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JFK Almost Assassinated (1960) [Revisited] 2023-11-21
Joe Hill's Last Will (1915) 2023-11-19
Pence Gets Booed At "Hamilton" (2016) 2023-11-16
Henry Ford Contests An Election (1918) 2023-11-14
The Exploding Whale (1970) 2023-11-12
"The Demon of Andersonville" Executed for War Crimes (1865) 2023-11-09
An Explosion Rocks The Capitol (1983) 2023-11-07
Elected While In A Coma (1980) 2023-11-05
The Unmarked Grave (2019) w/ Joe Richman 2023-11-02
The Americans Fighting In Spain (1938) w/ Adam Hochschild 2023-10-31
The Donora Killer Smog (1948) 2023-10-29
NOW is Next (1966) 2023-10-26
Colin + Obama (2008) w/ Leah Wright Rigueur 2023-10-24
"The Jazz Singer" and Hollywood Empire (1927) w/ Walt Hickey 2023-10-22
Trump Shows Up In New Hampshire (1987) w/ Robert Fleegler 2023-10-19
Carter Restores Jefferson Davis's Citizenship (1978) 2023-10-17
"Operation Clark County" Totally Backfires (2004) 2023-10-15
The Real Free State of Jones (1863) 2023-10-12
The Scrub Bull Trials (1919) 2023-10-10
The Poisoned Tylenol Panic (1982) 2023-10-08
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