The first person to have been verified to have been struck by a meteorite was Ann Hodges, of Sylacauga, Alabama. Today we tell her story. You can subscribe to the Untold History podcast at RadioPublic, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher or on your favorite podcast app. Thanks for listening and sharing us with your friends!

Today we tell the story of a Confederate raid on the town of St. Albans, Vermont, the northernmost land military action undertaken by the South in the Civil War. You can subscribe to the Untold History podcast on RadioPublic, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play or on your favorite podcast app. Thanks for listening and sharing us with your friends!

Prior to World War II several states enacted eugenics laws. One of these was Virginia, whose Racial Integrity and Sterilization Acts served as a model for laws passed in Nazi Germany. Today we tell the story of the man mainly responsible for the enactment and enforcement of these laws, Walter Ashby Plecker, head of the Virginia Bureau of Vital Statistics for thirty years. You can subscribe to the Untold History podcast at Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play or on your favorite podcast app. Thanks for listening and sharing our podcast with your friends.

The rich keep getting richer and the poor keep getting poorer in America today. There's talk about oligarchs taking over the country like they have in Russia. But, folks, no matter how bad it seems now, it can always get worse. Today we're going to tell you just how much worse it could be by going back to the time before the Great Depression, to the West Virginia coal camps of that time for a story about what happens when a group gets too much power and control over their workers. You can subscribe to the Untold History podcast at Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn or on your favorite podcatcher. Thanks for listening and for sharing our podcasts with your friends.

Today we tell the story of a man who spent World War II saving as many people as he could from Nazi oppression and extermination, all under the watchful eye of Nazi officials. It was this man's surprising connection to the Nazi party that allowed him the freedom to do this. You can subscribe to the Untold History at Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn or on your favorite podcast app. Thanks for listening...

Today we tell the story of Orval Brown, who decided to get back to nature by imitating his literary hero, Tarzan. So, in the midst of the Depression, West Virginia became the home of its own homegrown Tarzan, loincloth and all. You can subscribe to the Untold History at Apple Podcasts, TuneIn, Stitcher or on your own podcatcher. Thanks for listening!

Everybody knows that the Wright brothers flew the first airplane, right? What if that wasn't true? Today we tell the untold history of Clark Dyer of Georgia, who patented a steerable aircraft back in 1874 and is reported to have actually built and flown the thing. You can subscribe to the Untold History at Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play or on your own podcatcher. Thanks for listening!

In the Age of Trump, we in the United States have become used to tweets calling the press "the enemy of the people." So far it's just bombastic rhetoric. But what could happen? Today we tell you. Back in the 1950's, a journalist was actually put on trial for sedition as an enemy of the people, for things he wrote about reporting on the Korean War. Today we tell the story of John W. Powell. You can subscribe to the Untold History at Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play or on your favorite podcast app. Thanks for listening!

Born the son of Texas slaves, William Henry Ellis was the epitome of the self-made man. So self-made in fact that he even changed his name to Guillermo Enrique Eliseo and his ancestry to Mexican. He built up a financial empire based on cattle, hides and wool, then set out on his most audacious plan: to establish an African American colony in northern Mexico. Today we tell his story. You can subscribe to the Untold History podcast at Apple Podcast, Stitcher, Feedburner or on your favorite podcast app. We're also on Twitter @UHPodcast. Thanks for listening and sharing us with your friends!

Today we tell the story of a slave who managed to gain his freedom in a most unusual way, then went on to live a full, interesting, free life. You can subscribe to the Untold History podcast at Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play or on your favorite podcast app. We're on Twitter @UHPodcast. Thanks for listening!