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Coney Island's Baby Incubators
Season 4 Episode 40
A premature baby born before the 1940s had little chance of survival unless the baby was lucky enough to be part of a popular sideshow exhibit at Con…
15 years, 1 month ago
Samuel Resnick Buys His Own Murder
Season 3 Episode 39
Albany jeweler Samuel Resnick retired to Phoenix, Arizona, but something went wrong. He ended up paying to have himself murdered. Check out this epis…
15 years, 2 months ago
The Cardiff Giant
Season 3 Episode 38
The 1869 discovery of this fossilized giant provided the first definitive proof that giants once did inhabit the Earth. Listen to find out the real f…
15 years, 4 months ago
The 34-Year Nightmare
Season 3 Episode 37
Stephen Dennison was sent to prison for stealing $5.00 worth of chocolates back in 1926. He never committed another crime, yet he was still there in …
15 years, 5 months ago
The Greatest Escape
Episode 36
Slavomir Rawich's escape from a Siberian prison camp is among the greatest stories of survival ever. So great that it seems totally unbelievable at t…
15 years, 6 months ago
Dumpy the Dog
Season 3 Episode 35
For a while, it seemed like Dumpy the Dog could survive just about anything, but a puppyhood illness came back to haunt him. Be sure to check out thi…
15 years, 7 months ago
Death by Exploding Playing Cards
Season 3 Episode 34
William Kogut decided to end his life using a deck of ordinary playing cards. That may seem impossible, so listen to this true story from 1930 to lea…
15 years, 8 months ago
The Little Widow of Herald Square
Season 3 Episode 33
Ida Mayfield Wood lived as a recluse in the Herald Square Hotel in NYC for 24 years. When she died, 1,103 people claimed to be the heir to her fortun…
15 years, 9 months ago
The Sterilization of Ann Cooper Hewitt
Season 1 Episode 32
Wealthy Ann Cooper Hewitt was sterilized at age 20 by her mother and two doctors, yet did not know that the procedure was being done. Find out how th…
15 years, 10 months ago
The Phantom Sniper
Season 3 Episode 31
The Phantom Sniper terrorized women in the Los Angeles area in the early 1950s. He was captured because of one minor mistake that most people would h…
15 years, 11 months ago