In the 1960s, the CIA had a cat and a dream of spying on the enemy. After a $20 million investment, they were ready to launch Operation Acoustic Kitty. 

Did you know that up until the 1970s X-ray technology was being used for shoe sales? That's right! Step right up and place your foot into the Foot-O-Scope to get your shoe fit with a side of radiation. 

In 1919, Boston was overrun by a flood of molasses. Delicious, you say? WRONG! Deadly! 

Peter Stumpp: werewolf, serial killer, or religious martyr? You decide in this week's episode. 

In the late 1800s, many members of the Brown family contracted tuberculosis. Through a series of events, one member of the Brown family was thought to be a vampire. Bram Stoker heard this story and dreamt up Dracula. 

James M. Huston Jr was a pilot who was shot down during World War 2. James Leininger is a boy born in 1998 in Louisiana. What brings these two together besides a first name? Listen to this week's episode and find out!

In September of 1900, a hurricane devastated the city of Galveston and killed 6,000-12,000 people. 

In the 1950s, the CIA started experimenting on the vulnerable and even some unsuspecting individuals with LSD. Did it start the hippie counterculture? We may never know.

Frane Selak was either one of the most unlucky, yet somehow luckiest people in the entire world. Or he's just one heck of a storyteller. Listen to Frane's traumatic life on this week's episode! 

There is a reason Brussels sprouts have a bad rap. Because up until the 1990s, they were legitimately bad. Enter science, and a new Brussels sprout was created!