Jul 25, 2022
For two decades George Jacob Schweinfurth was public enemy #1 in
Rockford, IL: a smooth-talking charlatan who made a mockery of
religion, despoiled innocent women, and stole money with his
hypnotic powers. Tune in this week for the amazing tale of the man
they called "ten times worse than Brigham Young."
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Jul 11, 2022
It started out as a mistake in the Treaty of Paris (1814), and
quickly turned into a neutral libertarian haven for tax cheats,
gamblers, smugglers, zinc miners, and (worst of all) Esperantists.
This week, Alex Baumans recounts the century-long history of
Neutral Moresnet.
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Jul 4, 2022
In 1939, Gustave Blair convinced an Arizona court that he was
the missing Charley Ross. He was never able to convince the Ross
family or the public, though, and if he really was Charley he
took that secret to his grave... Or did he?
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