The Patron Saint of the Vocally Challenged – Podcast #53 Published on April 25, 2012 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Entertainment, Humor, Miscellaneous, Podcast Florence Foster Jenkins is considered to be the forerunner to today's talentless celebrities. Her recordings are considered to be among the worst of all time.Click to Read More...
Jack the Stripper – Podcast #52 Published on March 21, 2012 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Crime & Punishment, Law & Order, Podcast An odd true story about a San Diego robber dubbed "Jack the Stripper" by the press in the early 1960s. Click to learn about his unusual modus operandi.Click to Read More...
Tinker the Toad – Podcast #51 Published on February 13, 2012 Posted in: Animals & Pets, Bizarre & Oddities, Podcast, Science, Technology & Medicine Tinker the toad was found buried under 6-inch thick concrete. The slab had been poured nine years earlier. Find out how Tinker survived this entombment.Click to Read More...
The Corpse Bride – Podcast #50 Published on January 17, 2012 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Crime & Punishment, Death and Murder, Love & Marriage, Podcast The true story of Karl von Cosel and the girl of his dreams. They slept together in the same bed every night - nine years after she had died.Click to Read More...
Midnapore’s Wolf Children – Podcast #49 Published on December 14, 2011 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Podcast The story of Amala and Kamala, two girls in India who were claimed to have been raised by wolves. Find out the facts of this unusual story.Click to Read More...
The Double Life of Clarence King – Podcast #48 Published on November 2, 2011 Posted in: Fraud & Deception, Love & Marriage, Podcast The first director of the US Geological Survey, Clarence King, was a famed scientist, explorer, and author. Yet, few people knew that he spent the last thirteen years leading a secret double life. Click to Read More...
The French Nobleman – Podcast #47 Published on September 5, 2011 Posted in: Love & Marriage, Podcast The death of an elderly man in Chicago in 1941 went initially unnoticed. Then it was learned that he was a French nobleman that gave it all away for the chance to love the woman of his dreams. Find out if he ever got the girl...Click to Read More...
Grady the Cow – Podcast #46 Published on July 8, 2011 Posted in: Animals & Pets, Podcast After giving birth to a stillborn, Grady the Cow just bolted from sight. It was then that her owner realized she had somehow gotten her large body through the tiny door to the concrete silo.Click to Read More...
The Fly Paper Murderess – Podcast #45 Published on June 16, 2011 Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Death and Murder, Podcast Six men died in a Chicago woman's home over a three-year period, all of whom were married to 47-year-old Margaret Summers. She had taken out 19 life insurance policies, all naming her as the sole beneficiary.Click to Read More...
The Man Buried Alive – Podcast #44 Published on May 4, 2011 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Entertainment, Escape and Survival, Podcast On August 21, 1933, Jack Loreen was dug up after spending the previous 64 days buried in a coffin. That was just the start of a crazy competition to survive the longest at six feet under.Click to Read More...
Lyndon Johnson’s Camel Driver – Podcast #43 Published on April 14, 2011 Posted in: Forgotten History, Podcast On May 20, 1961, then US Vice President Lyndon Johnson had a casual conversation with a camel driver named Bashir Ahmad. The next thing you know, Bashir was on his way to the United States in the feel-good news story of 1961.Click to Read More...
Noach Goldberg’s Wooden Leg – Podcast #42 Published on March 15, 2011 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Money & Financial, Podcast Frank Laiken skipped town to avoid paying alimony in 1928 and was never to be seen again. His ex-wife Rose learned of a man named Noach (Noah) Goldberg who had died in Vienna. It was his wooden leg that made her certain that Noah was her husband.Click to Read More...
Conrad Cantzen’s Shoes – Podcast #41 Published on February 11, 2011 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Death and Murder, Entertainment, Money & Financial, Podcast Conrad Cantzen died in 1945 and is long forgotten, but his shoe fund still lives on. Read the story of this bizarre provision in this down-on-his-luck actor's handwritten will.Click to Read More...
Coney Island’s Baby Incubators – Podcast #40 Published on January 10, 2011 Posted in: Podcast, Science, Technology & Medicine A premature baby born prior to the 1940s had little chance of survival unless the baby was lucky enough to be part of a popular sideshow exhibit at Coney Island.Click to Read More...
Samuel Renick Buys His Own Murder -Podcast #39 Published on December 10, 2010 Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Death and Murder, Law & Order, Podcast Albany jeweler Samuel Resnick retired to Phoenix, Arizona, but something went wrong. He ended up paying to have himself murdered.Click to Read More...