1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast
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1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast
Where History Comes Alive! A fast-paced, well-researched weekly podcast covering a wide range of historical events, persons, places, legends, and mysteries, Hosted by Jon Hagadorn, the selection of stories and interviews includes lost treasure, unsolved mysteries, unexplained phenomenon, WWII storie...
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THE LEGEND OF THUNDER ROAD: FROM FAST CARS, MOUNTAIN BOYS, HOOCH, AND HOLLYWOOD, TO NASCAR
In the 30's, 40', and 50's, "white lightning', or strong mountain brewed whiskey, was an important revneue source for the mountain communities in Kent...
TEN LITTLE KNOWN STORIES FROM THE CIVIL WAR
Ten Little Known Stories From The Civil War includes: 1)How the 101 st Airborne 'Screamin' Eagles' came to be; 2), Mosby's Treasure from the raid on t...
THE MURDER OF FOUNDING FATHER GEORGE WYTHE- A TRUE CRIME STORY FROM OUR NATION'S BEGINNINGS
Great link for those who want the full story:"The Murder of George Wythe" https://wythepedia.wm.edu/index.php/Murder_of_George_Wythe
Tit...
NAMING THE GENERATIONS: EACH HAS ITS OWN CHARACTERISTICS
There are ten generations which have been given names, and these date back to births starting in 1890. The naming of generations is a sort of haphazar...
OUR CANINE HEROES (PT 2 OF 2) A DOG'S JOB IS NEVER DONE
In part two of "Our Canine Heroes" we cover search and rescue (and K-9) training, where rescue dogs w,ee first employed), life-saving stories, diffent...
ACROSS THE FENCE- THE SECRET WAR IN VIETNAM W/ GREEN BERET JOHN STRYKER MEYER
The explosive true story of the Green Berets heroic role fighting the top-secret war in Cambodia, Laos, and North Vietnam in the late sixties as told...
MISSING PERSONS FOUND (#3A) OUR CANINE HEROES
In this episode, part 3A of a two episode "Our Canine Heroes"installment, we share actual stories of hero rescue dogs and why search and rescue relies...
BELIEVE IT OR NOT: 11 CRAZY TALES AND SHORT HISTORIES
Our stories today: 1), Larry the Lawn Chair Pilot- who actually followed his dream up past the clouds and into LAX airspace while sitting in a lawn ch...
MISSING PERSONS: FOUND (#2) CALLING COLTER SHAW WHAT TO DO WHEN A LOVED ONE GOES MISSING
In this episode we discuss the human element required to locate missing persons. Police, FBI, Investigators, and trackers are discussed, as a number...
THE SEARCH FOR NAZI GOLD AT LAKE TOPLITZ
For years it was rumored that the Nazis, in their final days before the end in 1945, had dropped boxes fullof stolen gold into the depths of Lake Topl...
A TRIBUTE TO THE WALER: AUSTRALIA'S GREATEST HORSE
The Australian Waler horse is known for its stamina and courage as well as its ability to perform in the worst of conditions. Over 130,000 Waler horse...
MISSING PERSONS: FOUND (EPISODE 1) THE DETECTIVES BEST WEAPONS: DNA & GENEOLOGY
Eight powerful stories revealing how DNA,Geneology.and cold case detectives solved missing persons case., some found alive, someproviding a final asnw...
THE 1966 INDIANA DUNES DISAPPEARANCE
On July 2nd,1966, 3 young suburban Chicago women drove to a popular beach south of Chicago on Lake Michigan, parked their car, and walked to a spot on...
THE LAST STAND AT OSOWEIC FORTRESS: THE BATTLE THAT INSPIRED SABATON'S "THE ATTACK OF THE DEAD MEN"
In 1915, Russian defenders launched a gruesome counterattack that repelled the German invaders. What made it so gruesome? The Russians were...
THE TRUE STORY BEHIND THE MOVIE RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
The movie Raiders of the Lost Ark was the highest grossing movie of 1981 and ensuring lasting stardom for Harrison Ford and Debra Allen. The plot, cen...
THE LAST STAND OF CASTLE ITTER 1945: WWII'S LAST AND STRANGEST MAJOR BATTLE
The closing days of the war in Europe provided some of the most dramatic mmoments of the war, and the battle at Castle Itter in the Tyrolean Alps, a w...
THE SEIGE OF BASTOGNE AND THE LAST STAND OF TEAM DESOBRY AT NOVILLE
Our story details the legendary last stand of Commander William Desobry's Team of 400 troops and 15 Sherman tanks who were assigned to capture and def...
HISTORY MAJORS-FIND OUT WHAT COLLEGE WAS LIKE 105 YEARS AGO! TODAY AT 1001 STORIES FROM THE GILDED AGE
In just a few minutes you can treat yourself to one of the greatest historical paradoxes ever written at 1001 Stories From The Gilded Age-
Its 1...
COMING TO 1001 STORIES FROM THE GILDED AGE: ANNE OF THE ISLAND (FROM THE ANNE OF GREEN GABLES SERIES)
It's "Back to School" time for Anne Shirley of Green Gables- as well as your kids and neighbor's kids-Coming Sunday Aug 10 (tomorrow as I write this)...
TALKING UFO'S WITH NUCLEAR PHYSICIST STANTON FRIEDMAN (ARCHIVE)
1001 had the rare opportunity to speak face to face (on Skype) with physicist, lecturer, and professional UFOlogist Stanton Terry Friedman last year a...
KINCAID'S CAVE- EGYPTIAN RUINS IN THE GRAND CANYON?
In 1909 the Phoenix Gazette published an incredible story about an archeological find, sponsored by the Smithsonian, of a cave within the Grand Canyon...
THE CURSE OF BUNNYMAN
In a new suburban development outside of Fairfax, VA, in 1970, a young military man and his bride to be were stopping to visit a family member who had...
(BEST OF-LISTENER FAVORITES) HANNAH DUSTIN'S REVENGE
Hannah Dustin was a colonial Massachusetts Puritan mother who was taken captive by the Abenaki tribe during King Phillips War along with her nursemaid...
THE SEIGE OF KHE SANH 1968: U.S. MARINES HOLD AGAINST OVERWHELMING ODDS (1001 HEROES SUMMER OF LAST STANDS #3)
On 21 January 1968, the PAVN surrounded and besieged the key US Marine base near the border of Laos. In the ensuing five months, KSCB and the hilltop...
(BEST OF) I'LL BE SEEING YOU.....STORIES FROM THE AFTERLIFE
All of us have experienced grief at the loss of a loved one. Many of us seek answers to questions such as "where do we go after this life?" and "is th...
THE VALIANT DEFENSE OF RORKE'S DRIFT (#2 SUMMER SERIES FAMOUS LAST STANDS)
The Battle of Rorke's Drift, also known as the Defence of Rorke's Drift, was an engagement in the Anglo-Zulu War. The successful British defence of th...
(BEST OF) THE BEAST OF GEVAUDAN: THE SEARCH FOR THE MANKILLER
In 1764 in a small province in south central France,a wolf-like beast began to prey on the people of that community. For three years it continued kill...
THE SPARTANS LAST STAND AT THERMOPYLAE: COURAGE, TREACHERY, AND ENDURING LEGACY OF THE SPARTAN ETHOS
Part one of our six part summer series "Last Stands" at 1001 Heroes! Reviews Appreciated!
The incredible story of Greece's effort to fight off t...
BEST OF (#72 OF 541) THE DARING SEA RESCUE OF THE E.S. NEWMAN & OTHER LIVE SAVING LEGENDS
The story of The Pea Island Life Saving Station on North Carolina's Outer Banks and the rescue of 9 passengers and crew from the E.S. Newman by Richar...
HOW MONUMENT VALLEY SAVED HOLLYWOOD WESTERNS AND LAUNCHED JOHN WAYNE'S CAREER
Journey with me back to 1938 as a young couple named Mike and Leone Goulding, having invested in a trading post in Navaho Country and fallen in love w...
JULY 4TH SPECIAL: SGT. DINWIDDIE'S WAR: B-17'S AND THE BELGIAN UNDERGROUND IN WWII
The story of Sgt. Don Dinwiddie, radioman on the B-17 GI Sheets, and his crew as they barely survived being shot down in German-held territory on Jan...
MISSING DOWN UNDER: THE TOM PHILLIPS STORY
Tom Phillips and his three young children disappeared from the isolated rural Waikato town of Marokopa on 9 December 2021. New Zealand Police believe...
JON'S TOP 10 WWII (#3) GREG "PAPPY" BOYINGTON'S BLACK SHEEP SQUADRON
Gregory "Pappy" Boyington (December 4, 1912 – January 11, 1988) was an American combat pilot who was a United States Marine Corps fighter ace during W...
REMEMBERING THE HARVEY GIRLS AND HOW THEY TAMED THE WILD WEST
By 1880 the ATS&F Railroad had laid tracks from Kansas City to California- and people and products were starting to move through the still untamed wes...
(#2 JON'S TOP 10 WWII) THE LAST STAND OF THE USS JOHNSTON- OCT 1944 LEYTE GULF
This summer enjoy "JON'S TOP 10 WWII STORIES" every Friday morning at 12:30 am- a great choice for our night hawks! To find more like this one, check...
THE GREAT LOCOMOTIVE CHASE (WHICH RESULTED IN) OUR NATIONS FIRST MEDAL OF HONOR
On the 26th of March, 1863, the first six Medals of Honor were awarded to 6 surviving members of the Andrew's Raiders, who, one year earlier , had par...
BEST OF (#71 OF 540) 12 INCREDIBLE SOLE SURVIVOR STORIES
Our 12 stories: 1) Frank Finkel, survived Custer's Last Stand; 2) Vesna Voluvik, sole survivor of terrorist-caused airplane crash over Czech republic...
THE MAURY ISLAND UFO INCIDENT & THE MEN IN BLACK BIRTHDAY BASH
Here is our interview with filmmaker/producer Steve Edmiston ("The Maury Island Incident", Youtube) regarding the Maury Island UFO incident which occu...
JON'S TOP TEN WWII PICKS (#1 OF 10) THE COMMANDO RAID ON ST. NAZAIRE
JON'S TOP TEN WWII FAVORITES: #1 OF 10
BEST "The Commando Raid on St. Nazaire: the Most Daring Raid of WWII":
The St. Nazaire Raid, als...
REMEMBERING THE TUSKEEGEE AIRMEN OF WWII (INCLUDES BONUS INTERVIEW WITH LT. COL HARRY STEWART)
The Tuskeegee Airmen of WWII were the first black pilots to break the color barrier in our Army/Airforce- a job in itself- and this is their heroes st...