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In July 1997, the first contestant voted off the first episode of the first ever reality TV elimination show took his own life. Expedition Robinson was the first show of its kind anywhere, and it was going to be remembered not for breaking the mold of television, but for a death, the first of at least 40 suicides linked globally to a reality TV show.

The Tomb of the Mili Mongga tells the story of Samuel Turvey's expeditions to the island of Sumba in eastern Indonesia. While there, he discovers an entire recently extinct mammal fauna from the island’s fossil record, revealing how islands support some of the world’s most remarkable biodiversity, and why many of these unique endemic species are threatened with extinction or have already been lost. But as the story unfolds, an unexpected narrative emerges – Sumba’s Indigenous communities tell of a mysterious wildman called the 'mili mongga', a giant yeti-like beast.

“Edge of Reality Radio,” can be heard live each Thursday from 8pm-10pm Eastern. For nearly 50 years, the show’s host, Lee Speigel, has researched and reported on the overlapping worlds of Science and Unexplained Phenomena, covering such diverse topics as UFOs, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, ghosts, life after death, time travel, strange creatures, human consciousness, out-of-body-experiences, and the pursuit of other realities and universes. To hear Lee Speigel's entire archived shows, browse below for episodes. Dates listed below are the day the show was uploaded to ...