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The Freeway Killer
This episode discusses sexual violence against children and teenagers, torture, and murder and is not suitable for younger audiences. Listener discre…
15 hours ago
The 1970's
The 1970s opened in conflict.On April 30, 1970, President Richard Nixon announced the expansion of U.S. military operations into Cambodia.
Days later,…
3 days, 11 hours ago
The Bystander Effect
On March 27, 1964, The New York Times published a story that would become one of the most famous examples of human indifference ever told. According …
5 days, 13 hours ago
The 1960's
Everybody knows the line: “Don’t trust anyone over thirty.” It became shorthand for an entire generation, even though the man who said it was a 24-ye…
1 week, 1 day ago
Nightmare In The National Forest
A warning before you press play: this episode contains descriptions of extreme violence and what was done to several victims, including after death.
I…
1 week, 5 days ago
The 1950's
Everybody carries a version of the 1950s around in their head, and the strange thing is that a surprising amount of it is true. For millions of Ameri…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
The Merchants Of Death
On the evening of January 17, 1961, with just three days left in his presidency, Dwight D. Eisenhower delivered a 16-minute farewell address containi…
2 weeks, 3 days ago
Happy Accidents
Everyone knows the voice, the perm, and the happy little trees. Far fewer people know what happened to Bob Ross’s name after the cameras stopped roll…
2 weeks, 5 days ago
Three Mile Island Meltdown
On March 28, 1979, at 4:00 a.m., a relief valve at Three Mile Island opened as designed—and then failed to close. For more than two hours, operators …
3 weeks, 1 day ago
The "True Story" Of The Mayan Calendar
On July 12, 1562, in the Yucatán town of Maní, Franciscan friar Diego de Landa ordered Maya books, sacred objects, and religious images gathered in f…
3 weeks, 3 days ago