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Welcome to Top Fold, a podcast about “All the news that would have been” with your host Luke Heffley. Here at Top Fold we explore monumental events that didn't make the top story only because -- that spot was already taken.

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Welcome to Top Fold, a podcast about “All the news that would have been” with your host Luke Heffley. Here at Top Fold we explore monumental events that didn't make the top story only because -- that spot was already taken.

    The Beat Goes On Season 4 - Ep. 5

    The Beat Goes On Season 4 - Ep. 5

    Would you believe that the shocking news from the murder trial of a National Civil Rights Icon did not make the top story? What huge event on this day was changing headlines across the nation?  Find out on this episode of Top Fold.

    Top Fold is dedicated to, "All the news that would have been". What does that mean? That means that on 9/11, or when the Hindenburg exploded, or Elvis Presley died, headlines were replaced and stories fell below the fold. What event happened that was huge but wasn’t talked about because something else monumental took the headlines? The name of the podcast comes from a combination of "TOP Story" and "Above the FOLD"-TOP FOLD.

    Original music by David "Beezer" Wagler.
    Sources for Season 4 Ep 5
     
    https://southernchanges.digitalscholarship.emory.edu/sc16-1_001/sc16-1_003/ 
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y88N8vxP4A Beckwith bio
    https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/medgar-evers
    https://www.mec.cuny.edu/history/justice-of-medgar-evers/
    https://casetext.com/case/de-la-beckwith-v-state
    https://www.beatlesbible.com/1964/02/11/live-washington-coliseum/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatlemania
    https://www.thefest.com/this-week-in-beatles-history-feb-13-21-1964/
    https://daytrippin.com/2017/02/06/the-beatles-first-visit-to-new-york-city-in-1964-a-day-by-day-diary/
    https://www.edsullivan.com/artists/the-beatles/ 
     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles 
    https://flashbak.com/the-beatles-1964-first-tour-of-the-united-states-the-photos-and-the-mania-7137/ 
    https://lithub.com/did-medgar-evers-killer-go-free-because-of-jury-tampering/ 
    https://blog.genealogybank.com/beatlemania-comes-to-america-7-february-1964.html 
    https://www.beatlesbible.com/1964/02/13/travel-new-york-miami/ https://www.beatlesbible.com/1964/02/18/beatles-meet-cassius-clay/
    https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2014/05/1964-beatlemania/100745/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Break-up_of_the_Beatles  



     

    • 17 min
    Going Down, Down, Down - Season 4 - Ep. 4

    Going Down, Down, Down - Season 4 - Ep. 4

    What catastrophic events happened on Lake Michigan within days of each other and STILL wasn’t the top story?  What huge event captured front page headlines during that week in almost EVERY newspaper? Find out on this episode of Top Fold.

    Top Fold is dedicated to, "All the news that would have been". What does that mean? That means that on 9/11, or when the Hindenburg exploded, or Elvis Presley died, headlines were replaced and stories fell below the fold. What event happened that was huge but wasn’t talked about because something else monumental took the headlines? The name of the podcast comes from a combination of "TOP Story" and "Above the FOLD"-TOP FOLD.

    Original music by David "Beezer" Wagler.
    Sources for Season 4 Ep 4 Going Down, Down, Down
    https://shepherdexpress.com/culture/ae-feature/wreck-s.s.-milwaukee/ 


    https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?27506 


    https://www.wisconsinshipwrecks.org/vessel/Details/650 


    https://pbswisconsin.org/shipwrecks/


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Senator 


    https://wisconsinshipwrecks.org/Vessel/Details/564?region=Index 


    https://divermag.com/story-of-a-senator/


    https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=354663141281754&set=here-is-the-story-of-the-ss-wisconsin-its-sinking-on-black-friday-1929-its-a-bit 


    https://www.mlive.com/news/2016/05/senator_shipwreck_nash_motors.html 


    https://www.wisconsinfrights.com/senator-shipwreck-dive/


    https://www.cbs58.com/news/divers-find-shipwreck-from-1929-near-port-washington https://explore.chicagocollections.org/image/chicagohistory/71/804xx7t/ 


    https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/1929-stock-market-crash 


    https://divermag.com/story-of-a-senator/ 


    https://www.britannica.com/event/stock-market-crash-of-1929


    https://www.federalreservehistory.org/essays/stock-market-crash-of-1929


    https://www.history.

    • 17 min
    An Instant Classic - Season 4 - Ep. 3

    An Instant Classic - Season 4 - Ep. 3

    Would you believe that the news of an American soccer team being almost killed by the opposing players and fans and then again playing just two days later in the same stadium WASN'T what everyone was talking about? Instead of reporting about the melee, ALL the major networks were coving a HUGE announcement.  Find out what it was on THIS episode of TOP FOLD.

    Top Fold is dedicated to, "All the news that would have been". What does that mean? That means that on 9/11, or when the Hindenburg exploded, or Elvis Presley died, headlines were replaced and stories fell below the fold. What event happened that was huge but wasn’t talked about because something else monumental took the headlines? The -name of the podcast comes from a combination of "TOP Story" and "Above the FOLD"-TOP FOLD.

    Original music by David "Beezer" Wagler.
    Sources for Season 4 Ep 3
    Game Ended by Fight, New York Times April 22, 1985, Section C, Page 6
    Multiple texts and phone discussions with Brenthley Yiraiyah Babb (Jan-Apr., 2023)
    Multiple texts and phone discussions with L. Roitman
    Brooklyn College Kingsmen & Friends 1977-1992  FB page  Robert De Gale, (gave permission for usage of photos)
    https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/04/23/Foreign-News-Briefs/3337483080400/ https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/articles/the-exciting-80s-in-nepals-football-history 
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANFA_Cup
    https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/anfa.html#85
    https://www.cosmosoccerleague.com/CSL/Team/6849
    https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-08-14-sp-930-story.html
    Len Roitman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnEIJcG8IW4  talking to parents and kids. 
    https://static.cunyathletics.com/custompages/championship%20programs/2008-09/2008%20Men's%20Soccer%20Program.pdf
    https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/anfa.html (entire list of the game)
    ANFA Invitational Tournament (Nepal)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_s9LDhIGHoU&t=210s Harold Burson
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgbtQQGOuoA debut
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqvTMPY8Q_8
    www.goizuetafoundation.org
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Coke
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola
    Creative Commons - Max Headroom images -public domain

    • 18 min
    Beverly Hills Cantina Season 4 Episode 2

    Beverly Hills Cantina Season 4 Episode 2

    How could a tragic nightclub fire with mass casualties not be what everyone was talking about? What started out as an afterthought, then suddenly became the headline story? Find out what was on this episode of TOP FOLD.

    Top Fold is dedicated to, "All the news that would have been". What does that mean? That means that on 9/11, or when the Hindenburg exploded, or Elvis Presley died, headlines were replaced and stories fell below the fold. What event happened that was huge but wasn’t talked about because something else monumental took the headlines? The -name of the podcast comes from a combination of "TOP Story" and "Above the FOLD"-TOP FOLD.

    Original music by David "Beezer" Wagler.

    Sources for S4 E2 Beverly Hills Cantina
    https://www.zippia.com/beverly-hills-club-careers-1223190/history/?src=sp-popout-timed
    https://www.cincinnati.com/story/opinion/2021/05/28/opinion-history-says-supper-club-fire-no-accident/7427554002/
    https://www.nkyviews.com/campbell/text/eastern_sin_city.html 
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egmqhcziIm4
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07Zk6yRmstE 
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLcCWWkC9E4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPaTUB5mnyQ 
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Hills_Supper_Club_fire
    https://history.ky.gov/2018/11/26/collection-preserves-beverly-hills-supper-clubs-story/ 
    https://www.looper.com/249198/what-it-was-really-like-to-see-star-wars-in-1977/  
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLcCWWkC9E4
    https://boundarystones.weta.org/2015/12/18/1977-long-time-ago-theater-not-far-away
    https://explorekyhistory.ky.gov/items/show/519 
    https://www.wcpo.com/news/northern-kentucky/new-homes-coming-to-redeveloped-site-of-deadly-1977-beverly-hills-supper-club-fire 
    https://boundarystones.weta.org/2015/12/18/1977-long-time-ago-theater-not-far-away

    • 11 min
    A President, a Bishop, & a King - Season 4 Ep1

    A President, a Bishop, & a King - Season 4 Ep1

    The Induction of an Archbishop, a visit to the United Nations, and even a scheduled trip to Hawaii for discussions on ending the Vietnam War were not enough to keep President Johnson the top story.  What happened on this day that changed everything? Find out on this episode of TOP FOLD.
    Top Fold is dedicated to, "All the news that would have been". What does that mean? That means that on 9/11, or when the Hindenburg exploded, or Elvis Presley died, headlines were replaced and stories fell below the fold. What event happened that was huge but wasn’t talked about because something else monumental took the headlines? The -name of the podcast comes from a combination of "TOP Story" and "Above the FOLD"-TOP FOLD.

    Original music by David "Beezer" Wagler.
    Sources for S4 E1
    https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/lbjfinalspeech.htm
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/did-the-news-media-led-by-walter-cronkite-lose-the-war-in-vietnam/2018/05/25/a5b3e098-495e-11e8-827e-190efaf1f1ee_story.html https://medium.com/useless-knowledge-daily/which-us-presidents-chose-not-to-run-for-a-second-term-eba9cb2660cb
    http://www.lbjlibrary.net/collections/daily-diary.html
    https://prde.upress.virginia.edu/ 
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUcXJAmBGRY
    https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/manhattan/martin-luther-king-jr-stabbed-book-signing-1958-article-1.2798298
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence_Cooke
    https://www.nps.gov/lyjo/planyourvisit/johnsoncemetery.htm
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUcXJAmBGRYMLK  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTZ7r9n1z6Y
    http://www.lbjlibrary.net/collections/on-this-day-in-history/april.html
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZm56WUXe9E
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqIidpUmFr8 

    • 15 min
    Stone Kohl Killers - Season 3 Episode 6

    Stone Kohl Killers - Season 3 Episode 6

    At the exact same time that the President was giving the Medal of Freedom to  former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, almost 1700 miles away there were bombs, bullets, and bedlam.  Find out why the headlines changed and the news story truly shocked America on this episode of TOP FOLD.
    Top Fold is dedicated to, "All the news that would have been". What does that mean? That means that on 9/11, or when the Hindenburg exploded, or Elvis Presley died, headlines were replaced and stories fell below the fold. What event happened that was huge but wasn’t talked about because something else monumental took the headlines? The -name of the podcast comes from a combination of "TOP Story" and "Above the FOLD"-TOP FOLD.

    Original music by David "Beezer" Wagler.
    Sources for S3 E6
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmut_Kohl
    https://clintonwhitehouse4.archives.gov/WH/New/html/19990420-1374.html
    https://clintonwhitehouse4.archives.gov/WH/Work/042099.html
    https://clintonwhitehouse4.archives.gov/WH/New/html/19990420-1374.html
    https://www.c-span.org/video/?122649-1/medal-freedom-presentation
    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-kohl/world-leaders-bid-farewell-to-germanys-kohl-as-force-for-european-unity-idUSKBN19M3EE Kohl’s funeral
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQX8KNXP14w https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine_High_School_massacre
    https://www.denverpost.com/1999/04/21/columbine-high-school-shooting/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine_High_School_massacre
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9mUpUHk3nE Murder At Columbine High School (Mass Shooting Documentary) | Real Crime 
    https://extras.denverpost.com/news/chs0416j.htm Patti Nielson interviewhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/juvmurders/stories/school050499.htm Going back to school 
     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQX8KNXP14w President Clinton's Remarks Regarding Columbine HS Shooting (1999)
    https://www.history.com/topics/1990s/columbine-high-school-shootings 

    • 14 min

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4.9 out of 5
38 Ratings

38 Ratings

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Enjoyed the Johnson podcast and all of the elements surrounding what was happening during that specific time of his presidency.

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