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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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Murder in the Mail – Podcast #80

Published on March 6, 2015

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

John Kmetz received a trial supply of herbal pills that would restore vitality to his 54-year-old body. Shortly after taking the pills, Kmetz was dead.

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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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The Bowery’s Santa – Podcast #78

Published on December 12, 2014

Posted in: Holidays & Celebrations, Money & Financial, Podcast

Joe Bonavita went to the Bowery in 1946 to give away a big chunk of his hard-earned money to those less fortunate. The true story about an unusual Santa Claus.

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The Woman with the X-Ray Camera – Podcast #77

Published on November 29, 2014

Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Death and Murder, Love & Marriage, Podcast

A New York City woman named Pearl Lusk was hired in 1946 to investigate a woman suspected in a jewel heist. What happened next is truly unforgettable.

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A Life Forgotten – Podcast #76

Published on October 23, 2014

Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Forgotten History, Podcast

What would you do if you had forgotten your entire past? One man suffered such a fate and spent many years trying to figure out who he was.

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The Citicorp Tower Revisited – Podcast #75

Published on August 16, 2014

Posted in: Podcast, Science, Technology & Medicine, Unbelievable

When the Citicorp Tower in New York City opened in 1977, no one could have ever imagined that building was fatally flawed. A phone call from a college student in New Jersey to the building's structural engineer may have saved tens of thousands of lives.

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Arrest the Parents – Podcast #74

Published on July 14, 2014

Posted in: Law & Order, Podcast

Should parents be held responsible for the crimes that their children commit? Check out this story from 1947 detailing just what happened when New York City tried to do just that.

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The Canary Funeral – Podcast #73

Published on May 24, 2014

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

Back in 1920, Newark, NJ was host to one of the most bizarre funerals ever. An estimated 10,000 people lined the streets to witness the funeral procession of Jimmie the singing canary.

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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.

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Baltimore’s Buried Treasure – Podcast #71

Published on March 15, 2014

Posted in: Money & Financial, Podcast

The fascinating true story about two Baltimore boys that discovered a pot of gold in a basement in 1934. It proved to be anything but lucky.

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William Cimillo – Busman’s Holiday – Podcast #70

Published on February 10, 2014

Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Podcast, Unbelievable

Every day for 16 years, bus driver William Cimillo drove his passenger bus. One morning he took a left turn and just kept going. True story!

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Tunnel Joe Holmes – Podcast #69

Published on January 4, 2014

Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Escape and Survival, Podcast

Tunnel Joe Holmes was a career criminal serving a 20-year sentence for burglary. His great escape in 1951 elevated him to celebrity status overnight.

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The Blaze Incident – Podcast #68

Published on December 1, 2013

Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Podcast, Unbelievable

A long-forgotten front-page story from January 1945 that involved the US military, the White House, a Hollywood actress, and one big dog named Blaze.

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Mr. Moneybags – Podcast #67

Published on October 30, 2013

Posted in: Money & Financial, Podcast

Alexander Ector Orr Munsell was an incredibly wealthy man during the Great Depression. Then he gave it all away to live among the poor in a flophouse.

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