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THE SEARCH FOR AMY LYNN BRADLEY: DISAPPEARED FROM FAMILY CRUISE
April 20, 2025

THE SEARCH FOR AMY LYNN BRADLEY: DISAPPEARED FROM FAMILY CRUISE

1001 HEROES CONFIDENTIAL APRIL 20, 2025:  THE SEARCH FOR AMY LYNN BRADLEY Amy Lynn Bradley (born May 12, 1974) is an American woman who went missing during a Caribbean cruise on the Royal Caribbean International cruise ship Rhapsody of the Seas...

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REMEMBERING I LOVE LUCY
April 13, 2025

REMEMBERING I LOVE LUCY

TV history was made in 1951 when the first episode of I Love Lucy aired on CBS starring a fiery red head Irish actress named Lucille Ball and her real life husband, Cuban American band leader Desi Arnaz as New York City apartment dwellers Lucy and...

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THE JFK ASSASSINATION COVER-UP: THE REPORTER WHO KNEW TOO MUCH-DOROTHY KILGALLEN
April 6, 2025

THE JFK ASSASSINATION COVER-UP: THE REPORTER WHO KNEW TOO MUCH-DOROTH…

Full Transcript at   In light of the recent release of thousands of previously classified documents concerning the Kennedy Assassination we present an in-depth look at the aftermath, which left investigators wirth the murder of the assassin...

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THE LEGEND OF LASSETER'S REEF
March 30, 2025

THE LEGEND OF LASSETER'S REEF

In 1929 an Australian named Harold Bell Lassiter announced that he had found a fabulously rich gold deposit in the Northwest Territory years ago and that he needed the cash to raise an expedition to go after it.  At first, he had no takers, but...

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BIG NEWS FOR ANDROID LISTENERS THAT ALSO LOVE APPLE PODCASTS
March 30, 2025

BIG NEWS FOR ANDROID LISTENERS THAT ALSO LOVE APPLE PODCASTS

HOW TO INSTALL APPLEPODCAST APP ON YOUR ANDROID DEVICE IN ONE MINUTE ARTICLE FROM PODNEWS:

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THE MAN-EATING LIONS OF TSAVO (PT 2)   THE TRAP IS SPRUNG
March 23, 2025

THE MAN-EATING LIONS OF TSAVO (PT 2) THE TRAP IS SPRUNG

Part Two tells the story of the hunt for both lions, and how Lt.Col Patterson corners them both, as well as the time things got so bad with the coolies being killed that most of them left the bridge project.

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BEST OF  (#57 OF 515)   THE SECRETS OF SKINWALKER RANCH PAST AND PRESENT
March 20, 2025

BEST OF (#57 OF 515) THE SECRETS OF SKINWALKER RANCH PAST AND PRES…

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THE MAN-EATING LIONS OF TSAVO (PT 1): THE GHOST AND THE DARKNESS
March 16, 2025

THE MAN-EATING LIONS OF TSAVO (PT 1): THE GHOST AND THE DARKNESS

The incredible true story (the 1996 movie is largely fiction) of a British railroad project in Kenya in 1898 that was being harassed by man-eating lions which would attack coolies in the night,dragging them out of their tents screaming for help....

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BEST OF (#54 of 514)   THE LEGEND OF THE LOST DUTCHMAN MINE (PT 2)
March 6, 2025

BEST OF (#54 of 514) THE LEGEND OF THE LOST DUTCHMAN MINE (PT 2)

The story of old Adolph Ruth, who used a map whiich his son had found (supposedly the old Peralta Map) to venture into the Superstitions to find the gold. He never made it out. This is the story of how he was found and others that followed.

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BEST OF (#53 OF 513)  THE LEGEND OF THE LOST DUTCHMAN MINE (PT 1)
March 6, 2025

BEST OF (#53 OF 513) THE LEGEND OF THE LOST DUTCHMAN MINE (PT 1)

This is the story of most famous legend of buried gold in the west.  An old prospector who mined in the Superstition Mountains of Arizona was witnessed to have possessed hi grade gold. Many men have tried trying to find his mine but noone ever...

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THE 1889 JOHNSTOWN FLOOD (PT 2): SURVIVOR ACCOUNTS, AFTERMATH
March 2, 2025

THE 1889 JOHNSTOWN FLOOD (PT 2): SURVIVOR ACCOUNTS, AFTERMATH

In part two we cover a recap of the3 flood path and devastation, survivor and media accounts,  causes and blame,including the 2016 report, Clara Barton's efforts with the Red Cross, and the Johnstown floods of 1936 and 1977, showing that...

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THE 1889 JOHNSTOWN FLOOD (PT 1)  HEROES & SURVIVORS
Feb. 23, 2025

THE 1889 JOHNSTOWN FLOOD (PT 1) HEROES & SURVIVORS

On May 31st 1889 the earthen dam holding back Lake Conemaugh 15 bmiles upstream from Johnstown, PA burst duriung heavy spring rains, sending a 40 foot wave of death down a narrow river valley in which was located 80,000 persons, and finally reaching...

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PARIS UNDERCOVER: A WARTIME STORY OF COURAGE, FRIENDSHIP, AND BETRAYAL
Feb. 9, 2025

PARIS UNDERCOVER: A WARTIME STORY OF COURAGE, FRIENDSHIP, AND BETRAYAL

Two woman in Nazi-occupied Paris, bith close friends over 50 years old create a daring escape line that rescued dozens of allied servicemen . With one still in prison,  one was returned to the states on a prisoner swap and wrote a tell-all book...

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THE BATTLE OF GUADALCANAL: HELL IN THE PACIFIC  AUG 1942- FEB 1943
Jan. 26, 2025

THE BATTLE OF GUADALCANAL: HELL IN THE PACIFIC AUG 1942- FEB 1943

The land campaign on Guadalcanal The initial amphibious assault on the southern Solomons represented a superb coordination of Allied naval, air, and ground forces. Warships laid down heavy barrages to screen the approach of troop transports and...

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THE JFK CONSPIRACY   THE SECRET PLOT TO KILL KENNEDY- AND WHY IT FAILED
Jan. 19, 2025

THE JFK CONSPIRACY THE SECRET PLOT TO KILL KENNEDY- AND WHY IT FAIL…

A Dangerous Loner... The Perfect TARGETS... THYE VERY FIRST PLOT TO KILL JFK Jon talks with NYT Best-selling authors Brad Meltzer and Josh Mentz about THE JFK CONSPIRACY- The secret plot to kill Kennedy- and why it failed.   Check out our...

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BEST OF (#47 OF 503)  THE CURSE OF THE BILLY GOAT
Jan. 16, 2025

BEST OF (#47 OF 503) THE CURSE OF THE BILLY GOAT

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THE RYAN HAMMONDS REINCARNATION STORY
Jan. 12, 2025

THE RYAN HAMMONDS REINCARNATION STORY

A four year-old boy in Oklahoma begins telling his mom all about his other life- that he had had four wives, three brothers and two sisters, and had lived in a big home with a pool, and literally hundreds of other details. He did not know his prior...

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THE YOUNG BROTHERS MASSACRE: A BAD DAY FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT
Jan. 5, 2025

THE YOUNG BROTHERS MASSACRE: A BAD DAY FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT

On Jan 2, 1932, in a rural area in southwest Missouri, 6 lawmen were shot and killed and two wounded in a shootout as a groupof 11 sheriffs and deputies surrounded a farmhouse in which two or three well-armed fugitives were holedup. They were brothers...

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THE HEARTWARMING STORY OF THE CHRISTMAS TRUCE OF 1914:
Dec. 24, 2024

THE HEARTWARMING STORY OF THE CHRISTMAS TRUCE OF 1914:

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JEEP SHOW: A TROUPER AT THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE, REMEMBERING BASTOGNE 80 YEARS AGO IN DEC '44
Dec. 22, 2024

JEEP SHOW: A TROUPER AT THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE, REMEMBERING BASTOGNE…

Few history buffs are aware of the existence of enlisted entertainers (MOS 442) or TEAM SNAFU. Bob O'Connor's novel Jeep Show  follows the life of Jim Tanzer as he follows front line combat infantry to the border of Germany and puts on a...

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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: PLAYING NOW AT 1001 BEST OF JACK LONDON; OUR HAWAII by CHARMIAN AND JACK LONDON (SEE SHOW NOTES FOR LINKS)
Dec. 22, 2024

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: PLAYING NOW AT 1001 BEST OF JACK LONDON; OUR HA…

In the winter of 1915-1916 Jack and his wife Charmian London sailed their Snark to Hawaii, It was a bittersweet return to paradise for both of them, Jack have come there twice before, one of those times with Charmaine. But th...

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