The Folklorist - Season 1 (2013)

This episode features stories about The Hoosac Tunnel, The Great Moon Hoax of 1835, The Battle of Los Angeles, and two infamous broadcast signal intrusions from the 1980s.

Host John Horrigan explores the story behind an ancient lost city, a unsolved hijacking of a plane, a night where the sky was on fire, and a mysterious individual visiting a grave each year. Also featuring Campfire segments on Christopher Columbus, Walt Disney, Aladdin, and Medusa.

Host John Horrigan explores the stories behind one of history's most famous inventors in, "The Tale of Nikola Tesla," the mysterious image that emerged during WWII and quickly spread across the continents in, "Kilroy Was Here," the efforts one man made during the American Revolution to avoid picking a side in, "The Grape Island Alarm," and the devastating effects that hit New England during, "The Great Hurricane of 1938." Also featuring Campfire segments on Leonardo DaVinci and Muhammad Ali.

Host John Horrigan explores a heroic tale of two men caught on an enemy occupied island, how a tornado saved our nation's capital, and a mysterious figure who frightened the English countryside in the 1800s. Also featuring Campfire segments on Thomas Edison, Gertrude Ederle, and The Trojan Horse.

Host John Horrigan tells the story of an infamous financial schemer in Boston, an American hero who was saved from a poisonous plot, a tragic snowstorm that took Midwesterns by surprise, and an unsolved case of a mysterious creature alarming residents in a small town. Also featuring Campfire segments on Albert Einstein, Jane Goodall, and President Barack Obama.

Host John Horrigan tells a story of an explorer's attempt to survive in a snowy wasteland, a town that descends into hysteria when visited by an unknown beast, and two young ladies enchant the world with their mystical photographs.

Host John Horrigan tells a story of two brave men who hold their stations atop a doomed lighthouse, a woman who fights for her right to ride on a streetcar, and how an unbelievable discovery attracts the attention of the greatest showman on Earth.

Host John Horrigan tells a stories of a divine intervention that helped turn the tide for the British Expeditionary Force in WWI, a mysterious weather anomaly that creates a panic across the world in 1816, and three WWII Prisoners of War who devised an ingenious plan to try and escape the German prison camp known as Stalag III.

Host John Horrigan tells the stories of a famous frontiersman and his legendary fight for survival, a woman who disguised herself as a man in order to fight for her country, and the rise and fall of one of history's most famed pirates.

Host John Horrigan tells the stories of an eccentric woman who tricked her way into the aristocracy, five gold miners who found themselves under attack by a group of strange creatures, and a seizure of arms by the British that caused alarm in the American colonies.

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