In the 1950s the United States launched a witch hunt, and it's not at all what you think.

In the 1950s the United States launched a witch hunt, and it's not at all what you think.

Lavender Haze

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What would you do when faced with a life-or-death situation? Alferd Packer had to answer this question for himself, and do something that is -- for many -- unthinkable. 

What would you do when faced with a life-or-death situation? Alferd Packer had to answer this question for himself, and do something that is -- for many -- unthinkable.

Hungry For Justice

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The story of a man who loved his mother. Too much.

The story of a man who loved his mother. Too much.

A Morbid Obsession

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When the bicycle was invented it did more than simply change people's lives, leisure and mobility. It ignited a controversy over traditional gender roles. One woman set out to change all that.

When the bicycle was invented it did more than simply change people's lives, leisure and mobility. It ignited a controversy over traditional gender roles. One woman set out to change all that.

Like The Wind

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The fight for equal rights was long and slow until one day a fight broke out with police, culminating in a riot. What happened next is history.

The fight for equal rights was long and slow until one day a fight broke out with police, culminating in a riot. What happened next is history.

Louder Than A Riot

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Prussian immigrant Louis Wagner came to America hoping to make a better life for himself. Working as a fisherman in the Isle of Shoals it seemed he was living the dream, until he found himself down on his luck.

Prussian immigrant Louis Wagner came to America hoping to make a better life for himself. Working as a fisherman in the Isle of Shoals it seemed he was living the dream, until he found himself down on his luck.

A Deadly Isle

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The Gilded Age was a time of opulence and opportunism, an age that turned businessmen into household names. But it also created some of the biggest rivalries in the rush to unearth the past.

The Gilded Age was a time of opulence and opportunism, an age that turned businessmen into household names. But it also created some of the biggest rivalries in the rush to unearth the past.

Boneheads

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Thomas Neill Cream wanted nothing more than to leave the family shipping business to become a medical doctor. Having graduated with honors, his future seemed promising -- until the bodies began to appear. 

Thomas Neill Cream wanted nothing more than to leave the family shipping business to become a medical doctor. Having graduated with honors, his future seemed promising -- until the bodies began to appear.

Bad Medicine

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Spirits were high that summer’s day as everyone boarded the General Slocum. The passengers were looking forward to their annual picnic just up river… but as fate would have it, they’d never arrive

Spirits were high that summer’s day as everyone boarded the General Slocum. The passengers were looking forward to their annual picnic just up river… but as fate would have it, they’d never arrive

Anchors Away

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In 1918, the US Government created a plan to track, detain, and imprison women for the STIs brought home from soldiers.

In 1918, the US Government created a plan to track, detain, and imprison women for the STIs brought home from soldiers.

The American Plan

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American Shadows is a bi-weekly podcast from iHeartRadio and Aaron Mahnke’s Grim & Mild. The show focuses on the darker stories from American history: the people, places, and things that are hidden and forgotten in the shadows. From better-known tales like the conspiracy to steal Lincoln’s body, to less-known stories, like the rainmaker who flooded San Diego. Join host Lauren Vogelbaum as she spans two centuries of omitted lore from our country’s history books.

American Shadows

American Shadows is a bi-weekly podcast that focuses on the darker stories from American history: the people, places, and things that are hidden and forgotten in the shadows. Join host Lauren Vogelbaum as she spans two centuries of omitted lore from our country’s history books.

American Shadows is a bi-weekly podcast that focuses on the darker stories from American history: the people, places, and things that are hidden and forgotten in the shadows. Join host Lauren Vogelbaum as she spans two centuries of omitted lore from our country&rsquo;s history books.

American Shadows

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