1001 History's Best Storytellers- Author Interviews

1001 Interviews author Sally Mott Freeman about her father's search for his missing and wounded younger brother, who has been captured by the Japanese during the invasion and occupation of the Philippines.. In this gripping factual novel, author Freeman details the efforts of her father, a Navy Intel Officer assigned to Roosevelt's War Room at the White House, to find his youngest brother Barton,...

In August of 1946 the Democrat party was holding most of the state of Tennessee in an iron grip and had been for 10 years. Voters were being shot, beaten, and intimidated. Ballot box stuffing was the rule in many counties. Election integrity was non-existent. The corruption went all the way to Washington DC. The DOJ, the FBI, the Tennessee State Supreme Court- all turned a blind eye to the worst c...

We interview author Walter Bornemann about his riveting book BROTHERS DOWN, which is the story of the heroes aboard the USS Arizona, which was dive-bombed and sunk by Japanese planes on December 7th, 1941. 63 of the Arizona's 1, 177 dead were brothers. At this point going into WWII, fathers, sons, and brothers serving together were not uncommon. Author Walter Borneman gives us a preview here of a...

Voted as the #3 top actress in Golden Age Hollywood by the American Film Institute, famous for her roles in Gigi, Breakfast At Tiffanys, Sabrina, My Fair Lady, Funny Face, Roman Holiday, and other great films, Audrey Hepburn's on screen life was and is admired by millions. What most people don't know is that her life really began in war-torn, German occupied Holland, and was molded by her experien...

Biographer Robert Matzen discusses his second Hepburn book (Warrior) which covers her last 5 years working for UNICEF in war torn countries like Somalia and Sudan as well as his biographies on Jimmy Stewart and Carole Lombard. Included-portions of Global News interview with Audrey Hepburn, and Luca Dotti (son of Audrey Hepburn). This show used actual TV scripts from The Twilight Zone , altered the...

Host Brian Tremblay explains our new interview show 1001 True Stories here... 1001 True Stories with Brian Tremblay is a fast-moving and interesting "True Story Podcast" weekly show hosted by broadcaster and creative talent Brian Tremblay and featuring guests with a wide variety of captivating stories to tell. Sometimes funny, sometimes scary, and always binge-worthy, the stories provide a unique...

How were Hitler's forces finally defeated? What happened after the Battle of the Bulge? These questions and many more are answered in this interview with author Sam Mitchum, who the Wall Street Journal calls "a prolific chronicler of WWII". Check out the latest new Jack London episode today at 1001 Best of Jack London (links below) ANDROID USERS- 1001's Best of Jack London at Spotify https://open....

We interview "The Admirals" author Walter Borneman to get an in-depth look at why Admiral Chester Nimitz was the right man at the right time to lead our US Naval Forces in the Pacific during WWII. Check out the latest new Jack London episode today at 1001 Best of Jack London (links below) ANDROID USERS- 1001's Best of Jack London at Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2HzkpdKeWJgUU9rbx3NqgF 1001...

You may not have heard of this largely unsung hero of the Civil War- William J. Cushing...but you are about to. In this interview with author Jerome Preisler ( Civil War Commando-William J. Cushing and the Daring Raid to Sink the CSS Albemarle) we are treated to a first-hand look at what goes into the writing of a great non-fiction novel and why 21 year old Commander William Cushing, an undiscipli...

Thanks to all of you for being loyal listeners! We are seeking your unique stories at two new interview style podcasts! The first- WITNESS....Everyone has a story Its one of those stories you share when you're sharing experiences- maybe you were in a movie, or involved in a rescue, or happening, or disaster; meeting a celebrity, cop or rescue stories, war stories, attending a concert (like Elvis's...

ANNOUNCEMENTS 1001  HISTORY'S BEST STORYTELLERS Hi Everyone, this is your host Jon Hagadorn, and I want to thank you for being followers of this show for the last few years. 1001 History's Best Storytellers has acted as my interview extension for mostly author interviews which I have already hosted at 1001 Heroes. Since most podcast hosts don't have a search feature I thought it would make it easi...

The search for hijacker D.B. Cooper has perplexed the F.B.I. and hundreds of investigators for 50 years. The History Channel contacted us at 1001 to let us know they are launching a new show called Histories Greatest Mysteries on Nov 14th and asked if we would like to interview the lead investigator for the premier show of the series, titled THE FINAL HUNT FOR D.B. COOPER- and this is that intervi...

87 year-old Marie Castro, who was a young child on Saipan in 1937 during the Japanese occupation, recalls accounts of Amelia Earhart as a Japanese captive in the summer of that year before her death due to dysentery. Ms. Castro provides a fascinating first-hand account of life on Saipan during the American invasion in 1944. Catch ALL our author interviews in one place here at 1001 History's Best S...

One Holocaust Family's Desperate Plea For Help- "you are surely informed about the situation of all Jews in Europe...help us to follow our children. It is our last and only hope".. . This was the desperate plea of Alfred Berger, mailed in a letter to an American stranger who shared the same last name. Fifty years later, after languishing in a trunk in a California attic, the letter found itself in...

Did you ever wonder how some of our US Presidents would do if they were paired up in a boxing ring? 1001 heroes interviews Scott Rank, the host of History Unplugged Podcast and The Presidential Fight Club podcast, and we get some unique insight on the capabilities of some of our past presidents. The match-ups: Andrew Jackson vs James Buchanan; John F Kennedy vs. Chester Arthur; George Washington v...

We interview Mark Lender, one of the contributors to this fascinating new book, which is a collection of ten new historical works which provide unique insight to the inner workings of the American Revolution. From the Battle in Brooklyn Heights to the Quebec Campaign and the Southern Campaigns for the hearts and minds of patriots and then to Yorktown, author/historian Mark Lender provides some ver...

This interview with author Omer Bartov provides a window to history for anyone who wants to understand how genocide begins and what is being done about it. Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/Anatomy-Genocide-Death-called-Buczacz/dp/1451684553  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 1942, the United States, still reeling from the Japanese surprise attack on our naval fleet at Pearl Harbor, needed to show Japan that they were not invincible. Jimmy Doolittle led a fleet of 16 bombers on a successful raid over Tokyo- 13 of those crews managed to crash land safely in China -but a handful of American pilot were captured and kept in Japanese prisons where they were starved and t...

When Berlin fell in April-May of 1945 under the Russian onslaught, Adolph Hitler and his new bride Eva Braun, as the story went for years, committed double suicide- he by a gunshot to his head, and she by cyanide. The story continued that their bodies were carried outside of their bunker and set ablaze by their personal guards. For years the Russians kept the whereabouts of their corpses a secret,...

A treasure trove for Civil War buffs - 1001 interviews Civil War author/historian Sam Mitchum regarding his new book 'Encyclopedia of Confederate Generals'. In this discussion, Sam talks about Nathan Bedford Forrest (his favorite general), General Barksdale, General Longstreet, Pickett's Charge, Gettysburg, Mosby, Adam Stovepipe Johnson, Zebulon York, General Beauregard, 3 ways the South could hav...

Prior to WWII, Josephine Baker was a music hall diva renowned for her singing and dancing, her beauty and sexuality, and she was the highest paid female performer in Europe. When the Nazis seized Paris she was banned from the stage along with all "negroes and Jews"- but she refused to return to America- instead, she vowed to stay and fight the Nazis with every fiber of her being. She became a mast...

1001 interviews author, podcast creator, filmmaker, and Director of Project Earhart Chris Williamson, about his new book 'Rabbit Hole: the Vanishing of Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan', which covers in depth the 4 major theories as to what happened to Earhart and Noonan in 1937 when their Electra went down en route to Howland Island in the Pacific.. Some of our earlier appearances on Chris's "Vanis...

"Jack the Ripper TUMBLETY DID IT Prime Suspect: Dr. Tumblety. Ripper Author Michael Hawley, author of "The Ripper's Haunts", discusses his new evidence on the only Ripper suspect that provides all these proven matches: 1), Was held by police as a suspect in the Ripper murders, 2), jumped bond and escaped after the last murder; 3) had an open hate for prostitutes, 4), was in London during the ten w...

A July 4th Special- 1001 interviews author and veteran Mark Hager regarding his new book 'The Last of the 357th Infantry Harold Frank's WWII Story of Faith & Courage- which is an incredible story of a WWII veteran who participated in the Normandy invasion as a BAR man, was wounded after 30 days on non-stop fighting during which most of his division was killed or wounded, and survived a German pris...

Author Stephen Hawley Martin joins us for a journey into the unknown to answer the following questions: Is there life after death? Does our life have a meaning? Does reincarnation exist? To find out more about him visit www.shmartin.com. Support our show and checkout www.simplisafe.com/1001! Only 14.99/mo- no long contracts-no tools required. This is a great product- highly reviewed (40,000 Amazon...