In 1975, a newly-elected Boulder County Clerk named Clela Rorex had just settled into her job when two men walked into the courthouse and asked for a marriage license. Her decision would reverberate across four decades.
Tyler and Noel set out to investigate an alleged feud between two bickering bonsai clubs. But their quest leads them instead to Amache, a WWII prison camp for people of Japanese ancestry in southeast Colorado.
Meet Alan Berg, the loud-mouthed Denver media personality who helped pioneer the "outrage for profit" business model that drives political media today. Berg was on his way to stardom until his assassination by neo-Nazis in 1984.
In the aftermath of the American Civil War, all-Black settlements sprang up throughout the West as formerly enslaved people and their descendants sought to build a better life.
Dean Reed moved to Hollywood at the age of 19 in an attempt to become a star. He was groomed to be a teen pop idol before becoming a socialist during a tour of South America. He became one of the socialist world's biggest stars.