A professional golfer, a notorious gangster, and the Funny Girl herself, are all attached to this character, a grifter I suppose, by a fine thread that weaves this wonderful tale together.

This is one of our lesser known stories from the past year. Since we've a new crop of listeners we figured it would be good to dust off this story of the worst fire you probably never heard of.

As you gather with friends, family, and loved ones today, take a some time and gather 'round the radio in the parlor and listen to a tale of Thanksgiving, where it came from, and what it means. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

Have you ever thought about what would be involved in the task of cataloging, defining, and printing every single English word in existence? It's enough to drive a man insane. And, well, it did.

This episode contains mentions of some mature themes and part of it may not be suitable for younger audiences.

Let's go back. Back to a simpler time. When children could dig a foxhole in a vacant lot and play war with their friends.

Sometimes events line up like dominoes. And sometimes someone does something to tip over the first domino, and the rest is history.

For all our new listeners (welcome!) we're bringing back our Hallowe'en tale from last year. Everyone has a spooky story to tell, right? Gather ’round the campfire, kiddies, as we listen to an experience that Telly Savalas had many, many years ago that spooked him pretty deeply. Who scares ya, baby?

When bar patrons became intolerable or disrespectful, Mickey had a solution that ensured what he considered the fair distribution of wealth. His idea was simple - Don't get mad, get even. Slip 'em the Mickey.

As we take a week off to fill the narrative coffers, let's go back over a year to our third episode. How do you prioritize tragedy? When two terrible things happen around the same time, do you mourn the loss of one person or 1,547? A sad tale of tragedy being buried below the fold, with a 3 line mention in the New York Times. This is the tale of the Sultana, the worst US maritime tragedy in history.

Everyone knows of Paul Revere's famous 20 mile ride to sound the alarm that the British were coming. But have you heard of the other rider that night? The one that covered twice as much ground as Revere delivering the same message? 40 miles through winding, muddy roads. In the rain. In a dress. Meet Sybil Ludington.