Interview: Hannah Mary Tabbs and the Disembodied Torso
Writer Kali Nicole Gross joins Tracy to discuss a murder in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1887....
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The Shared Sign Language of Martha's Vineyard
By the early 18th century, it was not un common for people in Martha’s Vineyard to be deaf from...
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Oliver Haugh, Serial Killer Pt. 2
After his parents' home burned down under mysterious circumstances, Oliver Haugh was put on trial...
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Andrews’ Raid, or: The Great Locomotive Chase Pt. 2
As the second part of the story picks up, James Andrews and 22 men have commandeered a northbound...
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On Sept. 19, 1356, one of the decisive battles of the Hundred Years War took place in France. It...
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Our ongoing update series covers a more recent topic: Even though our Voynich Manuscript episode...
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Algebra doesn’t have one single origin point -- it developed over time and in multiple places,...
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The Mutiny and Massacre of the Batavia
While most of the survivors of the Batavia were scattered on a few tiny islands off the coast of...
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Accounts of teleportation, alchemy and even immortality swirl around the legend of Count of...
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Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Pt. 2
Rosa's arrest for breaking bus segregation laws catalyzed the Montgomery Bus Boycott, one of the...
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Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Pt. 1
Anyone who has ever heard about the Civil Rights Movement in the United States is sure to know...
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Crown Prince Sado of Korea -- sometimes called Korea's "Coffin King" -- has been described as...
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History is written by the victors. But one big exception to that conventional wisdom is the...
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You may never have heard of him, but Avicenna was one of the first, and probably the most...
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In 1898, two male lions killed and ate dozens of people in Tsavo and shut down construction of...
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Improbably Effective Holocaust Rescuers
There are many amazing, heroic stories of people who risked everything to protect Jews and other...
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In addition to being a poet, Audre was a teacher, speaker, wife and mother, and become an...
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Starting in the late 1700s and running for a century, small rural communities in New England were...
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Jane Addams was one of the foremost women in America’s Progressive Era. She co founded the social...
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The Flannan Isles Disappearance
The Flannan Islands have been rumored for centuries to be haunted or have some supernatural...
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