1001 Best Storytellers

Join me here at 1001 Best Storytellers as we explore history, mysteries, paranormal, pop culture, folk tales & legends, and the human experience. Some topics: WWII, stories and biographies, lost civilizations, paranormal events, unexplained disappearances, scandals, disasters, and more. Episodes we...

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April 18, 2025

EMBEDDED ENEMY: THE INSIDER THREAT COMMAND SGT. MAJOR BART WOMACK, RET.

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March 9, 2025

HERO OF TWO WORLDS: THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE IN THE AGE OF REVOLUTION W/MIKE DUNCAN

Our interview with 'HERO OF TWO WORLDS' author Mike Duncan

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Feb. 23, 2025

REBELS AT SEA-PRIVATEERING IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

At the outset of the American Revolution we had practically no navy- and we had to rely on American seamen who would allow their boats to be turned into ships of war. This fascinating story is brought to us by author Jay Dolin in this interview- what...

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Feb. 9, 2025

THE LAST OF THE 357TH INFANTRY W MARK HAGER

BAR man Harold Frank's story of faith and courage as told by author/interviewer Mark Hager

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Feb. 2, 2025

DEVIL DOGS : K COMPANY 3RD BATTALION 5TH MARINES: FROM GUADALCANAL TO THE SHORES OF JAPAN

Award winning author Saul David discusses his new best seller Devil Dogs- the story of K Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines as they lived, fought, and died during the four major Pacific campaigns leading to Japan's final sur...

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Jan. 19, 2025

THE NAZI CONSPIRACY: THE SECRET PLOT TO KILL FDR, STALIN, AND CHURCHILL

The little-known true story of the Nazi plot to kill Winston Churchil, US president Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin at the height of WWII and how it was foiled. Our interview with Josh Mentz and Brad Meltzer For all our shows...

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Jan. 12, 2025

THE VIOLENT YEARS: THE STORY OF WILLIAM "BILL" BONSALL- THE WWII VET WHO BROUGHT WRESTLING TO WEST VIRGINIA SCHOOLS

We interview legendary Bill Bonsall's daughter , author of 'The Violent Years"- the biography telling the story of the WWII vet who returned to bring wrestling to West Virginia schools and colleges in the 50's. He also coached Mary Lou Retton to a...

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Jan. 5, 2025

BOMBING HITLER'S HOMETOWN W/ MIKE CROISSANT

With 'Bombing Hitler's Hometown' author Mike Croissant we discuss the untold true story of the 5,000 Americans who flew from bases across Southern Italy in the waning days of WWII to bomb Hitler's hometown of Linz, Austria, o...

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Dec. 29, 2024

ANGELS AGAINST THE SUN: A WWII STORY OF GUTS, GRIT, AND BROTHERHOOD

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Dec. 20, 2024

ACROSS THE FENCE: THE SECRET WAR IN VIETNAM W/GREEN BERET JOHN STRYKER MEYER

The explosive true story of the Green Berets heroic role fighting the top-secret war in Cambodia, Laos, and North Vietnam in the late sixties as told by one of the few who survived it- John Stryker "Tilt" Meyer, author of Acr...

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Dec. 1, 2024

SKIES OF THUNDER (PT 2)

Caroline Alexander gives us the hard facts on Vinegar Joe Stillwell and his treatment of his special forces (Merrill's Marauders) then outlines the dangers of flying over the "Hump" as well as what we learned from the hard ex...

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Nov. 24, 2024

SKIES OF THUNDER (PT 1) THE DEADLY WWII MISSION OVER THE ROOF OF THE WORLD W CAROLYN ALEXANDER

This is a riveting story and NYT best-selling author Caroline Alexander gives us all the parts of the story we need to want to buy this book. I highly recommend it- and you will too! These were the men who flew supply planes over the Himilayas during...

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