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The Growth Time Machine with Daniel Curtis
The Growth Time Machine with Daniel Curtis brings you face to face with extraordinary people—and remarkable stories. From those who witnessed history and survived the unimaginable to investigators pursuing the world’s enduring mysteries, these are conversations with people who lived it, studied it or stood closer than almost anyone else. Daniel goes beyond the headlines to discover who his guests were, what shaped them and how extraordinary events changed their lives. History. Mystery…
Episodes
- The Growth Time Machine with Daniel Curtis
Jack the Ripper and the Thames Torso Murders: One Killer? | Dr Drew Gray
For more than a century, the man who discovered Mary Ann “Polly” Nichols in Buck’s Row was little more than a footnote in the story of the Whitechapel murders…
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O.J. Simpson Killed My Sister | Tanya Brown on Nicole, Abuse, Grief & Survival
Tanya Brown is the youngest sister of Nicole Brown Simpson.In this deeply personal conversation, Tanya takes us behind one of the most famous murder cases in…
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Inside the Zodiac Killer Case | Reporting from the San Francisco Chronicle
Duffy Jennings reported on the Zodiac Killer case from inside the San Francisco Chronicle, the newspaper at the centre of the killer’s letters, ciphers and…
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Jack the Ripper’s Overkill: Dr Francesco Orsini on the Medical Evidence of Mary Jane Kelly’s Murder
What can forensic science reveal about Jack the Ripper’s final canonical victim—and where do the limits of the historical evidence begin?In this episode, I’m…
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Jack the Ripper Letters: Did the Killer Write Them? Dr Andrea Nini’s Forensic Linguistic Analysis
Who wrote the Jack the Ripper letters? Could forensic linguistics help reveal whether some of the most famous letters were written by the same person?Daniel…
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How DNA and Family Trees Help Find Cold Case Killers | Dr Colleen Fitzpatrick
Dr Colleen Fitzpatrick explains how genetic genealogy uses DNA to identify unknown individuals and help solve long-standing cases. She was among the pioneers…
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Was Charles Lechmere Jack the Ripper? The Evidence with Edward Stow
For more than a century, the man who discovered Mary Ann “Polly” Nichols in Buck’s Row was little more than a footnote in the story of the Whitechapel murders…
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Steve Blomer — Who Was Jack the Ripper? Unravelling the World’s Most Famous Mystery
Steve Blomer returns to The Growth Time Machine for a wide-ranging and evidence-led conversation about the enduring mystery of Jack the Ripper.Drawing on years…
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His Wife Was on MH370: K.S. Narendran on Loss, the Search and Living with Uncertainty
On 8 March 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, a Boeing 777, took off from Kuala Lumpur for Beijing with 239 people on board: 227 passengers and 12 crew…
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Where Did Jack the Ripper Live? Geographic Profiling Pioneer | Former Detective Inspector Kim Rossmo
Could a map help answer the question: where did Jack the Ripper live?Dr. Kim Rossmo spent more than twenty years with the Vancouver Police Department, where he…
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Inside the O.J. Simpson Case: The Truth About the Evidence, Bronco Chase and the Gloves | Tom Lange
Tom Lange, one of the lead LAPD detectives in the O.J. Simpson murder investigation, takes us inside the O.J. Simpson case—and describes speaking with O.J…
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The Explorer’s Mind: Bertrand Piccard on World Records and Human Potential
Bertrand Piccard helped achieve the first non-stop balloon flight around the world and the first global circumnavigation in a solar-powered aircraft without…
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My Nephew Was George Floyd — What the World Never Saw
The world knows how George Floyd died. His aunt, Angela Harrelson, wants us to understand how he lived.On Monday, 25 May 2020, George Floyd was killed by a…
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She Married Into the Chicago Mob — Then Came FBI Raids, Surveillance and Murder
Lisa Swan was warned about Frank Calabrese Jr.’s family before their relationship had even really begun.She married him anyway.What followed was a life she…
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Decades of Mystery: Who Was Elizabeth Short? The Real Story Behind the Black Dahlia
Her 1947 murder became one of the most famous unsolved cases in American history. In the decades since, Elizabeth Short’s life has been buried beneath rumours…
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The History of Jack the Ripper: What We Get Wrong with Richard Jones
Who was Jack the Ripper — and how much of what we think we know about the Whitechapel murders is actually supported by the evidence?In this in-depth…
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What Is the Voynich Manuscript? The Mystery Explained | Lisa Fagin Davis
What is the Voynich Manuscript — and why, more than 600 years after it was created, has nobody been able to decipher it?In this episode, I speak with Dr Lisa…
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He Tried to Stop the Titan Disaster — Stockton Rush Wouldn’t Listen | Rob McCallum
Years before OceanGate’s Titan imploded during a dive to the Titanic, expedition leader Rob McCallum warned Stockton Rush that his experimental submersible was…
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There’s Something About Whitechapel: The World Behind Jack the Ripper
What is it about Whitechapel that still draws people back?For author Jamie Boyle, the answer goes far beyond the question of who Jack the Ripper was. It is in…
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What Happened at Dyatlov Pass? A Mystery Explored | Teddy Hadjiyska
In February 1959, nine hikers led by Igor Dyatlov died during an expedition in the northern Ural Mountains. Their tent, photographs, diaries and the records of…
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The KGB Spy Who Used a Dead Child’s Identity to Live in America for 20 Years | Jack Barsky
Jack Barsky lived one of the most extraordinary double lives of the Cold War.Recruited and trained by the KGB, he was sent into the United States under an…
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Dunblane: Mick North on Sophie and the Fight That Changed Britain’s Gun Laws
Thirty years after the Dunblane Primary School shooting, Mick North tells the deeply personal story of his five-year-old daughter Sophie North — and how…
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Her Father Was in Charge of Alcatraz the Night They Escaped — Did They Survive?
On the night of June 11, 1962, Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin climbed out of their cells at Alcatraz and disappeared into San Francisco…
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My Father Helped Save 669 Children | Nick Winton on Sir Nicholas Winton
Sir Nicholas Winton helped save 669 mostly Jewish children from Czechoslovakia on the eve of the Second World War. His son, Nick Winton, grew up knowing almost…
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I Was the Voice of Siri: Susan Bennett on the Life She Didn't Plan
Susan Bennett became the original voice of Siri—but nobody told her.For months, Susan sat in a recording studio reading thousands of strange words, phrases and…
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Family Affair Star Johnny Whitaker: My Descent Into Addiction and the Fight for Survival
Family Affair star Johnny Whitaker shares the extraordinary story of his journey from childhood fame through trauma and addiction—and how he reclaimed his…
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How the Golden State Killer Was Finally Caught and Prosecuted | Anne Marie Schubert
How was the Golden State Killer finally caught and prosecuted? Former Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert reveals the inside story of the…
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Who Was Jack the Ripper? An Expert Debunks the Biggest Myths
Who was Jack the Ripper—and how much of the story we know is actually myth? Jack the Ripper researcher and author Steven E. Blomer joins Daniel Curtis for a…
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The Hidden Cost of Growing Up With Star Trek’s Spock | Adam Nimoy
Leonard Nimoy was loved around the world as Spock—but what was he like as a father?In this deeply personal conversation, Leonard’s son Adam Nimoy reveals what…
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The Golden State Killer Survivor Who Stayed Silent for 42 Years | Kris Pedretti
At just 15 years old, Kris Pedretti was attacked inside her family home by Joseph James DeAngelo—the man later identified as the Golden State Killer.Bound…
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What Do We Really Know About Jesus? A Leading Scholar of Christian Origins Explains
What do we really know about Jesus? Leading historian Professor Helen Bond examines the historical Jesus, the evidence for his existence, the resurrection, the…
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78 Floors. One Man. One Dog. Their Escape from the Twin Towers on 9/11
Michael Hingson and his guide dog, Roselle, were on the 78th floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center when the first plane struck on September 11…
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The Sound of Music and Beyond: The Life of Angela Cartwright
Angela Cartwright was just 11 years old when she was cast as Brigitta von Trapp in The Sound of Music, one of the most beloved films ever made. More than 60…
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What Really Happened to Jimmy Hoffa? The 51-Year Investigation That Led to a Suspected Burial Site
What really happened to Jimmy Hoffa—and could his remains still be found? Investigative journalist Dan Moldea reveals how his 51-year investigation led him to…
The Growth Time Machine with Daniel CurtisUtøya Survivor on Norway’s Deadliest Terror Attack: “He Raised His Gun and Fired at Me”
On 22 July 2011, Bjørn Ihler was attending the Norwegian Labour Youth Party’s summer camp on the island of Utøya when his life—and Norway itself—changed…
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The Somerton Man: DNA, Hidden Clues and a 70-Year Mystery Solved
The Somerton Man mystery baffled investigators for more than 70 years. Now Professor Derek Abbott reveals how DNA and genetic genealogy finally identified the…
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From Hate to Hope: A Former Neo-Nazi Leader’s Fight to Undo the Damage
For 27 years, Jeff Schoep was part of America’s neo-Nazi movement—25 of them as leader of the National Socialist Movement. He helped turn it into one of the…
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Did Mallory and Irvine Reach the Summit of Everest Years Before Hillary and Norgay?
On 8 June 1924, British mountaineers George Mallory and Andrew “Sandy” Irvine disappeared high on Mount Everest.They were last seen climbing towards the…
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D.B. Cooper Survived—and His Tie Could Reveal Everything
On 24 November 1971, a man calling himself Dan Cooper boarded Northwest Orient Flight 305 from Portland to Seattle. He told a flight attendant he had a bomb…
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John Lennon Turned Up in Disguise — With a False Beard and a Fedora
Tony Palmer recalls the day John Lennon turned up in Cambridge in disguise — complete with an enormous fedora, a false beard and what Palmer describes as one…
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Schindler’s List, Mossad & a 50-Year Secret | The Extraordinary Bau Family Story
Joseph and Rebecca Bau survived the Holocaust, saved the lives of others, became closely connected to Oskar Schindler — and built a life defined not by what…
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Barry Rosen: 444 Days as a Hostage in Iran
Barry Rosen was serving as press attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran when, on November 4, 1979, the embassy was seized and he was taken hostage. He would…
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Tony Palmer: The Beatles, Britten & A Remarkable Life In Film
Tony Palmer has spent more than six decades behind the camera, making over 100 films and documenting some of the defining figures and moments of modern…
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Günter Wetzel: The Man Who Escaped East Germany in a Hot Air Balloon
Günter Wetzel escaped East Germany in one of the most extraordinary ways imaginable: by building a hot-air balloon in secret and flying two families across the…
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He Was Supposed to Become a Doctor — Then He Found Hip-Hop | Bradley Rapier Interview
He was expected to become a doctor. Instead, Bradley Rapier found hip-hop — and it changed the entire direction of his life.Bradley Rapier is an…
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The Truth About Hypnosis That Hollywood Gets Wrong | Tim Miller Interview
What happens when you achieve success — and realise it still isn’t the life you want? Tim Miller went from NCAA Division 1 head football coach to RE/MAX Hall…
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He Gave Up His Successful Life… Then Everything Fell Apart | Jon Symes Interview
What happens when the life that looks right on paper stops feeling like your life? In this episode of *The Growth Time Machine**, Daniel Curtis sits down with…
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Don’t Let Another Day Slip Away | Ted Kopecko Interview
What happens when you’ve worked hard, built a successful life — and still feel like something is missing? In this episode of The Growth Time Machine, Daniel…
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He Coached Champions — Then Learned Success Was About Something Else | Dr. Jack Groppel Interview
What happens when someone who has spent decades studying winning, elite performance and human potential begins to redefine what success really means? Dr. Jack…
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Mentorship, Generosity, and Leaving a Positive Footprint | Dr. Thaddeus Jones Interview
What does it take to keep pursuing a creative dream through grief, setbacks and years of uncertainty? In this episode of The Growth Time Machine with Daniel…
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She Spent 20 Years in Tech—Here’s What She Wants Women to Know | Limor Bergman Gross Interview
What happens when you stop waiting to be recognised and start boldly creating the career and life you want? In this episode of The Growth Time Machine, Daniel…
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He Dreamed of Hosting a Talk Show — Then Built His Own | Richard Wilmore Interview
What happens when a childhood dream refuses to disappear? In this episode of The Growth Time Machine with Daniel Curtis, award-winning talk show host, podcast…
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The Most Important Negotiation Isn't About Salary | Victoria Nelson Interview
What if the most important negotiation you'll ever have isn't about salary... but about how you value yourself? In this episode of The Growth Time Machine with…
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Don’t Play Small: Failure, Reinvention and Playing to Win | Scherrie L. Prince Interview
In this episode of The Growth Time Machine with Daniel Curtis, attorney and entrepreneur Scherrie L. Prince looks back at the childhood dreams, unexpected…
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The Golden Rule, Family Legacy & Building Real Relationships | Billy Sammons Interview
In this episode of 'The Growth Time Machine', Daniel Curtis sits down with Billy Sammons for a warm and thoughtful conversation about life, legacy, family…
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Small Decisions, Big Shifts and Living a Useful Life | Chip Scholz Interview
In this episode, Daniel Curtis sits down with executive coach, author and leadership strategist Chip Scholz to talk about leadership, personal growth, purpose…
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He Died 3 Times. Doctors Said He'd Never Walk Again. He Proved Them Wrong. | Jay Setchell Interview
He died three times. He survived 73 major surgeries. He was told he would never move again. And still, Jay Setchell refused to quit. In this powerful episode…
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She Wanted to Be an Architect... Then a Bridge Was Named After Her
She wanted to be an architect. Life had other plans. In this episode of The Growth Time Machine, Daniel Curtis is joined by Bethan Curtis-Thomas to explore the…