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American History Episodes

Take a pause and travel back in time to the men, women, and events who made American the great country it is today.
March 18, 2019

THE FLYING TIGERS (PT 2)

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March 11, 2019

THE FLYING TIGERS OF WWII (PT 1)

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Feb. 25, 2019

THE WILD BUNCH (PT 2) BILL BETENSON INTERVIEW

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Jan. 14, 2019

THE FIRST CONSPIRACY ....THE SECRET PLOT TO KILL GEORGE WASHINGTON .…

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Sept. 24, 2018

THE COFFIN CORNER BOYS

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Sept. 3, 2018

BILLY THE KID (PT 2) THE LAST DAYS (OR WERE THEY?)

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Aug. 27, 2018

BILLY KID (PT 1) THE INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY

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Aug. 13, 2018

(PT 2) DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK: NO PEACE IN THE VALLEYS

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Aug. 6, 2018

DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK: THE HOUNDS OF HELL UNLEASHED

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May 14, 2018

THE LOST CITY OF Z

"The Lost City of Z" is featured here along with "George Washington's Boyhood Rules of Behavior" from 1001 Classic Short Stories and Tales as the bonus episode for this week.  The Lost City of Z, popularized by the recent book and resulting movie...

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April 4, 2018

REMEMBERING THE BLUES BROTHERS

From 1001 Stories For the Road

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Aug. 14, 2017

AMELIA EARHART AMERICA'S GREATEST AVIATION MYSTERY: (PT II) CRASH, …

"Amelia Earhart (pt. 2) Crash, Capture & Cover-Up":  Our Story: In AMELIA EARHART PT II we will discuss a mountain of witness (direct and indirect) testimony telling us that Earhart and Noonan survived their crash and were taken to Japanese...

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July 31, 2017

AMELIA EARHART (PT 1): AMERICA'S GREATEST AVIATION MYSTERY : CRASH, C…

A trail of Naval Intelligence photos, airplane parts, and witnesses to Amelia Earhart's crash landing on Barre Reef at Milii Atoll in the Marshalls point to the fact she and Fred Noonan survived their flight only to end up as prisoners of the Japanes...

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April 12, 2016

THE BATTLE FOR JUSTICE IN ATHENS, TENNESSEE 1946

This true story, often called "The War in Athens, Tennessee", describes the actions of the citizens of a small town, in this case mostly GI's recently returned from the battlefields of WWII, as they armed themselves to insure a fair election against a ...

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Feb. 18, 2016

BLOOD BROTHERS: THE TRUE STORY THAT INSPIRED THE JOHN WAYNE WESTERN …

"Blood Brothers: The True Story That Inspired the John Wayne Movie "The Sons of Katie Elder". On the evening of January 19th, 1889, two wagons and a buggy slowly crossed Dry Creek, two miles east of Graham, Texas. The lead wa...

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Feb. 13, 2016

THE AMERICAN ARMY OF TWO

This long-lost American tale tells the true story of two young girls, Abigail and Rebecca Bates, the daughters of a lighthouse keeper in Scituate, Massachusetts, who turn back a British warship during the War of 1812. Early in September, 1814, a Br..

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Dec. 23, 2015

"UNSINKABLE" MOLLY BROWN

"Unsinkable Molly Brown- A Rags To Riches Story of a Titanic Survivor"-Born Margaret Tobin Brown to poor Irish immigrants in Hannibal Missouri in 1867, "Maggie" Brown worked stripping tobacco leaves to support her family unti...

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Dec. 15, 2015

SNOWSHOE THOMPSON: THE LEGEND OF THE HIGH SIERRAS

"The Legend of Snowshoe Thompson" is one of the most enduring tales of the American West. A Norwegian immigrant, Thompson tried his hand at gold mining during the gold rush in California and Nevada but when he married, he wen...

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Nov. 6, 2015

THE SILENT WITNESS AT APPOMATTOX

"The Silent Witness at Appomattox"- This episode tells the little known story of the McLean family's unwilling participation at both ends of the Civil War, beginning with their Northern Virginia farmhouse being bombarded at t...

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Oct. 9, 2015

QUANTRILL'S RAIDERS AND BLOODY KANSAS: THE UNCIVIL WAR

"Quantrill's Raiders and Bloody Kansas"- In August of 1863, an armed force of 400 men descended upon the anti-slavery town of Lawrence, Kansas and proceeded to systematically destroy it. Seven years before, Lawrence Kansas w...

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Aug. 29, 2015

THE GREAT TRAIN CRASH IN CRUSH, TEXAS

"The Great Train Crash in Crush, Texas"-On Sept. 15th, 1896, the KATY railroad staged a big publicity stunt in North Central Texas that drew an estimated 40,000 onlookers. The draw: a staged crash of two steam powered locomot...

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