In 1931, Ulman Owens, a lighthouse keeper, suffered a sudden, horrible death. The cause of his death is an unsolved mystery. Many people believe he was murdered. Support this podcast === EPISODE RELEASE DATE: 06/13/2025. === HISTORICAL REFERENCES - The Mysterious Death of a Lighthouse Keeper : History of the Holland Island Bar Lighthouse FBI Investigation Does Not Solve Mystery In Death of Lighthouse Keeper , Lighthouse Digest, Oct. 2007. For Whom the Bell Tolls , Chesapeake Bay Maritime Muse...
Jun 13, 2025•1 hr 5 min
In 1878, Catherine Richards, a 14 year old girl in Plainfield, New York, was murdered by an obsessed man, after she rejected his marriage proposal. Support this podcast === EPISODE RELEASE DATE: 03/22/2025. === HISTORICAL REFERENCES - The Tragic Murder of Catherine Richards: Local History Notes of Southern New York , July 14, 2024, specifically, reprints of news articles from the Oneonta Herald ( Oneonta, NY) and the Daily Republican (Utica, NY), June 28, 1878. Gordon W. Treadwell, Myron Bue...
Mar 22, 2025•49 min
In the 1980s, a series of strange, unexplainable things begin to occur, after a new, upscale housing development is built over a forgotten cemetery for ex-slaves. Support this podcast === EPISODE RELEASE DATE: 02/17/2025. === HISTORICAL REFERENCES: The Black Hope Mystery - Ben and Jean Williams, The Black Hope Horror: The True Story of a Haunting (1991). Black Hope Curse , article (with many news articles and reference sources listed at bottom of page). Police Blotter & Court News - The Su...
Feb 17, 2025•36 min
The true stories of the mysterious deaths of two random American women in 1932. The cases remain unsolved. Support this podcast === EPISODE RELEASE DATE: 01/28/2025. === HISTORICAL REFERENCES: Death of Elizabeth Cook - New York Times, Feb. 20 & 21, 1932. Associated Press, Feb. 18 & 20, 1932. Boston Post, Feb. 12, 1932. Death of Nora Smithson - Arizona Daily Star, January 19th, 1932. Police Blotter & Court News - Cleveland Plain Dealer, August 28, 1863. VOICES - Death of Elizabet...
Jan 28, 2025•45 min
Back By Popular Demand! On this episode, we feature our Sixth presentation of the 1939 radio broadcast of "A Christmas Carol" , by Charles Dickens, featuring the voices of Orson Welles and Lionel Barrymore. Complete, and uncut. ENJOY !!! Merry Christmas! Support this podcast ==== HISTORICAL REFERENCES: A Christmas Carol , Campbell’s Playhouse, CBS Radio Network, December 24, 1939 (radio play, audio). O’Leary, Dorothy, Barrymore’s Scrooge , New York Times, December 21, 1947 (interview with Lionel...
Dec 20, 2024•1 hr 21 min
Listen to our wild collection of Strange, Spooky, and Sinister Stories, for Halloween !!! Boo! Support this podcast === EPISODE RELEASE DATE: 10/18/2024. === THE STORIES: 1_ My Childhood Paranormal Experience 2_ A Sinister Neighbor 3_ Time Reversed For Me 4_ A Haunted Husband – Narrated by Kathleen Li (00:18:42) 5_ Something In The Corner 6_ The Vanishing Rest Stop 7_ A Ghost Ruined My Date 8_ Your Nightmares 9_ My Mom's Antique Clock – Narrated by Erin Suminsby (00:34:54) 10_ The Ouija Board Th...
Oct 18, 2024•1 hr 41 min
Our hiatus is almost over! Listen for details!
Oct 07, 2024•1 min
Sorry, that we've been away, without explanation. Listen, and hear what's going on. For both Now , and the Future .
Aug 24, 2024•2 min
In 1851, an unknown man suddenly appeared in a small town Germany, saying he was a survivor of a shipwreck, but claiming to be from a country (and continent) that no one had ever heard of. Yet, he was fully believed. The police chief wondered if he might have somehow traveled from another world. <a href="paypal.me/forgottennewspodcast"ref="payment">Support this podcast</a> === EPISODE RELEASE DATE: 06/26/2024. === HISTORICAL REFERENCES: Newspaper Clipping of the Day , Strange Company...
Jun 26, 2024•27 min
Approximately a half century ago, a young female Navy officer vanished without a trace. The incident remains completely unsolved, and extremely puzzling. <a href="paypal.me/forgottennewspodcast"ref="payment">Support this podcast</a> === EPISODE RELEASE DATE: 04/26/2024. === HISTORICAL REFERENCES: What Ever Happened To Elaine Faye Lehtinen: Vanished Veteran Elaine Faye Lehtinen (Oct 22, 2018). Elaine Faye Lehtinen , The Charley Project (April 1, 2012). Kidnap-Murder Top Theory on Miss...
Apr 26, 2024•38 min
In April 1947, in Woodward, Oklahoma, during the aftermath of a massive violent tornado, a 4 year old girl was mysteriously kidnapped at a hospital, and was never seen again. <a href="paypal.me/forgottennewspodcast"ref="payment">Support this podcast</a> === EPISODE RELEASE DATE: 03/23/2024. === HISTORICAL REFERENCES: Unfortunately, because of limitations on the length of our show notes, by our host website, we cannot provide a list of our reference sources, on this page. However, we ...
Mar 23, 2024•57 min
In 1950, in a tiny town in Louisiana, an 18-year-old girl was terrorized by an unseen man, who would make wolf whistles and a funeral dirges, night after night, outside of her bedroom window. <a href="paypal.me/forgottennewspodcast"ref="payment">Support this podcast</a> === EPISODE RELEASE DATE: 02/27/2024. === HISTORICAL REFERENCES: Unfortunately, because of limitations on the length of our show notes, by our host website, we cannot provide a list of our reference sources, on this p...
Feb 27, 2024•48 min
This episode is our annual Christmas Special , featuring a presentation of the 1949 radio dramatization of "Dancing Dan's Christmas", by Damon Runyon, as broadcast on the CBS Radio Network. Complete, and uncut. There will also be our traditional Christmas tunes and short essays by Charles Dickens and G.K. Chesterton. ENJOY !!! Merry Christmas! - from your hosts - Jim, Kit Caren and Jessica. <a href="paypal.me/forgottennewspodcast"ref="payment">Support this podcast</a> ==== HISTORICAL...
Dec 21, 2023•50 min
Did the teen-age daughter of a wealthy couple blow up their yacht, to commit their murder? <a href="paypal.me/forgottennewspodcast"ref="payment">Support this podcast</a> === EPISODE RELEASE DATE: This episode was originally uploaded on December 5, 2023. It was accidentally deleted on December 17, 2023. This is a re-upload , on that same date. === HISTORICAL REFERENCES: Overell and Gollum --The Most Famous Trial in the Old Courthouse , Los Angeles Times, (article, July 23,1988). Murde...
Dec 18, 2023•51 min
Please listen , and find out why there has been a delay, and what you can expect next !
Nov 26, 2023•2 min
Listen to our wild collection of Strange, Spooky, and Crazy Stories, for Halloween !!! Boo! Support this podcast === EPISODE RELEASE DATE: 10/25/2023. === GUEST NARRATORS: 09:39 The Glowing Girl - Narrated by Ashlee Craft 12:13 The Red Haired Ghost Girl - Narrated by Jerry Kokich 14:24 The Girl on the Other Side of the Door - Narrated by Mia Rorah 18:18 A Balloon Messed Up My Life. 21:30 My Stalker - Narrated by Kelsey Olivieri 28:55 Deranged Dopelganger - Narrated by Scott Barry & Meadow Sa...
Oct 25, 2023•1 hr 45 min
In 1892, an Ohio newspaper published a horrifying story about a man who spent 4 years in prison, as a result of a false accusation of a violent sex crime. But, did any aspect of the incident really happen? Did the people in the story actually exist? <a href="paypal.me/forgottennewspodcast"ref="payment">Support this podcast</a> === HISTORICAL REFERENCES: The Mystery of the Underwood-Offett Scandal: The Cleveland Gazette , January 16, 1892. Wells, Ida B., The Red Record (book, 1895), a...
Sep 27, 2023•45 min
The stories of the homicides committed by the hypnotically-beautiful Miss Mexico of 1928, and by Bathsheba Spooner, the first woman to be executed in the U.S. <a href="paypal.me/forgottennewspodcast"ref="payment">Support this podcast</a> === HISTORICAL REFERENCES Unfortunately, because of limitations on the length of our show notes, by our host website, we cannot provide a list of our reference sources, on this page. However, we will be happy to provide that information, in regard to...
Aug 25, 2023•1 hr 13 min
In 1954, a young teen girl was brutally murdered in Baltimore. The killing has never been solved, despite a massive investigation, and numerous suspects. <a href="paypal.me/forgottennewspodcast"ref="payment">Support this podcast</a> === HISTORICAL REFERENCES: Unfortunately, because of limitations on the length of our show notes, by our host website, we cannot provide a list of our reference sources, on this page. However, we will be happy to provide that information, in regard to thi...
Jul 15, 2023•1 hr 10 min
Two featured stories! Why are men’s sleeveless undershirts called a "wife beater"? Why did murder victim Donna Doll have 6 pounds of potatoes in her stomach? <a href="paypal.me/forgottennewspodcast"ref="payment">Support this podcast</a> === HISTORICAL REFERENCES: Unfortunately, because of limitations on the length of our show notes, by our host website, we cannot provide a list of our reference sources, on this page. However, we will be happy to provide that information, in regard to...
Jun 02, 2023•1 hr 2 min
Two mysterious deaths - 20 years apart: Jeanette DePalma (1972) (06:10) Arnold Schuster (1952) (21:56) Listen, and hear their stories. <a href="paypal.me/forgottennewspodcast"ref="payment">Support this podcast</a> === HISTORICAL REFERENCES: Jeanette DePalma murder: The Unsolved Case of Jeannette DePalma , Weird N.J. (Issue #22, 1997). Pollack, Jesse, Death on the Devil's Teeth: The Strange Murder That Shocked Suburban New Jersey . The History Press (2015; (2022 Revised ed.) Muscavage...
Mar 21, 2023•39 min
In 1939, Stephen Melkey was killed by a car, after he stepped onto a busy highway, blindfolded, with his hands tied behind his back. Listen, and hear the entire strange story. P.S.: This episode is a little shorter than usual. Sorry! But, we didn't want a month to go by, with nothing released. <a href="paypal.me/forgottennewspodcast"ref="payment">Support this podcast</a> === HISTORICAL REFERENCES: The Mysterious Death of Stephen Melkey The South Bend Tribune , South Bend, Indiana, De...
Feb 24, 2023•37 min
TWO featured stories! The 1926 radio drama, that convinced listeners that a spontaneous violent revolution had broken out. The 1948 unsolved murder of Gladys Kern, in Los Angeles, California. <a href="paypal.me/forgottennewspodcast"ref="payment">Support this podcast</a> === EPISODE RELEASE DATE: 01/27/2023. === HISTORICAL REFERENCES: Holy terror: The first great radio hoax , Planet Slade (webpage, 2013). The Radio Panic of 1926 , The1920sChannel (YouTube video, 2020). Gladys Kern Mur...
Jan 27, 2023•1 hr 4 min
On this episode, we feature our Fifth Annual presentation of the 1939 radio broadcast of "A Christmas Carol" , by Charles Dickens, featuring the voices of Orson Welles and Lionel Barrymore. Complete, and uncut. ENJOY !!! Merry Christmas! - from your hosts - Jim, Kit Caren and Jessica. <a href="paypal.me/forgottennewspodcast"ref="payment">Support this podcast</a> ==== HISTORICAL REFERENCES: A Christmas Carol , Campbell’s Playhouse, CBS Radio Network, December 24, 1939 (radio play, aud...
Dec 18, 2022•1 hr 23 min
A teen girl is murdered, and her suspected killer is lynched, as a result of jealousy, suspicion, and lies, in Bellfontaine, Ohio, in 1875. <a href="paypal.me/forgottennewspodcast"ref="payment">Support this podcast</a> === EPISODE RELEASE DATE: 11/15/2022. === HISTORICAL REFERENCES: Tragedy in Logan County: Unfortunately, because of limitations on the length of our show notes, by our host website, we cannot provide a list of our reference sources, on this page. However, we will be ha...
Nov 15, 2022•1 hr 32 min
A random collection of Strange, Spooky, and Unusual Stories, for Halloween 2022 !!! Boo! <a href="paypal.me/forgottennewspodcast"ref="payment">Support this podcast</a> === EPISODE RELEASE DATE: 10/25/2022. === THE STORIES: 08:30 Mystery crash in my sister’s bedroom . 09:38 The Newest Ghost – Narrated by Kathleen Li , voice performer and audiobook narrator . 21:51 Daughter’s Closet . 23:41 My Doppelganger . 32:18 Scary Noise with Invisible Source. 33:13 Bertha Cummings, Ghost Girl: A ...
Oct 25, 2022•1 hr 23 min
Two young women, Geraldine Mingo and Mary Agnes Kabiska, were the victims of an psychotic killer, in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1949 and 1950, respectively. Listen, and hear the story of their tragic unsolved murders, on our 5th Anniversary mini-episode. <a href="paypal.me/forgottennewspodcast"ref="payment">Support this podcast</a> === EPISODE RELEASE DATE: 07/30/2022. === HISTORICAL SOURCE: Somebody Knows , CBS radio network (radio program), July 13, 1950. === MISCELLANEOUS: Host Intro...
Jul 30, 2022•48 min
The “mysterious” disappearance of an 8 year old girl, while on a family camping trip in 1946, and her reappearance, 6 days later. But, the real mystery is whether there was a mystery, at all. Listen, and hear the story behind the story. <a href="paypal.me/forgottennewspodcast"ref="payment">Support this podcast</a> === EPISODE RELEASE DATE: 06/08/2022. === HISTORICAL REFERENCES: Unfortunately, because of limitations on the length of our show notes, by our host website, we cannot provi...
Jun 08, 2022•58 min
In 1949, the legislature of the state of Illinois voted to protect birds, by declaring war against free-roaming cats. It did not end well … for the birds. Listen, and hear the story behind the story. <a href="paypal.me/forgottennewspodcast"ref="payment">Support this podcast</a> === EPISODE RELEASE DATE: 04/23/2022. === HISTORICAL REFERENCES Dog’s Life for the Cats Is Voted in Illinois Bill, New York Times, April 13, 1949. Friends of Cats beat Tom-Toms for Feline Rights , Associated P...
Apr 23, 2022•38 min
In 1919, a large, vicious mob of white racists terrorized the black community of Marion, Ohio, and forced every black person (over 200 families), to leave the city, under threat of violence and murder. <a href="paypal.me/forgottennewspodcast"ref="payment">Support this podcast</a> === EPISODE RELEASE DATE: 04/11/2022. === HISTORICAL REFERENCE: Ohio Mysteries Podcast, Mob Mentality: Marion Ohio, 1919 , Episode, Jan. 23, 2022. === GUEST VOICES: Narrators - Paula Schleis and Steve Yoder ...
Apr 11, 2022•36 min
