Stephanie Hoover Has That Story
Whether it's history, crime or legend, non-fiction author Stephanie Hoover has that story. Join Stephanie for concise, yet intriguing, discussions of cultural history, historical true crime, and folklore. It's "history-tainment" at its finest.
Episodes
27 episodes
The Killing of Fright Night
How the popular vampire franchise Fright Night was killed by one of the most notorious murders in American history.
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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13:29
Monte Proser's Copacabana: The Inside Story of New York’s Iconic, Gangster-Run, Star-Studded Nightclub
* Includes an Exclusive Interview with the Legendary Singer Johnny Mathis * It was “the” place to see and be seen. But it was too successful for Monte Proser’s own good.Monte Proser was described as a “little guy who was ...
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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20:19
Politicians and Psychics: An Unpredictable History
Spiritualism, the belief in the ability to speak with the dead, started as a practical joke in 1848 when two teenage girls in upstate New York realized they could produce seemingly paranormal noises by cracking their toe knuckles, of all things...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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9:52
Special Election Day Episode: The Five Worst Predictions... Ever!
It's Election Day in America and the only thing we can be sure of is that a lot of people will have a lot of predictions.Humans have tried to predict the future since the first caveman wondered if it would rain. But the truth is, no one ...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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9:00
When A Stranger Calls, Scream - Because It's Halloween: True Events That Inspired Scary Movies
There are two kinds of people in the world: people who cover their face with pillows while they watch scary movies - and those of us who inch closer to the screen the scarier the movie gets. We've all heard the dime store psychology...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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14:55
Werewolves: The Legends of Lycanthropy
As the old rhyme goes...Even he who is pure of heartAnd says his prayers at nightMay become a wolf when the wolfbane bloomsAnd the moon is full and bright.We all know the legends - but where did this myth of "ma...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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9:25
Vampires: The Origin of the Myth
In June 2015, a 21-year-old Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania man was arrested on charges of “bloodletting” and sexual assault. He allegedly not only convinced several underage victims to slice their wrists so he could drink their blood, he als...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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8:15
Grave Robbing, Human Dissection and Science: The Surprising History of Body Snatching
Dissection of the human body dates back to the time of the ancient Egyptians. But this form of medical study was not common practice in the U.S. until the 1740s when the University of Pennsylvania taught America's first formal anatomy course. W...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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9:07
The 1858 "Eliza Battle" Sinking: America's Most Famous Ghost Ship
In October 1857, British citizen Charles McKay left London for North America and an extensive tour of the U.S. and Canada. He was writing about his adventures for a British newspaper. Five months into the trip, during a stop in Alabama,...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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8:49
Dr. Zimmerly's House of Horrors: Hell on Earth in Rural Pennsylvania
In 1935, Gloria Lawson learned that she was pregnant for the third time. She left her home in Calvert County, Maryland for what she thought would be a brief visit to Dr. Harry C. Zimmerly's makeshift, back alley abortion clinic in Lancaster Cou...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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10:18
The 1969 Vietnam Draft Lottery: 90 Minutes Changed the Lives of Half a Million Men
In 1969, you did not want your birthdate to be September 14th.Why? Because if you were born on that date between the years 1944 and 1950, you were "number one" in the December 1, 1969 Vietnam draft lottery. Without a deferment ...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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9:05
The Killing of John Sharpless: A Rich White Man, an Innocent Black Man, and a Complete Absence of Justice
This is the story of the killing of John Sharpless. It's the story of a rich white man and the black man (Samuel Johnson) unjustly accused of causing his death. It's a story of money and murder... corruption, and a criminal justice system sorel...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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17:00
Labor Day 1921: Miss America, Women's Rights and the Double Standard That Divided Them
On Labor Day in 1921, women across the nation were - for the first time - registering to vote in state primary elections. They had, just a year earlier, won this right and were now arming themselves for the next battle: equal pay for equal work...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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10:15
The 1934 Kelayres Massacre: A Bloody Chapter in American Political History
Politics has always had a dark side. But what happened in the small Pennsylvania mining town of Kelayres is downright evil. Five men were killed. Twenty-six men, women and children were injured. Perhaps the most shocking thing about the massacr...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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17:09
Rose Mackenberg: Harry Houdini's Right Hand Woman Was a Force in Her Own Right
Rose Mackenberg is often described as "Harry Houdini's investigator" or his "right hand woman." The truth is, though, that Rose had a longer career of debunking fraudulent Spiritualist mediums than her famous mentor ever had.In this epi...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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11:47
Pennsylvania's Hex Murders
Tourists arrive by the thousands to enjoy the classic sights and attractions of Pennsylvania Dutch Country: Amish families in horse-drawn buggies, vast farms, old-fashioned smorgasbord restaurants, and - of course - the colorful floral and geom...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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11:53
Insured to Death: Life Insurance and the Crimes It Inspired
Before it was regulated, life insurance was the motive for more crimes than a room full of screenwriters could ever conceive. Murder, faux suicide, mysterious disappearances - even self-mutilation - were all employed in fraudulent life insuranc...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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11:36
Six Things You Don't Know about the Kennedy Assassination
The Warren Commission wrote what was supposed to be the final word on the assassination of the 35th president of the United States, John F. Kennedy. Unfortunately, its report spawned a seemingly endless stream of conspiracy theories about Lee H...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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12:17
Joseph Faurot and the First Fingerprint Conviction
The use of fingerprints as a means of establishing identity dates back to 300 BC. But, it was American agricultural scientist Thomas Taylor who first proposed, in 1877, the use of palm and finger marks to identify criminals.The elevatio...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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10:21
Did Spiritualists Kill Harry Houdini?
Harry Houdini, in the last years of his life, stepped up his efforts to debunk fraudulent Spiritualists. In 1924, he exposed Margary, one of the Spiritualism movement's most touted mediums. When Houdini died unexpectedly two years later, some w...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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12:58
The FBI and the Black Dahlia
January 15, 1947. All true crime aficionados know this as the day that Elizabeth Short - better known as the Black Dahlia - was found in a vacant lot in a southern L.A. housing development. Most also know she was cut in half and drained of bloo...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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11:27
Psychic Detectives: Usually Right - in Hindsight
In the 1970s, the CIA spent a surprising amount of time and effort in evaluating the possible benefits of using psychics in law enforcement investigations. But, two of the earliest, supposedly most reliable, of these supernatural sleuths...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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13:31
A Special Father's Day Episode: Romer Troxell and His Murdered Son
While looking down at the face of his murdered son, Romer Troxell heard a familiar voice. It was his boy, Charlie, guiding him to the killer. On this special episode of Stephanie Hoover Has That Story, Stephanie tells you the mystifyin...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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10:14
The Disappearance of Agatha Christie
For eleven days in December 1926, the world had only one question: Where is Agatha Christie?In this episode, historical true crime author Stephanie Hoover walks you through Agatha Christie's mysterious disappearance and the worldwide ma...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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8:40
Luminol and the Sam Sheppard Murder Trial
Today, Luminol is used in nearly every crime show and police procedural. But, during the infamous Sam Sheppard murder trial, it was still a new and somewhat suspect investigation tool. In this episode, historical true crime author Stephanie Hoo...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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6:31