In 1937, Howard Long had a good life – a good wife, his own business, and a stable income during the Great Depression. All of that came to sudden halt when he was arrested and thrown in a jail cell with three other men. Right away he wanted to know why he was there. When […]
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In 1937, Lucille and Janette walked quickly to the house on Brady Street in Davenport, Iowa. Their shoes clicked on the wooden steps as they went up to the front porch and to the front door. They knocked loudly and stood, talking idly as they waited. A few moments later, an older man answered
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In this remastered edition of an earlier podcast: In 1907, henry Warren walked into a local newspaper and placed an ad for a wife. He became a sensation and was dubbed ‘Loving Henry.’ But under his charming good looks he was harboring a dark secret that would take decades to reveal itself. Sources
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About a year ago, a fellow podcaster suggested that I go back and remaster a few of my older episodes. I’ve finally decided to make good on that suggestion while I work on some brand new material for you all. This is an episode that has always touched a nerve with me, and I wanted
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We don’t know why Juergen Gluhm came to America. Maybe it was to seek a better life, or maybe he was running from something. Maybe it was just because he felt like it. What we do know is that when he was about 33 years old, he found his way from Germany to a
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Earl Albert Nead was born on November 13, 1937. By Christmas Day, he was dead, the victim of a horrible accident. But as police looked into things, the more it appeared that Earl’s death was deliberate. What had happened in that small Wisconsin apartment that Christmas? Sources Boy of Nine Years is Fatally Injured.
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On Christmas Eve, 1937, Gertrude and Willard Shaw were at their Wisconsin home, anticipating the holiday festivities the next day. Near midnight, Gertrude noticed bright lights out in the yard, right in front of one of their windows. The couple thought that it must have been a car, so went outside to see who it
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After a long, cold winter, spring had finally arrived in Pleasant Valley, Iowa. Patches of brown grass, buried for months under snow and ice, were starting to turn green again with new life. Flowers began to bloom again in a vivid array of colors, splashing hues of bright blues, oranges, and reds across a
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