Here is a story about the city I love, Chicago.

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The Earth is Flat! That is the conclusion that many ancient societies once drew. Then, in the 19th century, belief in the flat earth started to return, and in the last decade this easily disprovable fallacy has celebrated a remarkable resurgence. And that's all thanks, in large part, to an 1887 science experiment. This week, for the start of season 8, we're looking at the shaggy dog story of how that experiment came to take place, and how it came to be seen as evidence for the flatness of our planet. 

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Sharks have been known to eat a lot of weird stuff. Fur coats, license plates, cannonballs, chicken coups, even a suit of armor. But the strangest thing ever found within the belly of a shark was... a bundle of papers. Trust me: it's more unbelievable than it sounds.

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Two men, two islands, two claims for The North Pole. In part two of The Cold, Hard, Truth we're looking at the expedition formed in the wake of Peary and Cook's battle for The Pole. An expedition formed with the goal of finding Crocker Land, a lost arctic continent, and the truth.

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On September 7th, 1909, The New York Times announced that Robert Peary was the first person to ever reach The North Pole. But a week earlier, The New York Herald had said the same thing about Frederick Cook. Only one of them could be right, but which one? And how could you tell for certain?
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Lakey Inspired
Jazz Duets

In December of 1909, the vice president of a Worcester Massachusetts steamfitting company decided he wanted to fly. This is his story.
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The President's Own Marine Band

Here's a change of pace: what about stuff we got wrong for the better? On this episode we've got 13 short stories of mistakes that went right. From jazz to physics to chemistry to frozen dessert, we've got it all.
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Hey! I think we invented a new kind of podcast this week! It's a crime story, but it's also true. We're calling it "True Crime". I think there might be a market for this!

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In almost seventy episodes chronicling bad ideas and loopy frauds through the ages one name has come up again and again. From phrenology to mesmerism to a strange ghostly bowl of molasses, he's the Forrest Gump of 19th century pseudo-science. 

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Here we are. We've examined arctic explorers, secret armies, zany daredevils, Wisconsin whiz kids and so many more only to come up empty. This is the end of the rope. Can we solve the mystery of The Foolkiller, the submarine discovered in the Chicago River in 1915, or is this one just meant to be a mystery forever. Stick around and find out.

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​Voice talent from:
Chad The Bird of Chad The Podcast
Sebastian Major of Our Fake History
Bilal Dardai of Unwell: A Midwest Gothic Mystery
Jake Barton of Historium
Chelsey Weber-Smith of American Hysteria
Zachary Davis of Ministry of Ideas
Tamar Avishai of The Lonely Palette
Wade Roush of Soonish
Charles Gustine of Iconography
Kavita Pillay of Subtitle
Phil Ridarelli of The Neo-Futurists
And Heather Chrisler of Virtually Everything Oh God She's Cool