What's it like living 30 minutes from a nuclear missile site? What's it like working in one? On this episode we explore working 60 feet underground waiting for Armageddon along with the dark humor and odd conditions that coincide with being able to turn keys and send nuclear firepower over the north pole in thirty minutes or less.

Visit the Quebec 01 Missile Alert Facility

Why Dominoes Stopped "Thirty Minutes or Less"

NOTE: This episode's photo was taken at a missile alert facility in South Dakota not Wyoming and features Missileer Tony Gatlin who does not appear on this episode.

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While Laramie, Wyoming doesn't seem like a hot spot for ska or punk, a handful of Wyomingites came together in the 90's to form a blistering, crisp ensemble of fast and hard ska that rivaled what was being played by bands from much bigger places. Here is the story of Charlie Pathetic...

Please check out their website

You can also listen to their album here

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The story of a blue figure rumored to haunt The Kane Cemetery and surrounding area in Northern Wyoming seems harmless enough until you really start to look into local history and a tragedy from the last century.

If you or someone you know is contemplating suicide, please text or call 988 or call 911.

Casper Daily Tribune Article about the tragedy
Follow up coverage from The Tribune
Recent Article About The Blue Lady by Wendy Corr

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Over the decades 16 human skeletons have been found near Badwater Creek in Wyoming. Some were murdered and some we're not sure what happened. From homesteaders, to soldiers, to one who apparently came back to haunt a local family's root cellar, you're going to like this one!

Jackie Dorothy's Original Article About The Wailing Skeleton
Jackie Dorothy's Podcast
Salt Lake Herald Article About The 12 Skeletons in The Aspen Grove
The Battle of Crazy Woman Creek
The Bates Battle
"Today in Wyoming's History" (A Blogger's Visit To The Bates Battle)

Looking for a Christmas Gift? Please consider buying The Burqa Cave a Wyoming-based novel written by podcaster Dean Petersen

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You usually don't think of the arts when you think of marines, or marines when you think of artists. However, in this episode we interview a beret-wearing artist and former recon marine who went on to teach people how to print their photographs onto gold and ask if there is any crossover between the artistic and the militaristic.

Check out Barrie's Art at Merglennstudios.com
Marines Passing Out Underwater at Marine Recon School
More about recon marines

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What do you do when the people in charge of stopping crimes try get you to commit them? In 1940's Cheyenne, Wyoming, police approached African American Business Owner, Lola West, and told her she needed to change what she was selling at her boarding house and cafe and give them some of the profits. What followed was a story of corruption, extortion, race, and one woman who fought against what she knew was wrong even at risk to her business and herself.

Check out 100 Things To Do In Cheyenne Before You Die by Andi Jaspersen
Andi's Article About Lola West
Charged With Taking Bribes
Why "Fines" Weren't Placed In Treasury
Sentencing of Defendants
Defendants Made Trustees
Returned From State Prison Farm
More About African Americans Working as Porters on Trains
African American Waiters

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From the skeleton of a teenaged girl, to a castle, to a railway shooting, I take you to all the odd little places in my own town where rumors have abounded and try to get to the bottom of them. Enjoy!

100 Things To Do In Cheyenne Before You Die - Andi Jaspersen
Haunted Cheyenne - Jill Pope
The Slaying of CC Bernard
The Execution of Paul "Perry" Carroll
Tom Horn's Execution & The Julian Gallows
Keith Bellair's Shooting
Keith Bellair's Escape
Knights of Pythias and Skeletons?
Skeletons Found at Odd Fellows 1
Skeletons Found at Odd Fellows 2
Cheyenne's Forgotten Castle
Bones Tell Story of Woman's Life
Visit Villa Montezuma

PHOTO: Joseph Stimson, Dare Castle, 1908.

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How did someone who grew up in a Wyoming town better known for railroad workers and the world's largest outdoor rodeo become an Oscar-winning filmmaker? We find out about Dan Junge's journey from The Magic City of the Plains to the podium at the academy awards.

Please check out Dan's films:
Chiefs
Saving Face
Being Evel
Fight Church
A Lego Brickumentary

To learn more about Dan and his many other films please visit his website.

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