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The Backstory: 1929 Market Crash: Did Panicked Investors Really Jump from Windows?
It’s the 96th anniversary of Black Thursday . . the day the stock market crashed, kicking off the Great Depression. There were stories in the immedia…
8 months ago
The Backstory: Harrison Ford: 2nd Choice for Indiana Jones?
When we look at iconic movies, we can’t imagine them being different in any way from what we finally see on the screen. But making movies is an evolu…
8 months ago
The Backstory: Bodies Under the Floorboards – John Wayne Gacy
It’s the Perfect Scenario for a Horror Movie. A Contractor Lures 33 Kids to His Normal Looking Home to Party and Talk About a Job . . and They’re Nev…
8 months, 1 week ago
The Backstory: Attacked by a Ghost in Salem Massachusetts!
The Salem witch trials took place 333 years ago. They left a lot of bad energy in that small New England town. But folks who’ve visited one house in …
8 months, 1 week ago
The Backstory: Conspiracy: The Moon Landing Was in a Midwestern Warehouse
Conspiracy theories are everywhere these days, but that’s nothing new. They just get more oxygen with social media. The 1960s saw the rise of conspir…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
The Backstory: Ghosts in the White House
The White House has long been described as one of the most haunted houses in America. But imagine there's a world famous politician, staying in the L…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
The Backstory: 10,000 Years of Surgery With No Anesthesia
Have you ever thought about what surgery would have been like before the advent of anesthesia? Doctors did everything from amputations to mastectomie…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
The Backstory: Nicholas Cage and New Orleans's Most Haunted Mansion
Haunted houses usually have a story that’s been embellished over the years or even just made up. But a mansion in New Orleans’ French Quarter, once o…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
The Backstory: The Man Who Hunted Humans
Serial killers use all sorts of techniques to carry out their deranged fantasies. Robert Hansen, who owned a bakeshop in Anchorage, Alaska, was also …
9 months ago
The Backstory: The Real Downton Abbey and King Tut’s Curse
Imagine endless money and the life it offers you. But then . . imagine the downside. Countess Almina Rothschild was the wife of the Earl of Carnarvon…
9 months ago