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(aired Tues 10/12/21) A true crime historical tour in the heart of Chattanooga will explore some of the grisly and unfortunate happenings in this city over the past 150 years. The Chattanooga Historical Society - which began as Picnooga - will present the 90-minute walking tour.

Here in Chattanooga, there is a place for poetry from the community for the community. The Rhyme N Chatt Interactive Poetry Organization hosts open mic sessions free for the public to participate and enjoy.

President Bush makes a surprise visit to Baghdad to visit Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. The president told the new leader and his Cabinet that the future of Iraq is in its citizens' hands, and that it's in the interest of the United States that the mission in Iraq succeeds.

The strongest earthquake in 40 years hit Southeast Asia Sunday morning, setting off tsunamis that killed thousands. Measured at 8.9, the earthquake is the most powerful recorded since a 9.2 quake hit Alaska in 1964.

Mark Englehart plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Ayesha Rascoe.

Michel Stone is an author in Spartanburg, South Carolina whose debut novels - “The Iguana Tree” and “Border Child” - tell the story of a couple from Mexico who make their way into this country separately through the perils of illegal border crossings.

“Roots So Deep (you can see the devil down there)” is a documentary series about farmers, scientists and how we can use land to help curb climate change. Two parts of the four-part series will be screened next week here in Chattanooga - at the AMC Classic Majestic 12 - on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Record snow in parts of the Northeast left thousands without power.

The story of Valentino Achak Deng, one of the tens of thousands of children refugees from the Sudanese civil war, is the basis for Dave Eggers' new novel, What Is the What. Eggers and Deng talk about their collaboration and the traumas the "Lost Boys" endured.

In his book Under the Banner of Heaven, author Jon Krakauer examined the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and of fundamentalist splinter groups, who are not Mormons and who broke off from the church after it abandoned the practice of plural marriages. The book excerpt below looks at the history of the polygamous community in Colorado City, Ariz.