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One day a few years ago, 300 migrants were kidnapped between the remote desert towns of Altar, Mexico, and Sasabe, Arizona. A local priest got 120 released, many with broken ankles and other marks of abuse, but the rest vanished. Óscar Martinez, a young writer from El Salvador, was in Altar soon after the abduction, and his account of the migrant disappearances is only one of the harrowing stories he garnered from two years spent traveling up and down the migrant trail from Central America and across the US border.

To many in the age of Obama, America had succeeded in "going beyond race", putting the divisions of the past behind us. And then 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was shot by a wannabe cop in Florida; and then 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri; and then Baltimore blew up; and then gunfire shattered a prayer meeting at a church in Charleston, South Carolina. Suddenly the entire country awakened to a stark fact: Young Black men are an endangered species.

A defense technology expert and military leader reveals the future of robotic warfare, and illuminates the path to navigate the approaching storm of global change.

Something unimaginable occurred from 1764 to 1767 in the remote highlands of south-central France. For three years, a real-life monster, or monsters, ravaged the region, slaughtering by some accounts more than 100 people, mostly women and children, and inflicting severe injuries upon many others.

The London Zoo, the worlds oldest scientific zoo, opened its gates in 1828 with the goal of advancing the scientific study of animals. In 1831-32, it welcomed the animals from the Tower of London menagerie into its collection, and by 1847, it became a public attraction. Managed by the Zoological Society of London, founded in 1826, this historic zoo is located at the northern edge of Regents Park. Charles John Cornish, a renowned English naturalist and author, captured the essence of this remarkable institution in his 1895 publication. Join us as we explore the fascinating tales of big cats and...

**The 2022 Lammy Award Winner in Transgender Nonfiction** Exploring the intersections of Blackness, gender, fatness, health, and the violence of policing. To live in a body both fat and Black is to exist at the margins of a society that creates the conditions for anti-fatness as anti-Blackness...

Committed Belgophile and road cycling obsessive Harry Pearson takes you on a journey across Flanders - through the lumpy horizontal rain, up the elbow-juddering cobbled inclines, past the fans dressed as chickens and the shop window displays of constipation medicines as he follows races big, small and even smaller, through one glorious, muddy spring. Ranging over 500 years of Flemish and European history, Pearson examines the characters, the myths and the rivalries that make Flanders a place where cycling is a religion and the riders its Lycra-clad priests.

On December 13, 1944, POW Estel Myers was herded aboard the Japanese prison ship, the Oryoku Maru, with more than 1,600 other American captives. More than 1,100 of them would be dead by journey's end... The son of a Kentucky sharecropper and an enlistee in the Navy's medical corps, Myers arrived in Manilla shortly before the bombings of Pearl Harbor and the other six targets of the Imperial Japanese military.

Dive into the true and gripping tale of Beasts, Men and Gods. This story is not just an account, its a journey through the perils and escapes reminiscent of epic fantasies like The Lord of the Rings. Join Ferdinand Ossendowski, a Polish man stranded in Siberia during the Bolshevik Revolution, as he navigates through the harsh landscapes of Siberia, Mongolia, and China to reach the Pacific and escape the chaos. Along the way, he crosses paths with countless military men, each sharing the same aim yet meeting different fates. Its a story of survival against the odds, where threats come not just ...

The unbelievably riveting adventure of an unlikely young explorer who emerged from the jungles of Africa with evidence of a mysterious, still mythical beast—the gorilla—only to stumble straight into the center of the biggest debate of the day: Darwin's theory of evolution In 1856 Paul Du...

On the 100th anniversary of the death of Michael Collins, this podcast tells the fascinating story of Ned Broy, the double agent who helped Collins change the course of Irish history. The story begins when a Dublin based history teacher named Brendan McCauley learns that he has bought Ned Broy’s original home.  This starts a voyage of discovery concerning Broy and his critical involvement in Irish history.

The summer of 1916 had come on like a furnace. June had been blistering, the kind of month that drove city dwellers out of their brick apartments in Philadelphia and New York, down toward the promise of breezes off the Atlantic Ocean, in Jersey shore towns like Beach Haven, Spring Lake, Asbury Park, and Matawan... But beneath the glittering surface, the sea held its own dark relentless man-eating secret.

Welcome to Beasts of Legend, the ultimate podcast for lovers of myth, folklore, and the mysterious creatures that inhabit our stories and nightmares. Join us as we delve deep into the world of cryptids, yōkai, mythical beasts, and legendary creatures from cultures around the globe. Each episode explores the origins, cultural significance, and enduring mysteries surrounding these fascinating beings—whether it’s the chilling tale of Japan’s Teke Teke, the elusive Bigfoot, or the fiery majesty of the Phoenix. With engaging storytelling, historical context, and expert insights, Beasts of ...

This Podcast is intended to be a weekly production with each season taking on a new area of the world with each season. This will not be extensive, but it hopefully be enjoyable and enlightening. This has inspiration from the podcast Lore as well as the book series Mythos. With iconic beasts from the classic Egypt and Greece to the more modern sightings in the Americas this podcast will explore some famous beasts throughout history, filtered through the lens of imagination, spun with a tale of fantasy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The BEAST has been a mystery to many, much more his elusive MARK, get the truth from the only source of truth. God's word. In this ten part series you will learn who/or what the BEAST is, and what his MARK is. This series is not difficult to understand, but will leave you with the confidence we need in these end times.

Alexa Sand and Ian MacInnes explore the world of medieval and Renaissance animals, real, fantastic, and fantastically real. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you knew sudden destruction would fall upon the earth in the next twenty-four hours, how would you spend your last moments? Join New York Times bestselling author John Hagee as he uses Scripture as a guide to count down the prophetic minutes through the events which must occur before every...

We will be covering mysterious beasts; cryptids, legendary creatures, creatures of myth, and ghosts. I will cover what each category is, how it came to be, and the creatures that fall into these categories. Some creatures will fall under more than one category. Also, for fun, we will cover any strange crime connected to the creatures and their stories.

Do you know what the first burger chain was? That Taco Bell was originally known as Bell Burger - and was founded in the same city as McDonald's? Have you heard of the 1980s burger wars? All About the Burger covers all of these topics and more! Discover the food history you've been missing in this entertaining audiobook.

Hi everyone, welcome to Ancient Tracks: A Beast Inquiry. I'm Abbie and along with Chuck and Forrest we would like to share our vision for the show. We not only want to have amazing guests, encounters, and hit on all the cryptid hot topics; but also break down historical and related recent accounts and see what hidden gems of information we find. Maybe find something and maybe we don't. It's the journey we want to experience and invite you to come along with us. If you have and encounter to share or topic you'd like us to discuss let us know at ancienttracksabi@gmail.com