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Big Bad Al Capone Subscriber Only Audio: 42 minutes Stops: 15

Al Capone was just a cocky tough kid from Brooklyn when South Side boss Big Jim Colosimo took him on in 1919. Within a few years, Capone had taken control of Chicago's biggest operation in bootleg hooch, making this one of the Prohibition era's wettest and most colorful cities. By 1931, Capone was on trial for tax evasion and on his way to Alcatraz. Before he left town, Capone made his mark on infamous gangster Chicago's history. This tour will take you to the sites where Big Al Capone, his enemies, and his cronies; worked, played and fought. Many of the locations have changed—some of the bu...

Haunted Philadelphia Subscriber Only Audio: 39 minutes Stops: 15

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania has always been known as an economic and cultural center, ever since the first colonists arrived. It is in Philadelphia that the founding of this country was kick-started; it was even the U.S. Capital while Washington, D.C. was being constructed. The nation's first public parks and zoological garden were within the city. But it hasn't always been good times and progress in Philadelphia: wars, famines, riots, murders, and mysteries are all rampant throughout the course of time. Because of this, Philadelphia also has a long haunted history, full of ghosts and terrors j...

Historic Boston Pub Crawl Subscriber Only Audio: 16 minutes Stops: 16

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Pub crawls begin with a simple idea – let’s hit as many bars as we can in an evening to spice up our usual evening adventures. Sure, this lively activity can be done in almost any city, but there’s something special about Boston pub crawls. Maybe it’s because this city does holidays up big, like massive St. Patrick Day pub crawls and New Year’s Eve crawls. But it could also be so popular to visit several establishment in one evening due to the small, cozy feel of Boston and many of its best bars being centrally located. Not only that, but countless bars, pubs, restaurants and drin...

Freedom Riders Journey Free Audio: 51 minutes Stops: 16

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“The plan . . . was simplicity itself. In any sane, even half-civilized society it would have been completely innocuous, hardly worth a second thought or meriting any comment at all. CORE, which means Congress of Racial Equality, would be sending an integrated team—black and white together—from the nation’s capital to New Orleans on public transportation. That’s all. Except, of course, that they would sit randomly on the buses in integrated pairs and in the stations they would use waiting room facilities, casually, ignoring the white/colored signs. What could be more harmless . . . i...

Times Square Film Tour Subscriber Only Audio: 40 minutes Stops: 15

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Over the past century, this bow-tie shaped intersection of Broadway and Seventh Avenue has gone from being an unassuming, quiet neighborhood on the west side of Manhattan to being the universally recognizable Crossroads of the World. With all of the world famous landmarks in New York City, Times Square may very well be the most famous, due in large part to its myriad appearances in movies and television. Of course, being an area jam-packed with a changing array of intensely bright, flashing advertising day and night makes it a memorable location for movies as well as for visits to New York Cit...

Haunted Seattle Subscriber Only Audio: 28 minutes Stops: 15

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Beautiful Seattle, Washington is known for many things: being the birthplace of grunge, performing arts and the Space Needle. But what many tourists don't know is the city that endures constant cloudy days and rainstorms is home to hundreds of long-gone residents who refuse to move along. Many lurk in old hotels, pestering guests and frightening them into other accommodations, while others wait for children to visit - the perfect time to lure a soul to the other side. Without the walls of a haunted home to box you in, many spirits lie in wait below your feet in the ruins of former Seattle. Se...

Colorado Gold Rush Free Audio: 22 minutes Stops: 15

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Prospectors fanned out across the West in an intensive search for gold; entering the areas they felt most likely to contain the richest veins. In 1858, a minor found a small amount of gold at Dry Creek south of the present-day site of Denver. The news of this discovery brought forth an influx of gold-panning prospectors, many of whom had also followed the 1848, California gold rush. In 1859, when three large lode claims were made in what would later become Central City, Black Hawk, and Mountain City, people from across the United States were lured to the region by the promise of gold! Thus, t...

Haunted St. Augustine Subscriber Only Audio: 49 minutes Stops: 16

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St. Augustine is the oldest city in the United States, discovered by Ponce de Leon while searching for the Fountain of Youth and then founded as a city over fifty years later by Pedro Menendez in 1565. St. Augustine is said to be one of the most haunted cities in the United States, and many locals will tell personal stories of their ghostly encounters. Some say most parts of the city were built over unmarked graves and many of the brick streets will not be paved because of the bones that rest beneath. Oftentimes, St. Augustine is a bustling little tourist town, full of tour trolleys, horse-dr...

Greenwich Village Movie and TV Tour Subscriber Only Audio: 45 minutes Stops: 15

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Greenwich Village and the West Village take up a small area of lower Manhattan, sandwiched between larger neighborhoods. However, the labyrinthine street plan of the Village contains a treasure trove of famed landmarks and an unusually large helping of distinct character. The unique personality and multitude of cinematic locations has earned the Village a starring role in a wide assortment of television and movies. These are a few of the real life location featured in famous movies and television shows set in the Village and elsewhere. [Photo credit: Noah Axelrod]

The Big Lebowski Subscriber Only Audio: 32 minutes Stops: 17

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Sometimes there's a man who's the man for his time and place, and that man was 'The Dude' in Los Angeles. So, put on your terry cloth bathrobe, pour a White Russian, and brush up on your quotes because you're going on The Big Lebowski tour in Los Angeles. The film was the Coen Brothers' follow up to the wildly successful, "Fargo," and they did not disappoint. Since the film was released in 1998, it has attained cult status and has even spawned its own religion called "Dude-ism," as well as numerous festivals. Given the film's cult following, it is inevitable that a tour would be made that ...

The Notebook Filming Locations Subscriber Only Audio: 22 minutes Stops: 13

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Romantic movies have been made for decades, but none have captured the hearts and attention the way this movie has, about young, passionate love and its innocence. When asked to name a modern romantic movie, the first answer of many is the 2004 adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' The Notebook. It is a love story, centered around an elderly man reading a book to an ailing woman experiencing Alzheimer's. The story that he shares with her follows the storyline of a young couple, who are the definition of true love. They end up being separated by money, society, war, and years apart. The book ...

Charleston Food Tour Subscriber Only Audio: 16 minutes Stops: 21

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Known as a destination city for history, hospitality and outstanding cuisine, Charleston boasts many excellent, award-winning restaurants. The menus offered consistently meet and satisfy the high standards that visitors and locals have come to expect in a city where the chefs are constantly in friendly competition with each other. Working with and supporting nearby farms with seasonal produce and fisherman who bring in the freshest catch, menus are updated often with a distinctive Southern artistic flair. Most restaurants have their menus posted by the entrance for prospective diners to scruti...

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