The tomb of railroad magnate and stock manipulator Jay Gould is one of the best protected of the grand mausoleums of Woodlawn Cemetery.  When he died in 1892, Gould had is coffin sealed in lead and made sure his family tomb was safe from intruders.

Jay Gould Tomb

The tiny cemetery on St. James Place in Manhattan's Chinatown is the oldest Jewish cemetery in the United States. 18 Jewish veterans of the Revolutionary War are buried here.

Jewish Cemetery

A carillon is a set of tuned bells played from a special keyboard high up in a tower. The bell tower of Riverside church is 22 stories high, and when Kelly Choi paid a visit, you could hear the bells ringing ten blocks away!

Riverside Church Carillon

Just a few hundred steps from the skyscrapers of Fifth Avenue is a tiny nature preserve few New Yorkers know about. Four million people visit Central Park every year, but almost none of them have seen the secrets of Hallett Sanctuary.

Central Park Hallett Sanctuary

Built in 1893, the old Harlem Courthouse still functions as a justice center with an interior from Manhattan's Gilded Age. Kelly Choi discovers a hidden passageway that leads to the oldest district prison still standing in the City of New York.

Harlem Courthouse Prison

In front of a quiet Church on Riverside Drive stands the bronze figure of the 12th Century monk who founded Shin Buddhism. But the statue itself survived the world’s first atomic bomb. Kelly Choi explores its story.

Buddhist Church Statue

A tall red brick building on East Fourth Street is the only house in New York City that remains intact from 1832, both inside and out. Kelly Choi discovers a special secret way up in the attic.

Merchant's House Museum

Between Bedford-Stuyvesant and Crown Heights, Brooklyn, a group of old houses remain from one of the first free African American communities in America. Kelly Choi visits a cultural jewel from the 1830’s.

Weeksville Heritage Center

This train terminal is filled with secrets, but there’s one that over 750,000 people pass every day that’s worth ten to twenty million dollars. Let Kelly Choi show you where it is.

Grand Central Clock

On the northern edge of Central Park, there’s a small fort left over from a war that New Yorkers never had to fight. Find out who might have invaded the City with Kelly Choi.

Central Park Blockhouse

Join host Kelly Choi as she criss-crosses the City uncovering the truth behind the speakeasies that popped up during Prohibition, the ghosts that haunt local theatres, the oldest movie studio in the country, the explosion that rocked New York Harbor in 1916, and much more.

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Secrets of New York

Before Radio and phonograph there was sheet music and pianos, lots of pianos, with aggressive song pluggers pounding out the next big hit for the music publishers along west 28th Street. They made such a racket, it sounded like a hundred people banging on tin pans, so Tin Pan Alley was born, and with it a new way of selling pop music to America.

Tin Pan Alley

Secrets turn up in the strangest places in New York City, like the Wyckoff farm house, built in 1652.

Wyckoff House Museum

Why would a church on East 29th Street have stained glass windows of Broadway actors?

Little Church Around the Corner

Kelly ventures to mysterious islands around New York to unearth the secrets that lie hidden in their past. On Hart Island, she meets with experts who enrich our understanding of the site’s rich history.

Islands

New Yorkers have passed by a wide open space for 65 years riding the J train past Essex Street on the lower East side, wondering what that acre of underground space might have been. Kelly clears up the mystery by visiting New York City’s most futuristic park site, the Lowline.

Underground

In the mid 1800s New York was a dangerous, chaotic city teaming with newly arrived immigrants. Ruthless crooks and brutal criminal gangs ruled the lawless streets. Kelly maps the emergence of the police force that took on these cutthroat thieves and mobsters. Along the way, she highlights the work of some of New York’s greatest detectives.

Detectives

Few places in the world possess a history as rich, colorful or dramatic as that of New York City. Scattered throughout the city are unnoticed vestiges from a previous time that mark a path to the city's illustrious past. Travel back in time to explore what hides inside New York's oldest bridge, or what secrets lie buried in the city's oldest cemetery, as we unfold the mysteries of old New York.

Ancient NY: 400 Years and Counting

Kelly Choi explores the South Street Seaport and climbs aboard the tall ships that made New York an international trade center. We see the city’s earliest hotel rooms, meet sea pirates like Captain Kidd who made Manhattan their home, and search for ghosts in the oldest tavern in New York City.

Captains, Pirates and Ghosts

Kelly traces New York City's cinematic history, all the way back to 1897 and Brooklyn's Vitagraph Studios, the oldest movie studio building in the country. Along the way, Kelly also discovers the accomplishments of the first African American feature film director and the important role the City's movie business continued to play after studios moved to Hollywood. Even Mickey Mouse found his voice in New York City.

Cinema

How did New York City once end up with two police forces that spent more time battling each other than fighting crime?  And how did the City's biggest mafia don help win World War II from his jail cell? Kelly gets to the bottom of these gritty and fascinating secrets in the City.

Crime and Justice

The best podcast episodes about true crime. For any thrill seeking podcast listeners who just can't get enough of the captivating stories of murderers and criminals. This topic has all the best episodes from many different true crime podcasts.  Add episodes you're interested into your queue below!

Best True Crime Podcasts

The best podcast episodes of the most interesting stories and things. From skyping someone while they're in space, to tracking down and meeting a telephone scammer in person, to the story of a Galapagos. These episodes will keep you and all your friends entertained and captivated for hours. Learn something new in every episode! Add episodes you're interested into your queue below!