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Amazing Tales About History

Marilyn Monroe, PT Barnum, American history, and Revolutionary War insights ... Dive deep into the hidden corners of history with mysteries, fascinating inventions, secret military operations, magical islands, ancient trails, forgotten roadways, Native Americans, supernatural activity, UFOs. 20-minute episodes. Memorable stories. Great guests. We present history as it should be – accurate, engaging, and told with a touch of magic. New episodes every Thursday.

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18:11

The First Nuclear Submarine - The USS Nautilus

Amazing Tales About History ·

2023/07/27

In the 1950s, Connecticut’s latest entry into nautical history was the first nuclear-powered submarine, the U.S.S. Nautilus. The 7.5-million-pound underwater vessel completely changed military strategies globally, because it could stay under water undetected for a long time. The Nautilus was the first sea vessel to travel beneath the Arctic ice cap and it played an important role in the dangerous Cuban Missile Crisis nuclear weapon standoff between the U.S. and Russia. Hear the story of the Nautilus

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25:36

Rochambeau’s Direct Descendant Remenisces About His...

Amazing Tales About History ·

2023/07/20

For Americans, the name Rochambeau is synonymous with the French helping the young United States win its battle for independence against the British. The French general and his 5,000 soldiers worked with George Washington to win the final battle at Yorktown in 1781. And yet, for the French, the American revolution is not as meaningful as their own revolution, which was brewing simultaneously. Plus, the American’s support of France during World War II holds even more significance to many of them. In

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18:40

CT Put the ”Law” in Lawyers

Amazing Tales About History ·

2023/07/13

Not only was the very first law school in the United States in Connecticut, but it trained and set forth dozens of legal scholars who would go on to populate multiple positions in the White House, Congress, the Supreme Court, and governor mansions around the young country. They were the children of the founding fathers who drafted such documents as the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. The story behind the Litchfield Law School, which helped shape our early days of democracy, is

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25:30

Where are Western CT’s Native Americans Now?

Amazing Tales About History ·

2023/07/06

Native Americans in western and eastern Connecticut had decidedly different experiences when white European settlers arrived. This episode focuses on the Native Americans of western Connecticut, who avoided direct involvement in the brutal Indian Wars #1 and #2 (Pequot War and King Phillip’s War). Two reservations exist in western CT, and they are quite small, when compared to those found elsewhere throughout the U.S. Learn about the history and the myths of past Native American activities along the

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20:06

CT’s Game-Changing Contribution to Telephone...

Amazing Tales About History ·

2023/06/29

Alexander Graham Bell’s invention of the telephone was made phenomenally more valuable when the telephone switchboard was invented. George Willard Coy doesn’t get nearly the same name recognition as Bell, but his invention catapulted phone usage globally. It all started with humble, home-made components in a building in New Haven and grew to become the Southern New England Telephone Company and also brought about the first telephone directory and telephone poles. Hear the story from the Photo

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14:06

One Town - Two Very Different American Flags

Amazing Tales About History ·

2023/06/22

Civil War protests in northern states were generally limited to the flying of a white, so-called “peace flag,” with most being lowered after the first year. In Brookfield, a very different American flag was created and flown in protest throughout the entirety of the war – and it looked very similar to the true American flag but was very different in one key aspect. It caused division throughout town for several years – because of its location, making it visible everywhere. Find out what happened to

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19:30

The Greatest Rock Concert That Wasn’t

Amazing Tales About History ·

2023/06/15

It’s been called “The greatest rock concert that wasn’t” – “sex, drugs, and NO rock & roll.” Hear the amazing story of how tens of thousands of would-be concertgoers converged on the tiny CT town of Middlefield – home of the Powder Ridge ski area – despite the fact that a court injunction had cancelled the show. The story is told by Waterbury native and international renowned filmmaker Gorman Bechard, who’s producing a film on the concert.

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17:12

169 Noteworthy Signs

Amazing Tales About History ·

2023/06/08

They’re everywhere – in all 169 towns and cities in Connecticut. Those blue and white history signs that summarize each town’s history. Have you ever taken the time to stop and read the one in your town? Or, when you travel around the state? Hear Tom Fatone tell about going to every CT municipality, reading the sign, taking a picture of it, writing some comments about it, and then publishing the information for all to see.

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23:16

Escaping Execution by Hiding in Judge’s Cave

Amazing Tales About History ·

2023/06/01

When the British monarchy was toppled for 10 years in the 1600s, two of the 60 jurors who condemned King Charles I to death fled England for Connecticut. These high-ranking military officers were chased by agents for King Charles II, the son who wanted to bring revenge on behalf of his father. It’s a nearly 400-year-old episode, with many twists and turns, starting in England and leading to Judge’s Cave on West Rock in Hamden. Their harrowing story is told by the author of The Great Escape of Edward

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21:41

What Remains of CT’s Earliest Turnpikes

Amazing Tales About History ·

2023/05/25

During COVID, a Connecticut resident tracked down – and then drove – all 100 of Connecticut’s original turnpikes, which serviced all but five of the state’s municipalities. Some are interstate highways today; others are neglected, torn-up, and nearly forgotten paths through woodlands. John Schwemmer, an aerospace engineer from Windsor Locks, had to match up ancient and current maps to even find the present-day locations for many of the turnpikes. Hear his fascinating story on this episode.

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17:45

Hidden Revolutionary War Treasure

Amazing Tales About History ·

2023/05/18

We know that vast sums of money passed through Connecticut during the Revolutionary War to pay soldiers for their service. Rumors remain to this day that two shipments were stolen, buried, and never recovered. These stories – from East Thompson and East Granby – involve millions of dollars in gold coins, banknotes, and possibly other relics. Many have searched for this missing Revolutionary War treasure, but none have found it. Hear Joe Iamartino, President of the Thompson Historical Society,

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21:40

The Mystique of the Old Connecticut Path

Amazing Tales About History ·

2023/05/11

There’s a nearly forgotten, 100-mile-long trail that brought the founders of Connecticut from the Massachusetts Bay Colony nearly 400 years ago. The gorgeous and rustic Old Connecticut Path runs through northeast Connecticut’s so-called “forgotten corner” in Windham County (including the towns of Thompson, Woodstock, Eastford, Ashford, Willington, Tolland, Vernon, Manchester, and Hartford). Much of the trail is still in its natural state and the Massachusetts man who has rediscovered and publicized

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20:30

The Ice Man Cometh in Connecticut

Amazing Tales About History ·

2023/05/04

Refrigeration, as a technology, is only about 100 years old. Before then, people kept food chilled in an insulated ice box. You needed to routinely place large chunks of ice in the ice box to make sure food didn’t spoil. For 150 years, the harvesting of ice from ponds and lakes in Connecticut was a big business. We’re going to learn how this was done from the Research Director of the White Memorial Conservation Center in Litchfield, CT, James Fischer, where one of CT’s larger ice operations was

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19:20

Putting the Spotlight on CT’s Lighthouses

Amazing Tales About History ·

2023/04/27

Connecticut has 21 active and inactive lighthouses – from Greenwich to Stonington. Some are on land, and some are built on rock outcroppings in Long Island Sound. Each lighthouse “blinks” in a unique rhythm, or character, so sea captains know which lighthouse it is. The oldest lighthouse museum in the country is in Stonington, and we’ll hear from the Executive Director of the Stonington Historical Society (which owns the museum), Elizabeth Wood, about lighthouses in the state and what the life of a

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23:09

On a CT Whale Hunt, They Found the President’s Desk

Amazing Tales About History ·

2023/04/20

The story of how the famous Resolute Desk in the President’s Oval Office came to be is full of twists and turns – with CT playing a critical role in making it a reality. You simply won’t believe how an expedition to hunt for whales brought such a piece of furniture to the White House. Hear the story from the Executive Director of the New London County Historical Society, Steve Manuel.

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19:53

Timing is Everything: CT as Clock-Making King

Amazing Tales About History ·

2023/04/13

Connecticut produced a lot of “firsts” for the new United States. Among them was clock-making. Plymouth, Bristol and Waterbury were the leading clock manufacturing centers in the country for more than a century. While the technology for making clocks was brought here from England, an ingenious advancement by Eli Terry brought a breakthrough approach to mass production that was copied by other businesses as the industrial revolution grew. Terry’s pupils included the venerable clock maker Seth Thomas

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25:45

UFOs Over Connecticut

Amazing Tales About History ·

2023/04/06

Ever since The New York Times reported in 2017 the existence of the Pentagon’s secret UFO tracking program, and both government and academia now say there’s something to UFOs, the matter has come out of the closet. In Connecticut, many sightings have occurred over the years, including a famous series of incidents over the western portion of the state in the 1980s. From the Roswell, New Mexico incident to the U.S. Navy pilots who were stunned by what they tracked on radar over the Pacific Ocean,

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18:00

200 Years of Fatal Train Accidents in Connecticut

Amazing Tales About History ·

2023/03/30

Rail travel in Connecticut is nearly 200 years old and during that time the state has suffered numerous fatal train accidents. Several incidents set records for accidents in the history books. Seven crashes - in Bridgeport, Darien, East Thompson, North Branford, Norwalk, Ridgefield, and Trumbull - dating back to 1853, killed 85 people and injured hundreds of others, many quite seriously. Host Mike Allen recounts the backstories behind these incidents.

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23:14

When Hungarian Soldiers Came to Rural Connecticut for...

Amazing Tales About History ·

2023/03/23

Rochambeau’s French Army helped the Americans win the fight for independence against Britain in 1781. Yet, they had to overcome multiple cultural and economic hurdles to do so. Among the issues: Hussar Soldiers wore colorful and distinctive uniforms and were brave fighters, but they only spoke German and occasionally pillaged livestock and crops from the citizens of rural, English-speaking Lebanon, CT where they spent the winter of 1780. Yet, the locals were happy to have the money they spent on

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24:59

The Making of Candlewood Lake - CT’s Disneyland

Amazing Tales About History ·

2023/03/15

Connecticut’s largest lake is actually a major hydroelectric generating facility. Candlewood Lake, bordering five towns in western CT, is nearing 100 years old. It’s been generating green electricity since long before the term came into vogue. The story behind its creation – the clearing of 4,500 acres of land, the building of a massive earthen dam to hold 46 billion gallons of water, and the flooding of two former villages – is not well known. Hear the details from two officials with the lake’s

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