Oceanic Whitetip Shark: From Most Abundant Predator to Near Extinction
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1969, scientists described the oceanic whitetip as perhaps the most abundant large animal on ...
10 Okt 23min
The Marsh Test: How One Angry Chemist Ended the Age of Arsenic Murder
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 18th century Europe, arsenic was close to a perfect murder weapon: odorless, tasteless, easil...
10 Okt 23min
Bow Street Runners: The Novelist and Blind Judge Who Invented Police
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In early 18th century London, the victim of a robbery could do little more than shout stop thief...
10 Okt 23min
FBI Ten Most Wanted List: The PR Stunt That Catches 93 Percent
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Movie villains love to brag about being number one on the FBI's most wanted list. No such rankin...
10 Okt 19min
Ma Barker: The Criminal Mastermind Invented by J. Edgar Hoover
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!On January 16th, 1935, federal agents surrounded a vacation cottage in Florida and, after an hou...
10 Okt 20min
The Ducking Stool: A Medieval Punishment That Lasted Until 1972
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!For centuries, a neighbor judged too argumentative could be strapped into a crude wooden chair, ...
10 Okt 23min
Five Points: The Sinking New York Slum That Gave Birth to Tap Dance
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Before it was the most notorious slum in New York, Five Points was Collect Pond, a spring fed la...
10 Okt 22min
Scotland Yard: How a Back Door in London Became a Detective Legend
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The most famous police headquarters in the world is not a yard and is nowhere near Scotland. Whe...
10 Okt 21min
