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Fifteen Years Forsaken

A true story of castaways on a lost and hostile scrap of land, all thanks to some meddlesome Frenchmen and terrible luck.
Written by J. A. Macfarlane • 28 Apr 2021 • Read/Listen →
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Dupes and Duplicity

The true story of the 18th century's greatest femme fatale, and the most unfortunate of her victims.
Written by Jennifer Lee Noonan • 04 Sep 2020 • Read/Listen →
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Ghoulish Acts & Dastardly Deeds

In the 1950s, an anonymous terrorist planted a pipe bomb in a New York City public space. Then another. And another.
Written by Alan Bellows • 31 Jul 2017 • Read/Listen →
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The Reconstruction of Ulysses S. Grant

As a civilian, the beloved American Civil War general and two-term president failed at every attempt to make money. Except for one.
Written by Michael Durbin • 11 Apr 2017 • Read/Listen →
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Ten Minutes in Lituya Bay

A remote bay in Alaska is home to an odd and occasionally catastrophic geology. In 1958, a handful of people experienced this firsthand.
Written by Alan Bellows • 30 Sep 2016 • Read/Listen →
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Mobilis In Mobili

A 1930s effort to reach the Earth's northernmost point via antiquated submarine.
Written by Gustaf Hildebrand • 14 Jun 2016 • Read/Listen →
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Colonels of Truth

The tumultuous true story of the life of a fast food icon.
Written by Alan Bellows • 15 Mar 2016 • Read/Listen →
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The Japanese Art of Self-Preservation

On the ancient Japanese Buddhist practice of self-mummification.
Written by Erika Nesvold • 30 Nov 2015 • Read/Listen →
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The Zero-Armed Bandit

The story of a treacherous contraption that appeared mysteriously in a Lake Tahoe casino.
Written by Alan Bellows • 16 Jun 2015 • Read/Listen →
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The Derelict

A series of accidents and errors amass into disaster at sea. But that's not the end of the story.
Written by Alan Bellows • 13 Jan 2015 • Read/Listen →
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