Ranked #1
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
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31mins
Ranked #2
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
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32mins
Ranked #3
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
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20mins
Ranked #4
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
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25mins
Ranked #5
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
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22mins
Ranked #6
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
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2mins
Ranked #7
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
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32mins
Ranked #8
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
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30mins
Ranked #9
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
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22mins
Ranked #10
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
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18mins
Ranked #11
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
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26mins
Ranked #12
'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
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29mins
Ranked #13
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
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38mins
Ranked #14
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
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15mins
Ranked #15
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
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46mins