That Doesn't Happen Every Day
Dean Petersen
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Stories from everyday people about things that don't happen everyday.
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S5E1 Jake Warga the Skeptic Ghost Hunter
Send a textWhat happens when you love hunting ghosts, but you're also a skeptic? What happens when you finally do see a ghost, or at least you think you might have, but again, you're a skeptic? What…
S4E10 The Grattan Incident
Send a textIn 1854, violence broke out in what today is a corn field in Eastern Wyoming. A dead cow, a new West Point Lieutenant, a drunken translator, and an entire village of Lakota Sioux came…
S4E9 Trapped in Paradise (Sort of)
Send a textHave you ever wanted to quit you job and just go someplace where you can listen to the waves crashing on a tropical beach? On this episode we hear the story of two cousins and what…
S4E8 Tales from The Avenues - Salt Lake City
Send a textSalt Lake City's Avenues District is the oldest neighborhood in one of the oldest cities in The Mountain West. From polygamists, to golf promotors, a house that was used as the set of a…
S4E7 Famous Peoples' Pets
Send a textFrom Mark Twain to Saddam Hussein, Curt Cobain to John Wayne, Presidents, Dictators, Outlaws, and Artists have kept pets and on this episode we talk about some of the weirder…
S4E6 The "Witch" of Parley's Hollow
Send a textDo you remember a house that you were warned to stay away from? On this episode we explore the truths of a legend that turned one unfortunate woman into a "witch" in the minds of her…
S4E5 The Hitchhiker's Guide to Unity
Send a textIn 1972 Mike Shay hitchhiked from Texas To Berkley, CA. He shares the odd, funny, and frightening things that happened to him on his trip and what he learned about being an American. NOTE:…
S4E4 The Secret Lives of Sand Sculptors
Send a textPutting the same amount of energy and passion that most artists reserve for marble or metal, Catherine Morris sculpts what she sees in her mind's eye into sand. If that wasn't hard enough,…
S4E3 UFOs and Aliens and Psychologists, Oh My!
Send a textIn the early 1960's when it was believed that "only crazy people saw UFO's," psychologist Leo Sprinkle began to interview alleged UFO witnesses, but when he started to share his findings,…
S4E2 Apocalypse 30 Minutes From My House
Send a textWhat's it like living 30 minutes from a nuclear missile site? What's it like working in one? On this episode we explore working 60 feet underground waiting for Armageddon along with the…
S4E1 Laramie Wyoming's Only Ska Core Band - Charlie Pathetic
Send a textWhile Laramie, Wyoming doesn't seem like a hot spot for ska or punk, a handful of Wyomingites came together in the 90's to form a blistering, crisp ensemble of fast and hard ska that…
S3E22 The Blue Lady of The Kane Cemetery
Send a textThe story of a blue figure rumored to haunt The Kane Cemetery and surrounding area in Northern Wyoming seems harmless enough until you really start to look into local history and a tragedy…
S3E21 The Sixteen Skeletons of Badwater Creek
Send a textOver the decades 16 human skeletons have been found near Badwater Creek in Wyoming. Some were murdered and some we're not sure what happened. From homesteaders, to soldiers, to one who…
S3E20 The Artist and The Recon Marine
Send a textYou usually don't think of the arts when you think of marines, or marines when you think of artists. However, in this episode we interview a beret-wearing artist and former recon marine…
S3E19 When The Police Try to Get You to Commit Crimes - The Story of Lola West
Send a textWhat do you do when the people in charge of stopping crimes try to get you to commit them? In 1940's Cheyenne, Wyoming, police approached African American Business Owner, Lola West, and…
S3E18 A Creepy & Odd Tour of My Own Town
Send a textFrom the skeleton of a teenaged girl, to a castle, to a railway shooting, I take you to all the odd little places in my own town where rumors have abounded and try to get to the bottom of…
S3E17 When You're From Wyoming and Win an Oscar
Send a textHow did someone who grew up in a Wyoming town better known for railroad workers and the world's largest outdoor rodeo become an Oscar-winning filmmaker? We find out about Dan Junge's…
S3E16 The Grave Robber of Salt Lake City
Send a textIn 1862, a man was caught robbing so many graves in Salt Lake City, Utah that he was banished to a small island in The Great Salt Lake before disappearing entirely. Jennifer Jones of The…
S3E15 The Sage of the Sagebrush at The Home of The Roadkill Burger - Pinedale, Wyoming
Send a textWhat happens when a biker, ultralight enthusiast, and scuba diver overcomes his wild past and opens a drive through known as "The Home of The Roadkill Burger" in Pinedale, Wyoming? AKA…
S3E14 Samaritan On A Sled
Send a textIn 2021, Cheyenne, Wyoming honored a local teenager who helped his community in a very, very Wyoming Way.Support the show
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That Doesn't Happen Every Day has published 68 episodes since April 2022, covering topics in Documentary, History.
That Doesn't Happen Every Day is currently highly active with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 16m.
