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The Great Diamond Hoax of 1872: The Fortune That Never Existed
Episode 181
THE GREAT DIAMOND HOAX OF 1872
What if you traveled hundreds of miles into the American West, discovered genuine diamonds with your own hands, and st…
1 day, 3 hours ago
The Burning: The Movie Night That Devastated Dromcollogher
Episode 180
On Sunday night, September 5, 1926, the people of Dromcollogher, County Limerick, gathered for something special: a night at the movies.
There was no…
1 week, 1 day ago
The Buffalo World's Fair Where a President Was Assassinated
Episode 179
In 1901, Buffalo, New York, built a city that wasn't supposed to last.
The Pan-American Exposition was a spectacular World's Fair designed to show mi…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
The Great Hinckley Fire: The Town That Couldn't Outrun the Flames
Episode 178
On September 1, 1894, Hinckley, Minnesota was a booming lumber town surrounded by forests dried by months of drought and littered with highly combust…
3 weeks, 1 day ago
The Clymer Mine Disaster: 44 Men Went to Work and Never Came Home
Episode 177
On the afternoon of August 26, 1926, 57 men were working underground at the Clymer No. 1 coal mine near the small Pennsylvania community of Clymer.
A…
4 weeks, 1 day ago
Lake Nyos: The Night a Lake Killed 1,700 People
Episode 176
On the night of August 21, 1986, families living beneath Lake Nyos in Cameroon went to sleep with no reason to believe they were in danger.
By mornin…
1 month ago
Owensboro and America’s Last Public Execution
Episode 175
On August 14, 1936, thousands of people arrived in Owensboro, Kentucky before sunrise.
They came to watch a man die.
Rainey Bethea's hanging would be…
1 month, 1 week ago
Philadelphia’s Bellevue Hotel Gave a Killer Its Name
Episode 174
In July 1976, thousands of American Legion veterans gathered at Philadelphia’s luxurious Bellevue-Stratford Hotel. They came to celebrate America’s b…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
The Ottawa, Illinois Radium Girls: The Story That Changed Worker Safety
Episode 173
Ottawa, Illinois Told Women to Lick Radioactive Paint
At first glance, Ottawa, Illinois is a quiet river town with historic streets and small-town ch…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
New London: Why Gas Smells Like Rotten Eggs | Yore Town
Episode 172
New London, Texas changed America forever—and most people have never heard why.
New London: Why Gas Smells Like Rotten Eggs tells the true story behi…
2 months ago