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Caption: Cliff Brody looks at an old photo of his deceased friend/sergeant, Joe Blakely, who changed Cliff’s life during the Vietnam War., Credit: Rebecca Sheir
How do you thank someone who saves you from tragedy? This Vietnam veteran knows.

  • Added: Apr 17, 2013
  • Length: 05:40
Caption: Ku Klux Klan 1920s
This is the fifth and concluding episode of The Writ Writer by Michael Murphy based on the true story of black attorney Scipio Africanus Jones. Onc...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2013
  • Length: 28:57

  • Added: Dec 26, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Soila Sayialel saves elephants , Credit: Soila Sayialel
Nickson Parmisa tells of hairy, smelly, human-like beasts, which used to roam the Savannah, eating people but not their cattle. Is this just a fabl...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2012
  • Length: 02:57
Caption: Doc Stull, Credit: Danielle DeMartini
Homer's 23rd chapter in the 2800-year-old "Iliad" has no rival.

  • Added: Jul 02, 2012
  • Length: 02:43
Caption: "Laman's River" by Mark Munger
Mark Munger joins Heidi Holtan on Real Good Words to talk about his new mystery novel titled "Laman's River."

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 04, 2012
  • Length: 22:32
  • Purchases: 1
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Lady Molly of Scotland Yard: A Castle in Brittany; Grampa Ed’s Twisted Fairy Tales: The Princess and the Pea

  • Added: Feb 17, 2012
  • Length: 28:35
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A radio program featuring author Julia Alvarez along with Neko Case, Edwidge Danticat, and Junot Diaz, among others.

  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 29:55
Caption: You Can See the Moon, Credit: Chris TEMPLETON
This touching dramatised reconstruction, is based on the extraordinary discovery of the love letters of two Russian Jews living in Stalin’s Russia.

  • Added: Jul 20, 2011
  • Length: 14:53
Caption: Brian Perkins with San Mateo Congresswoman Jackie Speier, Credit: Photo courtesy StoryCorps
San Mateo Congresswoman Jackie Speier has lived quite an eventful life. But arguably the most remarkable event happened during her time spent as a ...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 07:43
Caption: The Teller & The Truth
Andrew is a filmmaker whose credits include Happiness Is and Before the Music Dies. Andrew is working on a new film, The Teller and the Truth, abou...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2011
  • Length: 27:22
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The heart-wrenching true tale of a South Pacific island paradise that commits ecological suicide.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Feb 02, 2011
  • Length: 23:02
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: D.C.'s Octagon House is legendary for its ghostly lore., Credit: Rebecca Sheir
A ghostly tour of Washington, D.C.'s second-most haunted house, where many a thing may -- or may not -- go bump in the night...

Bought by KUOW and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Nov 22, 2010
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Heffron Hall at St. Mary's University
In part two of our visit with Patrick Marek on the Ghost of Heffron Hall we learn of haunted happenings at the location itself. We also get to hear...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2010
  • Length: 24:34
Caption: Heffron Hall at St. Mary's University
Special Guest Patrick Marek stops by KQAL to discuss the legendary ghost of Heffron Hall at St. Mary's University in Winona MN. This haunt has been...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2010
  • Length: 21:30
Caption: Reagan National Airport was almost permanently closed in the days after the 9/11 attacks., Credit: WikiCommons
How one Congressman's bald-faced bluff saved Reagan National from permanent closure.

  • Added: Sep 09, 2010
  • Length: 06:07
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This is the true story of the only Canadian federal politician in history to be assassinated, the last public execution in Canada, and a mystery th...

Bought by KUT, Public Radio Remix, and WRPI


  • Added: May 02, 2010
  • Length: 53:42
  • Purchases: 3
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Historian and blogger Pam Epstein why 19th century Americans turned to the personals.

Bought by KUT and WILL


  • Added: Feb 03, 2010
  • Length: 06:38
  • Purchases: 2
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It was 20 years ago this month the Berlin Wall finally fell. But I still recall the incredibly intense atmosphere I witnessed in the days just afte...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2009
  • Length: 03:50
Caption: Original Armory in Oswego, NY, Credit: Jasmyn Belcher
Once a year on Halloween, ghosts and ghouls get their day of recognition. But for one group of Central New Yorkers, the paranormal...is normal.

Bought by WAMC and KUT


  • Added: Oct 30, 2009
  • Length: 07:03
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: House in Hue where GI broadcasters made their stand
A Veteran's Day flashback to two tales of survival from one historic battle

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, Public Radio Remix, KUT, and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 19, 2009
  • Length: 10:36
  • Purchases: 4
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The Legend of Lizzie Borden

Bought by KISU, Red River Radio Network, WTIP, WRNC-LP, and KUT


  • Added: Sep 22, 2009
  • Length: 02:02
  • Purchases: 5
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A patient seeks revenge on an evil doctor.

Bought by KCHW, KISU, Red River Radio Network, and KUT


  • Added: Sep 22, 2009
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 4
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The Mary Celeste ghost ship

Bought by KISU, Red River Radio Network, WTIP, and KUT


  • Added: Sep 22, 2009
  • Length: 02:02
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: The Villisca Axe Murder House
A riveting and haunting journey into one of America's most sensational murder mysteries.

Bought by KFAI, Public Radio Remix, KUT, WILL, KUOW and more


  • Added: Feb 28, 2009
  • Length: 22:29
  • Purchases: 6