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Season 19 Episode 254
In this episode: A couple marries and divorces over and over again, a fugitive appears on The Dating Game tv show, a man is fined for failing to give…
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Lost in the Clouds
Season 19 Episode 253
In 1958, a small plane vanished into the mountains—and what followed became an extraordinary true story of survival, sacrifice, and love in the face …
3 weeks, 1 day ago
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Season 19 Episode 248
In this episode: A woman has 1,446 metal objects in her stomach, a teenager faces almost certain death unless a nail is removed from her lung, a doct…
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The Hot Dog Santa Claus
Season 18 Episode 251
Throughout the 1920s, the children of Boston’s North End gathered in anticipation to see if their beloved Hot Dog Santa Claus, Axel Bjorklund, would …
2 months, 1 week ago
Retrocast 38
Season 18 Episode 248
In this episode: Can a wife legally swipe cash from her husband’s wallet? One Chicago man puts a bizarre social experiment in motion—mailing $1 to 50…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
A Forbidden Love
Season 18 Episode 249
In 1937, a small Indiana town was rocked by a scandal that made national headlines: a 12-year-old girl and her 13-year-old classmate became parents, …
3 months, 2 weeks ago
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Season 18 Episode 245
A fire department stands back and watches a man's home burn to the ground, a pig flies for possibly the first time ever, fleas are transported on a d…
4 months ago
Bad Apples – Lost Boundaries
Season 18 Episode 247
My wife, Mary Jane, joins me to discuss the 1949 movie Lost Boundaries, the screen adaptation of the lives of Dr. Albert and Thyra Johnston, the New…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
A White Lie
Season 18 Episode 246
A New Hampshire doctor and his wife kept a secret from their children, friends, and community for nearly two decades. That was until the federal gove…
5 months, 1 week ago
Rewind: The First Jewish Couple Married on National TV
Cartoonist Leigh Rubin's parents were the first Jewish couple ever to be married on US television, but it almost never happened. Includes audio clip…
5 months, 3 weeks ago