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As a raging blizzard tore across the state of North...

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Devil’s Lake is the second largest lake in North Dakota,...

Robert Smith walked down the crowded New York City sidewalk,...

Devils Lake, North Dakota, sometime in the early 20th century...

Miriam Grinstead loved the swing that her brother John had...

Fifty years ago, Mary Schlais was murdered and left in...

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Peter Fabiano was woken by the sound of his front...

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In October 1959, a newspaper near Buffalo, Iowa, reported a...

Over the time that mankind has walked the earth, countless...

The Pfister Hotel is one of the grandest and most...

Staying in a haunted hotel was never part of the...

Built in the mid-1800’s, the Renwick Mansion is probably the...

The house looked haunted. I couldn’t have asked for a...

When John and Ida Harris didn’t answer their door in...

 Keith County, Nebraska, January 1895 — The man had looked...

A few days before Christmas 1939, Stephen Melkey was struck...

South Bend, Indiana – December 22, 1939   Stephen hit...

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The aide walked through the third floor of the house,...

On a summer day in 2001, Donna Stabile knocked on...

It was August 30, 2001, and Donna Stabile stood at...

When its population peaked at around one-hundred people, Moonville could...

The hiker walked faster, their boots thumping a dull, steady...

In this remastered version of an earlier episode: In 1958,...

  Flash floods are some of the most devastating natural...

The Lake Hope Furnace has stood for over one-hundred years,...

  The storm had come out of nowhere. One minute...

In 1937, Howard Long had a good life – a...

  In 1937, Lucille and Janette walked quickly to the...

In this remastered edition of an earlier podcast: In 1907,...

About a year ago, a fellow podcaster suggested that I...

Strawberry Point is known for being home to the world’s...

When I rolled into Strawberry Point, Iowa, last summer, I...

In February 1883, dozens of men and boys descended into...

  Legend has it that a man named William Hennebry...

Mabel Moore had just gone to St. Louis with her...

Mabel Moore stared out the window of her St. Louis...

Carol Eberle was getting married, and she was overjoyed. But...

  Lorna Mae leaned against the fence post, resting her...

Swift Runner and his family journeyed into the Canadian wilderness...

    Swift Runner slowly squeezed the trigger, holding his...

Henry Kuehl was just trying to do his job. On...

  We don’t know why Juergen Gluhm came to America....

Sam Smith was a desperate man. He couldn’t find a...

Jelena was nervous. Something was wrong. She couldn’t put her...

Imagine driving near Chicago’s Mount Carmel Cemetery and seeing a...

The driver leaned forward in his seat, squinting through the...

William Nelson was a private pilot who had just married...

  Jose Esquivel was startled when he heard the frantic...

In late 1990, the body of Mary Lou Pratt was...

  At first, the kids thought that the woman in...

Every Halloween, every village, town, and city dredge up their...

  It’s Halloween again! It’s time for stories of ghouls,...

When Johann Whynack married his Marie, he hoped that they...

  Johann Whynack checked the clock. It was just after...

In 1965, two police officers knocked on the door of...

  Officer Charles Bullock knocked loudly on the front door...

In 1996, Bobie and Marilyn Blewer, professional food vendors from...

Standing in the hot Florida sun, Jerimy realized that he...

When it was built in 1903, the Claypool Hotel was...

  Bates House had to go. It was beautiful and...

In 1954, two maids found a horrible odor coming from...

  Dorothy Poore was nervous. She knew that there were...

  Lillian McNamara wondered how many times she had checked...

Maoma Ridings had joined the United States Army during World...

In 1990, a highway patrolman in Arizona stopped to check...

  The young teenager was ecstatic. Her and her boyfriend...

In January of 1926, Ed Rinebold was driving his normal...

Ed Rinebold drove his delivery truck carefully down the icy...

On the night of October 9, 1896, the town of...

Fall had settled into the rolling hills of Adams County...

No one had seen Percy Smith since he had gone...

  Eulalia Smith had been worried about her husband since...

Christine Leidel thought the fortune teller seemed nice enough, but...

  Catherine had been a bit stand-offish when the fortune...

In 2007, a woman contacted the press with a startling...

  Some say that there was a monster in Green...

Swede and Fay Lewis had always been a stormy one,...

  Fayette, or Fay for short, was 17 years old...

  The fire had started at around 2 a.m. in...

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Earl Albert Nead was born on November 13, 1937. By...

On Christmas Eve, 1937, Gertrude and Willard Shaw were at...

Line shaft technology may have revolutionized industry, but they posed...

Frank Nead smiled, his shoes slapping hard on the concrete...

Jesse Stanbridge was just another railroad cop doing his job...

Jesse Stanbridge’s breath came in a plume as the bitter...

Mary Stewart had died too young, and her husband, William,...

  Mary was gone, and there was no bringing her...

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Historians are keepers of the stories of the dead. I...

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  Emma Harvey had lived a good life, but now...

Dr. William Stoecks was a dedicated physician and surgeon, treating...

Davenport, Iowa, has played host to several strange events over...

Amelia Rohwedder was a middle-aged woman recovering from heart problems....

After the American Civil War, Davenport, Iowa was a rapidly...

Ever find yourself in a situation where your instincts just...

Ever find yourself in a situation where your instincts scream...

Quarters One has sat on Arsenal Island for 150 years....

The aide walked through the third floor of the house,...

James Chapman and his wife, Clementine, had no idea who...

  James Chapman walked out onto the porch to greet...

Jim Arpy was a veteran reporter who loved a great...

Hampton, Illinois is a quiet river town nestled into the...

  When the Reverend Clarence Valentine Sheatsley walked into his...

When Reverend Clarence Sheatsley found his wife, Addie, in the...

In this short story, the assembled crowd at the Saunders,...

Competition amongst growing cities on the Midwestern frontier could be...

William Engelberg was probably looking for a better life when...