In the chaotic final days of the Vietnam War, a daring humanitarian mission unfolded — Operation Babylift. This large-scale evacuation effort, led by the U.S. government and various humanitarian organizations, aimed to airlift thousands of Vietnamese orphans out of South Vietnam and place them with adoptive families around the world. In this video, we explore the history, controversy, and lasting legacy of Operation Babylift.  

0:00 - Intro

0:46 - The Problem

2:55 - Bureaucracy

3:55 - First Flight

16:43 - The Investigation 

19:42 - Further Evacuations

22:50 - Ethical Concerns

26:31 - Chris Norlund

31:02 - Aune

34:11 - Finding Family

36:03 -  Final Thoughts

SOURCES: https://www.dia.mil/News-Features/Articles/Article-View/Article/566960/remembering-the-first-operation-babylift-flight/ 

Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucBz_E_F5Yk&t=2862s 

Re-enactment Documentary: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1309115/ 

https://apnews.com/article/vietnam-war-anniversary-fall-of-saigon-photos-bba8116d509249d62da4633f3e861dcd https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/daughter-operation-babylift-1975/#:~:text=A U.S government plan to,of whom were Vietnamese children https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/digital-research-room/topic-guides/operation-babylift  https://www.holtinternational.org/operation-babylift-50-years-on/ https://www.amcmuseum.org/history/operation-babylift-and-new-life/

https://www.npr.org/2015/04/26/402208267/remembering-the-doomed-first-flight-of-operation-babylift  https://kdvr.com/vietnam/operation-babylift-vietnam-orphans/  https://www.awm.gov.au/wartime/105/operation-babylift 

https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/operation-babylift 

Chris announcing he found his family: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-sYn3rOGdA  News Report on Crash: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXU58y_3zkc&list=WL&index=45 Articles published by critics of the operation: http://lde421.blogspot.com/2014/03/operation-babylift-opposition-documents.html  Information disagreeing with the Critics: https://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~adoption/archive/AIDOBR.htm Chris Norlund who survived plane crash: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLj_dSr8b1k&list=WL&index=62 Twins who were re-connected through DNA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zylvf2_z4t0&list=WL&index=64  

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They seemed like the perfect couple: retired schoolteachers, quiet neighbors, world travelers... and secret art thieves? In this jaw-dropping true story, we uncover the shocking double life of Jerry and Rita Alter — an unassuming New Mexico couple who lived modestly, yet had a stolen $160 million painting hanging in their bedroom. For decades, no one suspected a thing.
Timestamps: 
0:00 - Intro
0:57 - The Theft
4:29 - The Investigation 
5:48 -  Jerry’s Early Life
7:25 - Jerry & Rita
16:49 - Settling the Estate
21:26 - Surprising Discovery 
25:08 - Getting it back to where it belongs 
30:48 - Continued Investigation 
32:19 - Evidence against the Alters
36:36 - Other Crimes
41:47 - Other Valuable Items
48:06 - Internet Sleuth Under covers More 
50:34 - Final Thoughts  

►Sources:
https://www.wfaa.com/article/features/unclassified-fbi-files-unveil-clues-in-stolen-de-kooning-painting-discovered-behind-bedroom-door/287-b3a9910f-6193-4e48-adce-060c2fc8aafa 
1st Documentary: https://www.wfaa.com/article/features/originals/discovering-the-de-kooning-a-wfaa-original-documentary/287-503975958#longform_chapter_5 
2nd Documentary: https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/amzn1.dv.gti.6cdc30a1-2592-4b3c-910c-247543403954?autoplay=0&ref_=atv_cf_strg_wb 
https://www.ksfr.org/criminal-justice/2025-06-06/after-40-years-stolen-art-comes-home-to-taos 
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/mar/29/the-thief-collector-review-the-ordinary-married-couple-behind-a-massive-art-heist 
https://www.azcentral.com/in-depth/news/local/arizona/2022/10/06/who-were-jerry-and-rita-alter-missing-de-kooning-found-couples-home/8195231001/
https://medium.com/true-crime-road-trip/the-missing-masterpiece-2caebd788a9d 
More stolen works: https://www.scdailypress.com/2024/03/15/california-writer-finds-two-stolen-works-estate-now-famous-cliff-couple/ 
RETURNED: https://medium.com/true-crime-road-trip/detour-artwork-recovered-32bbb154a170 
https://medium.com/true-crime-road-trip/taos-homecoming-83219e93512a 
https://www.kunc.org/film-reviews/2023-06-09/film-review-a-true-story-stranger-than-fiction 
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/arts/de-kooning-higgins-sharp-harwood-fbi.html?unlocked_article_code=1.XU8.hQDd.JxNCDG5HEN96 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/08/03/a-small-town-couple-left-behind-a-stolen-painting-worth-over-100-million-and-a-big-mystery/ 
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/de-kooning-art-theft 
https://medium.com/true-crime-road-trip/the-missing-masterpiece-2caebd788a9d 
https://www.kunc.org/film-reviews/2023-06-09/film-review-a-true-story-stranger-than-fiction 

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Timeline:

0:00 - Intro 

0:27 - Shout out

1:27 - Summary of Pin-up Girls 

3:30 - Pre-Pin Up 

5:09 - The Safety Bicycle

7:51 - How the Bicycle Changed Women’s Fashion

11:37 - Public Outrage

13:34 - The Gibson Girl And Calendar Girls

16:33 -World War I & Pin-Up Propaganda

18:43 -The Petty Girl & Nose Art

21:55 -1930s-1950s:

24:13 -WWII Propaganda

29:40 -From Illustrations to Photography

33:23 - Postwar:

38:38 - 1960’s and Beyond

SOURCES:

https://www.si.edu/spotlight/si-bikes/si-bikes-safety 

https://velocipedienne.com/2016/06/02/dressing-for-the-safety-bicycle/ 

https://allthatsinteresting.com/pin-up-girls-history 

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pin-up-girl-history_n_6077082 

https://cyclehistory.wordpress.com/2015/01/30/women-on-the-move-cycling-and-the-rational-dress-movement/ 

https://citizendium.org/wiki/Pin-up_art 

 https://historycollection.com/what-the-world-doesnt-know-about-pin-up-girls/ 

https://medium.com/@peterdeleuran/pin-up-girls-through-history-from-objectification-to-empowerment-a59dec97d15a 

https://iro.uiowa.edu/esploro/outputs/doctoral/The-Birth-of-the-Pin-Up-Girl/9983949490902771#file-0 

https://shs.cairn.info/revue-inflexions-2018-2-page-181?lang=en 

https://www.cnn.com/2014/10/13/world/the-lost-art-of-the-american-pin-up 

https://www.scarlettgasque.com/blogs/blog/pin-up-fascination-why-were-pin-up-girls-so-significant?srsltid=AfmBOoqFApU613XFdKcSI-JgDRxApEPm7PBh-kUBdPjzR-fKUfJM1L_5 

https://www.illustrationhistory.org/artists/category/pinup-art 

https://www.biography.com/actors/marilyn-monroe-playboy-first-issue-didnt-pose 

https://justlikeapinup.com/blogs/pinup-blog/pinup-history-from-then-till-now?srsltid=AfmBOornNhNDz7Xh62DsC2yb_1Cx0hlw_QQzePV6hfxV0YQMACVTp789 

Pin-Up Grrrls: Feminism, Sexuality, Popular Culture. Maria Elena Buszek. Duke University Press. 2006.

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In today's episode of History and Hearsay, we are discussing  the children who grew up on Alcatraz Island! ~ Christina 

Timestamps: 
0:00 - Intro
0:21 - Flexispot
2:18 - Thank YOU & Disclaimer 
2:41 - Alcatraz - The Beginning
7:45 - Alcatraz Families
10:24 - Life on the Island
14:57 - My Angola Story lol 
15:47 - Leaving The Island 
20:24 - Life for the Inmates
23:53 - Escape Attempts
28:07 - End of an Era

Sources: 

https://dozr.com/blog/how-its-built-alcatraz-island 

https://www.alcatrazhistory.com/factsnfig.htm M

https://historycollection.com/the-children-that-grew-up-on-alcatraz-had-a-more-fun-childhood-than-you-might-imagine/ 

https://storyworks.scholastic.com/issues/2023-24/030124/growing-up-on-alcatraz.html?language=english#900L-1000L  (same as magazine) 

https://www.bop.gov/about/history/alcatraz.jsp  

https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/alcatraz-escape 

Children Who Once Called Alcatraz Home: ‘For Us, It Was a Big Playground.’ Caitlin Nolan. Inside Edition. 2018 / Kids tell life ‘On the Rock’. CNN/Reuters. 2003.

Children Who Grew Up on Alcatraz. Inside Edition. YouTube. 2018.

https://alcatrazguidedtours.com/blog/growing-up-on-alcatraz-qa-with-a-former-resident/ 

Did the 1962 escapees survive? https://www.nydailynews.com/2018/01/24/new-evidence-emerges-that-infamous-alcatraz-inmates-survived-treacherous-escape/ 

Jolene Babyak: http://jolenebabyakauthor.com/author-info/ 

https://www.clairerudolfmurphy.com/excerpt-children-alcatraz/ 

https://www.cityexperiences.com/blog/growing-up-on-alcatraz/
https://www.insideedition.com/the-children-who-once-called-alcatraz-home-for-us-it-was-a-big-playground-41719 

https://historycollection.com/the-children-that-grew-up-on-alcatraz-had-a-more-fun-childhood-than-you-might-imagine/ 

https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/alcatraz-escape  

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro 

0:40 - Content Warning + Summer Time!

1:31 - Muriel Joan Drinkwater 

3:16 - Missing 

5:19 - Investigation Begins

7:44 - Persons of Interest

12:09 - Harold Jones

16:34 - Cold Case & DNA Technology

20:05 - DNA Clears Potential Suspects

23:30 - New Possible Suspect 

26:36 - Effects On The Family & An Unanswered Question

30:07 - Final Thoughts 

Cold Trace Video - Documentary where they were testing the sound of shots: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yrRcHi0zl8&t=130s 

https://metro.co.uk/2025/06/23/one-britains-longest-unsolved-crimes-murder-schoolgirl-muriel-drinkwater-23349284/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7708974.stm 

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/article/the-muriel-drinkwater-case-can-they-crack-the-coldest-murder-case-lg98xvhzqlh?region=global 

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/unsolved-murder-12-year-old-19232081 

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/muriel-drinkwater-murder-harold-jones-16207548 

https://herald.wales/national-news/crime/the-unsolved-murder-of-muriel-drinkwater/ 

 https://www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/article/detectives-link-muriel-drinkwater-and-sheila-martin-murders-vw3fx2ltcsp 

https://morbidology.com/the-little-red-riding-hood-murder-of-muriel-drinkwater/ 

https://www.thetimes.com/best-law-firms/profile-legal/article/muriel-drinkwater-murder-file-is-declared-secret-at-request-of-police-q62dm0jg93m 

https://www.pressreader.com/uk/western-mail/20181019/281895889216744 

The Times, 24 March, 2009 – “Even if it was 100 Years Ago, We’d Still Search”

South Wales Evening Post, 19 October, 2018 – “The Chilling Little Red Riding Hood Murder Which is Still Unsolved Today”

South Wales Echo, 2 May, 2019 – “DNA Rules out Valleys Child Murderer as Killer of Young Muriel in 1946” 

Another Documentary: 

https://tv.apple.com/gb/episode/muriel-drinkwater/umc.cmc.3yapmfrq6hja2vtrkmtsquci3?showId=umc.cmc.41vif7hpzcg5mmxge9iqjd89z 

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0:00 - Intro

0:25 - Disclaimer & Inspo for todays episode 

1:21 - The Origin of Monopoly

2:44 - The REAL Origin of Monopoly

12:49 - The History of MI9

15:33 - Christopher Clayton Hutton 

20:45 - Maps & Monopoly 

25:58 - Getting the games into the POW Camps

30:18 - Knowing what to look for

31:42 - Sending a message

34:08 - Other ways they snuck stuff in

35:17 - The American Effort

36:43 - Game Over

38:22 - Declassified 

Sources: 

https://www.visitforgottonia.com/lizzie-magie-inventor-of-monopoly/ 

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/62285/how-brilliant-intelligence-officer-used-monopoly-free-wwii-pows

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/ruthless-monopolys-secret-history/ 

https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/mi9-the-ingenious-secret-service-of-the-second-world-war https://www.thelegendofq.co.uk/christopher-clayton-hutton.html 

http://www.ww2rafcollection.co.uk/RAF_Collection/Aircrew_Evasion_&_Escape.html 

A ton of other sources are linked on this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Hutton  

https://invention.si.edu/invention-stories/woman-inventor-behind-monopoly 

https://etd.ohiolink.edu/acprod/odb_etd/ws/send_file/send?accession=ohiou1651700929726961&disposition=inline 

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Timestamps: 
0:00 - Intro 
0:33 -  Disclaimer - Requested Solved case
1:27 - The Man On The Beach
3:49 - Police Arrive
7:14 - Autopsy
10:28 - Un-Natural Death
13:19 - The Suitcase
20:48 - New Evidence & The Inquest
23:10 - The Book
28:31 - Jilted Lover Theory
31:00 - Spy Theory
33:54 - Derek Abbott
40:11 - Derek & Colleen’s Announcement
41:50 - Identity of the Somerton Man
45:13 - Muscular Calves
47:25 - Clothing tags
49:40 - The Code:
51:27 - The Divorce Documents
54:04 - Final Thoughts

►Sources:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-enduring-mystery-somerton-man-one-of-australias-most-puzzling-cold-cases-50795611/ 
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-62314555 
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-21/somerton-manfamily-photographs-revealed-/101643524 
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/71520/mysterious-death-somerton-man 
https://biographics.org/the-somerton-man-australias-greatest-crime-mystery/ 
https://www.archives.sa.gov.au/finding-information/discover-our-collection/stories-from-the-archive/but-what-poison-mystery-of-the-somerton-man 
https://www.jahernandez.com/posts/tamam-shud-case-the-mystery-of-the-somerton-man 
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11063903/Toxic-marriage-explain-death-Somerton-Man-new-details-emerge-1948-mystery.html 
https://ciphermysteries.com/tamam-shud-somerton-man/the-somerton-mans-secrets-part-1 
https://anemptyglass.fandom.com/wiki/Genetic_Evidence 
Divorce papers stuff: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-21/somerton-manfamily-photographs-revealed-/101643524 
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-02/somerton-man-who-was-carl-charles-webb/101288890  
Claims to have solved the “secret code” 
https://www.abc27.com/business/press-releases/ein-presswire/703090579/rest-of-australias-somerton-man-case-mystery-solved-using-his-own-code-as-deciphered-in-2021-okcir-sociologist-reports/ 
Books about this case (prior to it being solved) 
The Unknown Man – book by Gerry Feltus 
Tamam Shud: The Somerton Man Mystery – by Kerry Greenwood 
The Identity: 
https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/26/australia/australia-somerton-man-mystery-solved-claim-intl-hnk-dst/index.html   
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11451865/Somerton-Man-Charles-Webbs-true-identity-revealed-family-photographs-divorce-papers.html 
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jul/27/somerton-man-mystery-identity-solved-identified-australia
  https://www.news.com.au/national/south-australia/somerton-man-mystery-solved-professor-identifies-man-found-on-beach-in-1948/news-story/d66ba706a66e30561dbe0ba355edbfe0 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-26/somerton-man-identified-melbourne-born-engineer-researcher-says/101272182?fbclid=IwAR2AM4MaGLhu0l2wIPhG844dnkLCOu_hzRfDlVSUKRRAHqjnX8y9uMFnmdk https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-62314555 
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0:00 - Intro

0:48 - Early Cutting Devices

1:43 - Childbirth & Post-Mortem Caesarian Sections

5:34 - The Symphysiotomy

8:34 - The First Chainsaws 

13:25 - Caesarean section on a live woman

17:42 - Advancements in the Caesarean section

19:05 - Surviving a C-Section

21:46 -Medical Advancements

23:43 - Advances in the Chainsaw

26:14 - Chains & World War II

28:02 -  Modern Chainsaw Use

SOURCES:

https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/everyday-myths/why-were-chainsaws-invented.htm 

https://www.pharmacytimes.com/view/fun-fact-unfortunately-chainsaws-were-invented-for-childbirth 

https://egojournal.eu/journal/2024-3/caesarean-section-history-of-a-surgical-procedure-that-has-always-been-with-us/ 

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/the-chainsaw-in-world-war-two.html 

https://ronixtools.com/en/blog/history-of-power-tools-series-history-of-chain-saw/ 

https://www.freerx.com/Blog/Details?s=Fascinating-History-Chainsaws 

https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/why-was-the-chainsaw-invented 

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15209147/ 

https://www.waldwissen.net/en/learning-and-teaching/forest-history/the-history-of-the-chainsaw 

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/dec/12/symphysiotomy-irelands-brutal-alternative-to-caesareans 

https://www.husqvarna.com/au/learn-and-discover/history-of-the-chainsaw-celebrating-60-years/?srsltid=AfmBOooxzOIhL4F2wzj6X3CyWl1TYA-NiedMFGncH59rrtmOXRQk9pUK 

University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics. Treating your pain during labor and delivery. University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics site. https://uihc.org/health-topics/treating-your-pain-during-labor-and-delivery#:~:text=The%20medications%20may%20make%20the,%2C%20and%20Stadol%20(butorphanol).

Felton J. We Regret To Inform You That Chainsaws Were Originally Invented For Childbirth. IFLScience. 2021. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/we-regret-to-inform-you-that-chainsaws-were-originally-invented-for-childbirth/. Accessed March 25, 2021.

Western Journal of the Medical and Physical Sciences, 1830;4(3):485-488. 

The chain saw--a Scottish invention. Scottish Medical Journal. 2004;49(2):72-5. doi: 10.1177/003693300

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In today's episode of History and Hearsay, we are discussing Alsa Thompson, the 7 year old girl who confessed to being a serial killer! Baby Borgia, child serial killer? 

►Sources:
https://derangedlacrimes.com/?tag=alsa-mary-thompson 
https://derangedlacrimes.com/?p=7901 
https://calisphere.org/item/ark:/21198/zz002cpfkp/ 
https://imgur.com/gallery/seven-year-old-alsa-thompson-confesses-to-murders-los-angeles-1925-1928vN5           
   medium.com 

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It’s July 1976, all month long America has been partying hard for her 200th birthday. But on July 15th in the little town of Chowchilla, California all these celebrations come to a screeching halt when a school bus transporting 26 children vanishes.. poof.. just gone without a trace! People are speculating all kinds of wild things, was it the bus driver, did aliens somehow beem up the bus with the kids still inside.. I mean HOW in the world does a bus full of children just vanish into thin air? If you have never heard of this case, buckle up.. because this has got to be one of the most chilling and unbelievable crimes in American history 

TIMESTAMPS: 

0:00 - Intro

00:47 - Chatty Cathy

1:26 - Chowchilla

4:27 - Parents start to worry

5:52 - Bus is Hijacked

14:36 - Police Call for Backup 

16:44 - The Van Stops

18:22 - Police Search Continues

21:07 - The Hole

26:39 - Police & The Media

28:16 - Escape Attempt 

38:01 -  The Rescue 

40:56 - Immediate Aftermath

49:11 - Man Hunt 

52:57 - Police Interrogations & The Plan

57:06 - The Plan For Ransom

58:25 - After Effects

1:00:00 - Childhood Trauma Study

1:02:41 - The Trial 

1:06:19 - Parole

1:08:50 - Legacy

SOURCES:

HBO MAX Documentary - Chowchilla

https://www.cityofchowchilla.org/300/1976-Bus-Kidnapping 

https://www.cityofchowchilla.org/301/Edward-Ray---A-Local-Hero 

https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/chowchilla-bus-kidnapping-frederick-woods-rare-photos-from-one-of-the-largest-kidnappings-in-u-s-history/2/ 

https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/chowchilla-bus-kidnapping-frederick-woods-rare-photos-from-one-of-the-largest-kidnappings-in-u-s-history/33/ 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-kidnapped-bus-full-children-buried-alive-approved-parole-rcna22056

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