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Killer Means Awesome
Welcome to the always entertaining and informative Killer Means Awesome podcast.
Season 1: Killer Shipwrecks - Think of shiny coins and sunken dreams. Each episode features an incredible story of a recently discovered shipwreck.
Season 2: Killer Biographies - Do you get Pocahontas and Sacagawea mixed up? So do we! Check out these true stories about historical figures you really should know better.
Season 3: Killer Inventions - Incredible true stories about inventors and the inventions that…
Episodes
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Killer Shipwrecks II - The SS City of Cairo
During the global disruptions of World War II, even civilian ships on the sea were regularly attacked by combatants, as the passengers and crew aboard the…
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Killer Shipwrecks II - The Arabia
The steamboat Arabia sank in the Missouri River in 1856 and was written off as a total loss. But in 1988 five enterprising treasure hunters dug deep under…
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Killer Shipwrecks II - Nuestra Señora de la Concepcion
Nothing about his upbringing in the wilds of 17th century New England suggested William Phips would one day be knighted by the English king and then made…
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Killer Shipwrecks II - The SS Edmund Fitzgerald
On November 10, 1975, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald vanished in a matter of minutes. She was the largest ship on the Great Lakes. No mayday. No distress call. Just…
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Killer Shipwrecks II - The Accidental Aquanaut
Harrison Okene, a crew member on the Jascon-4 tugboat, was using the bathroom in the middle of the night when the boat -- and his whole life -- turned upside…
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Killer Shipwrecks II - The Antikythera
In 1900, a Greek sponge diver surfaced in a panic, describing rotting bodies and horses on the seafloor. His captain thought he was hallucinating, so he went…
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Killer Shipwrecks II - La Girona
The Spanish Armada of 1588 was supposed to be invincible. But its ships fared poorly in battles in the English Channel and then began to suffer catastrophic…
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Killer Shipwrecks II - Nuestra Señora de Atocha
In 1622, a Spanish galleon loaded with half a billion dollars in gold, silver, and Colombian emeralds sank in a hurricane off the Florida Keys, taking 260…
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Killer Shipwrecks II - Whydah Gally
Few 18th century pirates had more success than Sam Bellamy. In one remarkable year, he seized or looted no fewer than 53 ships in the Atlantic Ocean. But then…
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Killer Shipwrecks II - The White Ship
In 1120, a drunken midnight party aboard a brand-new luxury ship killed nearly 300 of England's young nobility, including the only legitimate male heir to the…
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Killer Shipwrecks II - USS Indianapolis (CA-35)
It was one of the worst maritime disasters in US military history, and naval historians would spend decades studying what went wrong. But the sinking of the…
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Killer Crimes - The Mona Lisa Heist
In 1911, a handyman hid in a Louvre closet overnight, then simply walked out the next morning with the Mona Lisa under his apron—pulling off the most famous…
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Killer Crimes - Murder by Pilot
As horrifying as the crash of Air India flight 171 was, investigators soon shocked the world again. They said the plane was likely intentionally crashed by a…
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Killer Crimes - George Leslie
In the late 1860s, George Leslie walked among New York's elite as a respected architect, all while planning the most audacious bank robberies in American…
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Killer Crimes - Garret Rodriguez
An avid surfer and fisherman, San Diego native Garret Rodriguez dreamed of building a home for himself on a small piece of land which his father had bought for…
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Killer Crimes - New Name, New Life: Ted Conrad’s Perfect Crime
In 1969, twenty-year-old Ted Conrad walked out of a bank in Ohio with the equivalent of two million dollars and vanished completely—cutting off all contact…
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Killer Crimes - Death by Mail
Just days after the Sept. 11 terror attacks in 2001, people in Florida, New York, and Washington D.C. began to receive letters containing deadly spores of the…
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Killer Crimes - United California Bank Heist
The United California Bank burglary took place on March 24th, 1972, in Laguna Niguel, California, The ingenuity employed by criminal mastermind Amil Dinsio and…
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Killer Crimes - Brenda Ann Spencer
When it occurred in 1979, the mass shooting at Grover Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego appeared to be a bizarre anomaly, a horrible act of violence…
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Killer Crimes - Albert Johnson Walker
The life and crimes of Albert Johnson Walker span two continents and include a virtual laundry list of offenses: financial fraud, money laundering…
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Killer Crimes - Lauren Taylor Agee
Ten years after the death of Lauren Taylor Agee, her family is still no closer to finding out how she died. In this episode, we revisit the mysterious case and…
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Killer Crimes - Antwerp Diamond Heist
The 2003 Antwerp diamond heist, known as the "heist of the century," is considered one of the largest robberies in history with more than $100 million worth of…
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Killer Crimes - D.B. Cooper
Only one hijacking in the history of commercial aviation remains unsolved to this day -- the mysterious case of D.B. Cooper. After hijacking a commuter flight…
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Killer Inventions - Kevlar
As the foundation for everything from bulletproof vests to bridge cables, Kevlar is a miracle fiber that has saved lives and transformed entire industries…
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Killer Inventions - Forensic Genetic Genealogy
The last six years have seen a dramatic surge in cold cases being solved by law enforcement agencies around the U.S. One after another, police departments are…
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Killer Inventions - Monopoly (Board Game)
While you may know the board game Monopoly, you probably don't know the incredible story of the game's invention. This week's episode reveals the true story of…
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Killer Inventions - Baby Cages
Some inventions don’t look particularly clever or useful in hindsight. The ‘baby cage’ may be one of those inventions! Developed in the early 20th century in…
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Killer Inventions - Earmuffs, Popsicles & Glow Panels
Some say youth is wasted on the young, however, that is definitely not the case with the three inventors featured in this episode, each of whom was under the…
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Killer Inventions: Dynamite
The invention of dynamite in 1867 transformed industry, mining, railroad building, and modern warfare. It also led to the creation of the Nobel Prizes. For the…
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Killer Inventions: Chewing Gum
For thousands of years people all over the world have chewed gum or gum-like substances. Still, the invention of the modern chewing gum industry took place in…
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Killer Inventions: The Slide Guitar
The magical sound of slide guitar is a modern invention. Though long associated with American blues music, the location of its earliest pioneers may surprise…
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Killer Inventions: Grace Hopper & The Information Age
Diminutive in stature but a giant in the world of inventions, the brilliant Grace Hopper talked her way into the Navy after Pearl Harbor and went on to become…
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Killer Inventions: The Black Box
From its earliest, primitive versions in the 1940s to the powerful, high-tech devices of today, the fabled 'black box' on airplanes has captured both the…
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Killer Inventions: Deep Purple
In 1856 William Henry Perkin was an 18 year old college student on spring break when he accidentally invented a method for creating synthetic purple dye, a…
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Killer Inventions: LSD
The Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann was the first person to synthesize LSD in 1938. From an accidental LSD trip to today’s worldwide renaissance in…
Killer Means AwesomeIntroducing Killer Means Awesome: Killer Inventions
Introducing the newly branded Killer Means Awesome podcast and Season #3: Killer Inventions! Listen to the first two seasons of Killer Means Awesome to hear…
Killer Means AwesomeKiller Biographies: Lewis Howard Latimer
As an expert draftsman, inventor, and scientist, Lewis Howard Latimer helped Alexander Graham Bell patent the telephone and became Thomas Edison’s most trusted…
Killer Means AwesomeKiller Biographies: Shirley Chisholm
Get out of the way, it’s Fighting Shirley Chisholm coming through! Chisholm was ‘unbought and unbossed’ — from childhood poverty and time split between…
Killer Means AwesomeKiller Biographies: Cleopatra
The original work hard, play hard executive, Cleopatra is known for high profile liaisons with Roman leaders Julius Caesar and Marc Antony. Ruling over a vast…
Killer Means AwesomeKiller Biographies: Cyrus the Great
Before there was Alexander the Great, there was Cyrus the Great. Through military conquests, strategic alliances, and centralized administration, he…
Killer Means AwesomeKiller Biographies: John Alcock & Arthur Whitten Brown
Fasten your seatbelts for the incredible story of Arthur Whitten Brown and John Alcock, two young aviators who attempted the first non-stop flight across the…
Killer Means AwesomeKiller Biographies: Diogenes
He lived on the street, heckled Plato, and loved dogs. Today Diogenes is considered one of the preeminent philosophers of Ancient Greece. Killer Biographies is…
Killer Means AwesomeKiller Biographies: Margaret Rudkin
Margaret Rudkin was worried about her son’s asthma. In an effort to help him, she wound up starting one of the most iconic brands in the world and a company…
Killer Means AwesomeKiller Biographies: T.P. Sundararajan
Deities! Snakes! Hidden vaults of ancient treasure! In the last years of his life, the Indian lawyer and holy man T.P. Sundararajan took up a new cause -…
Killer Means AwesomeKiller Biographies: Pocahontas, aka Rebecca Rolfe
Forget what you think you know about Pocahontas and hear the incredible true story of her amazing life. Killer Biographies is now season two of the Killer…
Killer Means AwesomeKiller Biographies: Medgar Evers
The killing of Mississippi native Medgar Evers marked the end of a remarkable life, and helped pave the way for a tidal shift in race relations and civil…
Killer Means AwesomeKiller Biographies: William Hutchinson Norris
William Hutchinson Norris and the Southerners who became known as Confederados. Killer Biographies is now season two of the Killer Means Awesome podcast. Check…
Killer Means AwesomeKiller Biographies: Juliane Koepcke Diller
Juliane Koepcke was 17 years old when a plane crash left her stranded in the rain forest of Peru. Killer Biographies is now season two of the Killer Means…
Killer Means AwesomeIntroducing Killer Biographies!
Brainstorm has launched a new thrilling podcast: Killer Biographies! https://www.killerbiographies.com
Killer Means AwesomeKiller Shipwrecks: The Oseberg
Viking ship from the 9th century has it all — elaborate wood carvings, a magic wand, cannabis seeds, horses, dogs, sleighs, carts, and — possibly — the remains…
Killer Means AwesomeKiller Shipwrecks: Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes
A Spanish galleon laden with 14 tons of treasure sinks off the coast of Portugal in 1804. For two centuries the ocean keeps these riches for herself. But in…
Killer Means AwesomeKiller Shipwrecks: SS Andrea Doria
The pride of postwar Italy meets her tragic fate in nighttime fog near Nantucket! Killer Shipwrecks is now Season one of the Killer Means Awesome podcast…
Killer Means AwesomeKiller Shipwrecks: The Mary Rose
Music, beer, backgammon...life aboard the Mary Rose was pretty good. Until it wasn't. Killer Shipwrecks is now Season one of the Killer Means Awesome podcast…
Killer Means AwesomeKiller Shipwrecks: Queen Anne's Revenge
Privateers! Grappling hooks! Decapitation! Killer Shipwrecks is now Season one of the Killer Means Awesome podcast. Check out Season two to hear amazing…
Killer Means AwesomeKiller Shipwrecks: The Vasa
An incredibly ornate 17th century Swedish warship makes a splash on her maiden voyage! Killer Shipwrecks is now Season one of the Killer Means Awesome podcast…
Killer Means AwesomeKiller Shipwrecks: USS Samuel B. Roberts
A destroyer escort with a heart of gold is discovered in the deepest part of the ocean! Killer Shipwrecks is now Season one of the Killer Means Awesome…
Killer Means AwesomeKiller Shipwrecks: The Delmenhorst
A 17th century Danish warship and a record setting underwater tunnel in the Baltic Sea! Killer Shipwrecks is now Season one of the Killer Means Awesome…
Killer Means AwesomeKiller Shipwrecks: The Kyrenia Ship
Wine, almonds, skindivers, and an incredible discovery off the coast of Cyprus from the time of Alexander the Great! Killer Shipwrecks is now Season one of the…
Killer Means AwesomeKiller Shipwrecks: The SS Central America
The tragic and epic tale of the so-called "Ship of Gold"! Killer Shipwrecks is now Season one of the Killer Means Awesome podcast. Check out Season two to hear…
Killer Means AwesomeKiller Shipwrecks: The Nemi Ships
Caligula builds a couple of ships on Lake Nemi!