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Murder in the Mail
Episode 80
On an October day back in 1941, John Kmetz received a trial supply of herbal pills that would supposedly restore vitality to his 54-year-old body. S…
10 years, 11 months ago
The Great Venus Swindle
Episode 79
In 1953 Harold Jesse Berney, head of a Washington, DC television antenna manufacturing operation, was chosen by the US government to be its main cont…
11 years, 1 month ago
The Bowery's Santa
Season 7 Episode 78
The Christmas episode! Learn about a man named Joe Bonavita who returned to the Bowery in New York City every year to celebrate Christmas with those …
11 years, 2 months ago
The Woman with the X-Ray Camera
Episode 77
One of the most bizarre stories ever presented on this podcast. The nearly unbelievable true story about a woman hired to investigate another woman s…
11 years, 2 months ago
A Life Forgotten
Episode 76
Did you ever wonder what would happen if you completely lost your memory? In this true story, a man went nearly twenty years without remembering a s…
11 years, 4 months ago
The Citicorp Tower Revisited
Episode 75
When New York City’s Citicorp Tower opened in 1977, it was hailed as an architectural marvel—but few knew it harbored a potentially fatal flaw. A sim…
11 years, 6 months ago
Arrest the Parents
Episode 74
Should parents be held responsible for the crimes that their children commit? Listen to this story from 1947 detailing just what happened when New Yo…
11 years, 7 months ago
The Canary Funeral
Episode 73
Back in 1920, Newark, NJ was host to one of the most bizarre funerals ever. An estimated 10,000 people lined the streets to witness the funeral proc…
11 years, 9 months ago
The Fever Girl
Episode 72
Fun story from 1923. Newspapers around the United States reported daily on the health of the Fever Girl - a woman with the highest temperature ever …
11 years, 10 months ago
Baltimore's Buried Treasure
Episode 71
You may have heard about the Californian couple that found five cans of gold coins on their property. Two Baltimore boys made a similar discovery ba…
11 years, 11 months ago