1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast

"Its A Wonderful Life: The Movie Backstory & Message: The backstory to Frank Capra's film masterpiece "It's a Wonderful Life" featuring an exclusive interview with Karolyn Grimes Wilkerson, who played Zuzu Bailey in the film, and ended the movie with the memorable line : "Look, Daddy. Teacher says every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings." Karolyn, whose acting career placed her on screen with Cary Grant, Bing Crosby, Jimmy Stewart, and Donna Reed, to name a few, experienced multiple family tragedies that ended her career at an early age, but brings an inspiring message about the movie and life. Music: Ross Bugden

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It was the third "Vacation" comedy featuring the Griswald family- Clark. Ellen,Rusty and Audrey- and all Clark wanted to have a simple old-fashioned Christmas with family. His plan: to heavily decorate the house and roof with lights, Santa and reindeer, and to enjoy a simple Christmas dinner before celebrating the real meaning of Christmas. Instead he got uninvited family with their huge slobbering Rottweiler, an uninvited wild squirrel, electrical problems, big sewage problems, fire, and a SWAT team. Halleluyah!

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1001 Stories From The Old West: Narrated History and Old West Radio shows

1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries: Your password to authentic history

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales: Over 500 great short stories from classic authors

1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories & The Best of Arthur Conan Doyle: Great mysteries!

1001 Stories From The Gilded Age: Mostly classic women authors-fantastic stories!

1001 Radio Days: Old time radio mostly cop/detective, some sci-fi and drama

1001 Radio Crime Solvers: Vintage cop/detective radio

1001 Stories For The Road: Classic narrated adventure novels and mysteries

1001 Ghost, Chiller & Lovecraft Stories: Narrated and radio drama

1001 History's Best Storytellers: (Author Interviews): Over 90 1001 interviews

1001 Best of Jack London: Over 100 terrific Jack London Stories

America's Appalachain Mountain Range holds on to some of the oldest traditions and beliefs in our country and we share them here,along with celebrity meories of growing up poor in many of those mountain communities. You'll hear memories shared by Brad Paisley, Steve Harvey. Luke Combs, Earl Hamner, Loretta Lynn, and other celebrities who discoverd the real meaning of Christmas the hard way- when sometimes the best gift they received other than love and family was an orange.

In 1952: THE YEAR OF THE UFOS (PT 2)/SAUCER SWARMS OVER DC/DR. STANTON FRIEDMAN INTERVIEWwe tell "the rest of the story", including the 1952 flying saucer swarms over Washington DC on two consecutive weekends in July of 1952, Washington's reaction, the scrambling and loss of US jet fighters, Feschino's work to discover this and tie all these events together with the Braxton County Monster incident, Project Blue Book, Capt. Ruppelt, Kenneth Arnold's 1947 sighting weeks before Roswell , the sighting that launched the term "flying saucer, and a continuation of the Stanton Friedman interview now discussing Project Majic-12, the USAF secret UFO study group formed after Project Blue Book was disbanded in 1969..

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Sources:

"The 1952 UFO Incident Explained", Gaia Jan 22, 2017 Article

The Braxton County Monster Updated and Revised, Frank Feschino LINK to AMAZON https://www.amazon.com/Braxton-Cover-up-Flatwoods-Revealed-Expanded/dp/0578128837/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0578128837&pd_rd_r=f948d32b-7d13-11e8-84e0-534057ebf983&pd_rd_w=iQ5uZ&pd_rd_wg=frXZi&pf_rd_i=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_p=3914568618330124508&pf_rd_r=5QHWPWGC99PET6BW4975&pf_rd_s=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_t=40701&psc=1&refRID=5QHWPWGC99PET6BW4975

Ruppelt, Edward J. The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/Report-Unidentified-Flying-Objects-Original/dp/1616404949/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

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A manned UFO lands in a small West Virginia town and becomes of the most believable UFO incidents in American history. Contains an in-depth Ivan Sanderson review. Part two next week we will be speaking with nuclear physicist Dr. Stanton Friedman.and covering the UFO swarm over Washington D.C. 1952.

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The Lost City of Z, popularized by the recent book and resulting movie by the same name, is the story of British explorer Percy Fawcett's determined explorations to find the remains of a fabled civilization deep within the remote Mato Grosso jungles of Brazil. On his final expedition Fawcett, his son Jack, and Jack's lifelong friend disappeared without a trace.

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lINK: "US whistleblower says US recovered "Non-human" biologics at Roswell site"'LINK:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcrCMLVk614

In July of 1947 somethings very strange crashed to Earth on the high desert plains of New Mexico. Hundreds of witnesses testified to seeing portions of wrecked flying discs as well as small alien bodies with the wreckage at two crash sites. The Air Force immediately cordoned off the areas and issued warnings to all witnesses not to discuss any details of what they had seen- which, they said, was the simple wreckage of a crashed weather balloon. They continued to debunk and marginalize all attempts to bring what many considered to be the truth to light for decades- until finally some high ranking men who were personally involved began to talk. Skeptics believe it was all hype to sell books. Believers ask "how many extraterrestrial UFO's have to be witnessed before the government comes clean? ".

Portions of our earlier interview with the late nuclear physicist Dr. Stanton Friedman are included at the end.

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FALL FAMILY SPECIAL

In this episode we say goodbye to TV's highly successful Bluebloods police drama as it takes its leave after 14 years on CBS, and we honor the sacrifices of law enforcement families who make our country and our neighborhoods safe by putting their lives on the line every day.

We offer the valid reasons for the show's great success.one of those reasons being the Reagan family dinner which closed nearly every episode with an open discussion among the family which covering the moral and procedural challenges that their city and police force faced.

We also cover the police support organization known as C.O.P.S. which supports families of fallen police officers and promotes the blue.

As of late November 2025, at least 86 law enforcement officers have died in the line of duty, while 285 have been shot (which includes both fatal and non-fatal shootings) in the U.S. this year. These figures come from organizations such as the National Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) and the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF).

The Harry Potter books by JK Rowlins have sold millions of copies worldwide, spawning successful,movies and theme parks. Still, many young families are cautious that the stories have the potential to lead young readers into witchcraft or the dark arts, so controversy has arisen around getting children started with Harry Potter, and deciding what age is right to jump in. The answer clearly lies in parental involvement- and within that framework it looks like kids are benefitting in lots of ways. This is your family starter guide to years of enjoyment and hopefully your family reading of one of the greatest childrens/teen sci-fi adventures ever written.

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In November of 1620 the Pilgrims arrived by ship to a new land filled with danger and uncertainty, a world in which nearly half of them would soon die of starvation and sickness, their final resting place being unmarked graves so as not to let the surrounding Indians know how many of their group had been lost. Yet with unshakable faith and strength of spirit, the survivors of that first winter set to work to fell trees and build a village, they found the strength to clear fields and plant crops when the springtime came, and they forged an alliance with the Wampanoag Indians for their mutual benefits. Then, despite that first year of incredible hardship and loss, they set aside a few days in the fall of 1621 to give thanks to their God for all the blessings they had received. This was the first Thanksgiving at Plymouth in what we now call Massachusetts. This is their story.. Join us as we take a look back at the first Thanksgiving in Plymouth back in 1621. If you have a minute, visit our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/1001Heroes and answer our question "Despite this hard year-what are you most thankful for this Thanksgiving?

Sources: Stepman, Jarrett: The War On History; Philbrook, Nathan, Mayflower; The Plymouth Colony Museum

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