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Mystery Show Podcast: The Story Within the Story

June 8, 2015 by Gina Watters 3 Comments

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Who was D.B. Cooper? Did Lee Harvey Oswald really act alone? What happened to Jimmy Hoffa? The world is full of mysteries. The big ones have certainly gotten their share of attention, but what about the little ones? Everyone has encountered one of these in their lives at one time, and they can really drive you nuts trying to figure them out.

I had one myself a few years ago when I came home to find five huge dragonfly-shaped Mylar balloons tied to my back porch with colorful ribbon. Everyone I knew denied putting them there, and I was inclined to believe them. It was a real head-scratcher, and one that tormented me for some time. I of course decided that the culprit was a sadistic clown killer marking me for later death. But that’s just me.

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Posted in: Podcasts Tagged: Britney Spears, D.B Cooper, Gimlet Media, Jimmy Hoffa, Lee Harvey Oswald, mystery, Mystery Show, podcast, Starlee Kine, This American Life

Not Background Noise: An Overview of Serial

October 31, 2014 by Gina Watters Leave a Comment

This is a guest post by Gina Watters. Gina lives in Chicago where she writes stories and listens to podcasts (usually instead of whatever it is she’s actually supposed to be doing).

Image of the logo from the podcast Serial

On February 9, 1999, high-school senior Hae Min Lee was found strangled to death in a wooded park in Baltimore County, Maryland. Her ex-boyfriend and classmate Adnan Syed was convicted of her murder and has spent the last 15 years in prison for the crime. Lee’s murder, and the subsequent investigation, is the subject of Serial, a new podcast from the producers of This American Life. 

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