Coffee With Jeff

Once upon a time, in 1872, Captain David Reed Morehouse and the crew of the brigantine Dei Gratia were sailing from New York to Gibraltar when that happened spot on unusual site in the middle of the ocean. It was the ship captained by his friend Benjamin Spooner Briggs, whom he had just seen a month earlier! Briggs, his wife, daughter and crew were missing, never to be seen again!

Here is story of the Mary Celeste!

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Once upon a time, the world trembled at the thought of Nuclear war. Between the 1950 and the 1970s, every child was taught what to do in case the big one fell. We were all told that the bombs would come from an evil enemy many miles away. Little did we know we were all in danger of our own government dropping one on its own people.

Today we have 5 stories of atomic bombs dropped on American soil.

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One upon a time, in the early part of the 20th century, a detective who had once failed to find Jack the Ripper was investigating a missing person. While searching the home she once lived in, she found something gruesome in the basement. It was a body – but without a head, limbs or even bones. Was it the body of the missing women and was the killer her husband?

Find out on the true story of the Dr. Crippen Murder case!

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One upon a time, a four legged beast mysterious beast was sighted again and again in the western United States. It was described as being red, much larger than a horse, and carrying a rider who looked like it might have been the Devil – or at least a headless man! What were the people of Arizona seeing in the late 19th century?

Today we have the story of the Red Ghost of Arizona!

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Once upon a time in Vienna, pregnant women begged on thier knees not to have their babies delivered by doctors. They would rather have their babies in the street than the hospital – since there was a good chance they wouldn’t leave the hospital alive. One man figured out why.

Unfortunately, no one listened, and it all came at the cost of hundreds of lives. Today we have the story of Ignaz Semmelweis.

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Once upon a time he was the hottest filmmaker in Hollywood, making a string of highly successful films. He married a beautiful and talented actress. When studio heads began messing with his work, he became frustrated and depressed and he decided to take out all his anger in a new film, one that would take 10 years to get make. The film was S.O.B. and his name was Blake Edwards and I have his story.

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He was a follower of Aleister Crowley who put him in charge of the Ordo Templi Orientis. He worked with L. Ron Hubbard and attempted to create a moonchild. He was also a brilliant and handsome rocket engineer who help start the United States space program. Today, on the 150th episode of Sunday Morning Coffee with Jeff, I present the story of Jack Parsons.

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She is 116 years old. In her life she has helped millions of tourists see New York, has taken hundreds of people – thousands maybe! – on fishing voyages, been in a pop music video, and served in two separate world wars. She began as a plaything for a wealthy family and now she is left to slowly die – all alone.

Today we have the story of the ghost ship in Boone County, Kentucky.

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In the early 18th century, some women found ways to help out with the family income. Mary Peck Butterworth did what she could – she made her own money in her kitchen! She was a counterfeiter who had a team in 1716 and this is her story.

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The perfect crime; is there such a thing? In 1950, eleven men thought they had committed the perfect one, the biggest ever, and they were just days away from getting away with it but – at the last moment – it would all come crashing down.

Today I have the story what is called The Great Brink’s Robbery.

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