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On December 3, 1955, a 33-year-old Black gas station attendant named Clinton Melton was shot and killed in Glendora, Mississippi. Two witnesses — i...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago
- Added: Oct 18, 2021
- Length: 11:44
- Purchases: 2
The song “I Fought the Law” by the Bobby Fuller Four reached number 9 on the Billboard Charts in the week of March 12, 1966. Just months later, Bob...
- Added: Apr 13, 2021
- Length: 42:01
One Sunday afternoon, a man named William Mumler decided to take a self portrait. He said he was alone in the photography studio, but as the photog...
- Added: Apr 13, 2021
- Length: 36:51
“What I recall most is the way that she grabbed my wrist and, shaking a bit, she said over and over again, ‘If it happens, run. Don’t let that happ...
- Added: Apr 13, 2021
- Length: 33:08
We visit a city in Northern Italy where everyone decided to stay quiet to save something beautiful.
- Added: Jun 25, 2020
- Length: 22:26
On May 13, 1862, Robert Smalls took command of a Confederate ship and liberated himself and his family from enslavement. His great-great-grandson, ...
- Added: Jun 24, 2020
- Length: 29:27
In May 1991, a bank robber walked into a bank in Irving, Texas, and without speaking handed the teller a note that read, “This is a bank robbery. G...
- Added: May 19, 2020
- Length: 31:54
“The police had surrounded the house. They had been there for quite a while. They didn’t want to try to rush the house because they thought he migh...
- Added: Apr 15, 2020
- Length: 29:07
In the summer of 1922, in a town in southern Illinois, 23 people were murdered over two days. Men, women, and children came out of their houses to ...
- Added: Apr 15, 2020
- Length: 24:23
In 1977, a man named Robert Burns went to a funeral and shot someone, in the head, in front of 300 people. He didn’t deny it, and his lawyer didn’t...
- Added: Apr 15, 2020
- Length: 34:28
In 1930, a Cuban woman named Elena de Hoyos went to the hospital in Key West, Florida. She had a bad cough, and her family was afraid she had Tuber...
- Added: Apr 15, 2020
- Length: 18:24
Kingwood Kowboy's History Of Country Music Episodes showcases the roots of classic and vintage country, cowboy, western and bluegrass music with co...
- Added: Mar 19, 2020
- Length: 01:00:00
Kingwood Kowboy's History Of Country Music Episodes showcases the roots of classic and vintage country, cowboy, western and bluegrass music with co...
- Added: Mar 15, 2020
- Length: 01:00:03
Kingwood Kowboy's History Of Country Music Episodes showcases the roots of classic and vintage country, cowboy, western and bluegrass music with co...
- Added: Mar 14, 2020
- Length: 01:00:00
When 18-year-old Ruth Cruger disappeared in 1917, newspapers reported that she probably ran off with a boyfriend. New York police said that there w...
Bought by ABC
- Added: Oct 08, 2019
- Length: 27:01
- Purchases: 1
In the late 1800s, North Carolina was trying to build a railway system through the Western part of the state. In December of 1882, something went w...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: Sep 05, 2019
- Length: 20:27
- Purchases: 1
One summer in 1973, two men robbed a bank in Stockholm. They held four people hostage for six days. Swedish psychiatrist and criminologist Nils Bej...
Bought by ABC
- Added: Sep 05, 2019
- Length: 26:51
- Purchases: 1
When Sarah Winchester’s husband died, she inherited millions from the family business: the manufacture of the famous Winchester Rifle. A medium rep...
- Added: Sep 05, 2019
- Length: 22:25
The Boonshoft Museum of Discovery is nestled in a beautiful stretch of public parks that mark the confluence of the Stillwater and Great Miami Rive...
- Added: Apr 27, 2017
- Length: 06:02
From about 1980, well into the 2000's, the foundation of the rock coming out of the Twin Cities was heavy, very high energy, cathartic. The female-...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Dec 22, 2014
- Length: 04:43
- Purchases: 1
If you asked people which of their senses they most feared losing, they'd probably say sight or hearing. But what about the ability to smell? We ex...
Bought by WTJU
- Added: Sep 25, 2014
- Length: 43:58
- Purchases: 1
Live cattle auctions are disappearing in the Northwest. But the Missoula Livestock Exchange continues to sell millions of dollars worth of cows, he...
Bought by KFOK-LPFM
- Added: Apr 08, 2014
- Length: 08:36
- Purchases: 1
David Hendy on the comforts and irritations of next-door's noise. Episode twenty-four of Noise: A Human History, ‘Life in the City'.
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Nov 20, 2013
- Length: 14:45
- Purchases: 1
How recording technology made it possible to catch the fugitive moment. Episode twenty-five of Noise: A Human History, Capturing Sound'
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and PRX Remix
- Added: Nov 20, 2013
- Length: 14:47
- Purchases: 2
This major series was commissioned and broadcast by BBC Radio. It explores how our interactions with sound have shaped us over 100,000 years. It w...
Bought by Radio New Zealand and WRPI
- Added: Oct 08, 2013
- Length: 58:54
- Purchases: 2
