The Awful April Podcast

TRINIDAD becomes ZAPATA and a failed invasion puts the world's two Superpowers on a course towards nuclear war.  Join host Craig Wall for the final installment of April 17, 1961:  The Bay of Pigs Invasion.

What do Elvis, the Beatles and Fidel Castro have in common?  As it turns out...Ed Sullivan--just one of the strange but true facts of this week's Awful April Podcast. 

Join host Craig Wall as we explore what is generally considered the worst foreign policy failure in U.S. history--The Bay of Pigs Invasion

Join host Craig Wall as we hear the story of one of the worst disasters in American history through the eyes of those who witnessed it--April 18, 1906: The Great San Francisco Earthquake.

Two Awful April dates joined together by history and tragedy.  Join host Craig Wall as we look at the events of April 19, 1775: The Battles of Lexington and Concord and April 15, 2013:  The Boston Marathon Bombing.

Shootings, hangings, conspiracies, curses, ghosts and TV game shows!  It's a jam packed edition as we wrap up our series on April 14, 1865:  The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

A single gunshot would change the course of American History.  But that moment in Ford's Theater was only the beginning.  Find out what happened next.

Join host Craig Wall as the story of April 14, 1865 continues.

What should have been a joyous, relaxing night at the theater instead turned tragic and would change the course of American History.

Relive the final day of Abraham Lincoln's life in Part 1 of April 14, 1865:  The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

It is unquestionably one of the most important documents in American History and an argument could be made that it is one of the most important documents in World History.  The Declaration of Independence.  You might be familiar with some of it, but have you heard all of it?  Let's celebrate 250 by doing just that!

The first shots have been fired, what happens next?  Find out as we wrap up our first series on April 12, 1861:  The Attack on Fort Sumter.