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Feb. 9, 2025

PARIS UNDERCOVER: A WARTIME STORY OF COURAGE, FRIENDSHIP, AND BETRAYAL

Two woman in Nazi-occupied Paris, bith close friends over 50 years old create a daring escape line that rescued dozens of allied servicemen . With one still in prison, one was returned to the states on a prisoner swap and …

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Jan. 19, 2025

THE JFK CONSPIRACY THE SECRET PLOT TO KILL KENNEDY- AND WHY IT FAIL…

A Dangerous Loner... The Perfect TARGETS... THYE VERY FIRST PLOT TO KILL JFK Jon talks with NYT Best-selling authors Brad Meltzer and Josh Mentz about THE JFK CONSPIRACY- The secret plot to kill Kennedy- and why it failed. Check out …

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Jan. 12, 2025

MARTY MARTYN'S SECOND LIFE

A four year-old boy in Oklahoma begins telling his mom all about his other life- that he had had four wives, three brothers and two sisters, and had lived in a big home with a pool, and literally hundreds of …

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Jan. 5, 2025

THE YOUNG BROTHERS MASSACRE: A BAD DAY FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT

On Jan 2, 1932, in a rural area in southwest Missouri, 6 lawmen were shot and killed and two wounded in a shootout as a groupof 11 sheriffs and deputies surrounded a farmhouse in which two or three well-armed fugitives …

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Dec. 22, 2024

JEEP SHOW: A TROUPER AT THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE, REMEMBERING BASTOGNE…

Few history buffs are aware of the existence of enlisted entertainers (MOS 442) or TEAM SNAFU. Bob O'Connor's novel Jeep Show follows the life of Jim Tanzer as he follows front line combat infantry to the border of Germany and …

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Dec. 22, 2024

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: PLAYING NOW AT 1001 BEST OF JACK LONDON; OUR HA…

In the winter of 1915-1916 Jack and his wife Charmian London sailed their Snark to Hawaii, It was a bittersweet return to paradise for both of them, Jack have come there twice before, one of those times with Charmaine. But …

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Dec. 15, 2024

THE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF AMBROSE BIERCE

In December of 1914,71 year-old decorated CivilWar Major, accomplished journalist, and famous author Ambrose Bierce wrote his Niece and his secretary to tell them he was going to Mexico to cover the Mexican insurrection led by Pancho Villa...

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Dec. 14, 2024

ANCHORS AWEIGH- HOW NAVY GOT ITS THEME SONG FOR THE ARMY-NAVY GAME

In 1907 Navy had been losing every year to Army in the annual Army-Navy football game.Finally they tasked Charless A Zimmerman, the new band leader, to devise a song that would put Navy over the op if it was played …

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Dec. 8, 2024

THE LIBERTY BELL WILL RING AGAIN : THE INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY OF AMERI…

On July 4th, 2026, in fact, all that year, America's Liberty Bell and all its brothers and sisters in every state will be ringing out loud and clear to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of …

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Nov. 24, 2024

ELVIS MYTHS & LEGENDS (PT 1)

In this interview with U.K. radio personality and author Neil Nixon () we discuss all things mythical and legendary about Elvis the King,including #"It's Now or Never" (song), #Fortean Magazine, #'Elvis' movie (2022), #AustinButler, ##The...

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Nov. 17, 2024

AMERICAN SCARY: A HISTORY OF HORROR FROM SALEM TO STEPHEN KING AND BE…

In this very enjoyable intervoiew with author Jeremy Dauber we discuss his new blockbuster book American Scary , which is a sweeping and entertaining narrative that details the rise and enduring grip of horror on American culture from the...

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Nov. 10, 2024

NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CHRISTMAS VACATION: HOW ONE OF AMERICA'S FAVORITE …

It was the third "Vacation" comedy featuring the Griswald family- Clark. Ellen,Rusty and Audrey- and all Clark wanted to have a simple old-fashioned Christmas with family. His plan: to heavily decorate the house and roof with lights, Santa and...

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Nov. 9, 2024

3 MINUTE PREVIEW OF OUR FIRST EPISODE- OUR NEW PODCAST -1001 TRUE CRI…

In October of 2009 the Jamison Family (Bobby, aged 44, Sherilynn, aged 40, and Madison, age 6), packed thir pickup truck into drove into a nearby state forest, apparently to camp. Three days later their pickup truck was disco...

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Oct. 20, 2024

THE BATTLE OF BEECHER'S ISLAND (PT 2): THE SEIGE AND RESCUE

For days Forsyth's men laid in their shallow holes trying not to get shot, but the doctor was hit badly, Beecher was dying, and qa half dozen others were either dead of wounded, including Forsyth, who was still commanding his …

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Oct. 18, 2024

BEST OF (#33 OF 505) (PT 3) THE INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY OF THE FIRST A…

One of the most moving stories we have ever done jhere at 1001 Heroes- This one deserves a movie!

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Oct. 18, 2024

BEST OF (#33 OF 502) THE INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY OF THE FIRST AMERICAN…

Born in the South to a poor black family, young Eugene Bullard ran away from his family when his only parent, his father, was being pursue for a supposed crime. He made it to France and became a fighter pilot …

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Oct. 13, 2024

THE BATTLE OF BEECHER'S ISLAND (PT 1): FORSYTH'S DILEMMA

August, 1868 General Phil Sheridan offers a special commission to his top officer Col. Forsyth to hire 50 good, tough men to bring the fight to the Indians that have been marauding throughout the central and northern West. Armed with …

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Oct. 6, 2024

A GHOST HUNTER'S GUIDE TO THE CIVIL WAR: WHERE TO GO AND WHAT TO EXPE…

Ghost hunting America's historical sites has become a popular way to teach youngsters history- because its exciting and can be rewarding. Civil war battlefields and hospitals are the most popular areas to visit, and many offer ghost tours in addition...

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Sept. 29, 2024

THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES: THE TRAGIC STORY OF LOU GEHRIG

The moving story of the life of baseball legend Lou Gehrig, whose tragic death and early retirement as a result of ALS touched the entire world. ALS has since been known as "Lou Gehrig's Disease.

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Sept. 22, 2024

THE INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY BEHIND MADAME TUSSAUDS WAX MUSEUM

Millions of people enjoy visiting Madame Tussauds Wax Museums each year, but only a very few know the macabre history behind the first one that opened in London in 1831, containing the death masks and wax figures of actual victims …

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Sept. 15, 2024

THE KANDAHAR GIANT A SPECIAL FORCES URBAN LEGEND

In 2002,, according to this legend, a special forces unit which had been sent to find a missing patrol in the remote mountain area of Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, encountered a 12 foot tall giant just outside a cave mouth, the …

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Sept. 8, 2024

THE RESURRECTION OF JOHN PAUL JONES (PT 2): THE SEARCH FOR A LONG-LOS…

After the untimely death of Captain John Paul Jones in Paris, a funeral was provided as well as a lead-lined coffin, and the coffin was deposited in the New Orleans area of Paris, a graveyard for non-citizen Protestants. This occurred …

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