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Back to Search"The Bobbed Haired Bandit" Pt. 1: Celia Cooney
Episode 96
Also known as the “Bobbed-Haired Bandit,” Celia Cooney and her husband became a media sensation during the winter of 1924 when they pulled off ten ro…
6 years, 2 months ago
Best of 2019: “The Queen of Rum Row” Pt. 2: Gertrude Lythgoe
Episode 95
Here’s one of our listeners’ most requested episodes of 2019: Stories of her exploits on Rum Row in the early 1920s made Gertrude Lythgoe a tabloid d…
6 years, 2 months ago
Best of 2019: “The Queen of Rum Row” Pt. 1: Gertrude Lythgoe
Episode 94
Here’s one of our listeners’ most requested episodes of 2019: During Prohibition, while most young women were focused on getting married and having a…
6 years, 3 months ago
“The Queen of Cuba” Pt. 2: Ana Montes
Episode 93
Up until 2001, Ana Montes led a double life as a Cuban spy and a high-ranking analyst in the U.S. intelligence community. A nationally recognized exp…
6 years, 3 months ago
“The Queen of Cuba” Pt. 1: Ana Montes
Episode 92
Ana Belen Montes was a smart, ambitious Puerto-Rican American with a passion for defending the sovereignty of Latin American nations. In 1985, her dr…
6 years, 3 months ago
"The Cutting Society” Pt. 2: Valerie Solanas
Episode 91
By the late 1960s, Valerie Solanas tried to start an underground feminist movement using Andy Warhol to publicize her vision for a new world. But she…
6 years, 3 months ago
“The Cutting Society” Pt. 1: Valerie Solanas
Episode 90
A radical feminist writer who overcame a childhood of poverty and sexual abuse to put herself through college. Valerie Solanas became obsessed with o…
6 years, 4 months ago
“Rabbit Births”: Mary Toft
Episode 89
In 1726, Mary Toft seemed to birth a series of strange creatures: rabbits, cats, and never-before-seen hybrid animals. She quickly became a national …
6 years, 4 months ago
“The Tabloid Teacher” Pt. 2: Mary Kay Letourneau
Episode 88
By 1997, Mary Kay Letourneau's affair with her 13-year-old student seemed doomed to be exposed when she found herself pregnant with his baby. But eve…
6 years, 4 months ago
“The Tabloid Teacher” Pt. 1: Mary Kay Letourneau
Episode 87
After a troubled childhood, Mary Kay Letourneau always thought she had to be perfect: the perfect daughter, the perfect wife, the perfect mother. But…
6 years, 4 months ago