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The Salem Trade School
Episode 90
The Salem Trade School was the worst high school football team in the Boston region back in the 1920's. Any team that played against them was almost …
10 years ago
The Singing Mouse
Episode 89
The comical true story of an ordinary house mouse that could sing. Next came a one-year contract with NBC radio and an international contest to find …
10 years, 2 months ago
The Last Man on Earth
Episode 88
Did you ever wonder what would happen if you ended up being the last person alive on Earth? Back in 1960, the San Francisco Chronicle decided to send…
10 years, 2 months ago
The Rescue of Charles Nalle
Episode 87
When escaped slave Charles Nalle was arrested in Troy, NY on April 27, 1860, no one could have anticipated what happened next. With the help of Harri…
10 years, 4 months ago
he Monk and his Hypnotist
Episode 86
Crazy story about an elderly monk and his wife who decided to adopt their 63-year-old doctor. The doctor was then arrested for supposedly murdering …
10 years, 5 months ago
Cinderella Girl
Episode 85
Just what happens when you write to the President of the United States to let him know that you have the same birthday as him? A 13-year-old girl na…
10 years, 6 months ago
The Honest Man with an Evil Eye
Episode 84
Back in 1935 a man carrying a sandwich-board sign stumbles across the find of a lifetime: A wallet containing the stocks certificates from Philips Pe…
10 years, 7 months ago
Michigan's Flying Bandit
Episode 83
Back in 1928, Clarence Frechette made national news for a bizarre attack that he made on the pilot of an airplane that he was aboard, possibly making…
10 years, 8 months ago
That's the Ticket
Episode 82
Back in 1955, Evert Stenmark was out hunting alone for ptarmigan when he became buried by an avalanche. Day after day he remained trapped under the …
10 years, 9 months ago
The Shoeless Hillbilly
Episode 81
When Peter Grainger walked into a US Army recruiting center in San Antonio, Texas back in 1951, he had quite the story to tell. He had spent nearly …
10 years, 10 months ago