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How Curious

How Curious

By: KGOU Radio
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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.2025 Social Sciences Travel Writing & Commentary
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  • Why were Oklahoma Citians subjected to multiple sonic booms daily for months in 1964?

    Why were Oklahoma Citians subjected to multiple sonic booms daily for months in 1964?
    Nov 25 2025
    This month's How Curious dives into the story of what happened when Oklahoma City became the location of a bold experiment concerning sonic booms — a moment when science collided with everyday life. Through historical detail and voices from those who lived it, this episode looks at why the city became a testing ground, the surprising ripple effects on homes and businesses, and the larger questions it raised about progress and public trust.
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    16 mins
  • Why is Guthrie's Stone Lion Inn considered Oklahoma's most haunted property?

    Why is Guthrie's Stone Lion Inn considered Oklahoma's most haunted property?
    Oct 28 2025
    This month’s How Curious episode has a Halloween theme as our intrepid host Rachel Hopkin dares to venture into one of Oklahoma’s reputedly most haunted properties.
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    15 mins
  • How did an Italian palace come to be on the Oklahoma plains?

    How did an Italian palace come to be on the Oklahoma plains?
    Sep 30 2025
    In this month's How Curious, host Rachel Hopkin visits the sumptuous Marland Mansion in Ponca City, Oklahoma, and finds out the story behind its creation. It was built in the mid 1920s for the oilman and later OK state governor E. W. Marland. However, he only lived in it - with his second wife Lydie, who was formerly his adopted daughter - for a relatively short time. Alas its creation coincided with a downturn in Marland's once astronomical fortune and he and Lydie were forced to vacate and live in one of the estate's supporting buildings instead.
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    16 mins
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