{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmysteries-at-the-museum.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fradithor-u-boat-ransom-note-wqO21Mjg","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Radithor, U-Boat, Ransom Note","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/dc93d753-2a29-474f-87e9-aec02ff9c95c/c1523bed-ca24-4186-b10e-0b46ffd6b7ab/matm-podcast-3000x3000.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/1e8fefdf-6ace-4122-ae06-3dc92a1a9bb5\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Radithor, U-Boat, Ransom Note\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"This episode was narrated by Jay Thomas.\n\nIn Albuquerque's National Museum of Nuclear Science and History, there's a small antique vial that once contained a wildly popular drug called Radithor. How did this doctor-approved \"cure-all\" end up destroying countless lives? \n\nInside Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry there's a giant World War Two Submarine. It's a German \"U-Boat\", known by its infamous number, 5-0-5. But during the war U-505 mysteriously vanished. How did U-505 end up in Chicago, and how did its sudden disappearance from battle nearly 70 years ago help bring Germany's invincible U-Boat fleet to its knees? \n\nSecured in the archives of the New Jersey State Police Museum is a faded piece of paper inscribed with sloppy handwriting and a curious insignia. It's a ransom note from what's been called \"The Crime of the Century.\""}