FORGOTTEN NEWS PODCAST

Two featured stories!

Why are men’s sleeveless undershirts called a "wife beater"?

Why did murder victim Donna Doll have 6 pounds of potatoes in her stomach?

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Two mysterious deaths - 20 years apart:

Jeanette DePalma (1972) (06:10)

Arnold Schuster (1952) (21:56)

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In 1939, Stephen Melkey was killed by a car, after he stepped onto a busy highway, blindfolded, with his hands tied behind his back.  

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TWO featured stories!

The 1926 radio drama, that convinced listeners that a spontaneous violent revolution had broken out.   

The 1948 unsolved murder of Gladys Kern, in Los Angeles, California. 

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On this episode, we feature our Fifth Annual presentation of the 1939 radio broadcast of "A Christmas Carol", by Charles Dickens, featuring the voices of Orson Welles and Lionel Barrymore. Complete, …

A teen girl is murdered, and her suspected killer is lynched, as a result of jealousy, suspicion, and lies, in Bellfontaine, Ohio, in 1875.

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A random collection of Strange, Spooky, and Unusual Stories, for Halloween 2022 !!!

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Two young women, Geraldine Mingo and Mary Agnes Kabiska, were the victims of an psychotic killer, in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1949 and 1950, respectively.

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The “mysterious” disappearance of an 8 year old girl, while on a family camping trip in 1946, and her reappearance, 6 days later. But, the real mystery is whether there was a mystery, at all.

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In 1949, the legislature of the state of Illinois voted to protect birds, by declaring war against free-roaming cats.

It did not end well … for the birds.

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In 1919, a large, vicious mob of white racists terrorized the black community of Marion, Ohio, and forced every black person (over 200 families), to leave the city, under threat of violence and murde…

The wild story of a gunshot, during the American Civil War, that led to the birth of a baby, in 1863.

And - that's just the beginning!

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In 1903, in New York, an Italian immigrant, Anthony Torsielli, was brutally murdered by someone he thought was his friend. This is the story of how a trail of circumstantial evidence led to the arres…

In 1902, in Columbus, Ohio, the murder of a black man named Andrew Jackson led to an angry mob of black people chasing after his killer, another black man. But, that is only half of the story. Listen…

In 1947, a young woman, Paula Kohler Eubanks, was the victim of a mysterious kidnapping and murder, in Kansas City, Missouri.  

The case remains unsolved, to the present day.

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It was a very popular custom, during the 19th century, for people to make a short visit to their friends and neighbors on New Year’s day or eve. In this episode, we will discuss that tradition, and o…

On this episode, we feature our Fourth Annual presentation of the 1939 radio broadcast of "A Christmas Carol", by Charles Dickens, featuring the voices of Orson Welles and Lionel Barrymore. Complete,…

The stories of four young female con artists in the 19th Century, who made thousands of dollars from their crimes (several million, in the present day).

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In 1903, at the age of 21, Mabel Parker, was an expert in committing forgery and larceny.

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It's our annual Halloween episode!

Creepy stories -- and more.

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EPISODE RELEASE DATE: 10/25/2021

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