Betty Webb Codebreaker
She had to swear to tell no one what she did for 30 years… and then she told.
From This is True for 6 April 2025
Volume 11
John Hemingway The last of The Few
As a pilot in the Royal Air Force, he was shot down four times, and lived.
From This is True for 16 March 2025
Thomas Moser Woodworker
Moser wanted to make furniture the old-fashioned way, and took an odd route to get there.
From This is True for 9 March 2025
Joseph Wambaugh Cop writer
Wambaugh changed the flavor of police shows from Adam-12 to gritty reality.
From This is True for 2 March 2025
Norbert Tongue-wagger
Let’s get this out of the way right up front: Norbert was a dog — a mutt, even.
From This is True for 2 February 2025
Loretta Ford Practitioning Nurse
Have you ever seen a nurse practitioner? It was Ford’s idea.
From This is True for 26 January 2025
Geneviève Callerot Resistance farmer-novelist
She defied the Nazis in occupied France and led at least 200 people to freedom.
From This is True for 19 January 2025
Britt Allcroft Thomas promoter
It was because of Allcroft that Thomas the Tank Engine came to TV.
From This is True for 5 January 2025
Donald Bitzer Computerized teaching pioneer
Bitzer conceived of the first computer educational system, and built it, inventing technologies along the way
From This is True for 22 December 2024