Best Dune Stewart Podcasts (2025)

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FALL SERIES: MISSING PERSONS: FOUND (EPISODE 1) THE DETECTIVES BEST WEAPONS: DNA & GENEOLOGY 32:33

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Eight powerful stories revealing how DNA,Geneology.and cold case detectives solved missing persons case., some found alive, someproviding a final asnwer and closure for grieving relatives. COMING NEXT: FALL SERIES (EPISODE 2) CALLING COLTER SHAW (When trackers succeed) Join us at our website at www.bestof1001stories.com and sign up forour newslette…

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1001 MIDNITE SPECIAL: THE 1966 INDIANA DUNES DISAPPEARANCE 33:07

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By Jon Hagadorn Podcast Host

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THE LAST STAND AT OSOWEIC FORTRESS: THE BATTLE THAT INSPIRED SABATON'S "THE ATTACK OF THE DEAD MEN" 30:32

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In 1915, Russian defenders launched a gruesome counterattack that repelled the German invaders. What made it so gruesome? The Russians were the victims of German gas warfare, involving chlorine and bromine gases, which devastated the Russian garrison at Osowiec Fortress. It did not quite work out the way the Germans planned however. The Germans had…

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RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK: THE MOVIE BACKSTORY 31:50

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By Jon Hagadorn Podcast Host

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THE LAST STAND OF CASTLE ITTER 1945: WWII'S LAST AND STRANGEST MAJOR BATTLE 38:56

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The closing days of the war in Europe provided some of the most dramatic mmoments of the war, and the battle at Castle Itter in the Tyrolean Alps, a well-guarded Nazi "prison" for high-value political prisoners, was no exception. With Hitler's suicide followed by the announcement of Germany's surrender, many German troops began running for cover or…

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THE SEIGE OF BASTOGNE AND THE LAST STAND OF TEAM DESOBRY AT NOVILLE 35:39

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Our story details the legendary last stand of Commander William Desobry's Team of 400 troops and 15 Sherman tanks who were assigned to capture and defend Noville, France , thereby preventing the German ofensive from overwhelming Bastagnge and Antwerp in Dec '44-Jan of 1945. Deobry's units, as well as others, faced 10-1 odds, including an entire Pan…

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HISTORY MAJORS-FIND OUT WHAT COLLEGE WAS LIKE 105 YEARS AGO! TODAY AT 1001 STORIES FROM THE GILDED AGE 1:34

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In just a few minutes you can treat yourself to one of the greatest historical paradoxes ever written at 1001 Stories From The Gilded Age- Its 1910 ( or so) .Anne of Green Gables is headed for college. She will actually attend classes in daytime No wild parties No drinking Actual studying No demonstrations No burning police cars This will rock your…

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COMING TO 1001 STORIES FROM THE GILDED AGE: ANNE OF THE ISLAND (FROM THE ANNE OF GREEN GABLES SERIES) 1:49

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It's "Back to School" time for Anne Shirley of Green Gables- as well as your kids and neighbor's kids-Coming Sunday Aug 10 (tomorrow as I write this) at noon EDT -Chapter 1 of the 3rd 'Anne of Green Gables' story- called 'Anne of the Island'- narrated by Gizelle Erickson- who is introducing herself soon over at 1001 Stories From The Gilded Age. Its…

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KINCAID'S CAVE- EGYPTIAN RUINS IN THE GRAND CANYON? 43:54

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In 1909 the Phoenix Gazette published an incredible story about an archeological find, sponsored by the Smithsonian, of a cave within the Grand Canyon which supposed held a large store of artifacts thought to belong to an ancient civilization. The story quickly faded from sight, but was revived in the 70;s by certain authors seeking attention for e…

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THE CURSE OF BUNNYMAN 29:02

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In a new suburban development outside of Fairfax, VA, in 1970, a young military man and his bride to be were stopping to visit a family member who had recently purchased a new home across from a vacant lot. Suddenly a man in a bunny suit approached their car, slinging an axe, and shouting at them to leave. He then broke their car window, splatterin…

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(BEST OF-LISTENER FAVORITES) HANNAH DUSTIN'S REVENGE 39:17

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By Jon Hagadorn Podcast Host

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THE SEIGE OF KHE SANH 1968: U.S. MARINES HOLD AGAINST OVERWHELMING ODDS (1001 HEROES SUMMER OF LAST STANDS #3) 32:11

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On 21 January 1968, the PAVN surrounded and besieged the key US Marine base near the border of Laos. In the ensuing five months, KSCB and the hilltop outposts around it were subjected to daily North Vietnamese artillery, mortar, and rocket attacks, and several infantry assaults. More than 274 U.S. troops were killed and more than 2,500 wounded. Thi…

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(BEST OF) I'LL BE SEEING YOU.....STORIES FROM THE AFTERLIFE 1:02:40

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THE VALIANT DEFENSE OF RORKE'S DRIFT (#2 SUMMER SERIES FAMOUS LAST STANDS) 36:21

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# 2 In our summer series "Famous Last Stands" is The Valiant Defense of Rorke's Drift, which was a 10 hour battle between a beleagured British outpost in the center of Zulu territory which was attacked by a very large Zulu force in 1879. Outnumbered 40 to 1 , the small garrison fought bravely, often in hand to hand combat, with many surviving and c…

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(BEST OF) THE BEAST OF GEVAUDAN: THE SEARCH FOR THE MANKILLER 36:59

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THE SPARTANS LAST STAND AT THERMOPYLAE: COURAGE, TREACHERY, AND ENDURING LEGACY OF THE SPARTAN ETHOS 44:30

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Part one of our six part summer series "Last Stands" at 1001 Heroes! Reviews Appreciated! The incredible story of Greece's effort to fight off the Persian Empire's attempt to occupy Greece by sending their best warriors from their united city-states- the battle being ended with the last 300 Spartans led by King Leonidas in a 7 days long effort to f…

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BEST OF (#72 OF 541) THE DARING SEA RESCUE OF THE E.S. NEWMAN & OTHER LIVE SAVING LEGENDS 55:53

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HOW MONUMENT VALLEY SAVED HOLLYWOOD WESTERNS AND LAUNCHED JOHN WAYNE'S CAREER 35:28

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Journey with me back to 1938 as a young couple named Mike and Leone Goulding, having invested in a trading post in Navaho Country and fallen in love with the beautiful landscape and the Navaho people who populated what we call Monument Valley Utah/Arizona today- saved their pennies and photos and took a long road trip to Hollywood to find director …

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JULY 4TH SPECIAL: SGT. DINWIDDIE'S WAR: B-17'S AND THE BELGIAN UNDERGROUND IN WWII 1:04:49

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The story of Sgt. Don Dinwiddie, radioman on the B-17 GI Sheets, and his crew as they barely survived being shot down in German-held territory on Jan 29th, 1944,as told by author Terry Irwin. Today's history classes really don't teach the many ways that commen men with uncommon courage fought for our freedom in WWII- and this story is a great examp…

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MISSING DOWN UNDER: THE TOM PHILLIPS STORY 34:25

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Tom Phillips and his three young children disappeared from the isolated rural Waikato town of Marokopa on 9 December 2021. New Zealand Police believe that the children were taken by their father to a location somewhere in the western Waikato, after a dispute with their mother. Phillips is alleged to have committed a bank robbery in September 2023, …

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JON'S TOP 10 WWII (#3) GREG "PAPPY" BOYINGTON'S BLACK SHEEP SQUADRON 50:40

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Gregory "Pappy" Boyington (December 4, 1912 – January 11, 1988) was an American combat pilot who was a United States Marine Corps fighter ace during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross. A Marine aviator with the Pacific fleet in 1941, Boyington joined the "Flying Tigers" (1st American Volunteer Group) of the Republic of …

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REMEMBERING THE HARVEY GIRLS AND HOW THEY TAMED THE WILD WEST 54:43

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By 1880 the ATS&F Railroad had laid tracks from Kansas City to California- and people and products were starting to move through the still untamed west. Food along the way, however, was a spotty proposition, and the railroad was faced with a dilemma. Cooks were hard to keep employed, and waiters were hard to find. Thats when Fred Harvey, who had em…

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(#2 JON'S TOP 10 WWII) THE LAST STAND OF THE USS JOHNSTON- OCT 1944 LEYTE GULF 1:00:01

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This summer enjoy "JON'S TOP 10 WWII STORIES" every Friday morning at 12:30 am- a great choice for our night hawks! To find more like this one, check out our website www.bestof1001stories.com then "episodes", "categories"- dropdown "Last Stands and Long Shots". On October 25, 1944, through a series of naval movements, a small 13 ship destroyer task…

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THE GREAT LOCOMOTIVE CHASE (WHICH RESULTED IN) OUR NATIONS FIRST MEDAL OF HONOR 47:28

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On the 26th of March, 1863, the first six Medals of Honor were awarded to 6 surviving members of the Andrew's Raiders, who, one year earlier , had participating in a daring union raid into the south to commandeer a railroad engine and hobble Confederate supply lines around Chattanooga. The first of the six went to private Jacob Parrott. This is the…

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BEST OF (#71 OF 540) 12 INCREDIBLE SOLE SURVIVOR STORIES 1:00:04

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Our 12 stories: 1) Frank Finkel, survived Custer's Last Stand; 2) Vesna Voluvik, sole survivor of terrorist-caused airplane crash over Czech republic 1972; 3) Julieanne Koepcke, when her plane broke up, she fell two miles, strapped in her seat, and landed in the Amazon Rain Forest, where she survived 11 days with multiple injuries until finding hel…

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THE MAURY ISLAND UFO INCIDENT & THE MEN IN BLACK BIRTHDAY BASH 1:07:01

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Here is our interview with filmmaker/producer Steve Edmiston ("The Maury Island Incident", Youtube) regarding the Maury Island UFO incident which occurred in June 1947 in the Seattle/Tacoma area. For all of you who live within a day's drive of Seattle WA you really need to consider attending the 4th annual,MIBB- the Men in Black Birthday Bash-to ho…

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JON'S TOP TEN WWII PICKS (#1 OF 10) THE COMMANDO RAID ON ST. NAZAIRE 59:30

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JON'S TOP TEN WWII FAVORITES: #1 OF 10 BEST "The Commando Raid on St. Nazaire: the Most Daring Raid of WWII": The St. Nazaire Raid, also known as Operation Chariot, was a British Amphibious attack on the heavily defended Normandie drydock at St. Nazaire on March 26th, 1942. The objective of the raid was to destroy the drydock in German-held St. Naz…

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REMEMBERING THE TUSKEEGEE AIRMEN OF WWII (INCLUDES BONUS INTERVIEW WITH LT. COL HARRY STEWART) 1:19:18

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The Tuskeegee Airmen of WWII were the first black pilots to break the color barrier in our Army/Airforce- a job in itself- and this is their heroes story as they paved the way for big changes in our military as well as our industries in the 40's and beyond. Included you will find our 2022 interview with Lt.Col. Harry Stewart as he shares his storie…

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BEST OF (#69 of 523) THE INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY OF MOE BERG BASEBALL PLAYER, WWII SPY 44:48

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REMEMBERING AMERICA'S 1ST WWII FIGHTER ACE THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF BUTCH O'HARE: 39:17

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I first heard this story on Paul Harvey years ago., and I've retold it in part but never in full. This is the story of Lieutenant Commander Edward Henry O'Hare (March 13, 1914 – November 26, 1943) who was an American naval aviator of the United States Navy, who on February 20, 1942, became the Navy's first fighter ace of the war when he single-hand…

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BEST OF (#68 of 522) THE SEARCH FOR BRIDEY MURPHY (PT 2) 44:27

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BEST OF (#67 of 521) THE SEARCH FOR BRIDEY MURPHY (PT 1) 39:49

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THE BIRTH OF THE BLUES (PT 2)- A DEEP DIVE TO REMEMBER FROM 1001 (SEE NOTES) 39:11

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For full transcript see our website at www.bestof1001stories.com at each episode at 1001 Heroes-Thank you! and any review telling us that this show was not well researched can pound sand while gleefully tring to listen to the early recordings while reading the BOOK the reviewer recommended. ! Full transcript available at website (www.bestof1001stor…

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BEST OF (#66 OF 520) URBAN LEGENDS #1: THE KILLER BISCUIT, THE HOOK & OTHER STORIES 42:55

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THE BIRTH OF THE BLUES (PART 1) MA RAINEY & THE ONES WHO CAME FIRST 55:28

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Thank you for joining us on this episode of 1001 Heroes. Please leave a review for this show and let Jon know you are enjoying stories of this kind. Let him know, what is your favorite blues artist or song? For now we leave you with Ma Rainey. See 'The Birth of the lues' at our website (www.bestof1001stories.com) for full transcript To the reviewer…

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IMBEDDED ENEMY: THE INSIDER THREAT by COMMAND SGT. MAJ BART WOMACK TERROR ON OUR BASES 52:41

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Interview with Command Sgt. Maj. Bart Womack New Book- IMBEDDEDD ENEMY Shortly after deploying for the war in Iraq, an unprecedented attack was about to take place; the first of it's kind in U.S. military history. Embedded Enemy is the true story of the deadly attack against the men and women of Headquarters and Headquarters Company First Brigade, …

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BEST OF (#66 of 519) DEFIANCE (PT 2): THE TRUE STORY OF THE BIELSKI BROTHERS HARD CHOICES 44:56

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BEST OF (#65 of 518) DEFIANCE: (PT 1) THE INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY OF THE BIELSKI BROTHERS :TRAGEDY IN BELARUS 38:39

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This is part one of the story of the Bielski Brothers- a tightly knit group of 4 brothers- the yoiungest 13, and the oldest 33, who formed an armed resistance group in the forests of Belarus during WWII to save Jews from certain death in the hands of the Nazis. Led by Tuvia Bielsky, the group created a working community in the forest which was capa…

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SPITFIRES: THE AMERICAN WOMEN WHO FLEW IN THE FACE OF DANGER IN WWII w BECKY AIKMAN 39:15

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Britain was fully involved in WWII in 1940-41 prior to the US entering the war- and they were defending their island against Germany to the last man if need be. So many British pilots had been killed that they despertaely needed women to ferry war planes, both new and "shot up" to and from factories and bases all over England. It was dangerous work…

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BEST OF (#65 OF 518) THE KATYN FOREST MASSACRE (PT TWO) THE MURDER (AND COVER-UP) OF 22.000 POLES BY SOVIETS APR-MAY 1940 54:16

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BEST OF (#64 of 518) THE KATYN FOREST MASSACRE (PT 1): SEPT 1-13, 1939 POLAND SEIZED BY GERMANY AND RUSSIA 59:44

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DEATH BY SELFIE (HOW, WHY & WHO) 47:27

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Taking a Selfie: A strange yearning to experience the thrill of being photographed in a near-death situation which has taken hold of our "under 30" population- not just here in the US but around the world. Its an obsession being fed by social media and its called "Death by Selfie". We offer dozens of real-life situations and we explain the hows and…

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BEST OF (#63 OF 516) THE AMERICAN ARMY OF TWO : THE DAUGHTERS OF A LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER TURN AWAY A BRITISH WARSHIP DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 28:22

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THE SEARCH FOR AMY LYNN BRADLEY: DISAPPEARED FROM FAMILY CRUISE 52:07

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1001 HEROES CONFIDENTIAL APRIL 20, 2025: THE SEARCH FOR AMY LYNN BRADLEY Amy Lynn Bradley (born May 12, 1974) is an American woman who went missing during a Caribbean cruise on the Royal Caribbean International cruise ship Rhapsody of the Seas in late March 1998 while en route to Curaçao. Her whereabouts remain unknown to this day. She was a 23-yea…

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BEST OF (# 64 of 518) FAMOUS HEROES & FOLK LEGENDS FROM BUFORD PUSSER (WALKING TALL) TO PAUL BUNYAN 50:20

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REMEMBERING I LOVE LUCY 43:33

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TV history was made in 1951 when the first episode of I Love Lucy aired on CBS starring a fiery red head Irish actress named Lucille Ball and her real life husband, Cuban American band leader Desi Arnaz as New York City apartment dwellers Lucy and Ricky Ricardo. The show would air 6 years, making #1 in ratings 4 of those years, and breaking single …

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JACK JOHNSON VS THE GREAT WHITE HOPE AMERICAN BOXING HISTORY REVISITED 30:36

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THE JFK ASSASSINATION COVER-UP: THE REPORTER WHO KNEW TOO MUCH-DOROTHY KILGALLEN 1:07:50

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Full Transcript at https://www.bestof1001stories.com/show/1001-heroes-legends-histories-mysteries-podcast/ In light of the recent release of thousands of previously classified documents concerning the Kennedy Assassination we present an in-depth look at the aftermath, which left investigators wirth the murder of the assassin Lee Harvey Oswald by st…

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THE LEGEND OF THE THREE MARYS (PT. 2) 35:16

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When Mary Magdalane, Mary Salome, and Mary Cleopas landed on the shores of pagan France with their group of faithfuls- they had a mighty task to accomplish. Taking refuge under a Roman Temple- they began to preach the word of Jesus- simple and pure, 350 years before Catholicism. Legend says that she brought with her The Holy Grail, and that after h…

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BEST OF (#59 of 571) THE LEGEND OF THE THREE MARYS (PT 1) 40:42

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