Don't Look Now

In December 2009, Steven Koecher, a 30 year old from nearby Utah, parked his car in a suburb of Las Vegas and was seen on camera walking through the neighborhood. He was never seen again. He took his wallet and phone but left behind Christmas gifts he had bought for his family. No one has ever found any evidence of foul play or illicit activity. Making the disappearance all the more strange, he was found to have taken several long road trips in the days leading up to h...

Today's episode is a pretty grim one. The Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys was a reform school operated by the state of Florida in Marianna, Fl that first opened in 1900. While the name changed over the years, one thing didn't: constant rumors and reports of abuse at the school. The school was finally closed in 2011 after pressure was brought from a group of former residents calling themselves the white house boys, named after an infamous building on campus where abuse and t...

This week's podcast deals with the Coup in Guatemala in 1954 where the CIA backed a coup and regime change in order to prevent a communist takeover or help the United Fruit Company's bottom line depending on who you ask. The previous government had supported better working conditions and had redistributed uncultivated land away from large landholders (i.e. UFC) which triggered the United States' greatest fear at the time, communism (or possibly loss of corporate profit). Take a li...

Most people know that Amelia Earhart was a famous aviator, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and famously disappeared on an attempt to fly around the world. In today's podcast we talk a bit more about her life, how she got into aviation, and how she got her big break as the first woman to fly across the Atlantic. Come take a listen and find out a bit more about a Kansas legend.

Amy Robsart was born in 1532 in Norfolk, England to a fairly wealthy farming and grazing family. When she was almost 18 she married Roberty Dudley, a younger son of the Earl of Warwick. It was considered to be a love match as opposed to something political or to bind family lines together. However, soon after they were married, Robert became an obvious favortie of Queen Elizabeth I and many thought the two might marry... if he didn't already have a wife. After a linger...