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HOLIDAYS ARE 100% FOR FAMILY THIS FALL AT 1001 HEROES AND 1001 CLASSIC SHORT STORIES OFFERING NEW INTERVIEWS AND SELECTED STORIES NOW THRU DEC 31 (SHOW NOTES INCLUDED HERE)

1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast

Release Date: 10/26/2025

WE HAD IT ALL- REMEMBERING BOGART & BACALL show art WE HAD IT ALL- REMEMBERING BOGART & BACALL

1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast

Betty Joan Perske was 18 years old when she met 44 year-old screen star Humphrey Bogart on the sound stage of 'To Have and Have Not' at Warner Studios in Burbank, California, in 1942. Her picture had landed on the cover of a fashion magazine called Harpers which came in the mail to Warner film director Howard Hawks home- where his wife Slim picked it up and mentioned "You know what Howard, this might be the girl you're looking for for that movie". She was sent a letter and a train ticket to Hollywood, got a

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BOB HOPE CHRISTMAS SHOWS WWII TO VIETNAM show art BOB HOPE CHRISTMAS SHOWS WWII TO VIETNAM

1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast

Bob Hope recalls three decades of Christmas Shows that he and his traveling troupe performed for our military beginning with an island in the Pacific and then his stops in 1972 in Vietnam, Guam, Korea, Thailand, Diego Garcia and Singapore. Lots of one liners and memories included.

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ITS A WONDERFUL LIFE : THE BACKSTORY & THE MESSAGE~ FEATURING OUR INTERVIEW W/ KAROLYN GRIMES WILKERSON (ZUZU BAILEY) show art ITS A WONDERFUL LIFE : THE BACKSTORY & THE MESSAGE~ FEATURING OUR INTERVIEW W/ KAROLYN GRIMES WILKERSON (ZUZU BAILEY)

1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast

"Its A Wonderful Life: The Movie Backstory & Message: The backstory to Frank Capra's film masterpiece "It's a Wonderful Life" featuring an exclusive interview with Karolyn Grimes Wilkerson, who played Zuzu Bailey in the film, and ended the movie with the memorable line : "Look, Daddy. Teacher says every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings." Karolyn, whose acting career placed her on screen with Cary Grant, Bing Crosby, Jimmy Stewart, and Donna Reed, to name a few, experienced multiple family tragedie

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NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CHRISTMAS VACATION: HOW ONE OF AMERICA'S FAVORITE CHRISTMAS COMEDIES WAS MADE (+ BLOOPERS) show art NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CHRISTMAS VACATION: HOW ONE OF AMERICA'S FAVORITE CHRISTMAS COMEDIES WAS MADE (+ BLOOPERS)

1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast

It was the third "Vacation" comedy featuring the Griswald family- Clark. Ellen,Rusty and Audrey- and all Clark wanted to have a simple old-fashioned Christmas with family. His plan: to heavily decorate the house and roof with lights, Santa and reindeer, and to enjoy a simple Christmas dinner before celebrating the real meaning of Christmas. Instead he got uninvited family with their huge slobbering Rottweiler, an uninvited wild squirrel, electrical problems, big sewage problems, fire, and a SWAT team. Halleluyah! ENJOY ALL OUR SHOWS AND EPISODES NOW AT ! New!  True Crime From Another Time...

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CHRISTMAS IN APPALACHIA: SUPERSTITIONS, WIVE'S TALES, AND SHARED MEMORIES show art CHRISTMAS IN APPALACHIA: SUPERSTITIONS, WIVE'S TALES, AND SHARED MEMORIES

1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast

America's Appalachain Mountain Range holds on to some of the oldest traditions and beliefs in our country and we share them here,along with celebrity meories of growing up poor in many of those mountain communities. You'll hear memories shared by Brad Paisley, Steve Harvey. Luke Combs, Earl Hamner, Loretta Lynn, and other celebrities who discoverd the real meaning of Christmas the hard way- when sometimes the best gift they received other than love and family was an orange.  

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1952: THE YEAR OF THE UFOS (PT 2)/UFO SWARMS OVER DC/DR. STANTON FRIEDMAN INTERVIEW show art 1952: THE YEAR OF THE UFOS (PT 2)/UFO SWARMS OVER DC/DR. STANTON FRIEDMAN INTERVIEW

1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast

In 1952: THE YEAR OF THE UFOS (PT 2)/SAUCER SWARMS OVER DC/DR. STANTON FRIEDMAN INTERVIEWwe tell "the rest of the story", including the 1952 flying saucer swarms over Washington DC on two consecutive weekends in July of 1952, Washington's reaction, the scrambling and loss of US jet fighters, Feschino's work to discover this and tie all these events together with the Braxton County Monster incident, Project Blue Book, Capt. Ruppelt, Kenneth Arnold's 1947 sighting weeks before Roswell , the sighting that laun

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1952: THE YEAR OF THE UFOS (PT 1): THE FLATWOODS W.VA  UFO/ALIEN SIGHTING show art 1952: THE YEAR OF THE UFOS (PT 1): THE FLATWOODS W.VA UFO/ALIEN SIGHTING

1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast

A manned UFO lands in a small West Virginia town and becomes of the most believable UFO incidents in American history. Contains an in-depth Ivan Sanderson review. Part two next week we will be speaking with nuclear physicist Dr. Stanton Friedman.and covering the UFO swarm over Washington D.C. 1952.

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THE LOST CITY OF Z: PERCY FAWCETT'S ILL-FATED EXPEDITION TO BRAZIL show art THE LOST CITY OF Z: PERCY FAWCETT'S ILL-FATED EXPEDITION TO BRAZIL

1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast

"The Lost City of Z" is featured here along with "George Washington's Boyhood Rules of Behavior" from 1001 Classic Short Stories and Tales as the bonus episode for this week.

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THE ROSWELL UFO INCIDENT: YES, THERE WERE ALIEN CRAFTS AND BODIES RECOVERED show art THE ROSWELL UFO INCIDENT: YES, THERE WERE ALIEN CRAFTS AND BODIES RECOVERED

1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast

In July of 1947 somethings very strange crashed to Earth on the high desert plains of New Mexico. Hundreds of witnesses testified to seeing portions of wrecked flying discs as well as small alien bodies with the wreckage at two crash sites. The Air Force immediately cordoned off the areas and issued warnings to all witnesses not to discuss any details of what they had seen- which, they said, was the simple wreckage of a crashed weather balloon. They continued to debunk and marginalize all attempts to bring

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1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast

FALL FAMILY SPECIAL In this episode we say goodbye to TV's highly successful Bluebloods police drama as it takes its leave after 14 years on CBS, and we honor the sacrifices of law enforcement families who make our country and our neighborhoods safe by putting their lives on the line every day.  We offer the valid reasons for the show's great success.one of those reasons being the Reagan family dinner which closed nearly every episode with an open discussion among the family which covering the moral and procedural challenges that their city and police force faced.   We also...

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The Holidays are approaching and at 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast our shows themes every Sunday will be  turning to FAMILY and HONOR -SINCE MANY OF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT   BRINGING FAMILY TOGETHER, RECONNECTING , SEEKING CLOSURE ON ACCOUNT OF LOST ONES, seeking justice,  KEEPING THE PEACE. HONORING OUR FIRST RESPONDERS DURING THE HOLIDAYS AND BUILDING NEW RELATIONSHIPS.  
A FEW EXAMPLES: AT 1001 HEROES WE BRING NEW EPISODS EVERY Sunday at noon eastern and a ‘best of “listener favorite every Thursday night at 9PM ET- MOST OF THESE Best ofs after Halloween will also carry similar themes that unite with these topics. I’ll tag them as Fall Family and Honor Themed 
Beginning this last week of October and lasting through the holidays, we are offering a number of interview-base shows dealing with subjectS that go straight to the heart starting with “LIVE, LAUGH, AND FIND TRUE LOVE: A STEP BYSTEP GUIDE TO BUILDING   NEW RELATIONSHIPS- OUR EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH AUTHOR AND LONG TIME L.A. DIVORCE ATTORNEY SARAH INTELLIGATOR- She is empowering, inspirational and packed with powerful tools to help you, male or female, to a healthy, fun and fulfilling relationship- whether youre on the brink of a marriage or just starting out or hoping to find a lasting love- don’t miss this interview and book! We’ll talk about the 5FasilFactors- Fundamental values, fear, Foundation, Fixing, and Fairy Tales-I guarantee you will appreciate her honest take.
The following week Sunday NOV 2: Holidays are tough on the families of murder victims and missing relatives: A son’s12 year long search for the killer of his father as we interview   California Congressman ,author, and law firm partner Mike Gatto- who is still actively searching for clues  to his fathers murder– And asking each of you to offer your theories and ideas as to new ways to look at the evidence which he lays out in his book Noir by Necessity And in this interview.  This book is a True Crime page turner with a powerful Family theme…
On Sunday Nov 9th  Retired Police Sgt Bert “Maverick” Gonzalez reminds us why families of those who are constantly working in service to others in police, military, and rescue throughout the holidays are sacrificing so much to keep the peace-- in his new book The Real Greatest Show on Earth- all lessons learned and stories told  gathered from his 40 years of service in Florida’s Miami Dade county- it’s a well told story that bridges the gap between crime scenes and calm and in a family sense, because it shows the important link between mental health and community engagement is just as important as tactics

Thesae are just three examples of our FALL FAMILY ORIENTED SHOWS AT 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries-now thru December is solid family, holiday-themes, honoring the men and women in uniform whose prence will be missed at many dinner tables this coming holiday,, and heart-felt stories and advice. 

We’ll be doing the same thing at 1001 Classic Short Stories & tales so stay tuned for that update as well- and 
This is Jon Hagadorn, your host at 1001 Heroes, legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast- Make sure to share our Fall family and Honor themed shows over the next 9 weeks and bring us new listeners!  Also check our our new website at www.bestof1001stories.com for our entire archives of all 12 1001 shows, sign up at any “Newsletter Sign Up Page- and that newslatter will cover the coming week ‘s specials and shows, offering lots of insight and sometimes personal stories.
One more thing- the holidays are a time for giving- and we really appreciate those who give monthly to cover our basic expenses here at 1001 Stories network. By going to patreon.com/1001storiesnetwork and   signing ing up for a few dollars a month to help us forward.  I have also been bringing on new help with some terrific talents which you’ve heard or enjoyed in Gizelle Ericksen and Lena Alsup- and I’m seeking a male voice for narrating some good stories for Old West and others.