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LIGHTER TRICK ($70,000 – $75,000+)
On September 13, 1969, a Rock ‘n’ Roll tradition was born at a music festival held at Varsity Arena in Toronto. When festival host Kim Fowley heard John Lennon was nervously chain-smoking backstage, he came up with an idea to put John at ease. Stepping to the microphone to address the crowd he said, "Everyone get out your matches and lighters, please. In a minute I'm going to bring out John Lennon and Eric Clapton and when I do, I want you to light them and give them a huge
Oct 15, 20252 min read
WALLY ($50,000 – $65,000)
On June 2, 1925, the New York Yankees were on a five-game losing streak and their miserable record had them slotted in second-to-last...
Oct 3, 20252 min read
BURIED TREASURE ($110,000 – $160,000)
Retired florist Kevan Halls liked to spend his free time metal detecting in the English countryside. One day in 2000, while walking a...
Sep 25, 20252 min read
WHAT A DEAL ($150,000 – $200,000)
In early 1900s New York, a well-dressed man walked the streets offering newcomers a once-in-a-lifetime deal: full ownership of a prime...
Sep 25, 20252 min read
BIG MOUTH ($120,000 – $150,000)
In September of 2023, a Jetstar flight bound from Perth, Australia was forced to perform an emergency landing due to the actions of an...
Sep 21, 20252 min read
BLACKJACK ($65,000 – $75,000)
Most Arctic explorers brought rifles and bravado. Ada Blackjack brought a sewing kit.Born near Nome, Alaska, in 1898, Ada married young,...
Sep 20, 20252 min read
SCREWED UP ($85,000 – $90,000)
Ronald Lord looked like the last person airport security would bother with. Seventy-one years old, Canadian pensioner, rolling off a...
Sep 8, 20252 min read
KILLA FISH ($85,000 – $90,000)
In 1913, Theodore Roosevelt found himself deep in the Amazon, standing on a riverbank beside his Brazilian hosts. They had promised him a...
Sep 8, 20253 min read
SNAKE OIL ($65,000 + CAR ALLOWANCE + GAS CARD)
Clark Stanley was born in 1854 in Abilene, Texas. After a decade as a cowboy, he claimed to have spent two years apprenticing with a Hopi...
Sep 5, 20252 min read
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