This Is True

Did you know that there is a 50 square mile section of beautiful Yellowstone National Park where you can legally commit murder? Find out where (and why) on this week's episode!

The title explains it all. Meet Mary Toft, the woman who gave birth to lots of rabbits!

We humans have always been obsessed with removing our body hair. Come take a journey thru our hairless history and examine the insanity that is Nair!

We all know that the first Thanksgiving wasn't the happy Norman Rockwell-esque meal its sometimes portrayed to be, but not many people know WHY we celebrate it each and every year.

Leprosy is a famously misunderstood (yet fascinating) disease. How much do you actually know? And what’s it really like to live and die as a leper?

Guest: James MacMillan

Sure, you’ve heard that long ago there was a  leper colony on Hawaii. But how was it formed? And what was it like to live there? Come learn about Father Damien: the man, who became a priest, who became a leper, then finally a saint.

Guest: James MacMillan

Did Pearl Jam's song “Jeremy” REALLY inspire a tragic school shooting in 1996?

Guest: James Macmillan

What’s the true story behind the quintessential Pearl Jam song “Jeremy”?

 Guest: James Macmillan

Did Elvis Presley REALLY hate Robert Goulet so much that he’d shoot any TV he was on?

 Guest: James MacMillan

Would you believe that the iconic Civil War era song ”Ashokan Farewell“ is secretly a fairly modern tune, written by a friggin’ Yankee?

Guest star: James MacMillan