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Ep 139 - Paradise Lost: Murder in the Galapagos
Episode 139
Picture it: It's 1930s Germany, and you just want to get out, so you go to a remote island in the Galapagos to start a homestead and be left alone. T…
1 year, 6 months ago
Ep 138 - Touching the Face of God: Challenger
Episode 138
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Join us as we explore the tragic story of the Challenger Explosion, the space shuttle disaster that changed NASA and space expl…
1 year, 6 months ago
Ep 137 - Birds of a Feather, Stolen Together: Edwin Rist
Episode 137
If you haven't heard this story, don't google it! You'll never guess where it's going and the ride, the ride is wild!
Edwin Rist loved tying fishing …
1 year, 6 months ago
Ep 136 - Cave of Doom: John Jones & Nutty Putty Cave
Episode 136
Let's talk about one of the worst ways to die... there are chances you've seen this graphic of how John Jones was stuck in Nutty Putty Cave... but di…
1 year, 6 months ago
Ep 135 - Useless Harbinger of Death?: The Appendix
Episode 135
While reading the children's classic "Madeline," Taylor's kids asked her what an appendix is, and she had no idea. No longer classified as a vestigia…
1 year, 6 months ago
Ep 134 - Bad Presidents: #29 - Warren G. Harding & The Teapot Dome Scandal
Episode 134
Let's talk about more bad US presidents! This week, we talked about our 29th, Warren G. Harding. A Republican who was subtly pushed into running by t…
1 year, 6 months ago
Ep 133 - Revenge: The PayPal Mafia - Part 3
Episode 133
In our final PayPal episode, we talk about the delicious ways you can enact revenge on people if you are a billionaire. Whether it's totally shutting…
1 year, 6 months ago
Ep 132 - Swimming in the Sub-Basement: The Great Chicago Flood of 1992
Episode 132
Today, we go back down below the city of Chicago to talk about the Great Flood (Leak?) of 1992. Did you know that in the 1890s, construction started …
1 year, 7 months ago
Ep 131 - Titans of Tech: The PayPal Mafia - Part 2
Episode 131
In Part 2 of our PayPal series, we dig into the men who built it and the things that they built next. We'll talk about what a Venture Capitalist is a…
1 year, 7 months ago
Ep 130 - Come One, Come All!: The Hammond Circus Train Wreck
Episode 130
Today, we explore Circuses of the early 1900s - a not-great-for-animals menagerie of tricks and oddities. Benjamin Wallace was one of the greats out …
1 year, 7 months ago