You Can Fall, Just Don't Stay There

In 1920, a father made a split-second decision to save his newborn's life by taking her to an incubator exhibit at Coney Island. We meet her in this episode, and she shares how a sideshow attraction saved her life, and thousands of others, when hospitals couldn't, ultimately chan ... Show More

In 1968, just moments after Robert F. Kennedy was shot, a young photographer for The Los Angeles Times — Boris Yaro — captured the scene in an image that's haunted the nation ever since. In this episode of the StoryCorps podcast, we remember RFK and we revisit the story of that f ... Show More

Rabbi Philip Lazowski remembers a quick decision that saved his life during the Holocaust. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy 

<p>In this Dateline classic, Gary McFarland awakens on a December morning in 1985 to find his father Archie stabbed to death in the driveway. As police arrive Gary suddenly realizes he knows who did it. Keith Morrison reports. Originally aired on NBC on December 30, 2011.</p><br/ ... Show More

<p>In this Dateline classic, a car bomb explodes in front of a suburban San Diego day care home. Josh Mankiewicz reports on the driver, a married mother of three children. Originally aired on NBC on October 4, 2013.</p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a hre ... Show More

<p>In this Dateline classic, when Amber Dubois vanished in San Diego County, a search turned up nothing. Then, a year later, Chelsea King disappeared in a neighboring town. Keith Morrison reports. Originally aired on NBC on September 3, 2015.</p><p>Keith Morrison sits down with A ... Show More

The Story Train is stopping in Sherman Oaks, which is a city in the neighborhood of Los Angeles, California! As you know, Santa visits all the nice boys and girls to deliver gifts on Christmas Eve. Sometimes he even make their dreams come true. Today’s story is about a little bro ... Show More

<p>Just a few hours after the longest day of the year in 1990, hikers find 21-year-old UCLA student Ron Baker’s body in a Los Angeles area train tunnel. As detectives investigate, they begin to wonder if Ron’s interest in an alternative religion is connected to the murder, but so ... Show More

In 1978, five friends set out for home from a basketball game. The next day, their car was discovered in a lonely mountain road. The next spring, their bodies began to turn up. What happened that night remains a mystery to this day. Explore what we know with Josh and Chuck in thi ... Show More

Severe weather strikes across the country as travelers plan to return home from Fourth of July celebrations later this week. A shooting at a Maryland block party leaves at least two dead and dozens injured. A 25-year-old man is discovered alive in Texas eight years after he went ... Show More