It was Halloween Eve, 1938. Suddenly, the ghosts and goblins that were just an imagination in one’s mind became very real. Were there really ghostly invaders descending upon earth to destroy it? That’s what many believed…..
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In 1958 construction began on a new wing at the luxurious Greenbrier resort in West Virginia. What many people didn’t know was that project was actually the cover for a secret bunker to house the U.S. Congress…..
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It was called project Greek Island and it was just a part of this nation’s preparedness during the cold war. We go underground and make a visit…..
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Although this president died in office in 1850, his body was exhumed over a century later to determine if his death was really due to natural causes…..
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This week, many schools in this county are giving their students a couple of weeks of vacation. It is a vacation from school, but for most, it is not a vacation from work. In this county, the largest county east of the Mississippi River, everyone is needed to pitch in…..
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Not long after the first cars were made, the first cars began to break down or get involved in accidents. And that’s why this museum is exists today…..
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Sam Davis had an important choice to make. His decision would determine if he would live or be hung…..
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His job was to use his stealth to maneuver through enemy lines and gather as much information as possible for his own army. His story is one that almost everyone in the state of Tennessee knows by heart….
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We may have heard of cellulosic ethanol production, but cellulosic plants can be used to provide a variety of energy products. Here’s a facility that’s working to offset the use of coal as an energy source…..
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We may have heard tales of grave robbers, but perhaps you never knew that one such case took place in the tomb of one of our U.S. presidents…..
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It’s a story that radio can not do justice. Not because you need to see it, but because you need to smell it.
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LISTEN, my children, and you shall hear of the midnight ride of Paul Revere. On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five, Hardly a man is now alive who remembers that famous day and year. You may remember that famous Longfellow poem but in a moment we’ll separate fact and fiction…..
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He’s probably the most famous dentist that helped win the Revolutionary War. You might not know he cleaned teeth, but you do know his name…..
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It’s one of the world’s most popular varieties of fruit and we have it because one farmer couldn’t get a nasty spout to go away. It’s a story that will take us to two state fairs before a delicious taste is discovered…..
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Because Death Valley is such a difficult environment to support plant and animal life, most suppose that is how it earned its name. But the real origin of the name is attached to a family who actually had a heroic story of survival to tell…..
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On the border of California and Nevada you will find a place that has daunted countless travelers for the past 150 years. Whether they attempted to cross by wagon train or in today’s automobiles, it’s still a place with beauty, intrigue and danger…..
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You’ve heard of Yellowstone and Yosemite, but try naming Vermont’s only National Park…..
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Many farms today use terraces, waterways and conservation tillage to protect soil and water. However, few people today can tell you the man who’s revolutionary book help spur people to action…..
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The animal tracks are three foot in width–and they are real–not made by an imaginary bigfoot, but plain to see to everyone that wades into this river…..
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As July 21st, 1861 dawned, residents of northern Virginia could not fathom what was about to take place. It’s been 150 years since they witnessed the clash of north and south…..
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