were orphaned after their dad perished. The search for a family member became an front page news worldwide. Just who were they?

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The Zambian Space Program – Podcast #137

• Published on July 28, 2020

• Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Forgotten History, Podcast, Science, Technology & Medicine

In 1964, the newly established country of Zambia announced that it planned to be the first nation to place a man on the moon. An excellent story about a forgotten chapter in space exploration history.

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The Child Bride – Podcast #135

• Published on June 26, 2020

• Posted in: Forgotten History, Podcast, Unbelievable

Just how young is too young to marry? In 1937, 9-year-old Eunice Winstead married 22-year-old Charlie Johns. Could the marriage work?

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Emperor of the Sahara – Podcast #134

• Published on May 16, 2020

• Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Death and Murder, Podcast, Unbelievable

The crazy, true story of Jacques Lebaudy's attempt to build an empire of his own in the Sahara.

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A Nose for Fishing – Podcast #133

• Published on March 31, 2020

• Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Forgotten History, Podcast

Harry C. Morse accomplished quite a bit during his lifetime: theater owner, steamboat captain, and was the first in his town to own a bicycle. Yet he would be best remembered for the unusual way that he caught a fish in 1873.

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In the Blink of an Eye – Podcast #132

• Published on February 22, 2020

• Posted in: Death and Murder, Escape and Survival, Podcast

In 1925, the parents and sisters of 9-year-old Evelyn Castle were killed after their car collided with a train. What came next for Evelyn was totally unexpected. It's a story that is both heartbreaking and uplifting at the same time.

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An Inside Job – Podcast #131

• Published on January 25, 2020

• Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Money & Financial, Podcast

The incredible story of how James Rufus Landis stole $160,000 in $20 bills from the United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing on New Year's Eve of 1953.

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A Christmas Eve Kidnapping – Podcast #130

• Published on December 20, 2019

• Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Holidays & Celebrations, Podcast

On Christmas Eve of 1937, a man in Centerville, Indiana kidnapped a young boy and his babysitter. Minutes later, the boy's mother and the local grocer were taken prisoner by a second thug. A shootout between the bandit and the boy's father then followed.

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Soul Searching – Podcast #129

• Published on November 22, 2019

• Posted in: Death and Murder, Money & Financial, Podcast

Miner James Kidd made an incredibly unusual request in his will that would take more than 21 years for the courts to resolve.

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The Prick of Death – Podcast #128

• Published on October 17, 2019

• Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Death and Murder, Podcast

In 1933, a young man was walking through a busy train station in India when he was pricked in the arm by a man walking in the opposite direction. He would soon be dead and the shocking truth as to how and who murdered him was revealed.

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The Case of the Doctor-Doctor Kidnapping – Podcast #127

• Published on September 14, 2019

• Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Podcast

n 1933, a medical doctor and a chiropractic doctor were found severely injured a short distance from one another. The two had never met before, but their lives had somehow violently crossed on that fateful day.

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The Transcontinental Taxi Ride – Podcast #126

• Published on August 10, 2019

• Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Forgotten History, Podcast

An offbeat story from 1966 about a woman requested that a taxicab drive her all the way from Toledo, Ohio to San Francisco, CA.

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The Snoring War – Podcast #125

• Published on July 4, 2019

• Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Love & Marriage, Podcast

A fun story from 1964 in which Brooklyn neighbors Sam Gutwirth and Sam Scheir ended up in court due to Scheir's loud snoring.

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Flying Blind – Podcast #124

• Published on June 7, 2019

• Posted in: Escape and Survival, Podcast

A great story about a Navy pilot who was blinded during a bombing run over North Korea in 1952 and the attempt by another pilot to land him safely.

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The First Jewish Couple Married on National TV – Podcast #121

• Published on April 25, 2019

• Posted in: Forgotten History, Love & Marriage, Podcast

Stan and Natalie Rubin were the first Jewish couple ever married on television in the United States, but it almost never happened because of their religion.

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