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Three Lighthouse Keepers Vanished — One Left His Coat Behind
Episode 16
Story: story-030. New stories every day, Monday through Saturday. Follow The Unlit Room wherever you listen.
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5 months, 1 week ago
The Town That's Been on Fire Since 1962 — And the Council That Started It
Episode 15
Story: story-013. New stories every day, Monday through Saturday. Follow The Unlit Room wherever you listen.
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5 months, 1 week ago
The Radium Water Worked Fine — Until His Jaw Fell Off
Episode 14
Story: story-025. New stories every day, Monday through Saturday. Follow The Unlit Room wherever you listen.
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5 months, 1 week ago
13 Empty Frames Worth $500 Million — The Heist No One Solved
Episode 18
There is a museum in Boston that displays thirteen empty frames. One held the only seascape Rembrandt ever painted. Another held one of just 34 known…
5 months, 1 week ago
13 Empty Frames Worth $500 Million — The Heist No One Solved
Episode 17
There is a museum in Boston that displays thirteen empty frames — gilded wood surrounding nothing. One held the only seascape Rembrandt ever painted.…
5 months, 1 week ago
He Hijacked a Plane, Grabbed $200K, and Jumped Into a Storm | The Unlit Room
Episode 18
On Thanksgiving Eve 1971, a man in a business suit and clip-on tie hijacked a commercial airliner, collected $200,000 in ransom, then opened the rear…
5 months, 1 week ago
The Molasses Wave That Killed 21 People — Boston's Strangest Disaster
Episode 17
On January 15, 1919, a storage tank holding 2.3 million gallons of molasses burst in Boston's North End. The wave was 25 feet high, moved at 35 mph, …
5 months, 1 week ago
The Man Who Stole the Mona Lisa
Episode 14
Story: story-029. New stories every day, Monday through Saturday. Follow The Unlit Room wherever you listen.
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5 months, 1 week ago
The Man Who Stole the Mona Lisa — How a Glazier Turned a Painting Into a Legend
Episode 16
In 1911, an Italian glazier named Vincenzo Peruggia walked into the Louvre, lifted the Mona Lisa off the wall, and carried it out the front door. He …
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Lip, Dip, Paint — The Radium Girls Who Glowed in the Dark
Episode 15
They painted their nails, their teeth, even their faces with the glowing paint — and the company told them it was safe. But behind closed doors, the …
5 months, 2 weeks ago