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Jim Morrison: When the Music's Over. (Part One)
2026/08/12 | 48 mins.
In June, 1965, recent UCLA film school graduate Jim Morrison, jobless and homeless, was residing on a Venice Beach rooftop. Within two years, the Doors song “Light My Fire,” was the #1 song in the US. Four years later, Morrison was found dead in a Paris bathtub, aged 27.
Jim Morrison: When the Music's Over (Part Two)
2026/08/12 | 56 mins.
In June, 1965, recent UCLA film school graduate Jim Morrison, jobless and homeless, was residing on a Venice Beach rooftop. Within two years, the Doors song "Light My Fire," was the #1 song in the US. Four years later, Morrison was found dead in a Paris bathtub, aged 27.
The Pat Tillman Affair (Part One)
2026/07/16 | 48 mins.
The treatment of former NFL player and Army Ranger Pat Tillman's friendly fire death is among the most shameful incidents in the history of the US military and government.
The Pat Tillman Affair (Part Two)
2026/07/16 | 45 mins.
The treatment of former NFL player and Army Ranger Pat Tillman's friendly fire death is among the most shameful incidents in the history of the US military and government.
The Jeffrey Macdonald Murder Case (Part One)
2026/06/18 | 59 mins.
Warning: This episode contains descriptions of graphic violence. After almost fifty years of litigation, the MacDonald murders remain one of America's most controversial murder cases.

About Byte Sized Biographies…

Some Very Famous People You've Never Really Heard Of, Byte Sized Biographies of the famous, the infamous and the quirky in less than hour. Think of that doorstop sized bio or history related book that you will never read made accessible in an hour. These are people that you may think you know a lot about but really don't, remarkable human beings you have never heard of and incidents covered in new and different detail, all fascinating.

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