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Outlaws vs the FBI: J. Edgar Hoover's G-Men
Dec 19, 2024What makes the ideal gangster hunter? In the 1930s, outlaws like John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Bonnie & Clyde were the scourge on the justice system of the United States. To bring them in, the ...
Was the Civil War Won by Chance?
Dec 16, 2024How did a couple's holiday save Kyoto from certain ruin? How did a landslide contribute to the Revolutionary War? Basically, how have chance encounters and decisions influenced the history of the Unit...
President Calvin Coolidge: The Roaring 20s' Quiet Leader
Dec 12, 2024Sworn in after the death of President Harding by the light of a kerosene lamp, the 30th President of the United States led the country through 6 years of the prosperous roaring 1920s. Coolidge polled ...
Waco: A Cult, the FBI and a Fiery Ending
Dec 09, 202476 people died on 19th April 1993 when the compound of a religious sect, the Branch Davidians, went up in flames. It had been under siege by government agencies for 51 days, but no one knows what star...
Pearl Harbor: The Man Who Spied For Japan
Dec 05, 2024On 7th December, 1941, the Japanese Imperial Navy struck the United States. In an action which killed 2,403 Americans and destroyed 21 US warships and 188 aircraft, they also brought the US into the S...
UFOs in the US
Dec 02, 2024Alien spacecraft, phenomena from another dimension, ghosts, demons of satan, a trick of light - whatever you might believe UFOs to be, they have a long history. Don is joined by Greg Eghgian for this ...
The Mayflower: What Was Life Like At Sea?
Nov 28, 2024A cargo hold, just 5 feet tall and divided up with canvas - this is what served as the living quarters for the 102 passengers of the Mayflower on their 66 day crossing to North America. Don is joined ...
The Mayflower: Why Did the Pilgrims Leave Europe?
Nov 25, 2024More than 30 million people can trace their ancestry to the 102 passengers and 30 crew aboard the Mayflower when it landed in Plymouth Bay, Massachusetts in the harsh winter of 1620. On board were men...
President Warren G. Harding: Scandals, Affairs & Cabinet Selections
Nov 21, 2024Despite dying as one of the most popular presidents in history, the 29th Commander-in-Chief has been consistently ranked one of the worst of the American Presidents. What caused this fall from grace? ...
The Spanish-American War
Nov 18, 2024In April 1898 the United States declared war on Spain. By the end of the war that December, the Spanish had lost their centuries-old colonial empire and the US had emerged as a power in the Pacific. J...