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Real-Life John Wick: Mercy, Grief, and a Basement of Cages
Episode 211
He wasn’t an assassin—he was a retired dog trainer. Jonathan Weaver spent twelve years training search-and-rescue dogs for police. After his wife died in 1991, he adopted Mercy, a retired K-9 who sle…
Published on 9 hours ago
Marilyn Monroe: The Last Calls — Legend vs. Record
Episode 210
Did you know some say Marilyn Monroe phoned both Kennedys hours before she died? On August 4, 1962, at 12305 Fifth Helena Drive, the legend begins with late-night calls about “sensitive matters.” The…
Published on 22 hours ago
The Most Dangerous Man: The Crash Island Legend
Episode 209
This was the most dangerous man. In the late 1940s, a prison transport carrying more than a hundred inmates crash-landed on a remote island. About thirty survived, including Grant Heftado, in custody…
Published on 1 day, 6 hours ago
Real “Bugs Bunny”? The 1899 Rabbit Hunt Legend
Episode 208
This is the real Bugs Bunny—the legend says they didn’t hunt rabbits; they hunted children dressed as them. In 1899 in the Appalachian mountains of Pennsylvania, a private lodge hosted a so-called Ra…
Published on 2 days, 6 hours ago
“Don’t Enter the Rift”: A Deep-Sea Legend at 10 Kilometers
Episode 205
This is the only expedition where a diver returned with proof of something that shouldn’t exist. In May 1983, the research sub USS Calyptra vanished from contact during a prototype test near the Mari…
Published on 4 days, 3 hours ago
A New Face for a Price: The Real Barbie Legend
Episode 207
She wasn’t plastic—she was colder. In 1961 Los Angeles, Barbara Lane, 24, opened a “finishing academy” that promised beauty, confidence, love—and, for the right price, a new face. Teachers, secretari…
Published on 6 days, 6 hours ago
Dexter Morgan: Hero, Monster, or Both?
Episode 206
He had a steady job, a quiet smile, and a code. Dexter Morgan worked with Miami Police by day, reading blood like a map. By night, he became the thing the city feared—the Bay Harbor Butcher—guided by…
Published on 1 week ago
Dwayne Johnson: Fame, Cost, and the Contract Legend
Episode 204
Did you know some fans claim Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson traded twenty years of glory for a price? The legend starts in the late 1990s: a struggling wrestler becomes a worldwide phenomenon—WWE, Hollywo…
Published on 1 week, 1 day ago
The Wheel of Doom: The Disappearance of Chuck Sterling
Episode 203
What this game show host said cost him everything. In 1974, Chuck Sterling filmed an episode of The Wheel of Doom, a hit show where contestants spun for cash and faced whatever the wheel demanded. Th…
Published on 1 week, 1 day ago
Do the Numbers Match? The Ronald House Urban Legend
Episode 201
It’s one of America’s most recognizable charities: a house beside the hospital, a place for families with sick kids. The legend says there’s another story—locked-from-outside doors, blank plaques whe…
Published on 1 week, 2 days ago