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Senator Edward M. Kennedy and the Bridge at Chappaquiddick (Part One)
November 30, 2025

On July 19, 1969 an auto accident, involving Senator Edward M. Kennedy and the death of a young woman, changed the course of American political history forever.Senator Edward M. Kennedy, 1968Edward Kennedy, campaigning in 1962John Farrar examining the

Senator Edward M. Kennedy and the Bridge at Chappaquiddick. (Part Two)
November 30, 2025

On July 19, 1969 an auto accident, involving Senator Edward M. Kennedy and the death of a young woman, changed the course of American political history forever.Senator Edward Kennedy and his wife Joan in the mid-sixtiesJoseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and Joe Gar

Catherine The Great, One of a Kind (Part One)
October 08, 2025

Brought to Russia as fourteen-year-old Princess Sophia from a tiny German principality, she became Catherine the Great, the most powerful woman in Europe.Peter III, Catherine’s husbandCatherine’s mother, Princess JohannaThe Empress Elizabet

Catherine the Great, One of a Kind (Part Two)
October 08, 2025

Brought to Russia as fourteen-year-old Princess Sophia from a tiny German principality, she became Catherine the Great, the most powerful woman in Europe.Catherine’s coronation painting, wearing her remarkable crownPugachev, harassing captive nobl

Bob Marley, Reggae Superstar and Legend (Part One)
September 05, 2025

Listen to this February 5, 2020 flashback episode about Bob Marley, homeless at age 20 in one of the poorest cities of the Third World, he became a popular music phenomenon and 20th century icon.Bob Marley performing in July of 1980Bob Marley’s mo

Bob Marley, Reggae Superstar and Legend (Part Two)
September 05, 2025

Listen to this February 5, 2020 flashback episode about Bob Marley, homeless at age 20 in one of the poorest cities of the Third World, he became a popular music phenomenon and 20th century icon.Marley, performing last outdoor show, Dublin, Ireland, July

D. B. Cooper and the Only Unsolved Air Hijacking in US History (Part One)
August 08, 2025

This special flashback episode, from March 16, 2018, discusses D. B. Cooper and the most infamous unsolved hijacking in US history.Some of the crew members from the plane Cooper hijackedInitial crude wanted poster circulated by the FBIRichard McCoy, wa

D. B. Cooper and the Only Unsolved Air Hijacking in US History (Part Two)
August 08, 2025

This special flashback episode, from March 16, 2018, discusses D. B. Cooper and the most infamous unsolved hijacking in US history.Northwest Orient Plane similar to the one DB Cooper hijacked.Money recovered on the shores of the Columbia River that was

Howard Hughes and His Empire of Madness (Part One)
July 02, 2025

On April 5, 1976, when he died in a private jet, en route to Houston, Texas, Howard Hughes was a hopeless drug addict, weighed 93 pounds and hadnt even taken a step on his own in several years. He was also the worlds wealthiest man, living proof that

Howard Hughes and His Empire of Madness (Part Two)
July 02, 2025

On April 5, 1976, when he died in a private jet, en route to Houston, Texas, Howard Hughes was a hopeless drug addict, weighed 93 pounds and hadn’t even taken a step on his own in several years. He was also the world’s wealthiest man, living