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Season 18 Episode 245
Abbott & Costello agree to perform in a boy’s backyard for 70 cents, parents sue a milk dairy because their son grew too tall, a man sleeps only 2 ho…
6 months, 1 week ago
Escape from Monkey Mountain
Season 18 Episode 244
Nearly 175 monkeys escaped from a zoo in Massapequa, New York in 1935. Led by an outlaw monkey named Al Capone, they mostly took refuge in the woods.…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
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Season 18 Episode 243
Eight different stories in which someone or something got the last laugh. Includes: rattlesnakes that outsmarted a snake trap, jokes aimed at women a…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
To Russia for Love
Season 18 Episode 238
A British man hadn't seen his Russian wife for nearly five years. The Soviets repeatedly refused to allow him into the USSR, and they denied her requ…
8 months, 1 week ago
The Denver Spiderman
Season 18 Episode 241
In Denver, Colorado, in 1941, a man was found murdered in his own home. The most unusual part was that all of the doors and windows were locked from …
8 months, 3 weeks ago
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Season 18 Episode 238
A warning to stay away from people with blue eyes, Stanford students use ice nickels to pay for phone calls, the speed limit for automobiles is set a…
9 months ago
Diamond Jim's Shack
Season 18 Episode 239
A pristine view. A stubborn fisherman’s legacy. When wealth clashes with tradition, who wins? Dive into the gripping saga of Diamond Jim's Shack, whe…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
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Season 18 Episode 238
The Titanic is supposedly unsinkable, a cat is jailed, clothing seems to instantly combust, shoes for postmen are designed to minimize dog bites, a t…
10 months, 1 week ago
Rent-A-Wife
Season 18 Episode 232
Need help? Try renting a wife! They would do anything from A to Z, except for X! A true story from the early 1980s in which some ambitious women deci…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
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Season 18 Episode 236
A man discovers the Roman Ruins of his youth have been torn down, a violin made from a lobster claw, an electric chair that electrocuted itself, and …
11 months, 2 weeks ago