A premature baby born before the 1940s had little chance of survival unless the baby was lucky enough to be part of a popular sideshow exhibit at Coney Island.

Albany jeweler Samuel Resnick retired to Phoenix, Arizona, but something went wrong. He ended up paying to have himself murdered.

The 1869 discovery of this fossilized giant provided the first definitive proof that giants once did inhabit the Earth. Listen to find out the real facts in the story.

Stephen Dennison was sent to prison for stealing $5.00 worth of chocolates back in 1926. He was still there 34 years later.

Slavomir Rawich's escape from a Siberian prison camp is among the greatest stories of survival ever. So great that it seems totally unbelievable at times.

For a while, it seemed like Dumpy the Dog could survive just about anything, but a puppy-hood illness came back to haunt him.

William Kogut decided to end his life using a deck of ordinary playing cards. Learn how he managed to do so in this fascinating true story.

Ida Mayfield Wood lived as a recluse for 24 years. When she died, 1,103 people claimed to be the heir to her fortune. Who would get her fortune?

Wealthy Ann Cooper Hewitt was tricked into being sterilized at age 20. Just why did her mother do so?

The Phantom Sniper terrorized women in the Los Angeles area in the early 1950s. He was captured due to one minor mistake that many would have overlooked.

Long forgotten story about the strange kidnapping of Milly McGill back in 1945. It is what happened after Milly was returned back to her parents that is the oddest part of this true story.

A Christmas Eve celebration for the children of Calumet, Michigan turned into a death trap.

Can you imagine Thanksgiving without cranberries? That happened in 1959 when cooks across America tossed out all of their cranberry products.

Eleven circus elephants died from arsenic poisoning within one-week. The search for the murderer was on...

One of the best stories ever covered on this podcast. It's the story of two men placed on trial for murder and were saved from almost certain death by an event that occurred many miles away.

The fascinating true story of three Milwaukee men who started bombing Milwaukee Sears stores in an effort to obtain $100,000 and escape in their homemade submarine.

A long-forgotten story about the sensational kidnapping of Caleb Milne IV back in 1935.

The residents of Palomares in Spain are still dealing with the effects of the four hydrogen bombs accidentally dropped on this small fishing village back in 1966.

The incredible true story of two Polish doctors who used the microbe Proteus OX19 to create a pseudo typhus epidemic, which saved the lives of over 8,000 people.

Jackie Robinson is best remembered for being the first African American to play for one of the Major League baseball teams, but his 1944 court-martial for his refusal to "go to the back of the bus" nearly derailed his career.

Hard to believe, but the United States Army once had a bicycle corps.

When radium was discovered, it quickly found its way into many products. One of those was glow-in-the dark watch faces. This was a deadly mistake.

Henry Ford is best remembered as the father of the Model T and the assembly line, but his efforts to get the American people dancing are nearly forgotten.

The true story of the 1897 invention of the "accumulator" that was designed to extract gold from the world's oceans.

The unbelievable story of how to deal with the disposal of millions of pieces of the toy Flubber. It's the product that they just couldn't put down!