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All Episodes of The Story Behind the Story With Mike Rowe

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Based on his podcast 'The Way I Heard It', Mike Rowe tells true tales and unique back-stories about people, places and events with a unique twist. From code breakers to Hollywood bombshells, and unlikely inventors

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Season 1

  • The 25 Million Dollar Kiss
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    The 25 Million Dollar Kiss

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 5/7/2022

    Hedy Lamar, known to the public only for her sensational beauty, creates the technology that makes our modern lives possible.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Man Behind The Microphone
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    The Man Behind The Microphone

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 5/14/2022

    In the middle of a baseball game, the newswire giving radio broadcasters the play-by-play goes down. So, the radio broadcaster, Ronald Reagan, makes up foul ball after foul ball while he waits on the signal to be resorted.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Fred's Final Wish
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    Fred's Final Wish

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 5/21/2022

    Fred was tasked to create a potato chip that wouldn’t turn to crumbles in the bottom of a bag after shipping. Instead, he created a completely new package design and molded the iconic chip to fit it.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Biggest Name In Town
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    The Biggest Name In Town

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 5/28/2022

    Small town girl, Peg Entwhistle, failed on Broadway and went to Hollywood to pursue her dreams. Her one movie bombed so she goes to the biggest name in town to have it out once and for all.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • They Shook on It
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    They Shook on It

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 6/4/2022

    During the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, Bank of America founder, Amadeo Giannini, made a deal on a handshake with a garbage man to hire his son in the future that changes the course of history.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Can You Be There By Nine?
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    Can You Be There By Nine?

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 6/11/2022

    Allen Hale Jr's odyssey to an audition that would change his life forever and give him a role in one of the most syndicated shows of all time.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • A Very High Bar
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    A Very High Bar

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 6/18/2022

    Jim Thorpe is one of history’s greatest athletes. He didn’t let his education, his heritage, or even someone stealing his shoes stop him from competing at his best.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • 30 Minutes of Disappointing Television
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    30 Minutes of Disappointing Television

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 6/25/2022

    Charles Schultz was given creative control to create a half-hour Christmas program for CBS, however, upon screening the film, the executives thought it was a bomb. Boy, were they wrong.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Code Breaker
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    The Code Breaker

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 7/2/2022

    A young code breaker in the air force, intercepts a coded message that Stalin is dead. He turns the actual Morse code “dashes and dots” into the rhythm for one of the most well-known songs in history.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Keep Your Voice Down
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    Keep Your Voice Down

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 7/9/2022

    Former drill sergeant becomes a celebrity and icon as one of the most calming voices on television.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Missiles of December
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    The Missiles of December

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 7/16/2022

    A silent Christmas Eve in in 1955 at a strategic defense center is interrupted by a call on the single line red phone which started a Christmas tradition around the world.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • He Really Stuck with It
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    He Really Stuck with It

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 7/23/2022

    Experiment, after experiment, after experiment, a lonely inventor finally creates the fix-all compound.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Francisco's Flakes
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    Francisco's Flakes

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 7/30/2022

    The creation, flop, and success of an iconic film and how it all hinged on fake snow.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown