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This Town Was So Contaminated They Demolished It Completely
Episode 151
Times Beach, Missouri became the largest civilian environmental buyout in U.S. history. In 1983, the federal government ordered residents to leave af…
7 months ago
Joseph Force Crater's Final Night: Facts vs. Conspiracy
Episode 150
Joseph Force Crater’s disappearance remains one of the most baffling unsolved mysteries in American history. In 1930, a sitting New York Supreme Cour…
7 months, 1 week ago
America’s First Serial Killer Was Forgotten on Purpose
Episode 149
Before Jack the Ripper, America’s first serial killer was already hunting.
The Servant Girl Annihilator terrorized Austin, Texas in the 1880s—one of …
7 months, 2 weeks ago
The Ice Storm of 1998: When St. Lawrence County Went Dark
Episode 148
In January 1998, one of the worst ice storms in North American history brought St. Lawrence County, New York to a complete standstill.
For days, free…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
The Day Texas Exploded: The Deadliest Industrial Accident in U.S. History
Episode 147
The Texas City Disaster of 1947 remains the deadliest industrial accident in U.S. history. In this episode of the Yore Town Podcast on the Beard Laws…
7 months, 4 weeks ago
The Mad Trapper: Survival, Gunfire, and Unanswered Questions
Episode 146
In 1932, one man did the impossible. He survived alone in the Yukon wilderness at $-40$ degrees, outran the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for weeks, …
8 months ago
The Deadliest Fire in US History That Nobody Remembers
Episode 145
On October 8, 1871, while the world watched Chicago burn, the deadliest wildfire in American history was destroying Peshtigo, Wisconsin. In this epis…
8 months, 1 week ago
Why This Adirondack Boomtown Had Zero Defense Against Fire
Episode 144
On July 30th, 1899, a small fire and a steady wind erased nearly two-thirds of Tupper Lake, NY in a single night.
In this episode of the Yore Town Po…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
The Man Who Never Existed: The Al Kite Murder Mystery | Yoretown Podcast
Episode 143
A stranger answered a room-for-rent ad, passed every background check, and moved in. Then, he tortured his landlord and vanished into thin air.
In th…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
The Lawson Family Christmas Tragedy: A True Crime Deep Dive | Yore Town Podcast
Episode 142
We investigate the dark truth behind the Lawson Family murders of Christmas Day 1929—the eerie family portrait, the "brain injury" theory, and why on…
9 months ago