This article is a transcript of Campfire Stories: Astonishing History podcast Episode 11. You can listen to it on Buzzsprout, or wherever you get your podcasts. Introduction **This article includes sensitive content including graphic descriptions of deadly accidents. Reader discretion is advised.** Welcome. Come gather around the campfire and let me…

This article is a transcript of Campfire Stories: Astonishing History podcast Episode 10. You can listen to it on Buzzsprout, or wherever you get your podcasts. **This article contains graphic descriptions and images of deadly accidents that some readers may find disturbing. View/read at your own discretion.** Introduction Welcome! Come gather…

This article is a transcript of Campfire Stories: Astonishing History podcast Episode 9. You can listen to it on Buzzsprout, or wherever you get your podcasts. **This article contains sensitive content (CW: violence, death, discussion of pregnancy/abortion). Reader discretion is advised.** Introduction It seemed to be a regular winter day when…

This article is a transcript of Campfire Stories: Astonishing History podcast Episode 8 (Part 2). You can listen to it on Buzzsprout, or wherever you get your podcasts. Come gather around the campfire and let me tell you a story! Today we’re going to be talking about the code-breakers and…

This article is a transcript of Campfire Stories: Astonishing History podcast Episode 8 (Part 1). You can listen to it on Buzzsprout, or wherever you get your podcasts. Background Come gather around the campfire and let me tell you a story! Today we’re going to be talking about the code-breakers and…

This article is a transcript of Campfire Stories: Astonishing History podcast Episode 7. You can listen to it on YouTube, Buzzsprout, or wherever you get your podcasts. Nautical Lore Background There is something about life at sea that makes folks a little superstitious. Maybe it’s the precarity of being at mercy of the…

This article is a transcript of Campfire Stories: Astonishing History podcast Episode 6. You can listen to it on YouTube, Buzzsprout, or wherever you get your podcasts. Background Welcome. Come gather around the campfire and let me tell you a story. Today we’ve going to be talking about the urban legend…

This article is a transcript of Campfire Stories: Astonishing History podcast Episode 5. You can listen to it on YouTube, Buzzsprout, or wherever you get your podcasts Introduction On the surface, the stories of Juliane Koepcke and Ada Blackjack are very different. One survived the brutal cold and barren tundra of…

This article is a transcript of Campfire Stories: Astonishing History podcast Episode 4. You can listen to it on YouTube, Buzzsprout, or wherever you get your podcasts. Near what is now St. Petersburg, Russia, Pavlovsk Experimental Station still stands today. The treasures that it guards are invaluable, but if any…