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The Aliens Are Back

The fact that a Chinese spy balloon was able to basically travel all the way across the nation rattled a lot of Americans. Why did we not shoot it down earlier? What if it was transmitting important and valuable defense information the entire time it was in the air? How did it even get in…

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The Horrifying Purple Fire Snowstorm Of Bar Harbor Maine and Other Weirdness

This podcast we’re going to talk about our town’s purple fire snowstorm about 170 years ago and other weird things that happened in 1853, showcased in just one newspaper on one day. It was February 170 years ago that a lightning storm hit Mount Desert Island, striking dozens of people and creating a weather mystery…

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Just The Facts: Who Gets Murdered and Why Don’t We Know More

This episode we talk facts about homicide. And Iceland. Carrie talks Iceland. Come hang out with us for a bit while we talk about homicide stats from the U.S. and the globe. And Iceland. Always Iceland. So many sources!

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Four Shots Nobody Heard and the Jim Jones Connection

Last week my opening dialogue spoke of the need for both physical and circumstantial evidence for a successful prosecution of crime. This week, we’ll be discussing multiple murders that are very much related but may not have been carried out by the same entities. You be the judge as we delve into the murders of…

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Four Shots Nobody Heard and the Jim Jones Connection

Last week my opening dialogue spoke of the need for both physical and circumstantial evidence for a successful prosecution of crime. This week, we’ll be discussing multiple murders that are very much related but may not have been carried out by the same entities. You be the judge as we delve into the murders of…

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Sometimes Murder Evidence Is Fickle, A Former Cop’s Point of View Into A Virginia Murder

Today we are once again talking about murder: the taking of a human life by another person without a provable and justifiable self-defense argument.  Today, most people probably get their knowledge of crime fighting and police work from television and movies: A world where either time, technology and storyline is more advanced than in reality…

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No One Stopped To Save Her The Story of A Murdered Oregon College Student

When I was in ninth grade, my mom had a man she’d been flirting with move into our house while he “got back on his feet.” He travelled all the way from Oregon to our house, carrying a couple gifts. A Oregon mascot that was green and vaguely cute. Stiff furred. A jersey again with…

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One Car. One Man. No Answers.

The world of stamp collecting doesn’t seem like a world of intrigue and crime, a place where people end up dead in a car in Maine. But some people think that’s exactly what happened to Massachusetts man James Arlington Cassidy Stamp collecting has been a hobby since 1840, which is when the first pre-paid stamp,…

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