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Derailed Train Jumps Back on the Rails (1941)

Published on May 6, 2023

Posted in: Escape and Survival, Tidbits, Unbelievable

A Streamliner train traveling through Columbus, GA derailed, only to be forced back on the track about one-half mile away.

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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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Salem Trade School Interview

Published on February 25, 2019

Posted in: Forgotten History, Podcast, Schools & Education, Sports, Unbelievable

An interview with John Murphy - His father was a member of the Salem Trade School football team back in the 1920's.

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Unfit to Teach – Podcast #91

Published on February 28, 2016

Posted in: Law & Order, Podcast, Schools & Education, Unbelievable

Rose Freistater was denied a teaching license because she was overweight. Find out what happened when she challenged the ruling.

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Evert Stenmark – That’s the Ticket – Podcast #82

Published on May 9, 2015

Posted in: Escape and Survival, Podcast, Unbelievable

Evert Stenmark was hunting alone for ptarmigan and was buried by an avalanche. Day after day he remained trapped under the snow. Find out how he survived.

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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 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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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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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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Operation Bodysnatch – Podcast #64

Published on July 16, 2013

Posted in: Death and Murder, Forgotten History, Fraud & Deception, Podcast, Unbelievable

At the end of WWII, the US was faced with the task of reburying four bodies of former German nobility. Members of the Monuments Men ran into obstacle after obstacle.

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Attack of the 50-Foot Garden Hose – Podcast #63

Published on June 8, 2013

Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Humor, Podcast, Unbelievable

Some mysterious force was bringing garden hoses all over the US to life in 1955. Find out what they did and how George Di Peso put an end to the madness.

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