Strange Country Ep. 86: Richard Jewell
Mar 28, 2019
Richard Jewell was called a hero, credited for saving lives when a bomb ripped through the Olympics park in Atlanta, Ga. in 1993. Then the security guard was called a zero, and many other things--mainly by Jay Leno--and Jewell's life was turned upside down as the media descended upon his house and the FBI took his mom's...
Strange Country Ep. 85: Clearly Clelia
Mar 21, 2019
Well if you are sick of hearing friends, librarians and uber-researchers Beth and Kelly talk about our periods, then just stop listening. This one is period gold. Period. Clelia Duel Mosher was one of America's first physicians, a major researcher, and proponent of women's health issues and a woman on a mission to ease...
Strange Country Ep. 84: Witchy Tales
Mar 14, 2019
You know what cures a depressing winter? A baker's dozen of cookies, that's what. Have you ever heard that expression or been the recipient of such dozen? Kelly and Beth will take you down history's path to where this baking expression originated, in good old New York- Dutch County. Hear a haunted house story that is...
Strange Country Ep. 83: Amy Bishop
Mar 7, 2019
America, the land of truck nutz and morbid obesity, is also the land of guns. In episode 83, Beth and Kelly explore our obsession while telling the story of Amy Bishop, a biology professor at University of Alabama in Huntsville, who opened fire at a faculty meeting, killing three colleagues. Her trail of violence didn't...