That Doesn't Happen Every Day

Send us Fan Mail 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

Send us Fan Mail 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 . Suppo...

Send us Fan Mail 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 ex...

Send us Fan Mail 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

Send us Fan Mail 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 Im...

Send us Fan Mail 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

Send us Fan Mail 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

Send us Fan Mail What happens when your sixth grade teacher sees a UFO? Thanks Ms E for being on the show. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail A flooded funeral home... A frightening photo... Welcome back to That Doesn't Happen Every Day! Support the show

Send us Fan Mail 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 per...

Send us Fan Mail 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

Send us Fan Mail 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

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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 Wyomi...

Send us Fan Mail There are about 20 one room school houses still operating in Wyoming. We interview Gene Gagliano who left New York State to teach at an isolated one room schoolhouse at the foot of The Bighorn Mountains. MORE INFO: The one room schoolhouse featured in the story was the Kearney School. The photo used for this story's icon was taken in 1908 inside the school and was lent to us...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we hear the story of a woman seen during a fishing trip whose unsettling presence and manner has scared hunters with guns and even made one woman go to the emergency room to check if she was hallucinating. Please Visit Our Facebook Page . Support the show

Send us Fan Mail  What was your first job? One of CJ Young's first jobs was to give tours in an abandoned penitentiary known for creepy happenings. He tells us about just a few of these experiences in this episode. Here's the link to the penitentiary . Here's our Facebook page . Support the show

Send us Fan Mail  Ever been to a famous person's house? Ever lived in one? In this episode we'll hear the stories of my family renting a house that belonged to a man who would one day become and American Icon. Please visit our Facebook page . Support the show