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November 11, 2026
Irving Berlin Wrote a Hit About His Michigan Childhood — Too Bad He Never Had One
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November 3, 2026
World War II Gave Rod Serling Nightmares—He Gave America The Twilight Zone
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October 31, 2026
Old-Time Radio Horror: When Your Imagination Did the Special Effects
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October 24, 2026
Gene Autry: The Singing Cowboy Who Battled Robots, Made Rudolph Famous, and Bought a Baseball Team
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October 16, 2026
The Princess Bride Hoax: William Goldman’s Missing Reunion Scene
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October 14, 2026
How a Priest Named Ronald Knox Destroyed Big Ben on the Radio—and Accidentally Terrified Britain
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October 11, 2026
The Great Lafayette: The Magician Whose Greatest Trick Came After Death
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September 30, 2026
The Sting Behind The Sting: Fun Facts and Strange Stories from the Classic Movie
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September 28, 2026
Why the BBC Banned “Deep in the Heart of Texas” During Working Hours
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September 27, 2026
The Smothers Brothers: How Two Nice Boys with a Guitar and Bass Became Television Troublemakers
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September 26, 2026
Scott Joplin and “The Entertainer”: How a 1902 Rag Became a 1970s Pop Hit
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September 19, 2026
Radio Quito’s 1949 War of the Worlds Broadcast: The Hoax That Turned Deadly
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September 16, 2026
The 1939 WJSV Broadcast Day: 19 Hours of Radio That Became an Accidental Time Machine
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September 12, 2026
The Two Boys Named Leslie Who Grew Up to Become American Icons
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September 7, 2026
A Very Special Episode: How 1980s Sitcoms Tried to Save America One Traumatized Child at a Time
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