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Tuberculosis was rampant in the 19th Century, but its cause was unknown. As families were stricken one after another, some came to believe that the dead were feeding off the living. Folklorist Michael Bell uncovered many cases in all the New England states in which the dead relatives of those stricken with TB were dug up and mutilated in an attempt to cure the sick. The stories are told in Michael's new book, "Food for the Dead: On the Trail of New England's Vampires".

Christopher Whitcomb is a native of Franconia, New Hampshire and a former sniper for the FBI's elite Hostage Rescue Team. Until recently, Chris was involved in the government's fight against terrorism, and he has published a memoir about his time in the FBI entitled "Cold Zero." John talks with Chris about the FBI, his views in terrorism and his new book.

In 1914, an explorer named Ernest Shackleton led a crew of 27 on an expedition to travel by ship to Antarctica and then become the first to cross the continent on foot.
Their ship, The Endurance, was caught by advancing ice. What happened after that was a remarkable story of survival. It took nearly two years, but Shackleton got all his men back safely. The story is told in a new film called "The Endurance", directed and produced by Holderness resident George Butler. The film is showing this Saturday at the Hopkins Center at Dartmouth College. http://www.dartmouth.edu/pages/hop

You may have thought radio theater had disappeared long ago- a victim of the tight formats and commercial expectations of modern radio. But a group of Granite State broadcasting professionals is breathing new life into the form. Today we visit with Maureen Egan and Kevin Flynn of New Hapshire Radio Theater. Their latest production is called "Scary Stories". Check out more about NHRT- including audio of their past productions- at www.nhrt.org.

Tim Janis is a Seacoast composer and musician. Tim has achieved quite a bit of success at a relatively young age. He's put out several albums, including a recent album of healing music in conjunction with Paul McCartney among others, and he's established several performing groups that take his music much farther than he could get on his own.