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Razzle Dazzle

Doc is an old time carnival grifter. He breaks down a con called "The Razzle" and one of his biggest scores ever.

Producer: Jamie DeWolf and Renzo Gorrio

Rocky

When one boy runs away with the carnival, every kid's dream turns into one man’s nightmare.

Producer: Julia DeWitt

Big Mary

When a circus elephant terrifies a small town in Tennessee in 1916, the town wants revenge.

Producer: Glynn Washington and Anna Sussman

The notorious showman Chicken John creates a travelling circus that has only one rule: you can’t have any talent to perform. Designed to fail, instead they face a new foe: success. Hear more of Chicken John’s misadventures including running for Mayor of San Francisco and building boats out of trash at www.chickenjohn.com .

Producer: Jamie DeWolf
Sound Design by Mark Ristich

Cave Fever

Scientist Michel Siffre was a spelunker who spent months at a time completely isolated in caves, with no way to measure the passage of time. His experiments paved the way for our understanding of internal clocks, but his explorations came with a price.

Producer: Stephanie Foo

No Contact

Chris Hoke works as a chaplain in Washington jails. He loves his job and the men he works with, but a complicated new policy makes it difficult to truly connect with his parishioners.

Producer: Stephanie Foo

The Arrow People

There are few places more isolated than the Amazon. But when award-winning adventurer and writer Scott Wallace travels to the farthest reaches of the jungle, he finds out that he’s not as alone as he thought he was.

If you like this story, it’s just an excerpt from Scott’s epic The Unconquered: In Search of the Amazon’s Last Uncontacted Tribes. It just came out in paperback this week. Check it out!

Producers: Julia DeWitt and Renzo Gorrio