Épisodes

  • Jap Herron, Hidden Rockwell and Ticket to Fly

    Jap Herron, Hidden Rockwell and Ticket to Fly
    Sep 25 2025
    Don examines a novel supposedly written by the ghost of a legendary author, a painting that isn't quite what it seems and a replica of the plane that flew in the first commercial airline flight.

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    39 min
  • King Neptune, Friday Night Bank Robber and Karluk's Last Voyage

    King Neptune, Friday Night Bank Robber and Karluk's Last Voyage
    Sep 18 2025
    Don examines a patriotic pig that helped fund World War II, a man's trek to rescue his crew during an brutal Arctic expedition and two activists who risked their lives to take down a superpower and save the whales.

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    39 min
  • The First Super Computer, Flying Under Fire and Dighton Rock

    The First Super Computer, Flying Under Fire and Dighton Rock
    Sep 11 2025
    Don examines a boulder covered in strange carvings that could turn American history on its head, a sword belonging to an explorer accused of treason and the marble bust of a great leader who tried to untangle an ancient puzzle.

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    39 min
  • Cupid's Bullet, the Man Who Fooled Houdini and Snail Telegraph

    Cupid's Bullet, the Man Who Fooled Houdini and Snail Telegraph
    Sep 4 2025
    Don examines a war-time surgery that was truly life or death, a magician that challenged the legendary Harry Houdini and a race to discover wireless communication that lead to a slimy invention.

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    40 min
  • Swamp People, Walkie-Talkie Heist and Grant's Writing Water

    Swamp People, Walkie-Talkie Heist and Grant's Writing Water
    Aug 28 2025
    Don examines an enigmatic canoe which unlocked the origins of a lost civilization, a miracle drug used by a Civil War hero in his last battle and a bust involved in a supernatural game of chess.

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    39 min
  • North Pole Expedition, Iceberg Fleet and the Minnesota Iceman

    North Pole Expedition, Iceberg Fleet and the Minnesota Iceman
    Aug 21 2025
    Don examines the chilling stories behind an eccentric motorized expedition to the North Pole, a frozen feat of nautical engineering during World War II and a carnival creature in an ice block.

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    40 min
  • Michelangelo the Forger, Finders Keepers, Brownie Wise and the Wonderbowl

    Michelangelo the Forger, Finders Keepers, Brownie Wise and the Wonderbowl
    Aug 14 2025
    Don examines a statue created by the world's best-known art forger, a mysterious cache of buried gold coins and a woman whose sales technique made Tupperware a household name.

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    41 min
  • Metal Winners, the Big Con and Operation Babylift

    Metal Winners, the Big Con and Operation Babylift
    Aug 7 2025
    Don investigates a Nobel Prize winner's risky experiment in the face of the Nazis, a creative sting operation that ended the career of a notorious crime boss and a lifesaving airlift out of Vietnam.

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    40 min