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The Way it Was: A podpast

Step back in time with stories from Fort Collins’ past, from the cute and quirky to the dark and mysterious.

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Inside the Mata murders: Part I

Inside the Mata murders: Part I

On April 29, 1978, hunters driving along a rural Colorado canyon road came across the bodies of two young women. Forty y... Read more

12 Apr 2018

31mins

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Inside the Mata murders: Part II

Inside the Mata murders: Part II

Almost eight months after sisters Rosemary and Julia Mata are killed on a remote Colorado road, an arrest is made in the... Read more

19 Apr 2018

32mins

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Fort Collins' forgotten Manson family victim

Fort Collins' forgotten Manson family victim

Gary Hinman wasn't a celebrity. He wasn't a young Hollywood type. He was a boy from Fort Collins. And, in the summer of ... Read more

12 Jan 2018

20mins

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The unusual life and trying times of Polly Brinkhoff

The unusual life and trying times of Polly Brinkhoff

For more than 40 years - until 1999 - Poudre Canyon mountain woman Polly Brinkhoff lived without running water, electric... Read more

4 Mar 2020

25mins

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The bitter side to Colorado's sugar beet boom

The bitter side to Colorado's sugar beet boom

As the nations demands for sugar beets grew, so did the need for more labor in Northern Colorado's vast beet fields. But... Read more

12 Jul 2018

22mins

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Introducing "Hunted: Inside Ted Bundy's Trail of Terror"

Introducing "Hunted: Inside Ted Bundy's Trail of Terror"

In this special, three-part podcast, Way it Was host Erin Udell digs into Ted Bundy's notorious 1970s killing spree. An ... Read more

5 Feb 2019

2mins

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Into thin air: The curious disappearance of Joe Halpern

Into thin air: The curious disappearance of Joe Halpern

On August 15, 1933, a 22-year-old graduate student went for a hike in Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park. He was ne... Read more

9 Aug 2018

32mins

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Odell, not O'Doul's: 30 years of local brewing history

Odell, not O'Doul's: 30 years of local brewing history

Coloradoan reporter Jake Laxen sits down with Odell Brewing founders Doug, Wynne and Corkie Odell for this special guest... Read more

10 May 2018

30mins

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The tale of Annie the railroad dog

The tale of Annie the railroad dog

In 1934, a group of railroad workers found a pregnant border collie mix shivering outside a blacksmith shop. More than 8... Read more

8 Mar 2018

22mins

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The colonel who saved Christmas

The colonel who saved Christmas

In December 1955, the menacing red phone on Air Force Col. Harry Shoup’s desk rang. But it wasn’t the Pentagon – no four... Read more

20 Dec 2018

18mins

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20 years later: The murder of Matthew Shepard

20 years later: The murder of Matthew Shepard

In October 1998, the hate crime murder of a gay Wyoming student shook the world. After 20 years, we revisit the life and... Read more

11 Oct 2018

26mins

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'The mother of all pandemics'

'The mother of all pandemics'

In the fall of 1918, a mysterious and deadly flu arrived in Fort Collins. The small college town battled the virus with ... Read more

16 Apr 2020

29mins

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Hitler's last soldier

Hitler's last soldier

On a moonlit night in late September 1945, Nazi prisoner of war Georg Gaertner slipped out of his New Mexico prison camp... Read more

5 Dec 2018

38mins

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Inside Loveland's sweetheart history

Inside Loveland's sweetheart history

Hearts are strewn from its light poles, businesses build their brands around its "sweet" nickname and, every February, v... Read more

8 Feb 2018

15mins

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The legend of Lubick

The legend of Lubick

When you hear Sonny Lubick's name, you think Colorado State University football. So more than ten years after the longti... Read more

13 Sep 2018

46mins

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