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The amazing story of Laura Biggar, the Anna Nicole Smith of 1901, and her crazy plot to steal an inheritance that may or may not have been rightfully hers.
Categories: Biography, History, Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, Least Popular, Series 4
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We've shared this on social media but not on the web site. Here it is... the first (and so far only) thing we've ever purchased off eBay.
Categories: Sports & Leisure, Supplement
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There's no podcast this week, so if you need your fix of esoterica why not try one of these eight other things we like?
Categories: Meta
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Lots of people have dabbled with strange home businesses -- but only one of them set up a radium refining facility in the basement of his suburban duplex.
Categories: Man's Amazing Inventions, Most Popular, Science & Nature, Series 3
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We delve into the world of sauces by talking about the history and use of the milkiest sauce of all - béchamel!
Categories: Arts & Culture, Series 3
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When a man fights a cactus, you should bet on the cactus.
Categories: Series 3, Wild Card, Wonders of the Natural World
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The greatest and most notorious Spiritualist swindler of all time was a woman from Kentucky who looked a bit like Lola Montez (if you squinted).
Categories: Biography, Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, Series 3
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In 1923, a plane flew over downtown Pittsburgh, dropped Baby Ruth candy bars on the crowd below, and caused widespread panic... or did it?
Categories: Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, Series 3, Wild Card
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In 1910, professional hockey was in chaos and a millionaire tried to buy his way to the Stanley Cup with a team of ringers.
Categories: Series 3, Sports & Leisure
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We realize that we just unveiled a new logo, but we still weren't happy with how it looked.
Categories: Meta
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We don't have a new episode this week, but here are eight other podcasts you might like to listen to!
Categories: Meta
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A few photos from the Harmony Society's final home at Old Economy Village.
Categories: Eccentrics & Prophecies, History, Supplement
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