Top Fold
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.
Episodes
29 episodes
Your Number is UP - Season 4 Ep. 7
The Boeing Company is currently trying to stay out of the headlines, but to no avail. Once they created a huge publicity event that was sure to make wonderful headlines all over the world, but hardly anyone noticed. What monument...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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16:00
Yeltsin 2 Kremlin: "I QUIT !" - Season 4 Ep. 6
When the President of Russia abruptly decided to quit and transfer power to an unknown former KGB agent, it surprised everyone including the United States. What event was making headlines all over the world that when the leader of a nu...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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16:39
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 thi...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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17:22
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 T...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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17:20
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...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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18:41
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....
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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11:38
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 change...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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15:39
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 stor...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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14:00
Innocence Lost - Season 3 Episode 5
Would you believe that the brutal murders of four young employees at a fast food restaurant in Speedway, Indiana was NOT top headlines? How could such a horrific event, with no suspects NOT be the lead story all over the country...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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11:48
The Burning Question - Season 3 Episode 4
Would you believe that a deadly fire at the largest casino in Las Vegas was NOT what everyone was talking about? How could such a monumental disaster not be the topic of conversations all around the country? Find out what was on this e...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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10:31
Shattered Season 3 Episode 3
Would you believe the top story was NOT an explosion in a Texas harbor that was SO massive that it leveled every building in sight, blew out windows TEN MILES away and registered on a seismograph over a thousand miles from the destruction?&n...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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12:57
Executive Branch Season 3 Episode 2
Would you believe that a popular governor perishing in a plane crash was NOT the lead story? On the exact same day, the networks were airing ANOTHER huge breaking news event . Find out which one on this episode of Top Fold. <...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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8:55
Holy Toledo - Season 3 Episode 1
How could ten thousand union strikers battling 1300 Ohio National Guardsmen in hand-to-hand combat in the streets of Toledo NOT be the main headline? What other story could everyone else have been talking about even when two people were ...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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11:56
Mayday Mayday - Season 2 Episode 8
Everyone should have been discussing the catastrophic airplane crash into the icy waters of the East River in New York City, instead everyone from coast to coast were talking about another historic event? Find out which one on this epi...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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14:32
A Monster Storm - Season 2 Episode 7
Would you believe that when the first documented female serial killer in the United States confessed to multiple murders, it didn’t make the headlines? What monumental event kept her story from newspapers all over the country? Fi...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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14:20
Met Their Match - Season 2 Episode 6
On the night of the biggest ever break-in of an FBI office, NO ONE heard or saw a thing. What had EVERYONE'Ss attention for days before, during, and after the raid which kept the crime from making headlines until much later. Find...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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14:40
Cheerio, Ta-Ta, and Amen - Season 2 Episode 5
Her Royal Majesty came to America, on the world's largest yacht no less, but no one was talking about Her. What had everyone's attention that the Queen of England was NOT the top story. Find out in this episode of Top Fold!
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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9:50
Skating The Law - Season 2 Episode 4
Would you believe the arrest of a CIA double agent who spied for Russia and had at least ten foreign agents killed wasn't the headline story? What possibly could have had everyone's attention so that nothing else mattered? ...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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15:48
High Rise and Fall - Season 2 Episode 3
It should have made front page headlines all over the country and the world. After years of planning Philippe Petit pulled off what Time magazine would call the "Artistic Crime of the Century". Instead of being in the news for we...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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16:22
Out of Nowhere - Season 2 Episode 2
What if you heard that Martians were invading the world? Within hours New York City was gone, death and devastation coming across the radio airways. And that still wasn't the biggest story of the week? When the 23 year-old...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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16:05
A Game Changer - Season 2 Episode 1
What made reporters, photographers, and thousands of spectators suddenly lose interest in a football game? What changed headlines during a weekend like no other? You don't have to be a sports fan to realize that more than football chan...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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12:03
EPISODE 8 She's Doing Well
After a life changing medical diagnosis, it seemed like First Lady Nancy Reagan would be the top story for the foreseeable future. But then ALL EYES went from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue to just over 1600 miles away. Find out why he...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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7:49
EPISODE 7 We Interrupt This Broadcast
Beaming American television to Japan for the first time was a big deal. Just hours before the first satellite transmission, EVERYTHING changed. Since it was so early in the Space Race, success was far from certain. What interrupted...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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