Episodes

Oct. 13, 2024

THE BATTLE OF BEECHER'S ISLAND (PT 1): FORSYTH'S DILEMMA

August, 1868  General Phil Sheridan offers a special commission to his top officer Col. Forsyth to hire 50 good, tough men to bring the fight to the Indians that have been marauding throughout the central and northern West. Armed with Spencer...
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Oct. 10, 2024

BEST OF (#32 OF 501) CASABLANCA: THE INCREDIBLE STORY BEHIND THE MAKING OF THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER MADE

This episode tells the story-behind-the story regarding the making of the movie that many critics claim is the greatest movie ever made, including the fact that the movie was filmed while WWII was raging and that many of the people involved in the maki...
Oct. 6, 2024

A GHOST HUNTER'S GUIDE TO THE CIVIL WAR: WHERE TO GO AND WHAT TO EXPECT

Ghost hunting America's historical sites has become a popular way to teach youngsters history- because its exciting and can be rewarding. Civil war battlefields and hospitals are the most popular areas to visit, and many offer ghost tours in addition...
Sept. 29, 2024

THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES: THE TRAGIC STORY OF LOU GEHRIG

The moving story of the life of baseball legend Lou Gehrig, whose tragic death and early retirement as a result of ALS touched the entire world.  ALS has since been known as "Lou Gehrig's Disease.
Sept. 22, 2024

THE INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY BEHIND MADAME TUSSAUDS WAX MUSEUM

Millions of people enjoy visiting Madame Tussauds Wax Museums each year, but only a very few know the macabre history behind the first one that opened in London in 1831, containing the death masks and wax figures of actual victims of the French...
Sept. 15, 2024

THE KANDAHAR GIANT A SPECIAL FORCES URBAN LEGEND

In 2002,, according to this legend, a special forces unit which had been sent to find a missing patrol  in the remote mountain area of Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, encountered a 12 foot tall giant just outside a cave mouth, the floor of which...
Sept. 8, 2024

THE RESURRECTION OF JOHN PAUL JONES (PT 2): THE SEARCH FOR A LONG-LOST HERO

After the untimely death of Captain John Paul Jones in Paris, a funeral was provided as well as a lead-lined coffin, and the coffin was deposited in the New Orleans area of Paris, a graveyard for non-citizen Protestants. This occurred during the...
Sept. 1, 2024

THE RESURRECTION OF JOHN PAUL JONES (PT 1): A HERO IN THE MAKING

This is the incredible two-part story of a true American hero, John Paul Jones, a man who sought nothing for himself, and all for his adopted country, for which he fought bravely throughout the American Revolution as a naval Captain, bringing honor to...
Aug. 25, 2024

THE MOONDOG CORONATION BALL- AMERICA'S FIRST ROCK AND ROLL CONCERT

It was March 21st, 1952, in Cleveland, Ohio, at about 9pm, when the first 7,000 or more ticket holders streamed into the Cleveland Arena with high hopes of seeing 5 of their favorite Rhytm & Blues artists perform for a huge dance. By 9:30pm, the place was filled to capacity with over 9,000 teens- but there were still more than 10,000 more "Moondoggers" waiting outside. The doors broke down, glass shattered, seats were ripped from their moorings on the floor, and pandemonium ruled for the next ho...
Aug. 18, 2024

THE LEGEND OF THE 13 TURTLE MOONS and THE LEGEND OF THE WHITE BUFFALO

The Legend of the 13 Turtle Moons is a powerful example of the Indian's belief in oneness with the earth. Look on the shell of most fresh water turtles and you will see 13 large scales. The Indians believe that these 13 scales represent the 13 new...
Aug. 4, 2024

THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF TIMOTHY MURPHY- AMERICA'S FIRST SNIPER

Scots-Irish Timothy Murphy, born 1751, died 1818, was an American frontiersman and top rifleman who served in the American Revolution, turning the tide of the battle at Saratoga , served at Valley Forge, and joined the fighting at Boston, Long island,...
July 24, 2024

BEST OF (#25 OF 467) THE LEGEND OF THE LOST MORMON MINE

1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries
July 21, 2024

12 BRAVE MEN OF FAITH: THE STORY OF JESUS'S TWELVE APOSTLES

Heroes come in all shapes and sizes. The 12 brave men Jesus picked to spread the word of his resurrection and of the one God were regular men, fishermen, brothers, husbands and fathers, tax collectors- men who knew Jesus and had seen his deeds and...
June 30, 2024

THE LIGHT OF BATTLE: EISENHOWER, D-DAY, AND THE BIRTH OF THE AMERICAN SUPERPOWER

An informative interview with 'The Light of Battle' author Michel Paradis as we discuss the role Eisehower played in the success of D-Day and the challenges he faced with everything from the changing weather to the huge egos of world and military...
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June 27, 2024

BEST OF (#21 OF 462) TOM HORN: THE TRUE STORY OF A WESTERN LEGEND

1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries
June 23, 2024

IN SEARCH OF ATTILA THE HUNS TREASURE (NEWLY REVISED)

After conquering all of Asia and Europe from China's coast to France, Attila The Hun had amassed an incredible treasure of gold, silver, and artifacts- enough treasure that it required an atmy just to protect it. When he died in 453 AD, according to...
June 20, 2024

SURVIVING VALLEY FORGE (PT 1) THE BIRTH OF A NEW NATION

1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries
June 16, 2024

HISTORY'S GREATEST IDIOMS

Idiom- A group of words established by usage as having a mean not deducible from those of the  individual words (e.g.  It's raing cats and Dogs!) There is one explicit idiom - Kick the Bucket- which follows "Laughing Stock"- it is not...
June 13, 2024

THE MOTHMAN PHENOMENON (PART TWO)- THE 2017 CHICAGO SIGHTINGS

1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries
June 9, 2024

THE MOTHMAN PHENOMENA (PART ONE)

1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries