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James M. Huston Jr was a pilot who was shot down during World War 2. James Leininger is a boy born in 1998 in Louisiana. What brings these two together besides a first name? Listen to this week's episode and find out!

In September of 1900, a hurricane devastated the city of Galveston and killed 6,000-12,000 people. 

In the 1950s, the CIA started experimenting on the vulnerable and even some unsuspecting individuals with LSD. Did it start the hippie counterculture? We may never know.

Frane Selak was either one of the most unlucky, yet somehow luckiest people in the entire world. Or he's just one heck of a storyteller. Listen to Frane's traumatic life on this week's episode! 

There is a reason Brussels sprouts have a bad rap. Because up until the 1990s, they were legitimately bad. Enter science, and a new Brussels sprout was created!

Cruise ships, love them or hate them, there are some incredible stories that surround these sea beasts, including James Grimes, who fell off a cruise ship in 2022 and lived to tell the story after treading water for more than 18 hours. 

Imagine you're in 1800s London. It's been a day, and all you want is a little bit of ice cream to feel better about yourself. And BAM, you end up with tuberculosis. 

An unlikely friendship is the topic of this week's episode involving big spiders and tiny frogs. 

Astronaut John Young had a long history of space flights, but the most notable was Apollo 16, involving a hot mic and some flatulence. 

This is the tumultuous story of Centralia, Pennsylvania, and all the town has been through to lead to only 5 people living there currently.