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Sgt. David Mascarenas was the Dive Supervisor for the Los Angeles Police Department. He’s been diving his whole life, and prides himself on never r...

Bought by ABC


  • Added: Apr 15, 2020
  • Length: 31:14
  • Purchases: 1
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Just before midnight on October 15, 1990, police arrived at 527 Lime Street in Jacksonville, Florida to find the small wood-frame house on fire. Th...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2020
  • Length: 29:24
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“The police had surrounded the house. They had been there for quite a while. They didn’t want to try to rush the house because they thought he migh...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2020
  • Length: 29:07
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One day Adam Braseel got a phone call from his mother. She said that a man in Grundy County, Tennessee had been murdered, and the police thought Ad...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2020
  • Length: 37:14
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In the summer of 1922, in a town in southern Illinois, 23 people were murdered over two days. Men, women, and children came out of their houses to ...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2020
  • Length: 24:23
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Debbie Schum waited a long time to receive the cremated ashes of her friend, LoraLee Johnson. When she did, she felt relieved to finally take them ...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2020
  • Length: 30:57
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World-class biathlete Kari Swenson was on an afternoon trail run in the mountains near Big Sky, Montana in July 1984 when two men blocked her path.

  • Added: Apr 15, 2020
  • Length: 38:59
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In 1977, a man named Robert Burns went to a funeral and shot someone, in the head, in front of 300 people. He didn’t deny it, and his lawyer didn’t...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2020
  • Length: 34:28
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In 1930, a Cuban woman named Elena de Hoyos went to the hospital in Key West, Florida. She had a bad cough, and her family was afraid she had Tuber...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2020
  • Length: 18:24
Caption: Larry W Jones - Kingwood Kowboy
Kingwood Kowboy's History Of Country Music Episodes showcases the roots of classic and vintage country, cowboy, western and bluegrass music with co...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2020
  • Length: 01:00:00
Caption: Larry W Jones - Kingwood Kowboy
Kingwood Kowboy's History Of Country Music Episodes showcases the roots of classic and vintage country, cowboy, western and bluegrass music with co...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2020
  • Length: 01:00:03
Caption: Larry W Jones - Kingwood Kowboy
Kingwood Kowboy's History Of Country Music Episodes showcases the roots of classic and vintage country, cowboy, western and bluegrass music with co...

  • Added: Mar 14, 2020
  • Length: 01:00:00
Caption: Larry W Jones - Kingwood Kowboy
Kingwood Kowboy's History Of Country Music Episodes showcases the roots of classic and vintage country, cowboy, western and bluegrass music with co...

  • Added: Mar 13, 2020
  • Length: 01:00:00
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Three years ago, we spoke with Axton Betz-Hamilton about discovering that her identity had been stolen as a child. When she found out who had stole...

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  • Added: Jan 24, 2020
  • Length: 37:32
  • Purchases: 1
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After a crime occurs, or when someone dies, the police aren’t responsible for cleaning up. That’s not their job. The coroner takes the body, the po...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2020
  • Length: 19:11
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Norwegian artist Jana Winderen records sounds above and below the surface of our blue planet to compose site-specific sonic environments. For four ...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2019
  • Length: 23:27
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Learn the science of earthquakes and volcanoes

Bought by KQRU FM LP, WLRH, WXPR, WCNY, Allegheny Mountain Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 26, 2019
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 6
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In Hong Kong Mixtape II, guest producer Him Cheung of Contemporary Musking Hong Kong introduces sound art projects that respond to volatile current...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2019
  • Length: 34:43
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When 18-year-old Ruth Cruger disappeared in 1917, newspapers reported that she probably ran off with a boyfriend. New York police said that there w...

Bought by ABC


  • Added: Oct 08, 2019
  • Length: 27:01
  • Purchases: 1
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John Buettner-Janusch was one of the first Americans to study lemurs. He held prestigious faculty positions at Yale, Duke and NYU, before surprisin...

  • Added: Oct 08, 2019
  • Length: 28:12
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“I never did anything wrong. I never had a speeding ticket. I think I just saved all my stuff up for just one thing.” This week, we speak with Toby...

Bought by ABC


  • Added: Sep 05, 2019
  • Length: 43:49
  • Purchases: 1
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In the late 1800s, North Carolina was trying to build a railway system through the Western part of the state. In December of 1882, something went w...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Sep 05, 2019
  • Length: 20:27
  • Purchases: 1
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Dan Stevenson has lived in Oakland’s Eastlake neighborhood for 40 years. He says crime has been an issue for as long as he can remember, but he isn...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and KSFR


  • Added: Sep 05, 2019
  • Length: 32:34
  • Purchases: 2
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In our last episode we spoke Cecilia Gentili, a trans Latina who worked for many years as an undocumented sex worker. Today, we get two more views ...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2019
  • Length: 38:34
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One summer in 1973, two men robbed a bank in Stockholm. They held four people hostage for six days. Swedish psychiatrist and criminologist Nils Bej...

Bought by ABC


  • Added: Sep 05, 2019
  • Length: 26:51
  • Purchases: 1