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Byte Sized Biographies…
Some Very Famous People You've Never Really Heard Of, Byte Sized Biographies of the famous, the infamous and the quirky in less than hour. Think of that doorstop sized bio or history related book that you will never read made accessible in an hour. These are people that you may think you know a lot...
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Jan Baalsrud and World War II's Greatest Escape (Part One)
Jan Baalsrud and World War II's Greatest Escape (Part Two)
F. Scott Fitzgerald, Lost Paradise (Part One)
F. Scott Fitzgerald, Lost Paradise (Part Two)
Ira Hayes and the Flag Raisers of Iwo Jima (Part One)
The incredible story of the Marines who raised the American flag over Iwo Jima and the iconic photo that changed their lives forever. Ira Hayes Rene G...
Ira Hayes and the Flag Raisers of Iwo Jima (Part Two)
The incredible story of the Marines who raised the American flag over Iwo Jima and the iconic photo that changed their lives forever. Marine Harlon Bl...
John Dillinger, Public Enemy Number One (Part One)
In thirteen months, John Dillinger transformed himself from inconsequential ex-con to the most famous criminal celebrity in US history and the first P...
John Dillinger, Public Enemy Number One (Part Two)
In thirteen months, John Dillinger transformed himself from inconsequential ex-con to the most famous criminal celebrity in US history and the first P...
Senator Edward M. Kennedy and the Bridge at Chappaquiddick (Part One)
On July 19, 1969 an auto accident, involving Senator Edward M. Kennedy and the death of a young woman, changed the course of American political histor...
Senator Edward M. Kennedy and the Bridge at Chappaquiddick. (Part Two)
On July 19, 1969 an auto accident, involving Senator Edward M. Kennedy and the death of a young woman, changed the course of American political histor...
Catherine The Great, One of a Kind (Part One)
Brought to Russia as fourteen-year-old Princess Sophia from a tiny German principality, she became Catherine the Great, the most powerful woman in Eur...
Catherine the Great, One of a Kind (Part Two)
Brought to Russia as fourteen-year-old Princess Sophia from a tiny German principality, she became Catherine the Great, the most powerful woman in Eur...
Bob Marley, Reggae Superstar and Legend (Part One)
Listen to this February 5, 2020 flashback episode about Bob Marley, homeless at age 20 in one of the poorest cities of the Third World, he became a po...
Bob Marley, Reggae Superstar and Legend (Part Two)
Listen to this February 5, 2020 flashback episode about Bob Marley, homeless at age 20 in one of the poorest cities of the Third World, he became a po...
D. B. Cooper and the Only Unsolved Air Hijacking in US History (Part One)
This special flashback episode, from March 16, 2018, discusses D. B. Cooper and the most infamous unsolved hijacking in US history. Some of the crew m...
D. B. Cooper and the Only Unsolved Air Hijacking in US History (Part Two)
This special flashback episode, from March 16, 2018, discusses D. B. Cooper and the most infamous unsolved hijacking in US history. Northwest Orient P...
Howard Hughes and His Empire of Madness (Part One)
On April 5, 1976, when he died in a private jet, en route to Houston, Texas, Howard Hughes was a hopeless drug addict, weighed 93 pounds and hadn’t e...
Howard Hughes and His Empire of Madness (Part Two)
On April 5, 1976, when he died in a private jet, en route to Houston, Texas, Howard Hughes was a hopeless drug addict, weighed 93 pounds and hadn't e...
Edward Snowden, American Hero or Malignant Traitor? (Part One)
In 2013, while working as a contractor at the National Security Agency, Edward Snowden leaked an extensive collection of top secret documents, an act...
Edward Snowden, American Hero or Malignant Traitor? (Part Two)
In 2013, while working as a contractor at the National Security Agency, Edward Snowden leaked an extensive collection of top secret documents, an act...
J. D. Salinger and The Catcher in the Rye (Part One)
J. D. Salinger, photo used on book jacket, The Catcher in the Rye Original book jacket cover, The Catcher in the Rye Cornish-Windsor Bridge, near Sa...
J. D. Salinger and The Catcher in the Rye (Part Two)
J. D. Salinger, Time Magazine, 1961 Original dust jacket of The Catcher in the Rye, Salinger eventually demanded that his photo be removed. J. D. Sali...
Gunther Lutjens: The Admiral Behind The Battleship Bismarck’s Fateful Voyage (Part One)
Admiral Gunther Lutjens Hitler on naval inspection tour of the "Deutschland," in 1934. Crew of Bismarck on deck, its 15 inch guns visible Spitfire r...
Gunther Lutjens: The Admiral Behind The Battleship Bismarck’s Fateful Voyage (Part Two)
Captain Ernst Lindemann HMS Prince of Wales Admiral John Tovey on the deck of the George V Swordfish Torpedo dive bomber Swordfish returning to the Ar...
The Enigmatic Legacy of Jan Vermeer: From Obscurity to Artistic Mastery (Part One)
Today, no more than thirty-seven paintings are attributed to Jan Vermeer. Still, he remains one of the greatest artists who ever lived. Burial Marke...
The Enigmatic Legacy of Jan Vermeer: From Obscurity to Artistic Mastery (Part Two)
Today, no more than thirty-seven paintings are attributed to Jan Vermeer. Still, he remains one of the greatest artists who ever lived. Young Woman Wi...
The Falcon and the Snowman: Unraveling America’s Cold War Espionage Scandal (Part One)
Christopher Boyce on Australian 60 Minutes Christopher Boyce, after his rearrest in the state of Washington. Timothy Hutton, who played Boyce in "The...
The Falcon and the Snowman: Unraveling America’s Cold War Espionage Scandal (Part Two)
Christopher Boyce, testifying before Congress, 1985 Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam Kathleen "Cait" Mills Boyce, 2003 Recent photo of Boyce...
Theodore Roosevelt – From New York Reformer to America’s Youngest President (Part One)
Theodore Roosevelt as a young man Campaign literature, 1900 Leon Czolgosz, McKinley assassin Roosevelt ranch house, South Dakota Roosevelt's first w...
Theodore Roosevelt – From New York Reformer to America’s Youngest President (Part Two)
Theodore Roosevelt Home known as Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, NY Roosevelt speaking in 1910 Roosevelt in safari garb in Africa Photo from the book Afr...
The Brief and Tragic Reign of Maximillian I, Emperor of Mexico. (Part One)
Carlota, Empress of Mexico Maximillian I, Emperor of Mexico Schoenbrunn, Hapsburg palace, Vienna and Maximillian's boyhood home Maximillian and Charlo...
The Brief and Tragic Reign Of Maximillian I, Emperor of Mexico. (Part Two)
Carlota, in Mexican garb Pope Pius IX Napoleon III and his wife, the Empress Eugenie, 1865 The chapel built on the Hill of the Bells, Maximillian's...
Frank Morris and the Anglin Brothers: The True Story of the Alcatraz Escape (Part One)
Frank Morris John Anglin Clarence Anglin Allen West Ralph Roe Theodore Cole Doc Barker The true story Of Frank Morris, John and Clarence Anglin and th...
Frank Morris and the Anglin Brothers: The True Story of the Alcatraz Escape (Part Two)
Alcatraz with Angel Island in the background. Utility corridor behind the escapees' cells. The four dummy heads used during the escape. Escapee cell...
The Great Locomotive Chase: James Andrews’ Daring Civil War Raid and the First Medal of Honor (Part One)
The General today, on display, Southern Museum, Kenesaw, (formerly Big Shanty) Georgia. James J. Andrews General Don Carlos Buell General Ormsby Mitch...
The Great Locomotive Chase: James Andrews’ Daring Civil War Raid and the First Medal of Honor (Part Two)
Rendition of the execution of seven of the Andrew's Raiders The General, refurbished for a celebration with some of the original raiders and William...
Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh: A Tumultuous Hollywood Romance (Part One)
Olivier in Wuthering Heights Jill Esmond Leigh and Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire Hattie McDaniel, Olivia De Havilland and Vivien Leigh...
Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh: A Tumultuous Hollywood Romance (Part Two)
Olivier in Rebecca with Joan Fontaine The Oliviers in Australia, the smiles would eventually fade Vivien Leigh, 1957 Olivier’s costume in Spartacus Ol...