Episodes
A man of many enemies was found dead on his wedding night. He survived a lifetime of brutal battles, surpassing death many times. What was it that finally took him out? Was he murdered by his new wife? Perhaps an enemy? Tune in to learn the rest of the story! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attila
Published 11/16/22
Two adventurers set out to do something no one had ever done before! Frank and George were crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a meager rowboat. One night, a monster from the depths taunted their tiny vessel. Would they make it ashore safely? Tune in for the rest of the story! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Samuelsen_and_George_Harbo
Published 11/13/22
Imagine finding a long lost shipwreck, rumored to be filled with treasure beyond your wildest dreams. Gold, silver, jewels, and other precious items were lost to the depths...until divers happened upon it. The contents of the ship shocked everyone who was looking for this treasure trove for years. Tune in for the rest of the story! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuestra_Se%C3%B1ora_de_Atocha
Published 11/12/22
By all appearances, Murphy seemed perfectly fine to everyone when he got home from the war. But when he was alone, his woes with PTSD wreaked havoc on his life, making it a living nightmare. Did his trauma cause him to murder someone? Tune in for the rest of the story! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audie_Murphy
Published 11/11/22
A young girl was stowed away in a cold, rat-infested cellar for a month as she waited for the Nazis to leave her homeland. She was a key piece of the local resistance, left to starve alone as the enemy stormed her town. Would she ever make it back home? Tune in for the rest of the story! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrey_Hepburn
Published 11/10/22
"What are you doing here?" the voice demanded. A 15-year-old girl turned around and was met with the barrel of a gun aimed at her chest by a Nazi guard who caught her on her walk home. Little did the man know the young girl was a messenger for the resistance. Tune in for the rest of the story! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrey_Hepburn
Published 11/09/22
"They allowed words that had survived the last ice age to slip away." No one understood the last two speakers of an Aboriginal language. They were brother and sister and per tradition, they were forbidden to see or speak to one another. Ultimately, the language they shared passed away with them. Tune in for the rest of the story! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Aboriginal_languages
Published 11/08/22
The 1800s was the time of entertainment. Circuses would recruit men and women from around the world who were seen as "different" and would put them on display for others to gawk at. This is the tragic tale of Tambo, an Aboriginal man who was known for his boomerang. Tune in for the rest of the story. https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/history-culture/2012/06/the-strange-tale-of-aboriginal-circus-performers/
Published 11/07/22
A woman's picture displayed in the window caught the eye of someone from MGM Studios passing by. Who was this beautiful woman in the window? They just had to get to know her. You know her as Ava Gardner today but back then, she was just visiting her sister in New York when that picture was taken. Tune in for the rest of the story! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ava_Gardner
Published 11/06/22
Imagine going to a doctor hoping to get a life-changing procedure, only to find out that not only has this doctor never performed this procedure before, but the guy isn't even a medically licensed doctor! That's what happened when John Hunter performed the first artificial insemination. Tune in to the rest of the story! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hunter_(surgeon)
Published 11/05/22
As sharp pangs of hunger twisted his guts and his brains, all he wished for was death because it seemed that was the only way out. On his quest for the everlasting sleep, his attempt failed and somehow, life suddenly made sense to him. The life that awaited him would be more than he could've ever dreamed. Tune in for the rest of the story! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Rubinstein
Published 11/04/22
"Too Tall Teichman" was a high school dropout who wanted to make something of himself and become an esteemed architect. But how would the boy from the lesser side of New York pay for his education? One night, his long legs wandered to the local ballroom where he was pushed into a dance competition. That very night, he was offered a new job, one he never expected. Tune in for the rest of the story! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Murray
Published 11/03/22
A young boy, barely in his teens, aimlessly wandered the streets of Boston. His adoptive parents detested him for not being the solution to their marital problems and as such, deprived him of the love he deserved. Sneaking into the Peter Pan musical after a lonely day of wandering, he felt more at home than ever among the Lost Boys. You know him from some of Disney's greatest hits. Tune in for the rest of the story! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Malet
Published 11/02/22
Damaged beyond repair, doctors said he would never walk again. Ol' Red defied the odds and learned to walk himself. He yearned to join the Navy but when he was turned down because of his accident, the President of the United States got personally involved. Who was this man? Tune in for the rest of the story! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Godfrey
Published 11/01/22
Arthur was a devout spiritualist at heart. In fact, he became well known for his spiritualism and his obsession with the strange and unusual. People accused him of Satan worshipping because his beliefs were so different from the norm. Even with this dark reputation, he's remembered, even honored, for something else entirely. Tune in for the rest of the story! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle
Published 10/31/22
"'Lois is not going to die,' he said." A doctor did all he could in the race against the clock for his tuberculosis-stricken wife. A mountainous village seemed to hold the cure, so Arthur made the cross country trip in the snow on his skis. Would he make it and would Lois survive? Tune in for the rest of the story! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle
Published 10/30/22
16-year-old Art was homeless by choice. Hunkered down in an old boxcar on a stormy night, two men awoke Art from his slumber with a gun aimed directly at him. A split second determined whether or not he would survive the attack. Tune in for the rest of the story! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Linkletter
Published 10/29/22
"Just a nice guy who got to come home." The scene is Normandy. A man sits on the shore shaking and praying when suddenly, an explosion! The damage would forever change his legs. Who was this man exactly? Tune in for the rest of the story! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Carney
Published 10/28/22
Art was a creative young man who had a talent for making people laugh, lifting the spirits of his fellow Marines fighting in World War ll. When he signed up for the Marines at just 16, he needed his father's signature. With no father in the picture, he found an agreeable drunk on the streets who agreed to pretend to be the boy's father for a few minutes in exchange for a bottle of whiskey. Tune in for the rest of the story! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Buchwald
Published 10/27/22
You know her as Annie Oakley, but did you know that before she ever stepped foot on a stage, she was an abused servant? As a young girl, Pheobe Ann Mosey was taken in by an Ohio family only to be mistreated and forced to work on their farm. This cruel childhood fueled her passion for helping needy kids and performing as Annie Oakley to make them smile. Tune in for the rest of the story! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Oakley
Published 10/26/22
Let's admit it, juggling is a really cool skill. For those of us who never mastered it, we're hypnotized by those who have. Anthony Gatto is the world's best juggler, becoming a world-class prodigy at just nine years old. He dazzles audience all over the globe and is the proud owner of many awards. Tune in for the rest of the story! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Gatto
Published 10/25/22
400 steamboats lie beneath the surface of the Missouri River, victims of its treacherous waters. One of the boats is the Arabia which sunk with her 200 tons of precious cargo. Generations of failed attempts to salvage the treasure were trumped by one man who dedicated his life to finding the ghost ship. Tune in for the rest of the story! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabia_(steamboat)#:~:text=The%20Arabia%20is%20a%20side,a%20team%20of%20local%20researchers.
Published 10/24/22
When storms approach, farmers herd their cattle to shelter and protect them from predators. Did you know other species do this same thing? Ants are herders of the insect kingdom, herding aphids for their honeydew excrete. Think humans are the only complex species? Think again. Tune in for the rest of the...
Published 10/23/22
A gem show in Arizona displayed a treasure beyond compare. No, it wasn't a crystal, but a fossil! This fossil was a particularly spectacular find because it was the "missing link" for something scientists were trying to prove for so long! Perhaps the find was all too...convenient. Tune in for the rest of the story! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeoraptor
Published 10/22/22
Grey Owl was a fur trapper whose heart turned to compassion after he killed a beaver and heard the cries of its young from the bushes. The cries of the two young beavers moved Grey Owl enough to bring them home to his cabin and to raise them as his own. After this incident, he became an advocate for conservation, writing and traveling as an Indigenous person to raise awareness. It wasn't until his death that his true identity would come to light and the Grey Owl facade would crumble. Tune in...
Published 10/21/22