The Lindberghs’ Summer Excursion Part 2
Charles Lindbergh flew the seaplane Sirius through the Arctic fog, while Anne Lindbergh sat behind him with her head down listening on her earphones...
The Big BOO!
A man in Pittsburgh opened his front door and heard a sad voice; the voice came from the radio and seemed to be mourning...
An Evening by the Radio
Let’s travel back in time to a spring afternoon in New York City during World War II. The time is 5:30 p.m. on a...
The Dragon Lady Conquers America, Part 2
On Thursday morning, February 18, 1943, crowds of curious onlookers huddled together near Capitol Hill. Every ten feet on the road leading to the...
Five Seconds in Miami
Guiseppe Zangara's stomach "always hurt." The 33 year-old Italian immigrant bricklayer held and lost numerous jobs from New Jersey to California following his 1923...
World War II National Memorial Dedication Day
By its nature this topic deals with the past, but this month’s story concerns a future event taking place at the end of May:...
Musical Chairs Part 1
Something was missing from the radio air waves on January 1, 1941 — the music of Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, the Gershwins and hundreds...
The Birth of LIFE magazine
In 1936 Henry Luce had the motive, means, and money to publish a national picture magazine; so he did. The first issue hit the...
Broadcasting from the Bottom of the World
A collapsible organ, a piano, and a man who could do “double tremolos on the harmonica.” If you guessed a 1930s evening by the...
The Egg-Boiling Experiment
On Wednesday, December 2, 1942, Chicago’s weather turned frigid — ten degrees Fahrenheit and a howling wind. Underneath the unheated west stands of the...