85: Samuel Adams is Dead (Part 1)
On a sunny fall day in 1841, New York City officials boarded a ship in search of a crate. Crew members found it buried deep in the cargo hold. The odor coming from within it was unbearable.Inside, the...
7 Jan 1h 27min
84: Top 10 DB Cooper Suspects (Part 3)
Welcome to the first annual D.B. Cooper Suspect Awards! In this very real award show, we celebrate a handful of the thin-lipped, military-trained sky divers who *might* be responsible for the only uns...
17 Des 20251h 35min
83: The D.B. Cooper Investigation Takes Off (Part 2)
On Thanksgiving Eve, 1971, D.B. Cooper parachuted into the night’s sky with $200k in ransom money. That night, the FBI launched their investigation into his identity and location. They interviewed eye...
10 Des 20251h 21min
82: D.B. Cooper’s Infamous Hijacking (Part 1)
This episode kicks off our coverage of the only unsolved airplane hijacking in United States history. On November 24, 1971, a nondescript man boarded a flight to Seattle. He wore a dark suit. He car...
3 Des 20251h 28min
81: Blinded By The Spite: The Richardson Spite House
Spite Houses: The architectural equivalent of a middle finger. They’re structures or dwellings designed specifically to piss someone off. This week, Norm does a deep dive into a truly ridiculous spite...
19 Nov 20251h 47min
80: Grandma Gatewood Keeps on Walking (Part 3)
It had been exhausting. It had been challenging. But Emma Gatewood refused to give up on her dream to solo thru-hike the Appalachian Trail. So? She kept going. As she hiked, media outlets chronicled h...
12 Nov 20251h 26min
79: Grandma Gatewood Hikes the Appalachian Trail (Part 2)
Emma Gatewood was embarrassed. Her first attempt at solo hiking the Appalachian Trail had been a disaster. But she was nothing if not determined. So, Emma tried again. On her second attempt, the 67-ye...
5 Nov 20251h 28min
78: Grandma Gatewood Takes One Hell of a Walk (Part 1)
When Emma Gatewood set off on the Appalachian Trail, she didn’t look like much of a hiker. She was 67 years old. She wore a pair of Keds. She had no training. But she figured that wouldn’t matter. An ...
29 Okt 20251h 29min
