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Emperor of the Sahara (Part 2)
Season 12 Episode 135
In Part 2, we learn what happened to Jacques Lebaudy after his brief reign as an emperor came to an end. Let's just say that the story does not have …
5 years, 9 months ago
Emperor of the Sahara (Part 1)
Season 12 Episode 134
The crazy true story of a man who attempted to build an empire of his own in the Sahara. In Part 1, we look at Jacques Lebaudy's failed plan to creat…
5 years, 10 months ago
A Nose for Fishing
Season 12 Episode 133
Sometimes a person can accomplish a great deal over the span of his or her lifetime but is forever defined by one thing that took just a brief moment…
5 years, 10 months ago
In the Blink of an Eye
Season 12 Episode 132
In 1925, the parents and sisters of 9-year-old Evelyn Castle were killed after their car collided with a train. What came next for Evelyn was totally…
6 years ago
An Inside Job
Season 12 Episode 131
The incredible story of how James Rufus Landis stole $160,000 in $20 bills from the United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing on New Year's Eve …
6 years, 1 month ago
A Christmas Eve Kidnapping
Season 11 Episode 130
On Christmas Eve of 1937, a man in Centerville, Indiana kidnapped a young boy and his babysitter. Minutes later, the boy's mother and the local groce…
6 years, 2 months ago
Soul Searching
Season 11 Episode 129
When miner James Kidd died in 1949, no one could have imagined that it would take more than 21-years to settle his estate. That's because he had made…
6 years, 3 months ago
The Prick of Death
Season 11 Episode 128
In 1933, a young man was walking through a busy train station in India when he was pricked in the arm by a man walking in the opposite direction. He …
6 years, 4 months ago
The Case of the Doctor-Doctor Kidnapping
Season 11 Episode 127
In 1933, a medical doctor and a chiropractic doctor were found severely injured a short distance from one another. The two had never met before, but …
6 years, 5 months ago
The Transcontinental Taxi Ride
Season 11 Episode 126
An offbeat story from 1966 about a woman requested that a taxicab drive her all the way from Toledo, Ohio to San Francisco, CA. An airplane or train …
6 years, 6 months ago