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Recent Episodes

Case 16

Annie Goes over the Falls

Filed under: women, daredevils

Annie Edson Taylor was an itinerant music teacher with an outrageous idea. She would go over Niagara Falls in a barrel, of all things! And never have to worry about money again…

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Case 17

Miami's Master Thief

Filed under: crime, resorts

In its early days, Miami Beach attracted the country’s rich and the famous—and the thieves and con-men who created a stealthy new brand of “resort crime.”

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Case 18

Smugglers of Portland, OR

Filed under: immigrants, urban

The wealthy merchants of Portland, Oregon, had a dirty secret in the late 1800s. There was profit to be gained through the smuggling of illegal immigrants and drugs.

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