Audios

The voice of creators, or subjects of stories, come to us through audio files of radio interviews, speeches and personal recordings.

Denny Smith - from WIBC ("Indy's News Center," at 93.

Denny Smith - from WIBC ("Indy's News Center," at 93.

Samuel Gompers was head of the AFL union when he gave a speech in support of America's involvement in World War I.

Before he was known as Lord Byron, the still-famous poet was called George Gordon.

This "unsolved crime" radio show - "Somebody Knows" - was aired by the Columbia Broadcasting Company.

Heinrich Karl Bukowski - better known as Charles Bukowski (or "Hank," to his friends and family) - was born in Andernach, Germany on the 16th of Augus...

In this audio-clip, we hear the Star-Spangled Banner as it would have sounded in 1854.

The words of Francis Scott Key's poem (The Star-Spangled Banner) were set to the music of a popular English tune known as To Anacreon in Heaven.

Until she was nearly seven, Helen could not communicate with anyone except by her own sign language.

Taps is a 24-note bugle call which marks one of two events:  It signals that all unauthorized lights must be extinguished.  This is the l...

Roald Dahl (1916-1990) was born in Wales to Norwegian parents.

Edmund Dantes - unjustly convicted of helping the former (now-exiled) ruler of France (Napoleon Bonaparte) - escapes from his own imprisonment.

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