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DH Ep:43 J. Edgar Hoover
DH Ep:43 J. Edgar Hoover

On a humid morning in May nineteen seventy-two, the most powerful man in Washington died naked on his bedroom floor, and he wasn't the president. For…

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DH Ep:42 The Donner Party
DH Ep:42 The Donner Party

In the winter of 1846–1847, eighty-seven pioneers set out with dreams of a new life in California—and found themselves trapped in the Sierra Nevada M…

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DH Ep:41 The Thin Blue Line
DH Ep:41 The Thin Blue Line

This episode isn't going to be easy to hear, but it's necessary. I spent sixteen years in law enforcement, ending my career as an Atlanta police offi…

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DH Ep:40 Where the Mountains Swallow Men Whole
DH Ep:40 Where the Mountains Swallow Men Whole

On a cold November afternoon in 1945, a seasoned hunting guide named Middie Rivers walked into the Vermont wilderness and never came back out. He kne…

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DH Ep:39 The Devil’s Tramping Ground
DH Ep:39 The Devil’s Tramping Ground

Deep in the pine forests of Chatham County, North Carolina, lies a perfect circle of barren earth where nothing has grown for over three hundred year…

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DH Ep:38 Hunting Hitler
DH Ep:38 Hunting Hitler

In this episode of Disturbing History, we step into one of the most chilling and enduring mysteries of the twentieth century: what really happened to…

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DH Ep:37 John Wilkes Booth
DH Ep:37 John Wilkes Booth

On the night of April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth stepped into the presidential box at Ford's Theatre and fired a single shot that would echo through…

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DH Ep:36 The Kennedy Assassination
DH Ep:36 The Kennedy Assassination

On November 22, 1963, three shots in Dealey Plaza shattered America's innocence and sparked the most controversial investigation in our nation's hist…

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DH Ep:35 The Bell Witch
DH Ep:35 The Bell Witch

Between 1817 and 1821, the Bell family of Robertson County, Tennessee experienced what would become the most documented poltergeist case in American …

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DH Ep:34 Lyndon Johnson's Obsession with Power—and His Pants
DH Ep:34 Lyndon Johnson's Obsession with Power—and His Pants

This week on Disturbing History, we dive into the unsettling life of Lyndon B. Johnson, America’s 36th president. Rising from poverty in the Texas Hi…

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