Damn Interesting

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Colonels of Truth

The tumultuous true story of the life of a fast food icon.
Written by Alan Bellows • 15 Mar 2016 • Read/Listen →
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89, 263, 201, 500, 337, 480

A set of three encrypted notes from the nineteenth century purportedly describe the location of hidden treasure in Virginia.
Written by Marisa Brook • 17 Dec 2015 • Read/Listen →
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The Japanese Art of Self-Preservation

On the ancient Japanese Buddhist practice of self-mummification.
Written by Erika Nesvold • 30 Nov 2015 • Read/Listen →
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Faxes From the Far Side

The 1950s-era Soviet mission to first photograph the far side of the moon.
Written by Alan Bellows • 23 Oct 2015 • Read/Listen →
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The Petticoat Rebellion of 1916

When women in a poorly administered Oregon town hacked an election in order to repair the town's problems.
Written by Jennifer Colton • 12 Oct 2015 • Read/Listen →
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Up in the Air

Two families come up with an ambitious and dangerous plan to escape from authoritarian East Germany in the 1970s.
Written by Marisa Brook • 03 Aug 2015 • Read/Listen →
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The Zero-Armed Bandit

The story of a treacherous contraption that appeared mysteriously in a Lake Tahoe casino.
Written by Alan Bellows • 16 Jun 2015 • Read/Listen →
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The Derelict

A series of accidents and errors amass into disaster at sea. But that's not the end of the story.
Written by Alan Bellows • 13 Jan 2015 • Read/Listen →
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Surface Tension

In 1953 a storm of extreme severity struck the North Sea coasts of Britain and the Netherlands, subjecting communities to a ferocious watery onslaught.
Written by Matt Castle • 04 Sep 2014 • Read/Listen →
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Welcome to the Jungle

An 18th-century Peruvian woman encounters a staggering amount of bad luck as she attempts to reunite with the husband she hasn't seen in twenty years.
Written by Marisa Brook • 07 Jul 2014 • Read/Listen →
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