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Episode 13: The Assassination of Harvey Milk and George Moscone
Campfire Stories: Astonishing History - July 24, 2021 02:00 - 1 hourCome gather around the campfire and let me tell you about the assassination of LGBT+ Icon Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone. Milk and Moscone were both San Francisco politicians and civil rights leaders whose lives were cut short by their former colleague. Milk was a veteran, Wall Street sta...
Episode 12: The Crazy Fan Murder of Selena
Campfire Stories: Astonishing History - June 09, 2021 03:00 - 46 minutesCome gather around the campfire and let me tell you about the crazy fan murder of Selena Quintanilla-Pérez. **This episode includes sensitive content (CW: death, murder, sexual violence, suicide). Listener discretion is advised.** Selena Quintanilla-Pérez has gone by many titles: the Queen o...
Episode 12: The Crazy Fan Murder of Selena
Campfire Stories: Astonishing History - June 09, 2021 03:00 - 46 minutesCome gather around the campfire and let me tell you about the crazy fan murder of Selena Quintanilla-Pérez. **This episode includes sensitive content (CW: death, murder, sexual violence, suicide). Listener discretion is advised.** Selena Quintanilla-Pérez has gone by many titles: the Queen o...
Episode 11: The Perilous Fate of the American Space Pioneers
Campfire Stories: Astonishing History - April 22, 2021 23:00 - 1 hourCome gather around the campfire and let me tell you about the Perilous Fate of the American Space Pioneers. Last episode covered the accidents and tragedies of the early Soviet space program, our rivals in the space race and partners in space exploration today. This episode is going to cover the...
Episode 10: The Terrible Fate of Vladimir Komarov and the Lost Cosmonauts
Campfire Stories: Astonishing History - April 01, 2021 19:00 - 59 minutesCome gather around the campfire and let me tell you about the fate of some of the early Soviet space pioneers, including the first death in any space program, Valentin Bondarenko, the failed mission of Soyuz 1, the amazing achievement of Yuri Gagarin, the chilling death of Vladimir Komarov, and ...
Episode 9: The Elite Disappearance of Dorothy Arnold
Campfire Stories: Astonishing History - March 11, 2021 19:00 - 33 minutesCome gather around the campfire and hear about one of the most puzzling missing person's cases in U.S. history. It seemed to be a regular winter day when heiress Dorothy Arnold left home for a shopping trip. She was just going to buy a new dress. She was well-known, walking on packed New York C...
Episode 9: The Elite Disappearance of Dorothy Arnold
Campfire Stories: Astonishing History - March 11, 2021 19:00 - 33 minutesCome gather around the campfire and hear about one of the most puzzling missing person's cases in U.S. history. It seemed to be a regular winter day when heiress Dorothy Arnold left home for a shopping trip. She was just going to buy a new dress. She was well-known, walking on packed New York C...
Episode 8 (Part 2): The Classified Code-Breakers of World War II
Campfire Stories: Astonishing History - February 12, 2021 03:00 - 39 minutesCome gather around the campfire and let me tell you a story about some of the smartest military teams you've never heard of. Today we’re going to be talking about the code-breakers of World War II. Part 1 discussed Native American code-talkers. Part 2 will discuss Allied code-cracking teams inc...
Episode 8 (Part 1): The Secret Code-Talkers of World War II
Campfire Stories: Astonishing History - January 13, 2021 01:00 - 37 minutesCome gather around the campfire and let me tell you a story about the American heroes you may not have heard about. Today we’re going to be talking about the code-breakers and code-talkers of World War II. This episode actually turned out longer than I thought, so I’m going to be splitting it in...
Episode 7: The Mysterious Ghost Ships Flying Dutchman, Mary Celeste, and Carroll A. Deering
Campfire Stories: Astonishing History - November 21, 2020 04:00 - 45 minutesCome gather around the campfire and let me tell you about the great mystery of the high-seas: ghost ships. Hear about the history of the legend of these mysterious vessels, some legendary and some true stories that have puzzled sailors, scholars, and scientists for centuries. The Flying Dutchma...
Episode 6: The Creepy Urban Legend of Poisoned Halloween Candy
Campfire Stories: Astonishing History - October 31, 2020 05:00 - 33 minutesCome gather around the campfire and let me tell you about the creepy urban legend that has held fast throughout history. Is there any truth to the idea of strangers slipping poison or sharp objects to unsuspecting trick-or-treaters? Where did this idea come from? Why did your parents make you du...
Episode 5: Two Incredible Stories of Sole Survivors Juliane Koepcke and Ada Blackjack Johnson
Campfire Stories: Astonishing History - October 07, 2020 17:00 - 44 minutesCome gather around the campfire and let me tell you about two incredible stories of survival. Juliane Koepcke and Ada Blackjack Johnson lived 50 years and 7,000 miles apart. One of them fell two miles into the Amazon rainforest after her plane was struck by lighting. The other survived multiple ...
Episode 5: Two Incredible Stories of Sole Survivors
Campfire Stories: Astonishing History - October 07, 2020 17:00 - 43 minutesCome gather around the campfire and let me tell you about two incredible stories of survival. Juliane Koepcke and Ada Blackjack Johnson lived 50 years and 7,000 miles apart. One of them fell two miles into the Amazon rainforest after her plane was struck by lighting. The other survived multiple ...
Episode 4: The Heroic Story of Nikolai Vavilov and the Saviors of the Seeds
Campfire Stories: Astonishing History - September 09, 2020 01:00 - 30 minutesCome gather around the campfire and let me tell you about a small group of Russian scientists who gave everything to protect the future of humanity's food supply during the brutal 900-day Siege of Leningrad. Hear about the life of their fearless leader, world-famous botanist and geneticist Nikol...
Episode 3: The Doomed Terra Nova Antarctic Expedition of Robert Falcon Scott
Campfire Stories: Astonishing History - July 30, 2020 00:00 - 42 minutesCome gather around the campfire and hear about the freezing race to the South Pole. The Heroic Age of Arctic Exploration was in full swing, and British explorer Robert Falcon Scott led two voyages to the largely unexplored continent of Antarctica with the Royal Geographical Society. His first e...
Episode 3: The Doomed Terra Nova Antarctic Expedition of Robert Falcon Scott
Campfire Stories: Astonishing History - July 30, 2020 00:00 - 42 minutesCome gather around the campfire and hear about the freezing race to the South Pole. The Heroic Age of Arctic Exploration was in full swing, and British explorer Robert Falcon Scott led two voyages to the largely unexplored continent of Antarctica with the Royal Geographical Society. His first e...
Episode 2: Rasputin and the Fall of the Romanovs
Campfire Stories: Astonishing History - July 01, 2020 21:00 - 30 minutesCome gather around the campfire and let me take you to the tragic and brutal end of the Russian Empire. Tsar Nicholas II, Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna, and their children Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, and Alexei had no idea that they would be the last royal family before the brutal civil war ...
Episode 2: The Haunting Story of Rasputin and the Fall of the Romanovs
Campfire Stories: Astonishing History - July 01, 2020 21:00 - 30 minutesCome gather around the campfire and let me take you to the tragic and brutal end of the Russian Empire. Tsar Nicholas II, Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna, and their children Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, and Alexei had no idea that they would be the last royal family before the brutal civil war ...
Episode 1: The Radioactive Story of Louis Slotin, Harry Daghlian, and the Demon Core of Los Alamos
Campfire Stories: Astonishing History - June 19, 2020 03:00 - 25 minutesCome gather around the campfire and let me tell you about the radioactive secrets of Los Alamos and the town's shocking accidents. During and directly after World War II, scientists worked on secret nuclear projects across the United States as part of the Manhattan Project. Dr. Louis Slotin and ...
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