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Backstory with Larry Potash — 132 episodes · page 1 of 2
The Fight to Save Bees
The Nazis’ Legal Reckoning
Diamonds Are Forever: Chicago’s Senior Baseball League
America’s First Celebrity Sex Scandal
Who Killed Jennifer?
The Hidden Suburban P.O.W. Camp
The Father of Modern Advertising
The Artist Who Saved a Hollywood Classic From Never Being Made
The Rise & Fall of Toys
America’s History of Doomsday Cults
The History of Pseudoscience
Ian Fleming’s Wartime American Wingman
Why Dungeons and Dragons Still Thrives
A Short History of Magic Acts
The True Genius of Ray Bradbury
From Pulp to Popular: A Short History of Science Fiction
A Decorated Pilot’s Final Mission
Murder in the Desert: a Break in Brother’s Search for Killer
The Viking Ship that Took the World by Storm
How Journalism Survives
Preserving history: The rarely seen reels of the Chicago Film Archive
The Suburban Nazi Janitor Hiding in Plain Sight
Collecting Abraham Lincoln
Psychology of Collecting
Chicago's Starring Role in the Rise of Golf
How the West Was Won: Professor Channels Gaming to Reach & Teach History
An Army Doctor's Career Threatening Secret
Larry Potash Uncovers his Family Tree
The Woman Who Legally Kidnapped Over 5,000 Children
The World’s First Super Spy
How Iconic Chicago Sports Statues Came to Life
Billy Caldwell: A new look at a Chicago pioneer’s legacy
The Backstory of the Guitar
The Origin & Legacy of Sherlock Holmes
The Rise of the Tattoo
The Rise, Fall, and Reinvention of the American Mall
The Powerful Allure of Nostalgia
Scots in America
The Backstory of Whiskey
The Evolution of Maps
Vintage Baseball
Mr. Sound Effects
From Reefer Madness to Big Business, Cannabis’ Comeback St
The Hidden Meanings Embedded all over ‘It’s a Wonderful Life'
The Deadliest Maritime Disaster in U.S. History
The Chicago Movie Pioneer Who Revolutionized an Entire Industry
THE MAN WHO TOOK ON LAKE MICHIGAN
THE PIONEERING CUBS OWNER WHO LOST IT ALL
THE "SECRET SIX" WHO HELPED BRING DOWN CAPONE
THE SMALL TOWN PASTOR WHO HELPED SAVE THE WORLD
THE BACKSTORY OF COMIC BOOKS & THEIR UNCERTAIN FUTURE
AN ODE TO WIFFLE BALL
THE BREAKAWAY MORMON SECT LOST TO HISTORY
THE HEALTH HUSTLER OF THE OZARKS
RECORD-BREAKING: THE BACKSTORY OF VINYL’S COMEBACK
The Most Controversial Finish in Sports History
How Coffee Became King
Bringing the past alive, one photo at a time
When Grandma was a mobster; the inside story of 'The Black Widow'
The Tulsa Massacre: One Century Later
FBI Files of the Famous
Murder of the Osage
Anita King - The Paramount Girl
The Value of Baseball Cards
Weird Instruments
Astronomy
Old Pictures Displayed on Buildings to Tell Chicago Neighborhood's Story
The Enduring Legacy of the Playboy Clubs
Lustron Homes
M.I.A./P.O.W. MOVEMENT
Conspiracy Theories
Mysterious Manuscript
Glass Plate Photographer
Roller Skating
Donut Day
The Hidden Cemetery
Barbecue Stories
The Evolution of Bozo
Hidden History
The Great Train Robbery
The Myth of Race
Human Guinea Pigs
Hero Street
Texas Cowgirls
Silent Enemy
Wind and Wheels
Chicago's First Crime King
Power of the Pen
The American Dream
Social Lubricant
Forces of Nature
The Reverse Underground Railroad
Boy's Best Friend
Backstory Shorts: A Presidential Fitness Test
Backstory Shorts: The Forgotten Leader
The Intercontinental
Lincoln's Rise to Power
The Second City Sinners
The Klan Detective
The Bootlegger