Twenty One and the 1950s Quiz Show Scandals - Game Shows Part I

Twenty One and the 1950s Quiz Show Scandals - Game Shows Part I

A producer decides to juice his quiz show by feeding answers to contestants. The attention makes them rich and famous but the revelation of the scheme extracts a terrible societal cost from everyone who took the bargain.

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Part 2: How Did Mary Baker Become Princess Caraboo?

Part 2: How Did Mary Baker Become Princess Caraboo?

Princess Caraboo becomes Mary Baker once again.Behind the exotic language, the pirate kidnapping, and the faraway island was a poor young woman with a far more painful story.As the truth of Mary’s lif...

24 Aug 38min

Project Alpha LIVE at CSICon 2026

Project Alpha LIVE at CSICon 2026

We return to the Mac Lab one final time as Brian is joined by Mike Edwards and Banachek live on stage to discuss Project Alpha at CSICon 2026 in Buffalo, NY.Part two of Princess Caraboo is coming soon...

3 Jul 57min

Who Is the Mysterious Princess Caraboo?

Who Is the Mysterious Princess Caraboo?

A mysterious woman walks into a small English village speaking a language nobody understands.She says her name is Princess Caraboo: royalty from a faraway island, kidnapped by pirates and shipwrecked ...

24 Apr 46min

Do Rainmakers Believe They Make The Rain?

Do Rainmakers Believe They Make The Rain?

In 1915, San Diego is on the brink of becoming a major American city, if it doesn’t die of thirst first.Enter Charles Hatfield. He claims a secret chemical process can summon rain, end the drought, an...

9 Feb 48min

Why Do We Call It A Ponzi Scheme?

Why Do We Call It A Ponzi Scheme?

Charles Ponzi conducted a financial fraud so audacious he became the biggest brand name in crime. Yet most people don’t know what he actually did and those who do are often hard-pressed to explain why...

27 Nov 202541min

Crazy Eddie - Part II

Crazy Eddie - Part II

Eddie has a plan to make millions. It leaves him an international fugitive. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

27 Nov 202442min

Crazy Eddie - Part I

Crazy Eddie - Part I

A New York City upstart becomes a legend in the city that never sleeps. But his greed leaves him teetering on the edge of fame, wealth and death. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform...

27 Nov 202436min

Q Ships

Q Ships

The Germans have invented an aquatic killing machine the likes of which the world has never known. If you are one of its victims, how do you trick sure death? By pulling an all-in audacious scheme tha...

26 Aug 202438min

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