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Friendly and Not So Friendly Ghosts
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: The Houlihans, Credit: Rebecca D'Angelo
This week we encounter the supernatural with Beth and Chris Houlihan.

  • Added: Oct 12, 2023
  • Length: 26:58
The Whistleblower: Truth, Dissent and the Legacy of Daniel Ellsberg
From: The GroundTruth Project
Caption: The Whistleblower, Credit: The Ground Truth Project
To mark the passing of Daniel Ellsberg of the Pentagon Papers, the GroundTruth Project presents a special one hour program that traces the path o...

Bought by Prairie Public, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WABE, WORT, KOSU and more


  • Added: Jun 16, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 37
Radio Cloak and Dagger
From: WAMC Northeast Public Radio
Series: A New York Minute In History
Caption: FBI Agent, Credit: Camp DeWolfe
On this episode, Devin and Lauren tell the recently declassified story of a covert radio station built by the FBI on Long Island to deceive the Naz...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2023
  • Length: 30:30
Keepers of the Flame
From: Distillations
Series: Innate
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Follow the money that props up racist science, and you'll find it all leads back to one man.

  • Added: May 09, 2023
  • Length: 01:03:24
Episode 171: Sealand
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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Today’s episode begins with rock & roll and ends with royalty. When bands like the Rolling Stones and the Beatles were becoming popular, they weren...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2021
  • Length: 49:00
Episode 165: Unfit
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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In August 1934, Ann Cooper Hewitt was having lunch with her mother when she suddenly felt pain in her abdomen. When she went to the doctor, he told...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2021
  • Length: 44:17
Episode 149: Dr. Parkman Is Missing
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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In the mid-1800s, Harvard Medical School had a reputation for being a “den of body snatchers.” And then, in November 1849, the school’s most promin...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2020
  • Length: 36:45
Episode 146: Ten Doors
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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In 1978, Tim Jenkin was charged under South Africa’s Terrorism Act for disseminating anti-apartheid material, and sentenced to 12 years in prison. ...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2020
  • Length: 29:22
Mountain of the Stars
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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We are back in the scorching hot radio studio with an all-new episode of the radio show that Palm Springs Life magazine named the "Best Freaky Radi...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
When Doomsday Came Calling by Mistake
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: Fehler (Mistakes)
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Our producer Flawn Williams once got caught up in a sticky situation that triggered fears of a nuclear attack while working at a Chicago TV station...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jul 31, 2020
  • Length: 20:30
  • Purchases: 1
I Spy: Spies Who Pushed Back
From: Rob Sachs
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On this hour-long special we hear from two former intelligence people who, like whistleblowers in the Trump administration, pushed back against per...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WHYY, WAMU, WWNO and more


  • Added: Jul 09, 2020
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 10
John Harrison and the Music of Creepshow
From: IJ Wilson
Caption: Square logo for documentary, Credit: IJ Wilson
A peek behind the curtain of a classic horror soundtrack

  • Added: Feb 21, 2020
  • Length: 38:30
I Spy: Real Life Spy Stories
From: Rob Sachs
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Espionage was once a mostly male pursuit but these days the top three officials at the CIA are women. On this program we hear from Jonna Mendez, th...

Bought by WWNO, KSPB Pebble Beach, WVTF, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KECG and more


  • Added: Jan 30, 2020
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 58
Episode 123: Mrs. Sherlock Holmes
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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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
Episode 113: Hostage
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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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
Generation AIDS: Minnesota's HIV/AIDS Crisis
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth
Caption: Bruce Brockway and Rene Valdes, 1980., Credit: Alan Lessik
In July 1981, the New York Times published an article about a mysterious illness plaguing gay men in New York City. After reading the article, Bruc...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2019
  • Length: 01:31:39
National Writers Series: John U. Bacon
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series
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John U. Bacon talks about his latest book, "The Great Halifax Explosion."

Bought by Michigan Radio, WKAR, and WDET Detroit Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 08, 2018
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 3
Episode 101: The Fox
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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This episode picks up where Episode 100 left off. We suggest you listen to them in order. When Martin McNally met another plane hijacker in prison...

Bought by ABC


  • Added: Nov 05, 2018
  • Length: 22:48
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 100: Ten Thousand Feet in the Air
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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On the afternoon of June 23rd, 1972, Martin McNally walked into the St. Louis airport with a wig, a sawed-off rifle, and a plan.

Bought by ABC and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation


  • Added: Nov 05, 2018
  • Length: 31:31
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 93: Lavender Scare
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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Helen James grew up in a military family – her great great grandfather fought in the Civil War, her father in WWI, and her uncles in WWII. So when ...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2018
  • Length: 24:39
The Man, the Myth, the Laser
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
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The disputed origin story of one of the 20th century’s most important inventions.

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Apr 23, 2018
  • Length: 30:06
  • Purchases: 1
Assignment: Memphis
From: Drew Darling
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The plot that killed the dream. The Who, What, Where, How and Why Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was assassinated.

Bought by WLPR and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Mar 03, 2018
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 66: Bully
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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Skidmore, Missouri is a very small town. In the ’70s, there was only one bar, one grocery store, and one bully. Ken McElroy was so ruthless and int...

  • Added: May 08, 2017
  • Length: 27:10
Episode 65: The Kingfish
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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In 1928, Huey P. Long became the youngest Governor in Louisiana’s history. He bragged that he bought lawmakers like “sacks of potatoes, shuffled ‘e...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 23, 2017
  • Length: 26:14
  • Purchases: 1
Part 1: The road back to Jerusalem
From: Steve Ray
Series: Christian China and the end of times
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In part one of our "China's road to Jerusalem" series, we set the the stage for the inevitable collapse of the west as we know it.

  • Added: Apr 09, 2017
  • Length: 12:22