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Salem Trade School Interview with John Murphy
Season 11
Bonus episode is an interview with John Murphy. His dad was a member of the Salem Trade School, which was the subject of Useless Information Podcast …
7 years, 1 month ago
Christmas Time in Santa Heim
Episode 118
Fun story from the 1940's about a man named Harry H. Heim who converted a defunct mill town into the ultimate Christmas wonderland. Also, learn about…
7 years, 2 months ago
The Adventure of a Lifetime
In 1957, three Chicago aluminum awning salesmen decided to quit their jobs and sail to Africa to join in on the lucrative illegal diamond trade. They…
7 years, 2 months ago
The Walking Murphys
Episode 116
Long forgotten headline story about a family who lost everything in the Great Kansas flood of 1951. Yet, all was not as it seemed... Also learn abou…
7 years, 4 months ago
The Monster Crash at Crush
Episode 115
During the late 1800's and early 1900's, people around the United States gathered to watch two trains being smashed together. As a PR stunt, W.G. Cr…
7 years, 5 months ago
Baby Moses
Episode 114
Pearl River, Louisiana resident Effie Crawford made the most startling discovery on November 11, 1936. Moving through the brush near her home she spo…
7 years, 6 months ago
Mile-A-Minute Murphy
Episode 113
The world's fastest bicyclist in the 1890's was Charles Minthorp Murphy and he was certain that there was no locomotive on Earth that could go faster…
7 years, 7 months ago
One Man's Journey to the Center of the Earth
Episode 112
John Cleves Symmes was a popular lecturer back in the 1820's. Not only did Symmes believe that Newton got the concept of gravity totally wrong, he pr…
7 years, 8 months ago
Dick the Dog
Episode 111
Pennsylvania resident Jacob Silverman made national headlines back in 1922 for the crime of owning a dog named Dick within the commonwealth. The law…
7 years, 9 months ago
Bonus Episode #1
Episode 1
Bonus episode that includes an interview that I did back in 2014 with Lene Bech Sillesen and a recording of the NBC live news report when Pearl Harbo…
7 years, 10 months ago