The stories of Maricopa County, AZ
166 narrated audio stories from across Maricopa County — hidden history, true crime, food legends, and local lore from its towns, landmarks, and back roads.
Phoenix
What the Camera Saw in Mesa
A murder scene, a memory card, and a story that kept changing.
Metrocenter Mall
When Phoenix Played San Dimas
How Metrocenter slipped into a beloved time-travel comedy.
Downtown Phoenix
When Phoenix Became the Action Scene
How Clint Eastwood turned downtown Phoenix into the center of cinematic mayhem.
Phoenix
How Changing Hands Kept the Pages Turning
A bookstore built on community, then bold enough to grow.
Phoenix Union Bioscience High School
When a School Campus Became a City’s Calling Card
How Phoenix Union’s campus signaled a growing city’s ambitions.
Phoenix Financial Center
Why Phoenix Fell for the Punchcard Building
A round tower, a patterned skin, and a bold Midtown gamble.
Phoenix
Before the Motel, There Was Phoenix
How Hitchcock turns a Phoenix errand into Psycho’s first shock.
Symphony Hall
How Phoenix Learned to Hear Itself
A desert city's growth told through its symphony.
Papago Park
The War Camp Hidden in Phoenix
A city park became an unlikely World War II front line.
Phoenix
Before Hollywood, Spielberg Had Phoenix
A young filmmaker finds his voice in Arizona.
Hotel San Carlos
When Downtown Phoenix Dressed for Arrival
A downtown hotel that matched a city on the rise.
Phoenix
When Phoenix Became the Mystery
Jon Talton turned a fast-changing city into the pulse of crime fiction.
Burton Barr Central Library
Where Phoenix Keeps Its Memory
Inside the Arizona Room, the city’s paper trail still speaks.
Phoenix
Before the Blockbusters, a Phoenix Night of UFOs
A teenage Steven Spielberg tests his future in public.
Security Building
A Building Phoenix Chose Not to Throw Away
How one surviving downtown building still carries Phoenix’s commercial past.
Phoenix
Alberto Ríos and the Borderlight of Ordinary Life
How a border-born writer made Arizona’s daily life glow on the page.
Phoenix
Before Hollywood, a Phoenix Stage
How Emma Stone’s Phoenix-area youth theater shaped an Oscar-winning actor.
Falcon Field Airport
Where the Desert Taught Allied Pilots
How Mesa’s desert became a wartime classroom for RAF cadets.
Crescent Ballroom
How Crescent Ballroom Gave Downtown Phoenix a Pulse
A people-first story of the venue that helped reshape downtown Phoenix music.
Phoenix
How Outlander Began in Arizona
A Tempe academic experiment became a worldwide literary phenomenon.
Phoenix
Phoenix’s Balloon Buster
How Frank Luke Jr. rose fast, fought hard, and became an Arizona legend.
The Van Buren
How an Old Dealership Learned to Sing
A former auto showroom became a defining downtown Phoenix music room.
Phoenix
Before the Hits, There Was Mill Avenue
How Tempe clubs forged Gin Blossoms before national fame arrived.
The Poisoned Pen Bookstore
Where Mystery Found Its Scottsdale Address
How Barbara Peters made a local mystery shop a national destination.
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