Today's famous episode date is August 15, 1914. It was a day that benefited many countries around the world and made getting goods from one place to another much easier. Think you know what happened on that day? Listen to find out!

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“Advertisement - Page 10.” Essex County Herald (Island Pond, Vermont), August 14, 1914. www.newspaper.com.

AFP. “Memories of German WWI Atrocities Haunt Belgium.” YouTube. YouTube, August 20, 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpeTjaQbQ9Y.

“Battle of Dinant.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, December 13, 2020. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dinant.

“Heroine of the Signal Box.” Essex County Herald (Island Pond, Vermont), August 14, 1914. www.newspapers.com.

History.com Editors. “Panama Canal Open to Traffic.” History.com. A&E Television Networks, February 9, 2010. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/panama-canal-open-to-traffic.

History.com Editors. “World War I.” History.com. A&E Television Networks, October 29, 2009. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/world-war-i-history#:~:text=The%20spark%20that%20ignited%20World,Princip%20on%20June%2028%2C%201914.&text=The%20spark%20that%20ignited%20World,Princip%20on%20June%2028%2C%201914.

“Motor Car Trip at Small Cost.” The Evening Herald (Fall River, Massachusetts), August 15, 1914.

“Panama Opened to Commerce of the World; Goethals Makes First Trip Across.” The Tampa Times (Tampa, Florida), August 14, 1914. www.newspapers.com.

“War News at a Glance.” Chadron Record (Chadron, Nebraska), August 14, 1914. www.newspapers.com.

Today's famous date is recent history, happening just before we entered the new century. It's a story of cults, aliens, and Nike shoes. If you were alive in 1997, I'm sure you'll remember this famous event.

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Associated Press. “Doctor Charged with Murdering Patient.” The Daily Journal (Flat River, Missouri), March 27, 1997. www.newspapers.com.

Associated Press. “Doctor Charged with Murdering Patient.” The Daily Journal (Flat River, Missouri), March 27, 1997. www.newspapers.com.

Balko, Radley. “Solving Kathy Mabry's Murder.” HuffPost. HuffPost, December 7, 2017. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kathy-mabry-murder-steven-hayne-michael-west_n_2456970.

Barcella, Laura. “Heaven's Gate, 23 Years Later: Remembering 38 People Who Died With Cult Leader.” PEOPLE.com, March 26, 2020. https://people.com/crime/heavens-gate-22-years-later-remembering-lives-lost/.

“Heaven's Gate Cult Members Found Dead.” History.com. A&E Television Networks, February 9, 2010. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/heavens-gate-cult-members-found-dead.

Holewa, Lisa. “Doctor's Murder Trial Ends with Acquittal.” AP NEWS. Associated Press, June 27, 1997. https://apnews.com/article/9e535c864d8deb58fa4c4d5fea9a20c1.

“Mississippi Innocence Project Develops Lead in 1997 Rape Homicide.” Ole Miss News, September 23, 2014. https://news.olemiss.edu/mississippi-innocence-project-develops-lead-1997-rape-homicide/.

Perry, Tony, Michael Granberry, and Anne-Marie O'Connor. “39 Dead in Apparent Suicide: Bodies Found in Rancho Santa Fe Mansion.” Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California), March 27, 1997, edition. www.newspapers.com.

Rein, Lisa. “Straphangers Peer into Future.” Daily News (New York, New York), March 27, 1997. www.newspapers.com.

Scripps Howard News Service. “Wal_Mart To Expand Internet Shopping.” The South Bend Tribune (South Bend, Indiana), March 27, 1997. www.newspapers.com.

Shelby, Joyce, and John Marzulli. “Man's Face Slashed by Teen on Q-Train.” Daily News (New York, New York), March 27, 1997. www.newspapers.com.

Smith, Robert H. “Authorities Investigate Brutal Slaying in Isola.” The Enterprise-Tocsin (Indianola, Mississippi), March 27, 1997. www.newspapers.com.

On May 27, 1962, something awful started in Centralia, Pennsylvania. Even though it's been nearly 60 years, this awful thing is still going. Have you heard Centralia's story before? 

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“Ask Quick Bids to Put Out Fire Idling 30 Mines.” Pottsville Republican (Pottsville, Pennsylvania), August 15, 1962. www.newspapers.com.

Blakemore, Erin. “This Mine Fire Has Been Burning For Over 50 Years.” History.com. A&E Television Networks, June 12, 2018. https://www.history.com/news/mine-fire-burning-more-50-years-ghost-town.

Knutson, Julie. “The End of Centralia's Abandoned, Colorful, Anarchic 'Graffiti Highway'.” Atlas Obscura. Atlas Obscura, September 11, 2020. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/centralia-graffiti-highway-buried.

Rubinkam, Michael. “Few Remain as 1962 Coal Town Fire Still Burns.” The Post-Crescent (Appleton, Wisconsin), February 7, 2010. www.newspapers.com.

Uslais, John. “'Graffiti Highway' Fans Sign Petition Asking to Save Road as Historic Landmark.” The Morning Call (Allentown, Pennsylvania), April 14, 2020. www.newspapers.com.

Weiser-Alexander, Kathy. “Centralia, Pennsylvania - A Lost Town.” Legends of America, June 2019. https://www.legendsofamerica.com/centralia-pennsylvania/.

On October 9, 1871, newspapers across the country reported about something that started the night before in Chicago. It was NOT a good thing. However, as we learn from additional history, it might have been silly song lyrics that made it such a famous event, taking the attention away from another bad thing that happened on the exact same day. Confused yet? Listen to this episode and you'll have it all figured out.

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“Advertisement for Fire Insurance (Page 3).” Bangor Whig and Courier (Bangor, Maine), October 9, 1871. www.newspapers.com.

“Cheer Up.” The Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois), October 11, 1871. www.newspapers.com.

“The Chicago Fire of 1871 and the 'Great Rebuilding'.” National Geographic Society. Accessed April 19, 2021. https://www.nationalgeographic.org/article/chicago-fire-1871-and-great-rebuilding/print/#:~:text=By%20Mary%20Schons&text=On%20October%208%2C%201871%2C%20a,of%20the%20city's%20population%20homeless.

“The Edsall Tragedy.” Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois), October 8, 1871. www.newspapers.com.

“Gold Hill, Nevada.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, May 2, 2020. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Hill,_Nevada.

“Latest News By Telegraph: The Great Chicago Fire!” The Daily Evening Express (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), October 9, 1871. www.newspapers.com.

Leonard, Will. “Will Leonard Column.” Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois), October 9, 1971. www.newspapers.com.

“Make Them Resign.” The Scranton Republican (Scranton, Pennsylvania), October 5, 1871. www.newspapers.com.

“Massive Fire Burns in Wisconsin.” History.com. A&E Television Networks, November 13, 2009. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/massive-fire-burns-in-wisconsin.

“Overland Dispatches: Special to the Gold Hill News.” Gold Hill Daily News (Gold Hill, Nevada), October 9, 1871. www.newspapers.com.

“The Ruined City.” The Great Chicago Fire & The Web of Memory. Accessed April 19, 2021. https://www.greatchicagofire.org/ruined-city/.

“Two Pennsylvania Judges.” The Daily Evening Express (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), October 9, 1871. www.newspapers.com.

US Department of Commerce, NOAA. “The Peshtigo Fire.” National Weather Service. NOAA's National Weather Service, November 19, 2015. https://www.weather.gov/grb/peshtigofire.

On March 28, 1979, something happened in Pennsylvania. It was a disaster that could have been much worse considering what was at stake. Think you know what happened that day? Listen and find out!

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“Advertisement: Movies Playing.” Fremont Tribune (Fremont, Nebraska), March 28, 1979. www.newspapers.com.

“Backgrounder on the Three Mile Island Accident.” United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission. https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/fact-sheets/3mile-isle.html, n.d.

Browning, William. “Tears of a Clown.” The Paris Review, July 6, 2016. https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2016/07/06/tears-of-a-clown/.

“Dorothy M. Miller Heese (1928-2007) .” Find a Grave. Accessed April 14, 2021. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/115061583/dorothy-m.-heese.

“Emmett Kelly.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, December 29, 2020. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Kelly.

“Famous Clown Emmett Kelly Dies.” Decatur Daily Review (Decatur, Illinois), March 28, 1979. www.newspapers.com.

Georgievska, Marija. “Emmett Kelly: The First Sad Hobo Clown Who Was Best-Known for His Character Named ‘Weary Willie.’” The Vintage News, May 1, 2017. https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/05/02/emmett-kelly-the-first-sad-hobo-clown-who-was-best-known-for-his-character-named-weary-willie/.

“Ira Einhorn.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, April 6, 2021. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Einhorn.

Levy, Steven. “The Day Unicorn's Ugly.” Philadelphia Daily News (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), June 18, 1997. www.newspapers.com.

———. “The Fatal Attraction.” Philadelphia Daily News (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), June 19, 1997. www.newspapers.com.

O'Dowd, Joe, Debbie Lock, and Tom Schmidt. “Skeleton in Trunk Linked to City Guru.” Philadelphia Daily News (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), March 28, 1979. www.newspapers.com.

“r/UnresolvedMysteries - Fifty Years on, Wahoo Teen Mary Kay Heese's Murder Still among Nebraska's Unsolved.” reddit. Accessed April 14, 2021. https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/b6kg7l/fifty_years_on_wahoo_teen_mary_kay_heeses_murder/.

Shaw, Julie. “'Unicorn Killer' Ira Einhorn, 79, Dies in Pa. Prison.” https://www.inquirer.com. The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 4, 2020. https://www.inquirer.com/news/ira-einhorn-dead-unicorn-killer-earth-day-holly-maddux-20200403.html.

Soteropoulus, Jacqueline. “Fallen Fugitive.” The Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis, Indiana), July 29, 2001. www.newspapers.com.

Staff, Inside Edition. “Who Was the 'Unicorn Killer'? How a 1960s Activist-Turned-Murderer Evaded Extradition for 23 Years.” Inside Edition. Inside Edition, April 10, 2020. https://www.insideedition.com/who-was-the-unicorn-killer-how-a-1960s-activist-turned-murderer-evaded-extradition-for-23-years.

“Three Mile Island Accident.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, April 3, 2021. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Mile_Island_accident.

United Press International. “Leak Closes 3-Mile Island Reactor.” The Sentinel (Carlisle, Pennsylvania), March 28, 1979. www.newspapers.com.

Wax, Bill. “Wahoo Slaying Still a Puzzle.” Fremont Tribune (Fremont, Nebraska), March 28, 1979. www.newspapers.com.

I'm always game for a good shipwreck story, and this one does not disappoint. It's a story that has been told many times before, but even though more than forty years have passed since it happened, a million questions remain unanswered.

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“The Crew of the Sarah Joe.” Unsolved Mysteries Wiki. Accessed April 9, 2021. https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/The_Crew_of_the_Sarah_Joe.

John Christensen. “Hana Waits for Her Sons.” The Honolulu Star-Bulletin (Honolulu, Hawaii), March 8, 1979. www.newspapers.com.

“Joss Paper.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, December 1, 2020. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joss_paper.

Kubota, Gary T. “Lost fishermen still cast shadow 30 years later.” The Honolulu Star-Bulletin (Honolulu, Hawaii), February 20, 2009. www.newsappers.com.

“Lost Hawaiian Fisherman.” Unsolved Mysteries, September 7, 2020. https://unsolved.com/gallery/lost-hawaiian-fishermen/.

“Pigeons Used in Search for 5 Missing Fishermen.” The Honolulu Star-Bulletin (Honolulu, Hawaii), February 14, 1979. www.newspapers.com.

“Search Ended for Fishing Boat.” The Honolulu Star-Bulletin (Honolulu, Hawaii), February 17, 1979. www.newspapers.com.

On November 30, 1922, newspapers reported about one of the most significant archaeological discoveries of all time. It was a discovery made in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. Think you know what it was? Listen to today's episode to find out!

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“Advertisement (Page 3).” The Union Appeal (Union, Mississippi), November 30, 1922. www.newspapers.com.

“Anna Lenz to Chippewa Falls Institution.” The Sheboygan Press (Sheboygan, Wisconsin), March 27, 1923. www.newspapers.com.

“Anna T Lenz (1892-1990) .” Find a Grave. Accessed April 6, 2021. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102007122/anna-t-lenz.

“Arkansas Riot Is Subdued.” Daily Clarion-Progress (Opelousas, Louisiana), November 30, 1922. www.newspapers.com.

Associated Press. “Sensational Egyptological Discovery of the Century.” Norwich Bulletin (Norwich, Connecticut), November 30, 1922. www.newspapers.com.

“Coroner's Inquest Asks Anna Lenz Be Tried For Murder.” The Sheboygan Press (Sheboygan, Wisconsin), December 9, 1922. www.newspapers.com.

“Curse of the Pharaohs.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, April 1, 2021. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_the_pharaohs#:~:text=Deaths%20popularly%20attributed%20to%20Tutankhamun's%20curse,-The%20tomb%20was&text=George%20Herbert%2C%205th%20Earl%20of,the%20opening%20of%20the%20tomb.

“Edythe Sterling Biography.” Fandango. Accessed April 8, 2021. https://www.fandango.com/people/edythe-sterling-650019/biography.

“Edythe Sterling Gets Two More Days In Jail.” The Pomona Progress Bulleting (Pomona, California), July 14, 1923. www.newspapers.com.

“Edythe Sterling.” IMDb. IMDb.com. Accessed April 8, 2021. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0827505/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm.

Griffith, Nancy Snell. “Smackover Riot of 1922.” Encyclopedia of Arkansas, February 10, 2014. https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/smackover-riot-of-1922-7941/#:~:text=In%20late%20November%201922%2C%20a,as%20saloon%20owners%20and%20gamblers.

“Howard Carter.” Biography.com. A&E Networks Television, June 17, 2020. https://www.biography.com/scientist/howard-carter.

Lewis, Jeanne. “Celebrating 200 Years: 1922.” Arkansas Democtrat Gazeete. Accessed April 8, 2021. https://www.arkansasonline.com/200/1922/.

“Mailed Poison to the Wrong Woman.” The Morning Call (Allentown, Pennsylvania), November 30, 1922. www.newspapers.com.

“Movie Queen Undaunted by Her Imprisonment; Utilizes Time.” Los Angeles Evening Express (Los Angeles, California), December 1, 1922. www.newspapers.com.

“New Warrants for Poison Girl.” The Menasha Record (Menasha, Wisconsin), December 20, 1922. www.newspapers.com.

Special to Press-Telegram. “Dramatic Interruption of Lenz Hearing.” Sheboygan Press (Sheboygan, Wisconsin), January 20, 1923. www.newspapers.com.

“Speeding Actress in Cell.” The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California), November 30, 1922. www.newspapers.com.

Tomorrow marks the 125th anniversary of this GOOD event where people show their skills at many different things. It's an event that's still happening in current times. Think you know what it is? Listen to find out!

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“Athens 1896 Olympic Games.” Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, inc. Accessed March 23, 2021. https://www.britannica.com/event/Athens-1896-Olympic-Games.

“Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison.” The White House. The United States Government, January 15, 2021. https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/first-families/caroline-lavinia-scott-harrison/.

“Count Rudolph Charged Under Oath That The Countess Eila Festetics De Tolna Is A Flirt.” The San Francisco Call (California), December 28, 1900.

“Countess Elia Festetics Is Given A Decree.” The San Francisco Call (California), January 1, 1901.

The Haggin Museum. “Eila Haggin.” Pinterest. Accessed March 24, 2021. https://www.pinterest.cl/pin/491244271845021110/?amp_client_id=CLIENT_ID%28_%29&mweb_unauth_id=&simplified=true.

“Harrison's Wedding.” The Capital Journal (Salem, Oregon), April 6, 1896.

“History and Origin of the Games.” International Olympic Committee, January 14, 2021. https://www.olympic.org/faq/history-and-origin-of-the-games.

“A Hypnotist Arrested.” The Atlanta Constitution (Atlanta, Georgia), April 6, 1896.

“Indiana City/Town Census Counts, 1900 to 2010.” City and Town Census Counts: STATS Indiana. Accessed March 24, 2021. https://www.stats.indiana.edu/population/PopTotals/historic_counts_cities.asp.

“James H ‘Santanelli’ Loryea (1862-1920) .” Find a Grave. Accessed March 24, 2021. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/213903602/james-h-loryea.

Loryea, James H. What Hypnosis Really Is. Lansing, MI: Robert Smith Printing Company, 1896.

“Mary Dimmick Harrison.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, January 24, 2021. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Dimmick_Harrison.

“No More Santanelli.” The Meriden Daily Journal, June 11, 1896.

“Olympic Games Started Today.” The Salem Daily News (Salem, Ohio), April 6, 1896.

“The Tolna May Be Lost.” The San Francisco Call (California), April 6, 1896.

“An Up to Date Svengali.” Buffalo Evening News (Buffalo, New York), April 28, 1896.

“The Wizard Santanelli.” The Semi-Weekly Palladium (Benton Harbor, Michigan), February 28, 1896.

The name of this episode says it all. Enjoy some completely random, but fun, short stories I've found while researching for the full episodes!

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“Bring Soap or Towel…and See Tigers Play.” The Wewoka Daily Times (Wewoka, Oklahoma), August 28, 1963.

“Intelligence of a Horse.” The Evening World (New York City, New York), January 1, 1892.

“Lied About Age of Son, Pays Fare 20 Years Late.” Jackson's Hole Courier (Jackson, Wyoming), February 14, 1929.

“Rites Over a Pig: Officers Thought They Found a Man in Engine Firebox.” Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas), January 17, 1920.

“Spanker Breaks Arm.” Jackson's Hole Courier (Jackson, Wyoming), February 14, 1929.

“Wrong Shores Bore Love Note! Man Sued.” The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, Maryland), January 25, 1931.

SOUND SOURCES

Al Jolson. “I’ll Say She Does.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Sophie Tucker. “Reuben Rag.” www.pixabay.com/music.

InspectorJ. “Bell, Candle Damper A (H4n).wav.” November 17, 2017. www.freesound.org.

This famous date falls 100 years after last week's episode date. It was a horrible event that made headlines all over the world. But, as bad as it was, if circumstances were only slightly changed, it would have been much worse and could have changed the course of future history. Think you know what it was? Listen to find out!

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Administrator, NASA Content. “First Shuttle Launch.” NASA. NASA, April 8, 2015. https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_2488.html.

“Advertisement (Speed-Way Car Wash) Page 6.” The Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis, Indiana), March 30, 1981. www.newspapers.com.

Associated Press. “Captain Resigns from Army in Wake of Recruit's Death.” The Greenville News (Greenville, South Carolina), June 5, 1981. www.newspapers.com.

Associated Press. “Report Concludes Soldier Abused before Death.” The Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, Alabama), March 30, 1981. www.newspapers.com.

Flores, Ike. “Space Shuttle Passes Final Two Tests.” The Tennessean (Nashville, Tennessee), March 30, 1981. www.newspapers.com.

“Garuda Indonesia Flight 206.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, February 21, 2021. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garuda_Indonesia_Flight_206.

Post, Hyde. “Jeers, Then Death for Benning Recruit.” The Atlanta Constitution (Atlanta, Georgia), March 29, 1981. www.newspapers.com.

“President Reagan Shot.” History.com. A&E Television Networks, November 24, 2009. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-reagan-shot.

“Reagan Shot.” The Clarksdale Press Register (Clarksdale, Mississippi), March 30, 1981. www.newspapers.com.

Redd, Nola Taylor. “The First Space Shuttle Flight Into Space.” Space.com. Space, May 7, 2019. https://www.space.com/16793-first-space-shuttle-launch.html.

United Press International. “2 Shot Aboard Plane.” The Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Massachusetts), March 30, 1981. www.newspapers.com.

———. “Death Probe Ends.” Spokane Chronicle (Spokane, Washington), June 10, 1981. www.newspapers.com.

SOUND SOURCES

Al Jolson. “I’ll Say She Does.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Sophie Tucker. “Reuben Rag.” www.pixabay.com/music.