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Back to SearchRIP Chuck Mawhinney: The U.S. Marine Corp's Deadliest Sniper Speaks!
Season 3 Episode 9
We've re-released this episode, as an homage to Chuck Mawhinney, who we learned passed away last week. Chuck was our guest in Season Two (September 2…
2 years, 3 months ago
Invasion On! D-Day, the Press, and the Making of an American Narrative
Season 3 Episode 8
Military veteran and author Stephen M. Rusiecki describes the process of how and why Americans developed a standing narrative of the WWII operation k…
2 years, 3 months ago
The Challenges of Serving in LA County's Sheriff's Department
Season 3 Episode 7
Building a career in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department was no easy feat: Danny Smith overcame different hurdles and became a detective, goi…
2 years, 3 months ago
The Reporter Who Knew Too Much
Season 3 Episode 6
In 1963, Dorothy Kilgallen was on top of the world, famous as a groundbreaking female journalist, with a nationally syndicated column and a panelist …
2 years, 4 months ago
Canada's Psychopath Machine
Season 3 Episode 5
When 18-year-old Steve Smith was sent to Oak Ridge Psychiatric Hospital in Ontario, Canada in the 1960s, (misdiagnosed due to an ill-timed LSD trip) …
2 years, 4 months ago
The Operation Tailwind Scandal
Season 3 Episode 4
On 11 September 1970, 16 U.S. soldiers and 110 Montagnards from Hatchet Company B were sent deep into the Laotian jungle in support of a CIA team, du…
2 years, 4 months ago
Arms Deals, Illegal Drugs, and Rare Animals: Going Undercover with ATF and U.S. Customs
Season 3 Episode 3
The amazing life of undercover agent Frederick L. Gleffe is a nonstop series of adventures inside three of our nation's law enforcement agencies. Hi…
2 years, 4 months ago
From Anzio to Dachau: A WW2 Infantryman Tells His Story
Season 3 Episode 2
WW2 humble hero, Laurence "Sparky" Rector, was just a GI in the infantry when he was drafted as an 18-year-old. He ended up crossing Europe as "canno…
2 years, 5 months ago
Re-Examining the Battle of Gettysburg
Season 3 Episode 1
The Battle of Gettysburg is a pivotal event in the history of our country, but not broadly understood.
Attorney-turned-historian Allen R. Thompson dig…
2 years, 5 months ago
A Woman Fights for a Medical Degree During the Grenada Revolution
Season 2 Episode 30
In 1970, only ten percent of doctors were women. Living in Oklahoma, Cynthia Mackey was a young woman and mother who dreamt of becoming a doctor. Her…
2 years, 5 months ago