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January 13 – The Day Everyone Thought It Was Over - Strange History
On January 13, 2018, residents of Hawaii received an emergency alert warning of an incoming ballistic missile — and for 38 minutes, believed the wors…
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January 12 – The Man Who Refused to Stay Dead - Strange History
On January 12, 1967, psychology professor James Bedford became the first human to be cryonically frozen after death, launching one of the strangest s…
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The Green Children of Woolpit: Medieval England’s Unexplained Visitors
In the 12th century, two green-skinned children appeared in an English village claiming to be from a twilight land called St Martin’s Land. Recorded …
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January 11 – The Day a Miracle Drug Was Tried on a Dying Child - Strange History
On January 11, 1922, doctors administered insulin to a dying teenager for the first time in medical history. In this episode of The Strange History P…
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January 10 – The Day Humans Willingly Went Underground - Strange History
On January 10, 1863, London opened the world’s first underground railway, forever changing how cities move. In this episode of The Strange History Po…
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January 9 – The Balloon Flight That Stunned George Washington
On January 9, 1793, French aeronaut Jean-Pierre Blanchard made the first manned balloon flight in the United States, soaring above Philadelphia as Ge…
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Bodie California Ghost Town: True History, Ranger Encounters, Curses & America’s Most Haunted Boomtown
Bodie, California was once one of the most violent and lawless boomtowns of the American West—and today it’s widely considered one of the most haunte…
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January 8 – The Man Who Stayed in Space for 437 Days
On January 8, 1994, cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov launched to the Mir space station and began a mission that would last an astonishing 437 days — the lon…
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January 7 – The UFO Chase That Ended in Tragedy
On January 7, 1948, U.S. Air Force Captain Thomas Mantell died while pursuing a mysterious object in the sky over Kentucky. In this episode of The St…
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January 7, 1901: The Flannan Isles Lighthouse Mystery and the Three Men Who Vanished
On January 7, 1901, a routine supply visit to the Flannan Isles lighthouse off the coast of Scotland revealed a chilling mystery: three experienced l…
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