Nuns on the Run
miss bunkley's book
Josephine Bunkley wanted to raise awareness of problems wit the convent system... but her "allies" just wanted to use her story to win elections.
Categories: History, Series 13
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"Philadelphia, PA"
The cradle of American liberty, and also the same place where Eagles fans threw batteries at Santa Claus. What can we say? Philadelphia is large, it contains multitudes.
Nuns on the Run
The Awful disclosures of Maria Monk
In 1835 Maria Monk claimed that Montreal's Hôtel-Dieu convent was a vice den. She was making it all up... but Americans desperately wanted to believe her.
Categories: History, Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, Series 13
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A Month of Billys
was Billy Sunday good at baseball?
Billy Sunday was America's foremost evangelist, whose admirers included young men, ex-presidents, and titans of industry... but how was his baserunning?
Categories: Biography, Series 13, Sports & Leisure
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Air Crash Museum
sorry, Meat Loaf -- two out of three ain't good
The US Navy invested heavily in rigid airships... only to lose the majority of their fleet in tragic accidents. Learn why we can't have nice things.
Categories: History, Man's Amazing Inventions, Series 11
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Your Heart’s Sorrow
the 1874 abduction of Little Charley Ross
In 1874 four-year-old Charley Ross was kidnapped in front of his family's Philadelphia home... and became America's first case of kidnapping for ransom.
Categories: Intriguing & Unsolved Mysteries, People & Places, Series 11
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The Buzzer Brigade
a shocking scandal in the world of sport
Years before baseball played its first game under electric lights, the 1900 Philadelphia Phillies used electricity at the Baker Bowl... to steal signs.
Categories: Bonus Episodes, Man's Amazing Inventions, Sports & Leisure
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Peacemaker
tear your world apart once the magic starts
This week we've got all the hot Peacemaker spoilers you've been craving! Assuming you don't mean the John Cena show.
Categories: Bonus Episodes, History, Man's Amazing Inventions
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Errata #2
in which we own up to some more mistakes
Errata for The Hot House; French Leave; The Icelander; "I'm the Naughty Boy"; What-Is-It?; Moron or Madman?; Suffer Little Children; and more.
Categories: Bonus Episodes, Errata
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The Graveyard of Baseball
October 1, 1970 was a day that would live in infamy
It was supposed to be a celebration of sixty years of baseball... and instead, well, Philadelphia fans did what Philadelphia fans do best.
Categories: Most Popular, Series 8, Sports & Leisure
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Triple Jumper
the mysterious death of baseball superstar Ed Delahanty (1867-1903)
On July 2, 1903 Washington Senators outfielder Ed Delahanty walked out of the team's hotel in Detroit and disappeared.
Categories: Intriguing & Unsolved Mysteries, Series 7, Sports & Leisure
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What-Is-It?
there's an animal roaming round the town that is certainly gaining great renown
For one week in January 1909, the Jersey Devil walked among us. Maybe.
Categories: Footsteps into the Unknown, Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, Legendary Lands & Beasts, Myths & Legends, Series 6, Wild Card
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The Icelander
a tale of public art, politics, and racism
Why, exactly, was there a statue of a Viking explorer in Philadelphia? And why isn't it there now?
Categories: Arts & Culture, Daring & Epic Journeys, Series 5
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