{"podcast":{"title":"Astonishing Legends","slug":"astonishing-legends-750015","podcast_index_feed_id":750015,"rss_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/4322549.rss","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/4322549","image_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/37374824.jpg","author":"Scott Philbrook","episode_count":446,"summary":"The world is more mysterious than most people are comfortable imagining. We cross paths with the mystical from time to time and may not even notice it. If we do, we quickly return to our usually mundane daily existence. But what if we not only acknowledged the unknown, we investigated it and spoke with those in the know? That's what co-hosts Scott Philbrook & Forrest Burgess, and co-executive producer Tess Pfeifle do at Astonishing Legends. Over 100 million downloads and hundreds of thousands of listeners have discovered the thrill of exploring the mysteries of our world, showing that the unknown can be both captivating and intriguing. Welcome to Astonishing Legends!","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/astonishing-legends-750015"},"episode":{"title":"The Ghost Bomber of the Monongahela","slug":"the-ghost-bomber-of-the-monongahela","published_at":"2026-05-23T23:05:30+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/astonishing-legends-750015/the-ghost-bomber-of-the-monongahela","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/astonishing-legends-750015","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8907290","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/arttrk.com/p/ABMA5/clrtpod.com/m/pscrb.fm/rss/p/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8907290.mp3?modified=1779578089&sid=4322549&source=rss&rssua=transcribr","summary":"In January 1956, rush-hour drivers crossing Pittsburgh’s icy Homestead High Level Bridge watched a nightmare descend from the sky: a silent B-25 bomber gliding just feet above the roadway with both engines dead. Veteran Air Force pilot Major William Dotson pulled off a flawless emergency landing on the freezing Monongahela River, saving all six men from the crash itself. But within minutes, two crew members vanished into the current, and the bomber sank beneath only 25 feet of water… never to be seen again. How does an entire military aircraft disappear in shallow water, in front of hundreds of witnesses, and stay missing for nearly seventy years? Visit our website for a lot more information on this episode.","meta_description":"In January 1956, rush-hour drivers crossing Pittsburgh’s icy Homestead High Level Bridge watched a nightmare descend from the sky: a silent B-25 bomber gl…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":8588,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/astonishing-legends-750015/episodes/the-ghost-bomber-of-the-monongahela/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/astonishing-legends-750015/the-ghost-bomber-of-the-monongahela.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}