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Exploring Oklahoma legends, tall tales, oddities, and conundrums. Heard something you're curious about? Submit questions and suggestions for future episodes to curious@kgou.org.

30 OCT

What Oklahoma City institution began as a collection of roadkill?

How Curious host/producer Rachel Hopkin the world's largest institution that’s solely dedicated to revealing and exploring the form and function of the skeletal system and which is based right here in OKC.

15 min
24 SEPT

How did Oklahoma become the location of a real-life Lord of the Flies?

Seventy years ago, a landmark psychological study that has been described as a real life Lord of the Flies took place in an Oklahoma state park. But although the Robbers Cave Experiment, like the novel, focused on a bunch of schoolboys, it offered a very different perspective on human nature.

18 min
07/11/2023

Which Oklahoman Got a Hippopotamus for Christmas?

Which Oklahoman Got a Hippopotamus for Christmas? Today’s story features a local girl with a belter of a voice, several hippopotamuses, some zoo history, and a hit song.

14 min
17/10/2023

Which Oklahoma community was 'America's Model City' in 1951 and how did the Shetland pony help it grow?

Which of Oklahoma's cities was designated "America's Model City" in 1951? And how did the diminutive Shetland pony help that city to grow?

14 min
10/10/2023

Who are the Germans from Russia in Oklahoma?

Many settlers in Oklahoma are of German descent but had ancestors who lived as Germans in Russia for a century or more. Who are these “other Germans?”

14 min
03/10/2023

How did Oklahoma help create the Chicken Dance craze?

Did you know that the Tulsa Oktoberfest played an important role in fueling the craze for the Chicken Dance? Find out how in this episode of How Curious.

12 min
26/09/2023

Is there an Oklahoma Octopus?

Does a massive man-hunting octopus inhabit Oklahoma’s lakes? Rachel Hopkin looks into one of the Sooner State’s unique legendary monsters, the Oklahoma Octopus.

14 min
27/06/2023

How did a young Oklahoman become known as "The Richest Black Girl in America"*?

In 1913 a young Oklahoma came to be known as “The Richest Black Girl in America” after oil was found on her land. How Curious explores Sarah Rector’s extraordinary life.

14 min

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Exploring Oklahoma legends, tall tales, oddities, and conundrums. Heard something you're curious about? Submit questions and suggestions for future episodes to curious@kgou.org.