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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedSend us a text In the late 1980's, Carmen Singleton tried out for her tiny high school's football team in Hulett, Wyoming -just 10 miles away from Devils Tower. She describes what it was like going to her first day of practice including how some people made bets about how soon she would quit the team after being tackled and teased by the team. She describes what four years of football did for her and how attitudes started to change as people saw the fourteen year old girl continue to suit up and represent The Red Devils. Visit Hulett, Wyoming Visit Devils Tower The Wind is My Witness by Mark Junge Support the show…
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedSend us a text In 1987, a town known more for refinery workers and antelope herds saw a Hollywood production company arrive to make a horror movie in it old penitentiary. After finding out that the 300 real inmates the filmmakers were planning on using were not going to be available, railroad workers, accountants, and roughnecks showed up to be in Renny Harlin's film Prison about the ghost of a wrongfully executed prisoner seeking revenge. To learn how you can go on a tour of Wyoming's Frontier Prison click h ere . Photo Courtsey of John Bramley Support the show…
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Send us a text In 1988, Anne Arden McDonald took her portrait in Wyoming's Gas Chamber in the old Penitentiary in Rawlins, WY (see episode's icon). We ask her about the picture, why she took it, how she took it and how the scary old prison inspired the other photos she took there. Click Here to See More of Anne's Photos from The Prison Click Here to See Anne's Website and More of Her Work Click Here to Visit Wyoming's Frontier Prison's Website Support the show…
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1 A walk through of The Old Pen in Rawlins, Wyoming 24:59
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedSend us a text From the early 1900's until the early 1980's Wyoming's only maximum security prison was just half a dozen blocks away from downtown. The site of murders, arson, many executions, and even a lynching, Mark Setright walks us through the creepy old building on Walnut Street and describes the brutal and surreal events that happened within its walls. From an escape of almost 30 inmates that lead to locals shooting at prisoners trying to steal clothing from their clothes lines, a prison riot that lead one of Wyoming's governors to listen to the inmates demands, and an escape tunnel that had explosive results, Mark talks about the old pen and its impact on this tiny town along Interstate 80. Visit The Old Pen Listen to paranormal stories from the old pen Teenage Tours of an Old Prison Lorenzo Paseo's attack on Harry Featherstone The Lynching of Frank Wigfall by Robin Everett Building a Gallows for Joseph Seng The 1955 Prison Riot The Prison Tunnel Andrew Pixley & His Eyes The Murder of Orville Ventilng (Come Visit The Pen!) Support the show…
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Send us a text In tiny Wheatland, Wyoming, Herschel "Tricky" Riggle had a successful rodeo act involving a three legged horse and knife throwing. However, Wheatland's idyllic main street was rocked by violence in 1953 when Riggle shot two people to death in the town's small café. We hear what happened and how some people still believe Governor Milward Simpson's reaction to the event had an impact on his 1958 attempt at re-election. Drawn to the Archives - And A Crime by Robin Everett (Story about Riggle) Milward Simpson & The Death Penalty by Robbin Everett Support the show…
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedSend us a text In 1958, Charles Starkweather was captured near Douglas, Wyoming after killing eleven people. We learn about the police chase through Douglas that lead to his capture as well as give a new look at the involvement or possible abduction of his former girlfriend, Carol Ann Fugate. The Killing Spree that Transfixed a Nation by Lesley Wischmann Starkweather by Harry N Maclean My Story by Elizabeth Smart Caril Fugate on A Current Affair Watch the trailer for Badlands Listen to Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen #CharlesStarkweather #CarilAnnFugate #StarkweatherKillings #Starkweathermurders #Murder #TrueCrime #DouglasWyoming #LincolnNebraska #Badlands #TerrenceMalick #SissySpacek #MartinSheen Support the show…
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedSend us a text In 1943 several thousand Prisoners of War from Germany and Italy were taken across the US to the tiny farming and ranching town of Douglas, Wyoming. This episode shares oral histories from people who remembered the camp and what they learned about the people held inside. Click here to see how you can arrange a visit to the remaining Officers' Club. #WorldWarTwo #POWs #Wyoming #CampDouglas Support the show…
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedSend us a text In 2017, Dallin Cooper left Riverton, Wyoming to live in China. While there, he ate strange things, slept on hard beds, and upon returning home, had an explanation about why so many toilets in Yellowstone get broken. 35 Chinese Translation Fails When East Meets West, Toilet Seats Take a Beating - Mike Koshmrl As Asian Tourism Soars, the Mystery of Broken Toilet Seats Has Been Solved - Tom Howard What Diseases Can You Get From Sitting on a Toilet? - Dan Brennan MD Why Do Chinese People Love Taking Photos with Western Tourists? Book Dallin to Speak Buy Dallin's Book Dallin's Podcast Dallin's YouTube Support the show…
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Send us a text In June of 1942, Japanese forces invaded two small Islands that are part of Alaska's Aleutian Islands. We listen to two men who were there when the invasion started and one who fought to take it back. Please check out: The Battle of Attu Even More About The Battle Aleut Evacuation & Internment during World war II Joseph Sasser's Full Interview Charles House's Full Interview Nurses' Camps Attu Boy (Nick Golodoff's Story) Last Letters From Attu (Etta Jones' Story) Support the show…
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedSend us a text Bill Betenson is Butch Cassidy's great nephew and says that his great grandmother insisted that Cassidy came back to visit his family in Utah in 1925, seventeen years after his supposed death in a Bolivian shootout. While myths of outlaws surviving their supposed deaths are common, Bill and his great grandmother share a very convincing story and DNA evidence also makes the time and place of Cassidy's death highly questionable. If you enjoy this episode, you might like this one about Butch Cassidy meeting with his lawyer in Piedmont, Wyoming before the Montpelier Idaho Robbery. Butch Cassidy, My Brother by Lula Parker Betenson Butch Cassidy: The Wyoming Years by Bill Betenson Butch Cassidy was described as "cheery and affable" on wanted posters DNA Testing of Cassidy and Sundance's alleged remains More on DNA and Cassidy/Sundance Support the show…
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedSend us a text Lois Christiansen & Wendy Peterson still live within walking distance of the Ghost Town of Piedmont, Wyoming where Butch Cassidy met with his lawyer to help a friend facing a murder trial. In 1869, angry railroad workers forced dignitaries headed to the Golden Spike Ceremony in Utah off the tracks and held them there until they were paid. We ask our interviewees what it's like living and growing up in this remote spot so close to a ghost town that played a big part in Western History. By Bill Betenson's Book Butch Cassidy: The Wyoming Years here Bub Meeks' Robbery of The Guild Store in Fort Bridger Letters from Douglas Preston to Butch Cassidy Website to visit The Charcoal Kilns Support the show…
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedSend us a text In the early 1980's, my older brother, Mark Petersen, started volunteering at a radio station in a log cabin with grass growing on it's roof near North Pole, Alaska. Known as King Jesus North Pole (KJNP), it broadcast religious messages to native people in Alaska's interior and even into the Soviet Union. Mark tells us what it was like working at a station where he butchered his own meat and sent on-air messages to trappers and gold miners in Alaska's remote regions. Photo of KJNP Courtesy of Carol M Highsmith KJNP Mark's YouTube Channel: Local Highlights Support the show…
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedSend us a text In 1993, Lisa Nicolle Hamilton's family moved into an old LDS church building built just after the American Civil War. She talks about what it was like growing up in the old building and how her family adapted the building into a home and the community's reaction to the church's new use. Lisa's YouTube Channel The Old Grantsville Church Twinpectol (Lisa's brothers' band with the song about living in the Church) Hey Kim and Katie (Lisa's relatives' podcast) Support the show…
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Send us a text A strange tale involving Spanish explorers, Mormon pioneers, a spiritualist, possible former members of Butch Cassidy's gang, and a school teacher from Wyoming's Bridger Valley who barely made it out of the Uinta's with his life. Note: This Episode's icon is a photo of a known mine near Park City, UT and is not of any lost mines. Sources Cited: -Footprints In The Wilderness: A history of The Lost Rhoades Mines -Faded Footprints: The Lost Rhoades Gold Mines & Other Hidden Treasures of the Uinta's -The Gold of Carre-Shinob -The Dominguez & Escalante Expedition -Territorial Evolution of Mexico -Deseret News Article About Spanish Mission in Utah -Mormon Gold Coinage -Lee Davidson's 1989 Article about Amasa A Davidson's 1920 near-fatal hunt for the gold -Deseret News Article About Two Men Arrested While Hunting Gold Support the show…
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedSend us a text Across the Rocky Mountains Sheep Herders from places as diverse as Greece to Scotland and The Basque Region to Peru have left messages and drawings on Aspen Trees. We talk with Dr. Alison Krögel about some of the 300 aspen carvings she has documented and the deeper meanings and connections she's found in them at times. Please check out her website The Aspen Archives to learn more and see pictures of some of them. Do you want to advertise with That Doesn't Happen Every Day? Please send me and email: deanarthurpetersen@gmail.com This episode's icon is courtesy of Mark Chapman. Support the show…
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedSend us a text Despite their best efforts to remove all the bodies from a cemetery in Green River, Wyoming, remains of people and their graves continue to be found under and around The Sweetwater County Library. In addition to physical items, staff and visitors have also claimed to have frightening and unusual encounters there. We interview two people who've worked there about some the weird things they've seen and heard there. If you visit The Sweetwater County Library , please be respectful and remember that it is first and foremost a library. Please check out Micki Gilmore's book about the library Spirits in the Stacks: Tales from Sweetwater County's haunted library If you'd like to advertise on this podcast please email me: deanarthurpetersen@gmail.com Support the show…
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedSend us a text In the late 1990's CJ Young's orange soda loving bison Ralphie was found mutilated. This is their story. Support the show
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1 In 1958, "Bandits" Robbed The Uinta County State Bank & Used Horses to Escape 14:34
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedSend us a text Only about a decade before Neil Armstrong would walk on the moon, a posse was called in in Mountain View, Wyoming to hunt two "masked bandits" who robbed the Uinta County State Bank and then fled on horseback into the Uinta Mountains. Support the show
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1 Cattle Mutilations in The Bridger Valley of Wyoming in the mid 1970s. 20:36
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedSend us a text In the mid 1970’s, ranchers in Wyoming’s Bridger Valley suffered extensive cattle mutilations with little explanation of why or who was behind it. Former Uinta County Sheriff Leonard Hysell shares his memories of the mutilations as well as who he believes was behind it all. Sources Sited: Army: Nerve Agent Near Dead Utah sheep in ’68 – Jim Woolf. The Salt Lake Tribune 1998 Did Dugway Conduct Over 600 Radiation Tests? - Lee Davidson. The Deseret News 1994. US Army Chemical Materials Activity - Staff. US Army Chemical Materials Agency 2012. Support the show…
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1 When your grandpa goes from Rock Springs to a POW camp in Germany 17:27
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedSend us a text After going back to Rock Springs, Wyoming, Mark Pedri and his wife Kari moved into Mark's late grandfather's home and discovered a knife hidden in his bed. To learn more about this man who lived across the street from Mark for much of his life, he goes on a journey over 5,000 miles away from Wyoming to find out more about the things his grandfather never talked about. Mark Pedri's film Dear Sirs will air on Wyoming PBS June 6th at 7pm. You can also watch it via PBS' live stream here at that time. Please go to the Dir Sirs Webpage to learn more about screenings and other events. If you enjoyed this episode you might also like a previous episode called Vietnam in Our Family Album . Support the show…
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Send us a text What happens when the old house you are given to live in for the summer has mice in the walls, lights that come on in the attic, and gives you horrible, horrible nightmares. Many thanks to Scott Leon Smith for his being on the show today. If you are looking for an actor or voice actor here is Scott's website Monster Vox Productions . Scott's reading of The Burqa Cave written by Dean Petersen is available at this link on Audible. If you would like a paper or e-copy of The Burqa Cave , please go to this link . Photos Courtesy of James Campbell & The Library of Congress -No, it is not a photo of the actual house Scott talks about. Support the show…
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1 The shoes made of Wyoming Outlaw Big Nose George's Skin 17:37
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedSend us a text In 1881, confessed murderer George "Big Nose" Parrott was hanged by vigilantes after he tried to escape from jail in Rawlins, Wyoming. While that was the end of George, it wasn't the end of his remains. Some of them were given to a teenaged girl, some were hidden in a barrel to be discovered in 1950 when a store was being built in Rawlins, and some of them were used to make shoes believed to have been worn by Wyoming's third governor at his inauguration in 1893. To find out more listen to this show and buy Dr. Mark E Miller's book Big Nose George His Troublesome Trail . Also please check out the great articles written by Lori Van Pelt about key events and people from this story: Big Nose George: A Grisly Frontier Tale Lillian Heath: Wyoming's First Female Physician Packed a Pistol John E Osborne and the Logjammed Politics of 1893 If you'd like to see the shoes feel free to visit The Carbon County Museum in Rawlins, Wyoming. You can read the 1913 article about Governor Osborne and Columbus' remains here . Photo Courtesy of The Carbon County Museum Support the show…
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Send us a text In 1968, my Dad, Owen Petersen, left the Bridger Valley of Wyoming for Vietnam where he served as a platoon leader in the 3rd Marine Division. After he came home, he put the photos he took into an album that collected dust with our other photos. In this interview we ask him about those pictures and what it was like to be boots on the ground in the war. Veteran Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: 988 The varied sounds of bullets passing by: Marine in Afghanistan The Basinger Support the show…
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1 When your town becomes a ghost town and you refuse to leave 13:06
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedSend us a text Jim Moretti was born in a tiny town in Southwest Wyoming in the late forties, but as his hometown became a ghost town, he stayed in the only hotel until the mid 1980s. The icon for this episode is a picture of the actual Carter Hotel in the story. Support the show
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1 When the pilot has a stroke and you have to land the plane yourself 11:58
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedSend us a text In 1969 James Barret was in the passenger seat of a plane headed to Riverton, Wyoming when the pilot suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and couldn't fly the plane. This is James' story about what he did to survive. Links to other plane crash stories: Crash of Flight 409 near Laramie, WY Bomber Mountain Check out The Wyoming State Archives Oral History Collection here . Support the show…
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Send us a text At 7:28 AM United Airlines Flight 409 crashed in the rugged Snowy Range of southern Wyoming on October 6th 1955. It was the worst civilian air disaster to that date in America killing all 66 people on board. Volunteer mountain climbers were called in from The University of Wyoming in Laramie to help recover the remains. Why exactly the plane crashed still remains debated and we explore some of the stories of the recovery teams and victims on this episode. Please check out our other plane crash episode called Bomber Mountain . Visit The American Heritage Center's Digital Collection about the crash . Read Mel Duncan's digitized report . See video of the crash site in 1955 here . -List of the Victims the Crash of Flight 409- Mrs Clifford B Ackerman Thomas Ackerman Robert Ainsley Capt Charles R Anstadt Mrs Dorthea Beck Dwight H Benson Herbert L Brawner Mrs Grace Brown Dale Brown William H Burgin Dr James A Bush Airman 3/C Thomas Campbell Mrs Helen Collins Henry S Dean Dr Lawrence J Devine Endlehart Mrs Inez C Evans Keith F Finlay Charles Gesas Gerald Hadley Mrs Edna F Hanks Richard D Hawkins Mrs Marian Kirk J Lawrence Malnar Myron Manwill JE McGarr Mrs JE McGarr John B Merrill Mrs John B Merrill Lawrence Monk Dale Elton Nelson RB Nurre Parker AJ Plouff Mrs C Poulakidas Eugene Reynolds Mrs Aceodene Schow Mrs Betty Seare Mrs Rhea Smuthwaite Dr W Alan Stewart Edward P Taylor Mrs Darrel Tucker Deborah Tucker Mrs Georgie West Earl West Jr Staff Sgt Lewis Wood Deloy A Montano John P Rice Joseph D Winsett Alfredo G Mitotes Charles L Missner Ronald E Albright Roger E Bechtold Raymond Englehart Richard D Cook Daniel R Alexander Arnold H Boggs William R Ettleman Russell L Kugler Richard Lawhead Paul C Noetzelmann Wilbert N Witley Herbert Willaims Support the show…
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Send us a text In 2020 Libby Bushell was putting in a new sewer line on her property in Cheyenne, Wyoming when she got the shock of her life. Please stay tuned if more info from The Laramie County Coroner becomes available. Support the show
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Send us a text The story of a murder at Fremont Canyon Bridge in Wyoming and one man's journey to visit the scene of the crime and tell the story of what happened and how it impacted Casper and Wyoming. NOTE: This story contains accounts of suicide and sexual assault. Buy your copy of Ron Franscell's book about the murder: The Darkest Night . Ron's website: www.ronfranscell.com Important links: Suicide and Crisis Lifeline : 988 National Sexual Assault Hotline : 1-800-656-4673 Parents of Murdered Children: www.pomc.org Support the show…
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Send us a text In 2020 a light descended by Interstate 80 in southwest Wyoming. Olen House talks about what he saw and how people have related to the photos he took of it. To get your own copy of Olen's book email him at: ojhouse53@yahoo.com To learn more about sundogs visit this link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_dog Support the show…
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Send us a text What is it like living in a fire watch tower in the remote parts of the mountains? We talked with Samsara Duffey about her adventures living in watch towers for 26 seasons. Photo courtesy of Samsara Duffey. Learn how to use the fire finder at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8A2KZ4WDsc Support the show…
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Send us a text What happens when your sixth grade teacher sees a UFO? Thanks Ms E for being on the show. Support the show
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Send us a text A flooded funeral home... A frightening photo... Welcome back to That Doesn't Happen Every Day! Support the show
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Send us a text In 1939, Earl Durand went on a rampage across North Western Wyoming that came to a violent end when he tried to rob the bank in Powell. Thanks to Jerred Metz for appearing on the show. Please check out his book " The Last Eleven Days of Earl Durand ." Thanks to Mark Junge for letting me use his recording of Tipton Cox. That recording along with many other recordings pertinent to Wyoming history can be accessed free in The Wyoming State Archives Oral History Data Base . Please check them out. Support the show…
Send us a text What does it actually feel like to be bitten by a rattlesnake? One man describes being bitten by a rattlesnake very far from a hospital in the remoter parts of Wyoming. Support the show
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Send us a text We talk with someone who hiked to a remote ridge in Wyoming to learn more about the crash of B-17 Bomber during WWII. If you'd like to see a museum display about the crash here is the website for the Jim Gatchell Museum in Buffalo, WY. Photo courtesy of Sylvia Bruner. Support the show
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Send us a text If you knew something terrible had happened in a house, would you move into it? We talk with a man who moved his business into a house in Downtown Cheyenne where a man was murdered and buried in the basement and what happened after that. If you'd like to learn more about Alan Ross and his murder please watch the documentary, " Missing Allen ." If you'd like to visit the art gallery I featured in this show, please visit the website for Deselms Fine Art & Custom Framing . If you'd like to learn more about the history of the Deselms Gallery and other spooky stuff in Cheyenne, please check out Jill Pope's " Haunted Cheyenne ." Support the show…
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Send us a text Aaron Blair worked as a corrections officer in Wyoming's only Maximum Security Prison for twenty years. He shares what it's like to be in the middle of a Prison Riot and some of the funny and tragic things that happened while he was there. If you'd like to help corrections officers visit this link . If you'd like to watch the documentary, Echoes from the Wyoming State Penitentiary: North Facility 1981-2001 . Support the show…
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