Campfire Stories: Astonishing History
Gather round, campers, and let me tell you a story! We'll cover the best true tales of mysteries, histories, true crime, and real heroes from all over the world. We'd love to have you pull up a seat to the campfire and give us a listen.
Episodes
14 episodes
Episode 13: The Assassination of Harvey Milk and George Moscone
Come gather around the campfire and let me tell you about the assassination of LGBT+ Icon Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone. Milk and Moscone were both San Francisco politicians and civil rights leaders whose lives were cut short by thei...
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1:14:45
Episode 12: The Crazy Fan Murder of Selena
Come gather around the campfire and let me tell you about the crazy fan murder of Selena Quintanilla-Pérez. **This episode includes sensitive content (CW: death, murder, sexual violence, suicide). Listener discretion is adv...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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46:49
Episode 11: The Perilous Fate of the American Space Pioneers
Come gather around the campfire and let me tell you about the Perilous Fate of the American Space Pioneers. Last episode covered the accidents and tragedies of the early Soviet space program, our rivals in the space race and partners in space e...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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1:09:15
Episode 10: The Terrible Fate of Vladimir Komarov and the Lost Cosmonauts
Come gather around the campfire and let me tell you about the fate of some of the early Soviet space pioneers, including the first death in any space program, Valentin Bondarenko, the failed mission of Soyuz 1, the amazing achievement of...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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59:18
Episode 9: The Elite Disappearance of Dorothy Arnold
Come gather around the campfire and hear about one of the most puzzling missing person's cases in U.S. history. It seemed to be a regular winter day when heiress Dorothy Arnold left home for a shopping trip. She was just going to buy...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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33:14
Episode 8 (Part 2): The Classified Code-Breakers of World War II
Come gather around the campfire and let me tell you a story about some of the smartest military teams you've never heard of. Today we’re going to be talking about the code-breakers of World War II. Part 1 discussed Native American ...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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39:12
Episode 8 (Part 1): The Secret Code-Talkers of World War II
Come gather around the campfire and let me tell you a story about the American heroes you may not have heard about. Today we’re going to be talking about the code-breakers and code-talkers of World War II. This episode actually turned ou...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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37:12
Episode 7: The Mysterious Ghost Ships Flying Dutchman, Mary Celeste, and Carroll A. Deering
Come gather around the campfire and let me tell you about the great mystery of the high-seas: ghost ships. Hear about the history of the legend of these mysterious vessels, some legendary and some true stories that have puzzled sailors, ...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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45:51
Episode 6: The Creepy Urban Legend of Poisoned Halloween Candy
Come gather around the campfire and let me tell you about the creepy urban legend that has held fast throughout history. Is there any truth to the idea of strangers slipping poison or sharp objects to unsuspecting trick-or-treaters? Wher...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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33:02
Episode 5: Two Incredible Stories of Sole Survivors Juliane Koepcke and Ada Blackjack Johnson
Come gather around the campfire and let me tell you about two incredible stories of survival. Juliane Koepcke and Ada Blackjack Johnson lived 50 years and 7,000 miles apart. One of them fell two miles into the Amazon rainforest after her...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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44:30
Episode 4: The Heroic Story of Nikolai Vavilov and the Saviors of the Seeds
Come gather around the campfire and let me tell you about a small group of Russian scientists who gave everything to protect the future of humanity's food supply during the brutal 900-day Siege of Leningrad. Hear about the life of their ...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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30:47
Episode 3: The Doomed Terra Nova Antarctic Expedition of Robert Falcon Scott
Come gather around the campfire and hear about the freezing race to the South Pole. The Heroic Age of Arctic Exploration was in full swing, and British explorer Robert Falcon Scott led two voyages to the largely unexplored continent ...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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42:04
Episode 2: The Haunting Story of Rasputin and the Fall of the Romanovs
Come gather around the campfire and let me take you to the tragic and brutal end of the Russian Empire. Tsar Nicholas II, Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna, and their children Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, and Alexei had no idea that they ...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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30:54
Episode 1: The Radioactive Story of Louis Slotin, Harry Daghlian, and the Demon Core of Los Alamos
Come gather around the campfire and let me tell you about the radioactive secrets of Los Alamos and the town's shocking accidents. During and directly after World War II, scientists worked on secret nuclear projects across the United Sta...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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