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He Sank 300 Ships? The Jed “Redbeard” Zeppelin Tale
Episode 220
Historians don’t want you to know about this pirate—or maybe the calendar doesn’t. The legend says Jed “Redbeard” Zeppelin ruled the 1800s Caribbean,…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Luna Tick: The Fortune Teller Who Was Always Right
Episode 221
She read your palm and gave you a date—then the town waited. In the early 1900s, Luna Tick ran a cramped shop in an East New Jersey outlet mall. Most…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Guilty as Charged: The Pop Idol Who Vanished on Tour
Episode 219
He was the Justin Bieber of the 1930s—then the story swerved. In 1933, singer Harry Footman rocketed to fame. Four years later came Guilty as Charged…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Hugh Mungus: The Prison That Sank—and Came Back
Episode 218
He was “the most dangerous man on Earth”—and, people joked, kinda cute. In the 1930s, Hugh Mungus was blamed for more than 200 deaths, the legend say…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Real-Life Iron Man: The 1982 Case of Elias Core
Episode 217
He didn’t build a suit—he became one. In 1982, a man named Elias Core, 54, was found dead in his apartment. Night-shift at a metal recycling plant. N…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Real-Life Spider-Man: The Tenement Swarm
Episode 216
He didn’t get bitten—he bred them. In 1932 Queens, a thin, pale seventeen-year-old named Peter Harrow lived in a crumbling tenement. Webbed fingers. …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Real-Life “Superman”? The Ascendant of 1993 — Legend vs. Record
Episode 215
He didn’t fly—he fell. In 1993, a seven-year-old boy was rescued from a rural Idaho cult compound. He had no name, no records, and a chest birthmark …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
The Husband Who Wouldn’t Die
Episode 214
She thought she hit the jackpot: a marble mansion, a vault of gold, and a husband one whisper from the grave. He was in his seventies, soft-spoken, a…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Through the Looking Glass: A Name That Wouldn’t Let Go
Episode 212
She wasn’t chasing a rabbit. She was chasing a memory. At sixteen, a girl walked into a locked ward at a crumbling Sussex asylum and refused her real…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Real-Life Ghostbusters: The Phantom Recovery Unit Exposed
Episode 213
They didn’t hunt ghosts. They hunted grief. In 1976, a man named Leonard Price launched the Phantom Recovery Unit—men in black jumpsuits with a skull…
3 months, 3 weeks ago