True Stories From the Obit Files - Ordinary People You Never Knew, But Won’t Forget

This documentary podcast tells the story of Stanley Crawford, an ordinary man from Elizabethtown, Kentucky who walked the town's streets daily for 50 years, becoming an unofficial community pillar.

This episode tells the story of Melvin Clayman, an unassuming Boston bureaucrat who led a double life as a passionate art collector and quiet philanthropist.

This episode tells the story of Isaiah J.

This episode tells the story of Teddy Golubowski, a 27-year-old police academy cadet from New Jersey who demonstrated extraordinary character by planning to drive to the academy to be properly dismissed on the morning of his terminal cancer diagnosis.

Host Steve Rode shares the life story of Rose Montali, an ordinary Cleveland homemaker whose extraordinary capacity for love and community building made everyone around her feel valued.

This episode tells the extraordinary life story of Lawrence 'Larry' Metherd, a 96-year-old man who appeared to be just a friendly neighbor gardening with his dog but had a hidden past as a Merchant Marine transporting war refugees, a Korean War paratrooper who jumped from planes 18 times, a diesel mechanic for the Denver Fire Department, and a devoted husband of 65 years.