The story behind the story of Mary Catherine Campbell and Warren G. Harding

Host Brian Smith discusses the epic meeting of two future icons of Rock n Roll. On February 13, 1955, at the Fair Park Coliseum in Lubbock, Texas, Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly crossed paths, a significant event for music history. Yet it is rarely discussed by music historians.

Elvis Presley was performing as "The Be-Bop Western Star of the Louisiana Hayride". Buddy Holly, then a senior in high school, was part of a local country-and-western duo called "Buddy and Bob", who opened for Elvis. This performance was the first booking Elvis' manager, Colonel Tom Parker, secured for him directly.

Buddy Holly was so inspired by Elvis' performance that it influenced his own transformation from a country artist to a rock-and-roll pioneer. This meeting marked a turning point in Buddy Holly's career, leading him to open for Elvis multiple times that year and eventually gaining recognition from Decca Records, which contributed to his later success with the Crickets.

Host Brian Smith takes you on a harrowing journey of the story of the Bluebell tragedy, and a little girl on a raft. Terry Jo Duperrault gained notoriety in 1961 after surviving a horrific ordeal at sea. She was 11 years old when her family, including her mother and father, was murdered by the captain of the chartered sailboat they were on, named Bluebelle. She survived the massacre by jumping overboard onto a small cork float and then adrift in the ocean for four days before being rescued.

Host Brian Smith reveals the "story behind the story" of John Sigrist, a football players on the Ohio State Buckeyes at the turn of the twentienth century. On October 26, 1901, John Sigrist, who played center-rush, sustained a broken vertebrae in a game against Western Reserve. He died from his injuries two days later. He remains the only Ohio State player to have died from injuries sustained in a game.

Host Brian Smith tells the harrowing tale of how Juliane Koepcke was flying over the Peruvian rainforest with her mother when her plane was hit by lightning. She survived a two-mile fall and found herself alone in the jungle, just 17. The Story Behind the Story of Juliane Koepcke is how she survived.

Host Brian Smith discusses "The Story Behind The Story" of Secretariat", considered the greatest thoroughbed racehorse of the 20th Century. Secretariat was a legendary thoroughbred racehorse whose name reigns supreme in the history of racing. The stallion not only became the first horse in 25 years to win the Triple Crown in 1973, he did it in a way that left spectators breathless.

Host Brian Smith discusses the story behind the story of three lives changed forever by the tragedy of the Kent State shootings on May 4, 1970.

Host Brian Smith discusses the story behind the story of the Kent State shootings on May 4, 1970. Students at Kent State University rallied to protest the invasion of Cambodia during the Vietnam War. Ohio National Guards—called in to restore order—unexpectedly opened fire on the students, killing four and wounding nine others.