Episodes

“The murder of Joseph Gatto captivated Los Angeles. Many veteran journalists still wonder how and why it happened. The details of this horrible crime and those affected by it continue to fascinate.” –Robert Kovacik, Anchor an...

The Holidays are approaching and at 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast our shows themes every Sunday will be turning to FAMILY and HONOR -SINCE MANY OF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT BRINGING FAMILY TOGETHER, RECO...

Our interview with Los Angeles relationship author and divorce attorney covers every angle of getting into new relationship with a strong chance they will last if you follow her gre3at advice. The holidays are a good time for...

There is an urban legend surrounding a very old but still used rairoad trestle in Kentucky which involves a mythical half-man, half-goatmonster that lures people onto the 100 foot-high trestle where they are caught in the he...

In the 30's, 40', and 50's, "white lightning', or strong mountain brewed whiskey, was an important revneue source for the mountain communities in Kentucky, Tennessee, and the Carolinas. But getting it out of the stills and do...

Great link for those who want the full story:"The Murder of George Wythe" Title page from Boyd and Hemphill's pamphlet reprint, The Murder of George Wythe: Two Essays (Williamsburg, VA: Institute of Early American History and Culture, 1955)....

In part two of "Our Canine Heroes" we cover search and rescue (and K-9) training, where rescue dogs w,ee first employed), life-saving stories, diffent types of rescue dogs: did you know some dogs are trained specifically to ...

In this episode, part 3A of a two episode "Our Canine Heroes"installment, we share actual stories of hero rescue dogs and why search and rescue relies so heavily upon them, especially when time is critical in saving lives. W...

In this episode we discuss the human element required to locate missing persons. Police, FBI, Investigators, and trackers are discussed, as a number of organizations which work free of charge to help families find their love...

For years it was rumored that the Nazis, in their final days before the end in 1945, had dropped boxes fullof stolen gold into the depths of Lake Toplitz in Austria , but the lake, being very deep and piled with dead trees, w...

Eight powerful stories revealing how DNA,Geneology.and cold case detectives solved missing persons case., some found alive, someproviding a final asnwer and closure for grieving relatives. COMING NEXT: FALL SERIES (EPISODE 2)...

In 1915, Russian defenders launched a gruesome counterattack that repelled the German invaders. What made it so gruesome? The Russians were the victims of German gas warfare, involving chlorine and bromine gases, which devas...

The closing days of the war in Europe provided some of the most dramatic mmoments of the war, and the battle at Castle Itter in the Tyrolean Alps, a well-guarded Nazi "prison" for high-value political prisoners, was no except...

Our story details the legendary last stand of Commander William Desobry's Team of 400 troops and 15 Sherman tanks who were assigned to capture and defend Noville, France , thereby preventing the German ofensive from overwhel...

In just a few minutes you can treat yourself to one of the greatest historical paradoxes ever written at 1001 Stories From The Gilded Age- Its 1910 ( or so) .Anne of Green Gables is headed for college. She will actually atten...

It's "Back to School" time for Anne Shirley of Green Gables- as well as your kids and neighbor's kids-Coming Sunday Aug 10 (tomorrow as I write this) at noon EDT -Chapter 1 of the 3rd 'Anne of Green Gables' story- called 'An...

In a new suburban development outside of Fairfax, VA, in 1970, a young military man and his bride to be were stopping to visit a family member who had recently purchased a new home across from a vacant lot. Suddenly a man in ...

On 21 January 1968, the PAVN surrounded and besieged the key US Marine base near the border of Laos. In the ensuing five months, KSCB and the hilltop outposts around it were subjected to daily North Vietnamese artillery, mort...

# 2 In our summer series "Famous Last Stands" is The Valiant Defense of Rorke's Drift, which was a 10 hour battle between a beleagured British outpost in the center of Zulu territory which was attacked by a very large Zulu fo...

Part one of our three part summer series "Last Stands" at 1001 Heroes! The incredible story of Greece's effort to fight off the Persian Empire's attempt to occupy Greece by sending their best warriors from their united city-s...

Journey with me back to 1938 as a young couple named Mike and Leone Goulding, having invested in a trading post in Navaho Country and fallen in love with the beautiful landscape and the Navaho people who populated what we cal...

The story of Sgt. Don Dinwiddie, radioman on the B-17 GI Sheets, and his crew as they barely survived being shot down in German-held territory on Jan 29th, 1944,as told by author Terry Irwin. Today's history classes really do...

Tom Phillips and his three young children disappeared from the isolated rural Waikato town of Marokopa on 9 December 2021. New Zealand Police believe that the children were taken by their father to a location somewhere in the...

Gregory "Pappy" Boyington (December 4, 1912 – January 11, 1988) was an American combat pilot who was a United States Marine Corps fighter ace during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross. A Marine av...