On This Day Podcast
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On This Day Podcast
A daily time capsule of stories of the significant, intriguing or just plain forgotten events of history that all occurred on this day.
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May 18th - The volcanic eruption of Mount St. Helens
A 5.1 magnitude earthquake shakes the ground underneath Mount St. Helens in Washington State. The quake sets off a landslide and the entire north slop...
November 30th - Michael Jackson releases "Thriller" (rerelease)
Michael Jackson's landmark album "Thriller" is released on this day in 1982. The album contains only 9 songs, produces 7 hit singles, wins a record br...
November 15th - In Cold Blood: The Clutter Family Murders (Rerelease)
Four members of the Clutter Family are murdered in their quiet Holcomb, Kansas farmhouse during the early morning hours On This Day in 1959. Author Tr...
November 13th - The Real Amityville Horror: The DeFeo Family Murders (Rerelease)
The murders of Ronald and Louise DeFeo along with their 4 children, killed by oldest son Ronald "Butch" DeFeo Jr...On This Day in 1974. The murder hou...
The last flight of Lynyrd Skynyrd (repeat)
A chartered plane carrying southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd crashes in a wooded swamp near Gillsburg, Mississippi killing six including lead singer/f...
Marie Antoinette, Monsieur de Paris and the Guillotine (repeat)
Marie Antoinette loses her head at the hands of Monsieur de Paris, Henri Sanson, and his Guillotine, On This Day in 1793.
September 11th - 9/11
August 29th - Hurricane Katrina (repeat)
Hurricane Katrina makes landfall On This Day in 2005. (repeat)
August 23rd - Stockholm Syndrome (repeat)
On this day in 1973, Jan-Erik Olsson enters a bank in Norrmalmstorg square in the center of Stockholm, Sweden. Olsson takes all 4 bank employees hosta...
August 16th - Death of The King, Elvis Presley (repeat)
Elvis Presley, The King of Rock'N'Roll, dies On This Day in 1977 in a 2nd floor bathroom in his Graceland mansion in Memphis, Tennessee (repeat)
August 10th - The Murders of Leno & Rosemary LaBianca by the Manson Family (repeat)
The murders of Leno & Rosemary LaBianca by the Manson Family, On This Day in 1969 (repeat)
August 6th - The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima (repeat)
The atomic bomb codenamed "Little Boy" is detonated above the Japanese city of Hiroshima in the final days of World War 2, On This Day in 1945. (repea...
August 4th - Lizzie Borden Took An Axe... (repeat)
Lizzie Borden's father and stepmother are found murdered in their Fall River, Massachusetts home On This Day in 1892. Suspicion soon falls on 32-year-...
July 4th - Independence Day & the Declaration of Independence
Independence Day in America & the story behind the Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Second Continental Congress On This Day in 1776. Plus,...
June 28th - Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Canadian runner Terry Fox (repeat)
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand that creates a ripple effect of conflict throughout the 20th century, beginning with the Great War, Worl...
June 27th - The Last Will & Testament of James Smithson (repeat)
The Last Will & Testament of English mineralogist James Smithson, who passes away On This Day in 1829 and leaves his entire fortune to the United Stat...
June 26th - The Berlin Airlift (repeat)
The Berlin Airlift begins On This Day in 1948, Operation Vittles and Operation Little Vittles. (repeat)
June 25th - The Murder of Stanford White (repeat)
The sensational murder of architect Stanford White On This Day in 1906 and the trial of the century that follows. (repeat)
June 17th - The Watergate Burglary (repeat)
The Watergate burglars are caught On This Day in 1972.
June 16th - Ghost Story Challenge in the Year Without A Summer & Katherine Graham (repeat)
The ghost story challenge of 1816 during the Year Without A Summer, and Washington Post Publisher Katherine Graham born On This Day in 1917. (repeat)
June 14th - Flag Day & Margaret Bourke-White (repeat)
Flag Day, and documentary photographer Margaret Bourke-White, born On This Day in 1904. (repeat)
June 8th - George Orwell's "1984" published (repeat)
George Orwell's "1984" published On This Day in 1949, and two American Journalists found guilty of illegally entering North Korea On This Day in 2009...
June 6th - D-Day, the invasion of Normandy (repeat)
June 6th - D-Day, the invasion of Normandy, On This Day in 1944 (repeat)
June 5th - The Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy (repeat)
The Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, On This Day in 1968.
April 8th - Jane Harrison & BOAC Flight 712
BOAC Flight 712 makes an emergency crash landing...On This Day in 1968. Stewardess Barbara Jane Harrison is posthumously awarded the George Cross for...
April 4th - the Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr...On This Day in 1968.
March 25th - The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire...On this day in 1911
March 18th - The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist...On This Day in 1990.
Additional Music by Bernard Herrmann
March 16th - The Lebanon Hostage Crisis & Iran Contra Scandal
William Buckley, Terry Anderson, the Lebanon Hostage Crisis and the Iran Contra Scandal...On This Day.
Additional Music: 06 Ghosts l by...
March 8th - Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370...On This Day in 2014.
Outro music: 02 Ghosts l by NIN
March 1st
A show announcement!, the Salem Witch Trials begin, and the bombing of the US Capitol Building...On This Day
February 28th
Scientists at DuPont create nylon, Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme is assassinated, ATF agents raid the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, TX, and Po...
February 27th
Polite People Day in Russia, the Reichstag Building is set on fire, and the standoff at Wounded Knee...On This Day
February 26th
Napoleon escapes his island exile on Elba, Rogue trader Nick Leeson brings the 233 year old Barings Bank to its knees, and Levis Strauss...On This Day
February 24th
Marbury v. Madison establishes the precedent of judicial review, Larry Flynt & Jerry Falwell go to court over the 1st Amendment, and Steve Jobs...On T...
February 23rd
Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle, US Marines raise the flag on Iwo Jima, the first mass inoculation of children with the Polio Vaccine, and the star...
February 22nd
Samuel Byck tries to fly a plane into the White House, the Miracle On Ice, and Don Pardo...On This Day
February 21st
The Washington Monument, Edwin Land & the Instant Camera, and the assassination of Malcolm X...On This Day