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Cinderella Girl – Podcast #85

Published on August 11, 2015

Posted in: Forgotten History, Holidays & Celebrations, Podcast

Anna Sklepovich had the same birthday as President Franklin Roosevelt. Find out what happened to Anna after she was supposedly invited to the White House.

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Twins Switch Places

Published on August 5, 2015

Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Law & Order, Tidbits

On Sunday, April 1, 1951, officer Carl Hamm pulled over a car in Milwaukee. The man identified himself as Elmer Urban, but he was clearly lying...

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Grandfather’s Good Deed

Published on July 29, 2015

Posted in: Money & Financial, Tidbits

Eight-year-old Edith Diane Brown was the luckiest girl on Earth back in October 1956. That’s when her family learned that she would be inheriting an $1.8 million.

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Lookout Falls from Tree

Published on July 22, 2015

Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Tidbits

In 1959, four men decided to crack the safe at a Boston bank. John Storis was the lookout while the other three cracked the safe. He then fell from a tree.

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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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Porpoise Dies Playing Baseball

Published on July 1, 2015

Posted in: Animals & Pets, Death and Murder, Sports, Tidbits

Sad news came out of Marineland, Florida in 1957 when it was reported that a porpoise named Algae had accidentally swallowed a rubber ball and died.

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Mule Causes Three Car Accidents

Published on June 24, 2015

Posted in: Animals & Pets, Death and Murder, Tidbits

On August 4, 1960, a mule in Shallotte, North Carolina managed to wreck three cars. Read this true story to learn more...

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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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Cuts Off Mother-in-Law’s Nose

Published on June 3, 2015

Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Love & Marriage, Tidbits

Red Fork, OK resident Jack Van Zandt was arrested in 1931 after getting in an argument with his mother-in-law. He had cut off her nose...

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Oops…Wrong Husband

Published on May 27, 2015

Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Love & Marriage, Tidbits

In 1945, Victor Sammarco was arrested for failure to pay alimony to his ex-wife. He claimed never to have seen her before.

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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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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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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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