Episodes
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.
March 20, 2025
BEST OF (#57 OF 515) THE SECRETS OF SKINWALKER RANCH PAST AND PRESENT
1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast
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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March 13, 2025
WAS MY BROTHER IN THE BATTLE? WHAT THE CIVIL WAR MEANT TO MY FAMILY
1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
Feb. 6, 2025
BEST OF (#50 of 512) THE LAST OF THE 357TH INFANTRY W/ MARK HAGER
1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries
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...
Jan. 19, 2025
THE JFK CONSPIRACY THE SECRET PLOT TO KILL KENNEDY- AND WHY IT FAILED
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...
Jan. 16, 2025
BEST OF (#47 OF 503) THE CURSE OF THE BILLY GOAT
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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...
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...
Dec. 24, 2024
THE HEARTWARMING STORY OF THE CHRISTMAS TRUCE OF 1914:
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Dec. 22, 2024
JEEP SHOW: A TROUPER AT THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE, REMEMBERING BASTOGNE 80 YEARS AGO IN DEC '44
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...
Dec. 22, 2024
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: PLAYING NOW AT 1001 BEST OF JACK LONDON; OUR HAWAII by CHARMIAN AND JACK LONDON (SEE SHOW NOTES FOR LINKS)
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 this was his last year of life, and he wanted to spend it on the islands he loved the most. In what we call part 1, Charmian adds a preface and Jack begins a two part story of how Hawaii became an American territory- taking time to extoll the virtues of their terrific surfing ...
Dec. 15, 2024
THE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF AMBROSE BIERCE
In December of 1914,71 year-old decorated CivilWar Major, accomplished journalist, and famous author Ambrose Bierce wrote his Niece and his secretary to tell them he was going to Mexico to cover the Mexican insurrection led by Pancho Villa...
Dec. 14, 2024
ANCHORS AWEIGH- HOW NAVY GOT ITS THEME SONG FOR THE ARMY-NAVY GAME
In 1907 Navy had been losing every year to Army in the annual Army-Navy football game.Finally they tasked Charless A Zimmerman, the new band leader, to devise a song that would put Navy over the op if it was played during the game. Zimmerman came...
Dec. 8, 2024
THE LIBERTY BELL WILL RING AGAIN : THE INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY OF AMERICA'S ICONIC SYMBOL OF FREEDOM- THE LIBERTY BELL (AND YES, IT WILL RING AGAIN IN 2026)
On July 4th, 2026, in fact, all that year, America's Liberty Bell and all its brothers and sisters in every state will be ringing out loud and clear to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. There are...
Nov. 24, 2024
ELVIS MYTHS & LEGENDS (PT 1)
In this interview with U.K. radio personality and author Neil Nixon () we discuss all things mythical and legendary about Elvis the King,including #"It's Now or Never" (song), #Fortean Magazine, #'Elvis' movie (2022), #AustinButler, ##The...
Nov. 24, 2024
THE TRUE STORY OF THE FIRST THANKSGIVING (BEST OF 1001)
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