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 Dec 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 Dec 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
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
77: The Ann & Abby Feud Goes Intergenerational (Part 4)
In the final episode of our series on Ann Landers and Dear Abby, the feud reached new heights when Abby fell victim to a “gotcha” moment on Charlie Rose. (Who woulda guessed?) Afterward, she agreed to...
22 Okt 20251h 38min
76: Bad Blood: Ann Landers, Dear Abby Feud Goes Public (Part 3)
For a few years, the feud between twin sisters Ann Landers and Dear Abby was an industry secret. That changed in 1958, when Life Magazine printed a story that exposed the rivalry. In the article, Abby...
15 Okt 20251h 31min
