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The history of big-time wrestling, starting in 1880, through the Hulkamania era, to what has become a multi-billion-dollar 21st-century industry. This fascinating narrative includes the golden age of TV wrestling and the stars that drove the ratings sky high...names like Dick the Bruiser, The Sheik, André the Giant, Lord Layton, Abdulla the Butcher, and Bo Bo Brazil.

History like you've never heard it before. A fascinating narrative about Ohio including entertainment, business, politics, sports, inventions, trivia, arts and literature, science and geography.

After years of emotional abuse, Reuben Petteway is a lonely and angry young man. With an IQ in the top 2%, he is also a near-genius. When he is pulled aside and strip searched while waiting to board a flight at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, Reuben goes over the edge and his anger turns to rage. Add a synthetic drug known as Spice to the mix and the result is a violent and unpredictable psychotic who will stop at nothing to get his revenge.

Slider: The Leo Butterburger Story is a delightful fantasy-biography about a warm hearted character born and raised by his adopted family in the village of Mariemont, Ohio, not far from Cincinnati. Leo is the slightly plump kid nobody ever wants on their team, the one the bullies call "butterburger". Slider is the poignant story of a loveable underdog who is given a chance to be everyone's hero, a once in a lifetime opportunity that leads him to the ultimate sacrifice.

Unsuspecting Friends is the story of a Sweet Gum tree that was taken to a lumber mill in Grayling, Michigan when he was just 13. After being sawed and turned into planks he was transformed into a picnic table, ending up at Lake Windjammer “down in Ohio”. For over 30 years Sweet Gum encountered people of all ages as they came to picnic and play, often sitting on him and sometimes carving their initials in him. Now, his time has come.

The Flight Of Apollo Eleven is a dramatic audio production featuring the highlights from the first lunar landing on July 20, 1969, that marks the 40th Anniversary of that historic event. One Small Step presents the actual NASA voice communications bewteen Houston Control and the Command Module set to an original music score.