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- Isabel McHie – A Fortune to the Dogs – Podcast #150
- Leaves Estate to “Dumb Animals”
- Penned Will on Ladder
- Wrote Will on Petticoat
- Opted to Elope
- Bad Apples #2 – The Hitch-Hiker – Podcast #149
- Secretly Married 12 Years
- Married Teacher Forced to Resign
- Badman Billy Cook – Podcast #148
- The Tapioca Time Bomb
- 1933 – Cockroach Racing Ad
- 1912 Acme Anvils Ad
- Birth Control Leases Barred
- Theodore Roosevelt Declares War on the Banana Skin
- The St. Louis Diptheria Tragedy – Podcast #147
- Giraffes Can’t Speak
- Girls Crash Circus
- Double Your Money by Boiling It
- 1952 Portable Garage Ad
- 1919 REO Speedwagon Convertible Ad
- 1945 Oldsmobile Hydra-Matic Drive Ad
- 1968 Wolf’s Head Motor Oil Ad
- 1959 Cushman Scooters Ad
- 1959 Miller Dynamo Headlamp and Horn Set Ad
- 1939 Oldsmobile Ad
- 1936 Essolene Gasoline Ad
- 1908 Rambler Automobile Ad
- 1904 Winton – Peerless – Franklin Automobiles Ad
- 1904 Crescent Motor Cycles Ad
- 1896 Columbia Bicycles Ad
- 1891 Phil Klipple’s Carriage Shops Ad
- 1939 A Nazi Shall Die! – Air Adventures Ad
- 1947 Dame and Wilson Watch Repair Ad
- 1959 Linguaphone Learn to Speak French Ad
- 1915 Brentano’s Book Store Ad
- 1905 Albany Engraving Co. Ad
- 1891 Cunnington Groceries, Hardware, and Miners’ Supplies Ad
- 1953 Walt Disney Peter Pan Admiral TV Ad
- 1949 Roll-A-Ray Heat Massager Ad
- 1888 Remington Typewriter Ad
- 1938 Rand Hair Growth Ad
- 1962 8mm Motion Picture Film Projector Ad
- 1961 Telefunken Reel-to-Reel Tape Recorder Ad
- 1949 – Texcel Christmas Giftape Ad
- 1978 – Apple Computer Christmas Ad
- 1949 – Ripon Loafer Sox Ad
- 1949 – Speed Queen Washing Machine Ad
- 1945 – Enger-Kress Leather Billfold Wallets Ad
- 1963 – Holiday on Ice Ad
- 1951 – Lionel Trains
- 1958 – Delaware Flower Shop Ad
- 1898 – Hardy’s 99 Cent Store
- 1907 – Tonsiline
- 1930 Primset Protruding Ears Ad
- 1923 Clear-Tone for Pimples Ad
- 1921 Ferond’s Hair Grower Ad
- 1918 Bowlegged Straightleg Garter Ad
- 1918 Renulife Violet Ray Ad
- 1909 American Ever-Ready Safety Razor Ad
- 1902 – Manly Men Ad
- 1922 Zip Hair Remover Ad
- 1923 – Dainty-Form Fat Reducing Cream Ad
- 1905 – Mennen’s Borated Talcum Toilet Powder Ad
- 1901 – Vacuum Organ Developer
- 1886 – Dr. Lutz’s Vaginal Bulb Nozzle Syringe Ad
- 1899 – Tinto-Comb Hair Dye Ad
- 1898 – Hu-Can Hair Tonic Ad
- 1956 – The Girls by Franklin Folger Comic
- 1949 – Cuties by E. Simms Campbell Comic
- Comic – Election Day Absentee Ballot
- Comic – Good morning, Transparent Plastic Furniture Company
- 1966 Airplane Crash Comic
- 1927 Asbestos Asbestocel Ad
- 1949 Toastswell Toasters Ad
- 1949 Electric Faucet Hot Water Heater Ad
- 1938 Speed Queen Washing Machine Ad
- 14939 White Lead Paint Ad
- 1938 WinterKing Coal Ad
- 1908 Majestic Stove Ad
- 1900 Sherwin Williams Paint Ad
- 1892 Postoffice Drugstore Wall Paper Ad
- 1903 Hills Balcony Dryer
- 1949 Betty Crocker Cake Mixes Ad
- 1927 Pabst-ett Cheese Ad
- 1947 Pepsi Cola Ad
- 1966 Burger King
- 1966 Carnation Instant Breakfast Ad
- 1962, Jolly Green Giant Rag Doll Ad
- 1958 McDonalds Ad
- 1954 Milky Way Ad
- 1941 Kooba Cola Ad
- 1943 Safe-T Cones Ice Cream Cone Ad
- Postum Food Coffee Ad
- 1937 Fresh-Canned Mushrooms
- 1935 Own a Potato Chip Factory
- 1936 Beeman’s Pepsin Chewing Gum Ad
- 1933 – Curtiss Baby Ruth Root Beer Candy Ad
- 1926 Romance Flour
- 1907 Korn-Kinks Cereal Ad
- 1906 – Egg-O-See Cereal Ad
- 1920 Protecto Rubber Sanitary Bloomers Ad
- 1908 Paris Sock Garters Ad
- 1908 Man-Tailored Walking Skirt Ad
- 1908 Mermaid Bathing Bust and Abdominal Supporters Ad
- 1906 BVD Underwear Ad
- 1972 Vibra-Bra by American Image Ad
- 1953 Jail-Jamas Ad
- 1958 – Potato Sack Dress Ad
- 1905 – Saturday Evening Post Ad
- 1972 – MasterCharge Credit Card Ad
- 1928 – Southern Trust Company – 6% Gold Bonds Ad
- 1904 – Oil Stock Bargains Ad
- 1935 – Raise Giant Frogs, American Frog Canning Ad
- The Flip Side of History
- Lindbergh’s Artificial Heart
- Einstein’s Refrigerator
- 1912 – Titanic and Olympic Ad
- 1903 – Dr. Lawrence’ s Vacuum Developer for Debilitated Men Ad
- 1902 – Allen’s Antiseptic Corn Plasters
- 1900 – Perfect Manhood Restored Ad
- 1873 Epilepsy or Fits Ad
- 1929 – Ful-O-Pep Dry Mash
- 1972 – “Who Else Wants a Live Monkey”
- 1945 – “Hello, Ma… I got the job!”
- 1942 – There may be a rubber shortage…
- 1912 – “The Lesson” (Titanic Commentary)
- 1939 – Doris! Do you mean to say we’re through? Comic
- 1934 The Plumber Keeps Warm in Bed Comic
- 1945 Thriftway Discount Store Ad
- 1935 Cullen’s Pet Shop Ad
- 1910 Fox’s Pet Shop Ad
- 1940 Snappy Clothes Shop Ad
- 1902 Munn & Co Patents Ad
- 1952 Cessna 170 Ad
- 1940 Van Heusen Shirt Ad
- 1906 Buster Brown Shoes Ad
- 1912 The Glass Block Store Ad
- 1954 From Nine to Five Comic
- 1938 Out Our Way Ad
- 1951 Room and Board Comic
- 1959 Apollo Savings & Loan Ad
- 1954 Velvet Freeze Ice Cream Ad
- 1948 Renswick Artificial Plastic Eyes Ad
- 1941 Hotpoint Refrigerator Ad
- 1948 Montgomery Ward Airline Radio Ad
- 1918 Every Day Evaporated Milk Ad
- 1927 Heinz Tomato Ketchup Ad
- 1929 Majestic Radio Ad
- 1931 Ever-Ready Safety Razor Blades Ad
- 1939 All in a Lifetime Comic
- 1939 Speed Queen Washing Machine Ad
- 1944 Aurex Hearing Aid Ad
- 1946 Ben-Gay Ad
- 1948 Lane Cedar Chests Ad
- 1949 Weak Glands Ad
- 1962 Harleysville Insurance Ad
- 1900 Tholen Brothers Plumbing Ad
- 1901 Mme A. Ruppert’s Face Bleach Ad
- 1905 Gillette Safety Razor Ad
- 1906 Craig’s Heroin Compound Ad
- 1907 Newbro’s Herpicide Dandruff Treatment Ad
- 1959 Whitey Cat Food Ad
- 1923 Rat Bis-Kit Ad
- The Price of a Kiss – Podcast #146
- The 34-Year Nightmare – #1 Most Downloaded Podcast Episode
- The Wrist-Twist Instant Steering System
- Bad Apples #1 – The Best Years of Our Lives – Podcast #145
- Illuminated Tires
- Highway Hi-Fi Record Player
- The Sleep-Walking Murderer – Podcast #144
- Kids Keep Santa From Getting a Ticket
- Santa Stuck in Chimney
- Gift of 4-Tons of Fertilizer
- A Grateful Mother – Podcast #143
- The Most Beautiful Ape in the World Contest
- World Posture Queen Pageant
- Rita Hayworth Beautiful Legs Contest
- The Runaway Miss America – Podcast #142
- Submarine Rodeo
- The Ghost Plane
- Legal to Fly Airplanes on Sunday
- The Flying Housewife – Podcast #140
- Man Steals Railway
- Airplane Golf Match
- Horseless Age Is Not Far Away
- Mother Tells Baby That Armed Robber is a TV Repairman
- Early Long-Distance Learning Fails
- Dead Man Helps Revive Wife
- The Fight for Hildy McCoy – Podcast #139
- Watch-Sized Radios Possible
- ENIAC is First Computer
- Robert Oppenheimer Falls Asleep on His Date
- Titanic’s Orphans – Podcast #138
- Burglars Stole the Paper, Too
- She Thought Robber Was Fooled
- Snitch Gets the Last Laugh
- The Zambian Space Program – Podcast #137
- Fails to Win Back Wife After Two Suicide Attempts
- Kissing Barred on Bavarian Trains
- Married atop a Ferris Wheel
- The Child Bride – Podcast #135
- Two Homes Built on Wrong Lots
- A Lady’s Age Is Her Own Business
- Mummies Found in Attic
- Beet Salad Could Be an Influenza Cure
- Emperor of the Sahara – Podcast #134
- Pimientos Could Be an Influenza Cure
- Iodine and Creosote Influenza Cure
- Send-A-Dame Chain Letter
- Wife’s First Husband Found Alive
- Woke Up Beside a Dead Man
- A Nose for Fishing – Podcast #133
- One-Week with the Beatles?
- She Won’t Get Fooled Again
- Stole 55 Right-Footed Shoes
- In the Blink of an Eye – Podcast #132
- Life-Size Statue Found on Subway Platform
- Elephant Falls from Elevated Trolley
- Suicide Prevented by Cork Leg
- An Inside Job – Podcast #131
- 17-Year Christmas Card Mystery
- Parachute Drops Christmas Gifts
- Sacramental Wine for Jewish Families to Be Doubled
- A Christmas Eve Kidnapping – Podcast #130
- Was the Heaviest Man Buried in a Piano Shipping Box?
- Wrote Will on the Back of a Wall Calendar
- Will Written on Egg Shell
- Tells Amazing Tale of Mars
- Soul Searching – Podcast #129
- Not Dead Yet…
- Jailed for Writing Fiction
- Edwin Land’s Invention
- The Prick of Death – Podcast #128
- 50,000 Books Given Away
- In the Water Too Long…
- Milk Bottle Shortage
- The Case of the Doctor-Doctor Kidnapping – Podcast #127
- Spike Heels Banned in Mobile, Alabama
- Idea Wasn’t a Bust
- Suits Made from Paper
- The Transcontinental Taxi Ride – Podcast #126
- Girls Stuck in Phone Booth
- Woman Swallows a Live Mouse
- Popping Popcorn Wrecks Building
- The Snoring War – Podcast #125
- Drivers Use Homeowner’s Yard as Roadway
- Plane Lands on Car
- First Tire to Cross the Pacific?
- Flying Blind – Podcast #124
- The First Jewish Couple Married on National TV – Podcast #121
- The Scooter Romeo
- The Wrong Man
- An Incredible Life of Learning
- The Missing Groom
- The Coal Mountain Casanova – Podcast #120
- Dog Has His Own Charge Account
- Salem Trade School Interview
- Toothless Dog Charged in Biting
- Dog Choked by Fishing Line
- A Punishment That Went Horribly Wrong – Podcast #119
- Rock Group Heart Should Have a Heart Attack
- The Carpenters are the Disney Version of Music
- Carole King Can Barely Sing
- No Locks at Denny’s
- Empty Christmas Envelopes
- Santa Breaks Girl’s Heart
- Christmas Time in Santa Heim – Podcast #118
- The Adventure of a Lifetime – Podcast #117
- Hitchhiking Father and Son Reunited
- Twins Hitchhiking Around the World
- Uses Handcuffs to Hitch Rides
- The Walking Murphys – Podcast #116
- That’s My Parking Spot!
- That’s a Lot of Ants…
- 6-Year-Old Goes on a Buying Spree
- The Monster Crash at Crush – Podcast #115
- The Sign Said Free TV
- Kept Alive by Pumping Arms
- Pennies Hoarded for Gold
- Baby Moses – Podcast #114
- Officer, I am Being Followed…
- Self-Service Gasoline
- Both Children Born in a Yellow Cab
- Mile-A-Minute Murphy – Podcast #113
- Rubber Hose Cures Hiccups
- Saved by a Giant Turtle
- More Intelligent People Have Gout
- Cow Jumps Over the Moon
- Moons of Mars Made by Martians
- Woman Befriends Rats
- A Journey to the Center of the Earth – Podcast #112
- Dick the Dog – Podcast #111
- Loses Job for Taking Out a Personal Ad
- Needed a Husband to Pay Off Debt
- Wife Must Be Of Sound Wind and Limb
- Wife for Sale – Podcast #110
- Don’t Drink Sunlight Dish Detergent
- Glue Sniffing Fad
- Exercise Fad is Dangerous
- The Case of the Phantom Vegetable Oil – Podcast #109
- Safety Buttons Proven Unsafe
- Only Santa Fits Down Chimneys
- Got Just What He Asked For
- The Man Who Gave Away His Birthday – Podcast #108
- World’s First Commercial Airline
- Pretended to be an Astronaut
- Man Sucked into Jet Engine
- Held on for Dear Life
- The First Transatlantic Airplane Race – Podcast #107
- Intelligence Related to Breast Size
- Won Nose Job on TV
- Children Will Have Bugs Bunny Teeth
- Elixir of Death – Podcast #106
- Placed Tooth in His Ear
- Tried to Hide Her Report Card
- Teacher Punishes Students with an Electric Chair
- Le Mars Trilogy: Part 3 – Maybelle Trow Knox – Podcast #105
- Her First Husband Was Still Alive
- Sees Dead Husband on Movie Screen
- Thought His First Wife Was Dead
- Le Mars Trilogy: Part 2 – Farmers in Revolt – Podcast #104
- Waiter Drugs Non-Tipper
- Permitted to Wear Van Dyke Beard
- Pushes Cart 13 Miles Off Course
- Le Mars Trilogy: Part 1 – T.M. Zink’s Library – Podcast #103
- Twilight Zone Chooses to Keep Rod Serling
- Kids Trapped in a Toolbox
- Wife Serves Husband Dog Food
- Dr. Mary Edwards Walker – Podcast #102
- Superboy Flies Out the Window
- Habitrail Ad
- Pilot Crashes into Living Room of Home
- Kids Bounce Out of the Window
- Where There’s a Wilby, There’s a Way – Podcast #101
- Washed His Intestines in the Kitchen Sink
- Doctor Removes His Own Appendix
- Ultimate Cure for a Sore Throat???
- A Miracle Birth in Mexico – Podcast #100
- Eleuterio the Parrot
- Vote Cacareco
- Mule Elected to Office
- Millionaire for a Day – Podcast #99
- Princess Margaret Caught Smoking a Cigarette
- Found Out Who Her Husband Really Was…
- Dressed Like a Man for Halloween
- The Trick-or-Treat Dentist – Podcast #98
- The Tape Age
- First VCR System
- First Microwave Oven
- Silent Susan – Podcast #97
- $20,000 in Ice Cream in Will
- Thief Becomes Clerk at Drugstore
- Bars Glue in Ice Cream
- The Ice Cream Wars – Podcast #96
- Topless Cellist
- Yonkers Anti-Shorts Law – Podcast #95
- Walked 14 Miles Nude
- Brassiere Brigade – Podcast #94
- Car Wrecked Over Nudists
- Pay-Phone Bandit Arrested
- Grabbed the Wrong Box
- 3-Year Sentence for Stealing a Penny
- Aluminum Foil Swimwear
- Stars ’n Stripes Girdle
- The Blue Man
- The Ugliest Thing the President Ever Saw – Podcast #93
- Sheep Take a Flying Leap
- A Monkey Up A Tree
- Lazarus, the Headless Rooster
- A Dog Day in Court – Podcast #92
- Teacher Refuses Loyalty Oath
- Women with Children Banned from Teaching
- Too Pretty to Teach
- Unfit to Teach – Podcast #91
- Death Threat Against the Bee Gees
- Early Criticism of The Beatles
- Early Criticism of Elvis Presley
- The Salem Trade School – Podcast #90
- Good Samaritan Saves Christmas
- Saves Mouse from Torturers
- The Singing Mouse – Podcast #89
- New Leg for Christmas
- 3-Year-Old Reckless Tricycle Driver
- Girl Thought She Killed Boy
- The Last Man on Earth – Podcast #88
- Poison Ivy Lawsuit
- Faked His Own Death
- He Wants His Alimony Back
- Death by Lipstick
- The Rescue of Charles Nalle – Podcast #87
- The Monk and His Hypnotist – Podcast #86
- U.S. Needs Spyglasses
- He Liked to Hear the Glass Tinkle
- Forgotten Wine Cellars Discovered
- Cinderella Girl – Podcast #85
- Twins Switch Places
- Grandfather’s Good Deed
- Lookout Falls from Tree
- The Honest Man with an Evil Eye – Podcast #84
- Long Game of Chess
- Porpoise Dies Playing Baseball
- Mule Causes Three Car Accidents
- Clarence Frechette – Michigan’s Flying Bandit – Podcast #83
- Cuts Off Mother-in-Law’s Nose
- Oops…Wrong Husband
- Character Day Bank Holdup
- Evert Stenmark – That’s the Ticket – Podcast #82
- Farmer Bitten Three Times in One Day
- He Gave His Right Arm
- A Horse Named Wedding Expenses
- The Shoeless Hillbilly – Podcast #81
- James Beasom – An Unlucky Day
- Trapped in Refrigerated Boxcar
- Ghosts on the Moon
- Murder in the Mail – Podcast #80
- One Too Many Kisses for Opera Star
- The Penny Covered Desk
- Catch Beetles with Auto Paints
- The Great Venus Swindle – Podcast #79
- Saved by His Buckle
- Sucker Day
- Stolen Coffee Truck
- Boy Stuck in Chimney
- The Bowery’s Santa – Podcast #78
- Girls Free Santa Claus
- 340 lb Santa Stuck in Chimney
- The Woman with the X-Ray Camera – Podcast #77
- Sweater Found
- Lost Coat Found
- Wrong Man Identified
- A Life Forgotten – Podcast #76
- The Tieless Teacher
- The Citicorp Tower Revisited – Podcast #75
- Sixth Set of Twins
- Can’t Cook Applesauce
- Tattooed Pantyhose
- Sun Lamp Fad
- Arrest the Parents – Podcast #74
- Ring Turning Fad
- The Canary Funeral – Podcast #73
- Dogs Kill Sheep in Scientific Study
- Racoon Prevents House Fire
- Snake Milks Cow
- Communist Teacher Fired
- The Fever Girl – Podcast #72
- Summer Job Hoax
- Fired for Taking off Jacket
- Dog Causes Minibike Accident
- Baltimore’s Buried Treasure – Podcast #71
- Jackie Robinson Lawsuit
- Women Forbidden to Marry
- Fish Foretell Earthquakes
- 1896 Japanese Tsunami
- William Cimillo – Busman’s Holiday – Podcast #70
- 1755 Lisbon Tsunami
- Tunnel Joe Holmes – Podcast #69
- The Blaze Incident – Podcast #68
- Mr. Moneybags – Podcast #67
- The Baby is in the Mail – Podcast #66
- The Short Life of Suzy Dewey – Podcast #65
- Operation Bodysnatch – Podcast #64
- Attack of the 50-Foot Garden Hose – Podcast #63
- The Ghost of Guam – Podcast #62
- The Pleasant Hill School Bus Tragedy – Podcast #61
- Ivory Soap Murders – Podcast #60
- The Sky is Falling – Podcast #59
- Dead Ringers – Podcast #58
- The Sikorsky Sweater Girls – Podcast #57
- Apple Annie – Podcast #56
- Girl Buys Lots of Puppies
- Will the Real Dr. Brown Please Stand Up? – Podcast #55
- Girl Sues Boy
- The Case of the Misplaced Belly Button – Podcast #54
- The Patron Saint of the Vocally Challenged – Podcast #53
- Jack the Stripper – Podcast #52
- Tinker the Toad – Podcast #51
- The Corpse Bride – Podcast #50
- Midnapore’s Wolf Children – Podcast #49
- The Double Life of Clarence King – Podcast #48
- The French Nobleman – Podcast #47
- Grady the Cow – Podcast #46
- The Fly Paper Murderess – Podcast #45
- The Man Buried Alive – Podcast #44
- Lyndon Johnson’s Camel Driver – Podcast #43
- Noach Goldberg’s Wooden Leg – Podcast #42
- Conrad Cantzen’s Shoes – Podcast #41
- Coney Island’s Baby Incubators – Podcast #40
- Samuel Renick Buys His Own Murder -Podcast #39
- The Cardiff Giant – Podcast #38
- The Greatest Escape – Podcast #36
- Dumpy the Dog – Podcast #35
- Death by Exploding Playing Cards – Podcast #34
- The Little Widow of Herald Square – Podcast #33
- The Sterilization of Ann Cooper Hewitt – Podcast #32
- The Phantom Sniper – Podcast #31
- The Strange Kidnapping of Milly McGill – Podcast #30
- The 1913 Calumet Christmas Party Disaster – Podcast #29
- The Cranberry Crisis of 1959 – Podcast #28
- The Great Elephant Caper – Podcast #27
- You’ve Got the Wrong Men – Podcast #26
- Escape in a Homemade Submarine – Podcast #25
- The Kidnapping of Caleb Milne IV – Podcast #24
- The Day the US Dropped 4 H-Bombs on Spain – Podcast #23
- The Fake Epidemic – Podcast #22
- The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson – Podcast #21
- The US Army Bicycle Corps – Podcast #20
- The Radium Girls – Podcast #19
- Come Dancing with Henry Ford – Podcast #18
- Extracting Gold from Seawater – Podcast #17
- The Flubber Fiasco – Podcast #16
- The Spirits of St. Louis – NBA’s Most Profitable Team – Podcast #15
- The Disaster of the USS Indianapolis – Podcast #14
- Henrietta Swan Leavitt Unlocks the Universe – Podcast #13
- Antarctica’s Red Light District – Podcast #12
- The Great Toilet Paper Shortage – Podcast #11
- The Hanging of Will Purvis – Podcast #10
- The Terminal Starring Sir Alfred – Podcast #9
- Fight! – Shiloh Baptist Church Disaster – Podcast #8
- The 14-Year-Old Inventor of Television – Podcast #7
- The U.S. Camel Corps – Podcast #6
- The Gimli Glider – Podcast #5
- Titanic – The Unsinkable Violet Jessop – Podcast #4
- The Bath School Massacre – Podcast #3
- Bat Bombs – The Other Secret Weapon – Podcast #2
- Useless Information Podcast – Introduction – Podcast #1
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