Unleashed 101

Myia Hanson and Jeremy Hanson
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Welcome to Unleashed 101, where every episode uncovers a story worth remembering. We investigate history's greatest scams, overlooked crimes, forgotten heroes, corporate deception, government failures, extraordinary survival stories, unsolved mysteries, and the moments that changed the world—but somehow slipped from public memory. These aren't breaking news stories. They're timeless true stories that reveal how people manipulate, survive, innovate, and overcome. Every episode combines immersive storytelling, meticulous research, and cinematic narration to bring remarkable events back to life. From billion-dollar frauds and legendary con artists to forgotten historical mysteries and unbelievable acts of courage, Unleashed 101 explores the stories you've probably never heard—but will never forget. If you love investigative documentaries, true stories, history, mystery, and edge-of-your-seat storytelling, you're in the right place. Welcome to Unleashed 101—where the stories you never knew become the ones you'll never forget.RSSVERIFY 

Episodes

  1. 5d ago

    “The Match King” Ivar Kreuger and the Largest Fraud of the Twentieth Century

    When the German government needed a hundred and twenty-five million dollars in 1929, it did not go to a country. It went to a Swedish engineer who controlled roughly three quarters of the world’s match production and had already lent money to France, Poland, Greece, Hungary, Romania, Turkey, Peru, and more than two dozen other […]

    “The Match King” Ivar Kreuger and the Largest Fraud of the Twentieth Century

  2. Sep 24

    “A Bridge to Sell You” George C. Parker and the Brooklyn Bridge

    There is a scene that repeats in New York police accounts around the turn of the last century. A patrolman finds a man on the Brooklyn Bridge walkway with lumber and tools, building a toll booth. The man is polite. He has papers, and the papers are beautiful: engraved letterhead, a corporate seal, a deed […]

    “A Bridge to Sell You” George C. Parker and the Brooklyn Bridge

  3. Sep 17

    The Daughter: Cassie Chadwick and the Carnegie Inheritance

    In December of 1902 a Cleveland lawyer waited in a carriage outside Andrew Carnegie’s mansion on Fifth Avenue while a woman went inside. She came out half an hour later holding papers, dropped one, and let him pick it up. It was a promissory note for hundreds of thousands of dollars, signed with Carnegie’s name. […]

    The Daughter: Cassie Chadwick and the Carnegie Inheritance

  4. Sep 10

    The Man Who Sold Tomorrow: Charles Ponzi and the Summer of 1920

    In July 1920, the Boston Police Department assigned officers to School Street because the crowd trying to give Charles Ponzi their money had grown large enough to stop traffic. Seventeen years earlier, Ponzi had arrived in Boston with $2.50. Six months after founding the Securities Exchange Company, he had become one of Massachusetts’ most famous […]

    The Man Who Sold Tomorrow: Charles Ponzi and the Summer of 1920

  5. Sep 3

    The Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower: Victor Lustig

    In the spring of 1925, six of the most successful scrap metal dealers in France received the same letter on Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs stationery, requesting their presence at a confidential meeting at the Hotel de Crillon. They were told the government had decided to dismantle the Eiffel Tower and sell seven thousand tons […]

    The Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower: Victor Lustig

  6. Aug 13

    The Ocean in Bayonne: The Great Salad Oil Scandal

    Oil floats on water. That is the entire secret. A ninth grader could tell you. And Anthony “Tino” De Angelis built one of the largest frauds in American history on it. Fill a sixty-foot storage tank with seawater. Float a thin layer of vegetable oil on top. An inspector drops a measuring line, pulls it […]

    The Ocean in Bayonne: The Great Salad Oil Scandal

  7. Jul 23

    Everything Changes Today: The New Unleashed 101

    Everything about this show changes today. In 1963, a man in New Jersey convinced the American banking system he owned more salad oil than existed in the entire country. The tanks were full of seawater. In 1925, a con man sold the Eiffel Tower for scrap metal, then came back months later and sold it […]

    Everything Changes Today: The New Unleashed 101

  8. Apr 2

    “Running From the Wreckage: The Spy, the Congressman, and the Trillion-Dollar Exodus”

    Eric Swalwell is thirty-four days from California voters beginning to cast ballots in the gubernatorial primary. He is leading in the polls. And he is threatening to sue the FBI.The subject of that lawsuit threat: investigative files compiled by federal law enforcement regarding his relationship with Christine “Fang Fang” Fang — a suspected Chinese intelligence […]

    “Running From the Wreckage: The Spy, the Congressman, and the Trillion-Dollar Exodus”

  9. Mar 26

    The Body Knows: Peptides, Suppressed Medicine, and the Industry That Profits From Your Ignorance

    What if the most effective healing tools available to you have been sitting in the published medical literature for thirty years — and the system you trust with your health has been quietly, systematically, and deliberately keeping them out of reach?In this episode of Unleashed 101, host Jeremy Hanson examines the growing body of research […]

    The Body Knows: Peptides, Suppressed Medicine, and the Industry That Profits From Your Ignorance

  10. Mar 19

    “The Return to the Bible: Why Young Men Are Searching for Meaning Again”

    Something is happening in America that almost no one in the mainstream press is willing to talk about. Young men — the generation that was supposed to permanently abandon religion — are returning to the Bible in numbers that are reshaping what we know about faith, culture, and the future of the country.According to data […]

    “The Return to the Bible: Why Young Men Are Searching for Meaning Again”
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Welcome to Unleashed 101, where every episode uncovers a story worth remembering. We investigate history's greatest scams, overlooked crimes, forgotten heroes, corporate deception, government failures, extraordinary survival stories, unsolved mysteries, and the moments that changed the world—but somehow slipped from public memory. These aren't breaking news stories. They're timeless true stories that reveal how people manipulate, survive, innovate, and overcome. Every episode combines immersive storytelling, meticulous research, and cinematic narration to bring remarkable events back to life. From billion-dollar frauds and legendary con artists to forgotten historical mysteries and unbelievable acts of courage, Unleashed 101 explores the stories you've probably never heard—but will never forget. If you love investigative documentaries, true stories, history, mystery, and edge-of-your-seat storytelling, you're in the right place. Welcome to Unleashed 101—where the stories you never knew become the ones you'll never forget.RSSVERIFY 

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  • Creator
    Myia Hanson and Jeremy Hanson
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    10
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright Myia Hanson and Jeremy Hanson
  • Show Website
    Unleashed 101