On this episode of Our American Stories born in small-town Oklahoma in Oklahoma had only been a state for years Paul Harvey's rural roots would shape his career as would the murder of his father a police officer Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

For more than six decades news journalist Paul Harvey was a familiar voice on American radio Six days a week he would say with a colorful flair ldquo You know what the news is In a minute you rsquo re going to hear the rest of the story rdquo After a brief advertisement he would tell a little-known story of a well-known person But by withholding until the end either the person rsquo s name or some other key element he delighted listeners with his dramatic pause and tagline ldquo And now you know the rest of the story rdquo [... more]