True Stories with Seth Andrews

Lick your lips and enjoy this tribute to an "American classic."

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Maria Paraskeva wanted a wedding dress that she (and the world) would never forget. She certainly achieved it.

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Dr. Pierdante Piccioni was a successful doctor, but not a great human being. Then, a terrible car crash changed everything.

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AI is a billions-of-dollars business, but without realizing it, everyday users are making ChatGPT even more expensive!

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The 1970s and 80s saw rise of two home video giants: Sony Betamax and VHS. Why did one side win as the other waned?

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Explosives-detection dogs save lives. But on a March day in 2016, a dog training exercise failed the sniff test. (Relax. The dogs are fine.)

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Stubby was a brave guy with a funny name. During the first world war, he would save lives and make history.

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Young arctic skier Jade Hameister was insulted by online sexists after her 2016 trek to the North Pole. Her response to the bigots was legendary.

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In the 1940s, the United States government began its public school lunch program. But were its motives all that noble?

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In the 18th Century, a secret group of masons created a society themed around one of the planet's most popular dogs.

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A 22-year-old scrapper in New Salem, Illinois was known as "The Grand Wrestler." His story became a famous piece of history.

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For centuries, the Catholic Church (and others) were terrified of a human attribute that's about as threatening as a pet kitten. Here's the story.

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Tab Babbitt watched lumbermen literally breaking their backs on the whipsaw and thought, "There must be a better way."

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For decades, every January 19th, a mysterious figure walked the Westminster Hall and Burying Ground in Baltimore, Maryland. Who was this person?

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Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski was smart. Yet MIT almost blocked her at the door.

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John's talent got him a job. His temper got him jailed.

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A decades-old comedy movie gave birth to one of the most epic "sports" networks of all time.

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Oh no! The black cat Nemo had gone missing. The story of his return is a crazy one.

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Rebecca and a friend went to a party. Their male host decided to "teach" them about "very important" things.

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Medical paperwork glitches can be dangerous, even deadly. What's happening, and how can it be fixed?

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There's a lonely home to 150 people at the bottom of the world. Their lives are science and survival.

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August 8th, 1963 saw one of the greatest train heists in railroad history. But did the robbers get away with it?

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How far would you go to get a lover out of jail?

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What happens when someone fires a gun into the sky? (Hint: It's not good.)

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What happens when your Confederacy surrenders to the Union but you have no intention of surrendering?

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William Patrick moved to Nazi Germany to make some money in the world of business...and blackmail.

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France's King Charles VI was convinced his medical condition might kill him, but his mind was lying to his matter.

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Robert got a primo job as "leaf spreader" on the 1978 horror movie "Halloween." His story is fascinating.

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Why do sports fans sometimes become violent mobs? This is one of those occasions from Major League Baseball history.

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The 20th Century saw banks often denying womens accounts and loans, but a group of groundbreakers and history-makers built something new in the Man's World.

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Nolan made a coyote mascot for his new restaurant, but when the costume went wrong, Nolan's destiny changed.

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WW2 saw Russian female pilots literally raining terror onto German soldiers, yet the story of the "Night Witches" is often hidden in history.

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A Frontier airlines flier boarded with her emotional support animal. The result was chaos.

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Clever journalists have hidden away a library of banned books, and their solution to censorship is pure genius.

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Music has been studied for its agitating and calming effects. One series of surveys revealed much about songs and our psyches. 

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Epilepsy is the fourth most common neurological disorder, with 1 in 26 Americans experiencing some form of in their lifetimes. Christopher Jones has the condition, and one hell of a survival story.

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Mary's husband died tragically. She kept a literal piece of him for the rest of her life.

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Did gunshot victim Thomas Myers accidentally shoot himself? A lawyer decided to test the case.

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John suffered from a host of health problems...and yet he couldn't tell anyone.

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How many A-list movie stars got their start in bad B movies? You might be surprised.

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Roger had an irrational fear of firearms. What other phobias are floating around out there?

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Elizabeth Packard's husband locked her in an insane asylum. Then...she changed the world.

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Film composing legend John Williams was denied an Academy Award for "Close Encounters of the Third Kind." How could this injustice happen?

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Bolaji Badejo went to a London pub for a drink and became one of the luckiest men in the world.

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Elsie Eiler literally became a small town savior...by becoming mayor.

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Could you eat a delicious steak...if it was dyed blue?

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Richard Williams was a tennis champion who should have been a dead man.

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A hotel in Belgium is renting emotional support animals!

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Oil workers kept getting injured on the job. Their solution was literally fashioned from the ground up.

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A Queen refused to sit on the throne, and she had royal reasons.

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John Stapp strapped himself to a rocket...for science!

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History has seen its share of scientists who've experimented on themselves (with mixed results).

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Warehouse owner Arnold Segale gave one of his tenants an extension on their rent, and he helped to change the world.

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Inventor Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim would invent the first machine gun...and be a case of strange irony.

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New York's Philip Contos insisted on riding his Harley Davidson without a helmet. He paid an ironic price.

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Russia's prison system is its own terrorist organization.

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Computer guy Brian McCracy got stung by a traffic camera, but he got his sweet revenge.

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Elmer Bendiner was the navigator of a B-17 bomber during World War 2. His plane should have never returned from its mission, but strange luck would visit him that day.

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One 9th Century Pope took his revenge on a predecessor...and made history in the strangest of ways.

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What will you leave to others in your Last Will & Testament? Some final requests have been incredibly odd.

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49-year-old Fagilyu Mukhametzyanov died of a heart attack. Or did she?

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A stranded man in a winter storm attempted to chop his way out of the woods.

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A mysterious corpse from the 1800s remains one of the most widely known (and kissed) faces in the world.

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If "you've got mail" at this box in Susami, Japan, you've just received a remarkable souvenier.

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An airline just for men? Welcome to the sexism of the sixties.

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Joe Woodland drew a line in the sand...literally!

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Stephen Wiltshire can draw whole cities. He still doesn't completely understand how or why.

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Ryan Waller was a murder suspect with a black eye and a crazy story.

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It was a celebration of hate, but it was also a Nazi rally unlike any others.

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Phineas Gage changed all of neuroscience...but he wasn't a doctor. He was a victim.

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Enjoy a good, long book? Good luck with Raymond Queneau's book of sonnets.

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How long could you keep a straight face?

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Two Cambridge computer lab researchers changed the world back in 1991. This is the story of the world's first webcam.

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How big is our planet, and who first figured it out?

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Scientists are using a remarkable little "miracle" to help restore the Chernobyl disaster site.

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Every year, patients recover from surgery without fully recovering. The reason is alarming.

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Pilot Jim landed at a small Jamacian airport. Then...people starting shooting at his plane.

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Ever fantasized about getting even with a noisy neighbor?

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An architecture disaster in London got a lot of people in hot water.

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Can you trick TripAdvisor? Oobah Butler decided to find out.

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Cyclist José Meiffret had a need for speed...even at the risk of his own life.

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Visionary director Andrei Tarkovsky shot his groundbreaking film...twice!

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Here's a vintage wine you can only drink with your eyes.

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Tom came up with an ingenious money-making product. Its failure became legendary.


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The holidays are a tempting time for thieves seeking five-fingered "discounts."


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On one terrible day, Li Jingzhi's son disappeared. She moved heaven and earth to find him.

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Are these out-of-the-box wedding gowns tasteful or tragic?

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It was considered one of the most and addictive substances of the 1800s!


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Peter's Church in Lucerne has created a way for Catholics to confess their sins directly to "Christ."


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A South Dakota wild west show became wilder than anyone expected!

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Would you wear a ring that can (supposedly) measure your well-being?

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Toru Iwantani was weary of violent video games. His solution changed the world.

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Would you wear a suit made from human hair?

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