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Long-Form/Podcast:
Fifteen Years Forsaken
A true story of castaways on a lost and hostile scrap of land, all thanks to some meddlesome Frenchmen and terrible luck.
Written by
J. A. Macfarlane
• 28 Apr 2021 •
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Dupes and Duplicity
The true story of the 18th century's greatest femme fatale, and the most unfortunate of her victims.
Written by
Jennifer Lee Noonan
• 04 Sep 2020 •
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Long-Form/Podcast:
Ghoulish Acts & Dastardly Deeds
In the 1950s, an anonymous terrorist planted a pipe bomb in a New York City public space. Then another. And another.
Written by
Alan Bellows
• 31 Jul 2017 •
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Long-Form/Podcast:
The Reconstruction of Ulysses S. Grant
As a civilian, the beloved American Civil War general and two-term president failed at every attempt to make money. Except for one.
Written by
Michael Durbin
• 11 Apr 2017 •
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Long-Form/Podcast:
Ten Minutes in Lituya Bay
A remote bay in Alaska is home to an odd and occasionally catastrophic geology. In 1958, a handful of people experienced this firsthand.
Written by
Alan Bellows
• 30 Sep 2016 •
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Long-Form/Podcast:
Mobilis In Mobili
A 1930s effort to reach the Earth's northernmost point via antiquated submarine.
Written by
Gustaf Hildebrand
• 14 Jun 2016 •
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Long-Form/Podcast:
Colonels of Truth
The tumultuous true story of the life of a fast food icon.
Written by
Alan Bellows
• 15 Mar 2016 •
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Article/Podcast:
The Japanese Art of Self-Preservation
On the ancient Japanese Buddhist practice of self-mummification.
Written by
Erika Nesvold
• 30 Nov 2015 •
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Long-Form/Podcast:
The Zero-Armed Bandit
The story of a treacherous contraption that appeared mysteriously in a Lake Tahoe casino.
Written by
Alan Bellows
• 16 Jun 2015 •
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Long-Form/Podcast:
The Derelict
A series of accidents and errors amass into disaster at sea. But that's not the end of the story.
Written by
Alan Bellows
• 13 Jan 2015 •
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