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Clay & Sarah
Fantastic History is hosted by Clay and Sarah, a husband and wife duo who enjoy telling each other about amazing events, people and mysteries throughout history. Each week, we'll share a fascinating story with one another and you!
Today we're talking about the Seven Wonders! Why there were built, why all but one do not exist anymore, and why it's so Greek.
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We've got a story we know you haven't heard; it's not even on Wikipedia! This week, Sarah shares the tragic story of the only accused witch to ever be burned to death in the United States.
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- https://battletownwitch.com/the-story-of-leah/
- https://fox56news.com/news/kentucky/leah-smock-the-battletown-witch-the-first-witch-burned-alive-in-kentucky/
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Ignaz Semmelweis is remembered by history as a pioneer of prophylaxis, a champion of sanitation and a David standing against the Goliath of antiquated and incorrect theories on how disease formed and spread. But in his time, he was simply a doctor who wanted to save mothers' lives who were dying in his maternity clinic. Through his hard work and the adoption of his techniques, he saved millions of lives. And his reward for doing so was the destruction of his career, his reputation and his sanity.
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- “The Etiology, Concept, and Prophylaxis of Childbed Fever” by Ignaz Semmelweis
- “Genius Belabored: Childbed Fever and the Tragic Life of Ignaz Semmelweis” by Theodore G. Obenchain
- “Immortal Magyar: Semmelweis, conqueror of childbed fever” by Frank Slaughter
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Ignaz Semmelweis is remembered by history as a pioneer of prophylaxis, a champion of sanitation and a David standing against the Goliath of antiquated and incorrect theories on how disease formed and spread. But in his time, he was simply a doctor who wanted to save mothers' lives who were dying in his maternity clinic. Through his hard work and the adoption of his techniques, he saved millions of lives. And his reward for doing so was the destruction of his career, his reputation and his sanity.
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- “The Etiology, Concept, and Prophylaxis of Childbed Fever” by Ignaz Semmelweis
- “Genius Belabored: Childbed Fever and the Tragic Life of Ignaz Semmelweis” by Theodore G. Obenchain
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The "Battle" of May Island is a testament to desire for more power and speed at the cost of reason. The Royal Navy's K-Class submarines were supposed to be the next evolution in naval combat, but they were difficult to control, miserable to be inside of and prone to errors. On what was supposed to be a training exercise in the North Sea, a small error resulted in one of the most catastrophic disasters in Naval history and a staggeringly high death toll considering that not a single enemy participated. Join us as we talk all about this unbelievable story.
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- https://www.westernfrontassociation.com/world-war-i-articles/the-battle-of-may-island-january-1917-and-k-class-submarines-of-the-first-world-war/
- https://navyhistory.au/the-battle-of-may-island/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZS0RpOgdfQ&
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In part two of our look into the Trials of the Century, we have an insane government-versus-unions case that features several Fantastic History alumni. Then, Sarah discusses a Massachusetts-based case (BUM BUM BUM) that caused riots around the world - more than once!
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- https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2020/09/trials-of-the-century-1900-to-1950/
- https://famous-trials.com/Haywood
- https://www.famous-trials.com/saccovanzetti/766-home
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In this episode, we look at five famous hoaxes that rocked science to the core.
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- https://cen.acs.org/articles/91/i9/Crystal-Skulls-Deemed-Fake.html
- https://archive.archaeology.org/0511/etc/giants.html
- https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/services/library/collections/piltdown-man.html
- https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1989-04-24-8904060814-story.html
- https://cosmosmagazine.com/science/retractions-fraud-peer-review/
- https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg12917551-600-himalayan-scandal-rocks-indian-science/
- https://blog.library.si.edu/blog/2019/07/25/a-heavy-hoax-the-lying-stones-of-johann-beringer/
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This week, Sarah presents the first in a series of episodes covering some of the court cases that were dubbed "The Trial of the Century" in the 1900s. First up, the murder of architect Stanford White by Harry Thaw, the heir of a coal and rail baron. This story had all the earmarks of a sensational public scandal including a gorgeous young woman, passion, jealousy, and folks being super messy in the press.
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- https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2020/09/trials-of-the-century-1900-to-1950/
- https://www.famous-trials.com/thaw/405-home
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Our second Pinkerton Detective Agency episode sees agents hunting down notorious outlaws in the wild west.
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- https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/james-jesse/
- https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/james-life-and-death-jesse-james/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090211021610/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/james/peopleevents/e_banks.html
- https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pinkertons-maim-frank-and-jesse-james-mother
- https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1993-05-30-9305300394-story.html
- https://www.legendsofamerica.com/butch-cassidy/
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2023 is a wrap, so join us as we look back at some of our favorite moments of the podcast from the past year.
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While these days eggnog is a divisive holiday treat, never has it been more contentious than in 1826, when a secret Christmas Eve party in the barracks of West Point Academy spiraled very, very far out of control.
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- https://www.military.com/history/eggnog-fueled-riot-nearly-brought-down-entire-west-point-class.html
- https://www.treehugger.com/eggnog-riot-4866246
- https://www.history.com/news/when-eggnog-sparked-a-riot-at-west-point
- https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-events/ridiculous-history-heres-why-west-point-cadets-rioted-eggnog-1826.htm
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It's less Happy Holiday and more Bah Humbug as we explore the several possible inspirations for the covetous old sinner from Charles Dicken's A Christmas Carol.
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- https://earlybirdbooks.com/scrooge-inspirations-charles-dickens
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4y78YB9vVMG1xYrW8CmzjPw/a-life-wasted-who-was-the-real-ebenezer-scrooge
- https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/72386/7-real-life-inspirations-dickenss-christmas-carol
- https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-67577402
- https://familychristmasonline.com/stories_other/dickens/gabriel_grub.htm
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We have a very special guest this week: BFF of the podcast, librarian Melanie Terrill! Though children have known Alice in Wonderland for generations, not many know the story of the man behind the novel or the girl who may have inspired it. Bonus: it's also about math!
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- Lewis Carroll Biography by Sarah Lewis
- In the shadow of the dream child by Sarah Leach
- http://joyofmuseums.com/
- https://www.npr.org/2010/03/13/124632317/the-mad-hatters-secret-ingredient-math
- https://www.npr.org/2010/02/28/124132534/years-beyond-the-rabbit-hole-alice-looks-back
- https://carroll-myth.wild-reality.net/
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If “He Had It Coming” is your favorite song from Chicago, then boy, do we have an episode for you! This week, Sarah shares the eerily similar stories of Giulia Tofana and Baba Anujka, two legendary serial killers separated by centuries who nevertheless shared a goal: killing other women’s abusive husbands.
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- https://mikedashhistory.com/2015/04/06/aqua-tofana-slow-poisoning-and-husband-killing-in-17th-century-italy/
- https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/giulia-tofana-the-italian-serial-poisoner-who-became-a-legend
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHAv3Clhrhg
- https://www.historydefined.net/baba-anujka/
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The Monty Hall Problem is one of the most famous puzzle in probability. But what is less famous is the woman who made it famous on the pages of Parade Magazine.
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- https://www.straightdope.com/21342062/on-let-s-make-a-deal-you-pick-door-1-monty-opens-door-2-no-prize-do-you-stay-with-door-1-or-switch-t
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOQowCeAnRs
- https://teachingmathsscholars.org/newsandevents/themontyhallproblem
- https://allthatsinteresting.com/marilyn-vos-savant
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There have been many times throughout history where crime does in fact pay. Claude Duval saw such an opportunity while serving in the court of King Charles II and, oh boy, did he ever run with it! This week, Sarah tells the story of a gentleman robber who charmed his way onto the very first most wanted list in Restoration England - and into the hearts of the ladies.
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- https://dirtysexyhistory.com/2016/08/21/the-life-and-death-of-claude-duval/
- https://www.exclassics.com/newgate/ng31.htm
- https://www.blackheathandgreenwich.com/post/blackheath-claude-duval
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In Episode 69, we dive into the most ambitious experiment of Dr. John Lilly into the communication between humans and dolphins, which was mired by drug abuse, cosmic divinations, sexual scandal but all funded by the US government. But please, your kids can sit this one out.
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Happy Halloween! Sarah aims to scare your socks off this week with a few true tales of terror including the Enfield Monster, the grim magic of the Pennsylvania Dutch, and an exorcism gone wrong.
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- https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a39179/five-real-life-horror-stories/
- https://www.newspapers.com/article/mt-vernon-register-news/7318965/
- https://allthatsinteresting.com/hotel-del-salto
- https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/family-exorcism-demon-kenny-ife-enfield-north-london-a8775321.html
- https://medium.com/horrifix/this-familys-dream-home-quickly-turned-into-a-nightmare-e6ae0c4614d5
- https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=2106887&itype=CMSID
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Today we explore the complicated legacy of a man whose inventions fed the world and caused a horrific genocide.
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- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvknN89JoWo&t=316s
- https://medium.com/the-mission/the-tragedy-of-fritz-haber-the-monster-who-fed-the-world-ec19a9834f74
- https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/immerwahr-clara
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An alleged witch who became a ghost who was involved with an occultist who was hand-picked to replace the devil himself: true stories don’t get more Halloweeny than that of Dublin’s Darkey Kelly.
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- https://georgianera.wordpress.com/2018/02/15/darkey-kelly-brothel-keeper-of-dublin/
- https://archive.org/details/diaboliadapoemd00combgoog/page/n18/mode/2up
- https://podcasts.apple.com/dk/podcast/a-widows-memory-episode-65/id1516362673?i=1000540665709
- https://dublin.ie/live/stories/the-hell-fire-club/
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Today we talk about inventions that kill and their well-meaning inventors. Including Franz Reichelt, Alfred Nobel and Thomas Midgley Jr.
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- https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-11416654
- https://www.invent.org/inductees/dean-kamen
- https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/flying-tailor-eiffel-paris-france-parachute
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alfred-Nobel
- https://www.nobelprize.org/alfred-nobel/alfred-nobels-will/
- https://interestingengineering.com/culture/thomas-midgley-jr-the-man-who-harmed-the-world-the-most
- https://pic.plover.com/Nevin/Nevin2007.pdf
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This week, Sarah brings a hearty dose of death positivity into October with the help of some actual newspaper articles from the Victorian era. From real life ghost stories to one widow’s zany worst day ever, this episode truly has it all.
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- http://thebabydied.blogspot.com/
- "The Victorian Book of the Dead" by Chris Woodyard
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Sarah is in prison, both figuratively and literally, and tortured with an episode about implications and paradoxes surrounding infinity, supertasks and Zeno of Elea.
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- https://www.cantorsparadise.com/zenos-dichotomy-paradox-b185b7167f61
- https://www.physlink.com/education/askexperts/ae281.cfm#:~:text=Answer,the%20size%20of%20a%20proton
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Handle with care - or the world ends. This week, Clay shares two stories of men who found themselves in the unpleasant position of having to make a decision with the fate of humanity in balance.
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- https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/command-and-control-goldsboro-1961/
- https://www.brightstarsound.com/
- https://www.brightstarsound.com/world_hero/weekendavisen.html
- https://historyofyesterday.com/the-soldier-who-saved-humanity-from-extinction/
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3136111.stm
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYRj0dAuETA&t
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Hedy Lamar - known as both “the most beautiful woman in the world” and “the mother of WiFi” - was more than meets the eye. This week, Sarah presents the story of a Golden Age actress who was also a brilliant inventor.
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- https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/hedy-lamarr
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/thank-world-war-ii-era-film-star-your-wi-fi-180971584/
- https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/hedy-lamarr-howard-hughes-relationship/10134/
- https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/hedy-lamarr-frequency-hopping/
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Harriet Tubman is famous for helping slaves escape to freedom through the Underground Railroad, but this is only part of her story. During the Civil War, Harriet Tubman started out as a civilian volunteer with the Union Army cooking and caring for ex-slaves and later, she was tasked with leading a group of spies into the Confederacy. But that is not all and you will have to listen to hear the full story.
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- https://www.brandeis.edu/now/2022/june/tubman-civil-war-larson.html
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/02/08/harriet-tubman-spy-civil-war-union/
- “Harriet Tubman: The Road To Freedom” by Catherine Clinton; 2004; Little, Brow
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Long before phishing emails and ransomware, conmen had to make their living the old fashioned way: smooth talking and forged documents. This week, Sarah shares the buckwild bananas story of legendary scammer, George C. Parker!
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- Meet the Conman Who Sold the Brooklyn Bridge — Many Times Over | HowStuffWorks
- A conman who ‘sold’ the Brooklyn Bridge (upworthy.com)
- The Man who Sold the Brooklyn Bridge - Naked History (historynaked.com)
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This week we talk about the infamous Glico-Morinaga Case. What started as a kidnapping and ransom turned into a mass panic in Japan after poisoned candy hit grocer store shelves. The culprit was the Monster with the 21 Faces. But who was it and was it one person or many?
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- https://medium.com/explaining-the-unsolved/glico-morinaga-the-mystery-of-the-monster-with-the-21-faces-c855378185c6
- https://theghostinmymachine.com/2019/08/12/unresolved-the-monster-with-21-faces-the-glico-morinaga-case-and-the-candy-poisoning-incident-of-1984-kidnapping-katsuhisa-ezaki-extortion-unsolved-fox-eyed-man-video-man/
- https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2000/02/10/national/npa-admits-defeat-in-glico-morinaga-case/#:~:text=Prior%20to%20Saturday's%20expiration%20of,crime%20runs%20out%20midnight%20Saturday.
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There’s a 200-square mile area of eastern Massachusetts that boasts more bizarre history, paranormal activity, and cryptid sightings than anywhere else in the United States - and possibly the world. In this second part, Sarah explores the mysterious and frightening Hockomock Swamp and Bigfoot!
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- https://www.bridgewaterpubliclibrary.org/bridgewater-triangle-and-hockomock-swamp
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIVKPZLwr0k
- https://www.bridgewaterpubliclibrary.org/sites/bridgewaterpubliclibrary.org/files/attachments/01_DeAndradeCollection_Articles.pdf
- https://bridgewaterpubliclibrary.org/sites/bridgewaterpubliclibrary.org/files/attachments/01_TriangleCollection_001-merged-compressed.pdf
- http://www.bigfootencounters.com/articles/bridgewater.htm
- https://www.theyankeexpress.com/2022/05/10/399962/creatures-of-the-bridgewater-triangle-part-1
- https://www.abandonedamerica.us/taunton-state-hospital
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There’s a 200-square mile area of eastern Massachusetts that boasts more bizarre history, paranormal activity, and cryptid sightings than anywhere else in the United States - and possibly the world. In the first episode of a two-part series, Sarah tells Clay about King Phillip’s War, history’s first recorded UFO sighting, and more strange occurrences of the Bridgewater Triangle!
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Sources:
- https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/the-bridgewater-triangle-abington-rehoboth-massachusetts-wbz-tv-it-happens-here/
- https://newengland.com/travel/massachusetts/the-mystery-of-dighton-rock/
- https://fun107.com/rehoboth-anawan-rock-haunted/
- https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/profile-rock
- https://www.enterprisenews.com/story/entertainment/2021/10/13/bridgewater-triangle-halloween-taunton-rehoboth-freetown-nippenicket-hockomock-ghosts-haunted/6060701001/
- https://www.enterprisenews.com/story/lifestyle/things-to-do/2021/09/30/haunted-ghosts-brockton-halloween-taunton-whitman-east-bridgewater-stonehill-easton-middleboro/8371538002/
- https://www.history.com/news/americas-first-ufo-sighting
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Hitler planned to sabotage American industry utilizing highly trained spies. But it failed almost immediately. Let me tell you why.
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Sources
- Francis MacDonnell, 1995, “Insidious foes: the Axis Fifth Column and the American home front”, Oxford University Press
- Joseph McCann, 2006, “Terrorism on American soil : a concise history of plots and perpetrators from the famous to the forgotten”, Sentient Publications
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/inside-story-how-nazi-plot-sabotage-us-war-effort-was-foiled-180959594/
- https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/nazi-saboteurs-and-george-dasch
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/06/23/six-nazi-spies-were-executed-in-d-c-white-supremacists-gave-them-a-memorial-on-federal-land/
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As a wise man once said, "Whoever controls the media, controls the mind." There's no better example of that than a little piece of war-time propaganda that has stood the test of time for nearly a century; one that you probably believe yourself! Check out this week's episode to learn how the German Luftwaffe was brought to its knees with a single misinformation campaign.
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- https://www.history.com/news/napoleon-complex-short
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/a-wwii-propaganda-campaign-popularized-the-myth-that-carrots-help-you-see-in-the-dark-28812484/
- “The Bomber Will Always Get Through” | Air & Space Forces Magazine (airandspaceforces.com)
- The Original Lord Woolton Pie – Recipe No. 151 – The 1940's Experiment (the1940sexperiment.com)
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In 1988, Mehran Nasseri entered Charles de Gaulle Airport in France and he would not leave for 18 years. During his long residency outside of Terminal One, he would become a fixture and a minor celebrity. But he would also take on a new identity as living nearly two decades on a bench slowly altered his mind and reality.
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- https://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/sep/06/features.features11
- https://h2g2.com/edited_entry/A33471100
- https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/12/europe/the-terminal-movie-paris-airport-mehran-karimi-nasseri-dies-intl-hnk/index.html
- "Sir Alfred of Charles de Gaulle Airport" Directed by Hamid Rahmanian. 2000
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In 1940, with war raging in Europe, America was in need of a hero - and publisher Martin Goodman was in need of a cash cow. There was only one superhero for the job: not a perfect soldier, but a good man. This week, Sarah covers the rise and fall of the Star-Spangled Man With a Plan.
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- https://lithub.com/the-century-of-captain-america-a-brief-history-of-a-beloved-comic/
- https://origins.osu.edu/milestones/captain-america-changing-conscience-nation?language_content_entity=en
- https://www.freecomicbookday.com/Article/250274-A-Look-Back-At-80-Years-of-Captain-America
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The incredible story of brothers reunited and an investigative journalist uncovering a monstrous study.
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This week we’re celebrating our fiftieth episode with a double-header! Sarah kicks things off with the bizarre and ultimately tragic history of the Noid, Domino’s forgotten mascot. Clay wraps up with the amazing legend of the 17th Century bisexual dueling opera singer: Julie d’Aubingy.
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- https://www.foodandwine.com/comfort-food/pizza-calzones/tragic-end-dominos-noid
- https://movieweb.com/the-noid-dominos-villain-real-story/
- https://headstuff.org/culture/history/julie-la-maupin-daubigny-swashbuckling-opera-singer/
- https://www.lapl.org/collections-resources/blogs/lapl/julie-daubigny-la-maupin-and-early-french-opera
- https://theculturetrip.com/france/articles/the-story-of-julie-daubigny-the-french-opera-singing-sword-fighter/
- https://kellygardiner.com/fiction/books/goddess/the-real-life-of-julie-daubigny/
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Join as Clay shares the history of lost media, from silent movies to modern entertainment, and why important parts of our history go missing.
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- https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/myspace-lost-music-809455/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cinematic_firsts
- https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-13-209/
- https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/more-lost-doctor-who-episodes-30195820
- https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/pixar-s-billiondollar-delete-button-nearly-lost-toy-story-2-animation-7758083.html
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You’ve probably never heard his name, but no one person has affected the day-to-day lives of society more than Ziryab. This pre-Renaissance renaissance man has so many credits on his resume that you won’t believe your ears. If you’ve ever shaved, had bangs, played chess, or eaten dessert, you have him to thank. Check out this week’s episode for the incredible, incomparable life story of the most influential person in history.
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- https://muslimheritage.com/ziryab-the-musician/
- https://www.islamicspain.tv/arts-and-literature/ziryab-poet-of-cordoba/
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The election of the first US President was not as simple as it is often portrayed. Today we look into the complicated election process and the political scheming that took place during the Election of 1789.
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- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZO1O3CeW2w
- https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/elections/election1789.html
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Author, grad student, bog docent, bird enthusiast, and expert on the Germanic Iron Age, KRISTYN J. MILLER joins us this week to discuss the Hollywood history of Catalina Island. This episode really has it all: Jaws, Marilyn Monroe, and a famous unsolved murder. Is it any surprise she and Sarah are friends?
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This week, Sarah brings us a Dickensian tale with a feminist twist: the story of Sarah Chapman and the Matchgirls Strike of 1888, when the very first all-female strike in England’s history changed the course of British politics forever
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- https://spartacus-educational.com/TUmatchgirls.htm
- https://www.matchgirls1888.org/
- https://romanroadlondon.com/sarah-chapman-matchstick-girl-campaign-memorial/
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The Mona Lisa is the most recognized piece of art in the world. Millions visit the Louvre and wait in an hours long line just to see it. But why is it so popular? It all goes back to what was called at the time the "Art Heist of the Century". Let me tell you all about!
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- https://www.history.com/news/the-heist-that-made-the-mona-lisa-famous
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincenzo_Peruggia
- https://guides.loc.gov/chronicling-america-theft-mona-lisa
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This episode has it all: violence, revolution, rivalries, burlesque dancers, and (what else) more Hamilton references! This week, Sarah takes Clay on the journey that led Victor Noir from unknown journalist to posthumous god of sex.
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- https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/erotic-erosion-recumbent-effigy-victor-noir
- https://indie88.com/the-story-of-victor-noir-the-sexiest-tomb-in-france/amp/
- https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/30580574
- https://cemeteriesroute.eu/projects/stories/the-bizarre-fame-of-victor-noir.aspx
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In 1859, a strong geomagnetic storm struck Earth causing bright auroras to appear as far as south as Mexico and damage to the world's early telegraph lines. It was not well understood at the time, but marveled as a beautiful display of nature. But if this happened today, it could be apocalyptic. Tune in to learn why.
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- https://www.history.com/news/a-perfect-solar-superstorm-the-1859-carrington-event
- https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bracing-for-a-solar-superstorm/
- https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2019SW002278
- https://spaceweatherarchive.com/2020/05/12/the-great-geomagnetic-storm-of-may-1921/
- https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2014/23jul_superstorm
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Seven years after the start of the American Revolutionary War, a young soldier from Plympton, Massachusetts named Robert Shurtleff emerged from indentured servitude and picked up a gun to fight for his fledgling country. But there was more to this enlisted man than met the eye - much, much more. Join us this week for the story of the baddest badass who ever battled for America's freedom from British oppression.
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- https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/deborah-sampson
- https://thefemalesoldier.com/blog/tag/Robert+Shurtleff
- https://www.fairchild.af.mil/News/Commentaries/Display/Article/496443/remembering-a-womens-rights-pioneer-deborah-sampson/
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When the Tour de France began in 1903, it was a major success. But the following year, the tour organizers declared the race was finished. What happened during the 1904 race that almost ended it forever?
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- "Tour de France: The History, the legend, the riders" by Fife, Graeme
- "Blazing saddles: The Cruel & unusual history of the Tour de France" by Rendell, Matt
- The Story of the Tour de France: 1903–1964. Vol. 1. By Bill McGan
- https://www.rediff.com/sports/2004/jul/06tour.htm
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090805001801/http://tour-de-france.velonews.com/article/85550
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If you’ve ever wondered where some of the most popular English-language idioms come from, this is the episode for you! Sarah covers everything from ancient religious practices to the early days of aviation to eighteenth century theater rivalries.
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- https://www.britannica.com/list/7-everyday-english-idioms-and-where-they-come-from
- https://www.thehenryford.org/explore/blog/exploring-the-origins-of-idioms
- https://www.rd.com/list/idiom-origins/
- https://www.theintrepidguide.com/english-idioms-and-their-origins/
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Kate Warne became America's first female detective, working with the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, just before the country fell into civil war. Shortly after, she would be part of the one of the agency's most important assignments: protecting president-elect Lincoln from an assassination plot while en route to his inauguration.
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- Blood on the Moon: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln by Edward Steers
- The Hour of Peril : the secret plot to murder Lincoln before the Civil War by Daniel Stashower
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-unsuccessful-plot-to-kill-abraham-lincoln-2013956/
- https://explorethearchive.com/kate-warne-first-female-detective
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This week, Sarah brings a story about a Mediterranean queen who defeated Greece, captured several islands in the Adriatic sea, and stood unafraid before the might of Ancient Rome - not with her impressive navy, but with her pirates. Not much is known about Teuta of Ardiaei, but what we do know is unbelievable.
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Clay has another double-header episode! This time, I share two stories of people who found themselves in extreme environments, unprepared, and lived to tell their tale.
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- https://www.livescience.com/41688-how-to-survive-underwater-for-3-days.html
- https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/harrison-odjegba-okene-survived-3-days-in-air-bubble-under-water-1.2449565#:~:text=He%20was%20rescued%20by%20a,safely%20returned%20to%20the%20surface.&text=If%20playback%20doesn't%20begin%20shortly%2C%20try%20restarting%20your%20device.
- https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30046426
- https://www.offgridweb.com/survival/alone-in-the-sahara-the-survival-story-of-mauro-prosperi/
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Sarah returns from her visit to Massachusetts with a fresh take on the infamous story of Lizzie Borden. This true crime tale is not for the faint of heart or the weak of stomach; you might just lose your head
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- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-19th-century-axe-murderer-lizzie-borden-was-found-not-guilty-180972707/
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It’s the 1923 and Chicago is shocked by the brutal murder of 14-year-old Bobby Franks. The culprits ended up being 18-year olds Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, who thought they had committed the perfect crime. Join Clay as he shares the crime of the century.
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- Baatz, Simon “For the thrill of it : Leopold, Loeb, and the murder that shocked Chicago” New York Harper, 2008
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Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood icon, timeless sex symbol, and…film producer responsible for upending the entire movie industry? Yep, you read that right. Spend Valentine’s Day with us as Sarah explains how Marilyn Monroe changed Hollywood forever.
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It is time we talk about the duck who joined the US Marine Corps and waddled to war against the Japanese. Yes, this is our second episode about animals fighting in World War II.
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- https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/566246/story-siwash-beer-drinking-duck-who-joined-marines
- http://www.leatherneck.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-47643.html
- https://historicperiodicals.princeton.edu/historic/?a=d&d=MarineCorpsChevron19441007-01.2.71&srpos=7&e=-------en-20--1-byDA-txt-txIN-Siwash------
- https://books.google.com/books?id=3lYEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA20&dq=For+courageous+action+and+wounds+received+on+Tarawa&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiziaHzhYffAhUrrVkKHcAfCqIQ6AEIMDAB#v=onepage&q=For%20courageous%20action%20and%20wounds%20received%20on%20Tarawa&f=false
- https://books.google.de/books?id=BkIEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA34&lpg=PA34&dq=Life+magazine+siwash&source=bl&ots=455uTebpp6&sig=za0fbgEQ9bb0awNPF-34pmnNCjc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiBpN3h5IbfAhUGbcAKHSaoBGQQ6AEwCHoECAQQAQ#v=onepage&q=Life%20magazine%20siwash&f=false
- https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2022/11/23/the-marine-who-was-a-duck-yes-an-actual-duck/
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A pope, a corpse, and the entire Catholic diocese walk into a bar… Join us this week as Sarah tells the extremely macabre tale of Pope Formosus and his posthumous criminal trial.
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- https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/history-magazine/article/vatican-dead-pope-on-trial?loggedin=true&rnd=1674328065646
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It's the end of the world! Apocalyptic radio broadcasts, computer bugs and an alien invasion!
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- Infographic: https://i.redd.it/cfw4acjeskc91.png
- W: https://www.historylink.org/File/5136
- W: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/infamous-war-worlds-radio-broadcast-was-magnificent-fluke-180955180/
- X: Peebles, Curtis (March 24, 1995). Watch the Skies!: A Chronicle of the Flying Saucer Myth, Ch 2 'The 1947 Flap'. Berkley Books.
- X: https://www.history.com/news/roswell-ufo-aliens-what-happened
- Y: https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/Y2K-bug
- Y: https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4138-2004Jun24.html
- Y: https://www.911memorial.org/connect/blog/years-911-wtc-security-experts-prepared-y2k
- Z: https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4766
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History sure has had some great panics. Let's talk about 26 or more of them in this multi-part series!
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- Infographic: https://i.redd.it/cfw4acjeskc91.png
- P: https://historycollection.com/12-historys-baffling-mass-hysteria-outbreaks/10/
- Q: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-37293494
- R: https://web.archive.org/web/20080306220348/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,917
- S: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-brief-history-of-the-salem-witch-trials-175162489/
- T: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/nov/21/society.health
- U: https://www.vox.com/culture/2016/10/12/13122196/clown-panic-hoax-history
- V: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/650659/scotland-gorbals-vampire-hunt
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Was it hyperthyroidism or maybe polyphagia that drove Charles Domery and Tarrare to eat anything they could get their hands on? Or, better yet, were their stories even true? This week, Sarah shares two tales so wild that they're difficult to believe, despite scientific documentation of their unusual eating habits.
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- https://gizmodo.com/what-caused-these-men-to-eat-cats-and-candles-1685293458
- https://horrorobsessive.com/2021/03/02/an-insatiable-hunger-tarrare-and-charles-domery/
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- Infographic: https://i.redd.it/cfw4acjeskc91.png
- H: https://web.archive.org/web/20071023075655/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,820350,00.html
- I: https://archive.org/details/1688firstmodernr00stev/page/249/mode/1up
- J: https://www.history.com/news/mysterious-illnesses-mass-hysteria#:~:text=5.,believed%20were%20making%20them%20sick.
- K: https://web.archive.org/web/20150603112434/http://news.asiaone.com/print/News/Latest%2BNews/Health/Story/A1Story20120309-332578.html
- L: https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20160817-franz-liszt-the-worlds-first-musical-superstar
- M: https://skepticalinquirer.org/2002/07/return-of-spring-heeled-jack/
- N: https://skepticalinquirer.org/2000/05/mass-delusions-and-hysterias/
- O: https://www.vox.com/c/the-highlight/21242299/outbreak-girlstown-chalco-world-villages-villa-de-las-ninas
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- A: http://www.slate.com/blogs/atlas_obscura/2015/05/29/pinball_was_banned_in_new_york_until_a_single_miraculous_shot_convinced.html
- B: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-fight-to-save-america-from-satans-subliminal-rock-messages
- C: https://skepticalinquirer.org/2000/05/mass-delusions-and-hysterias/
- D: https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26328105
- D: https://www.britannica.com/event/dancing-plague-of-1518
- E: http://www.strangehistory.net/2011/03/18/christ-and-an-egg-from-leeds/
- F: https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/14117464.flashback-hundreds-blackburn-pupils-hit-fainting-frenzy/
- G: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-great-moon-hoax
- G: https://factordaily.com/edgar-allan-poe-science-fiction/
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It's another double-decker episode! This time, I share two stories of people who disappeared under bizarre circumstances, but reappeared alive. However the details of what happened to them are still unknown.
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- https://www.cbc.ca/radio/docproject/why-this-toronto-firefighter-may-never-know-what-happened-on-his-puzzling-journey-across-the-u-s-1.4998819
- https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/One-year-later-still-questions-on-how-Whiteface-13607502.php
- https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/585515/how-presumed-dead-lawrence-bader-invented-new-life
- https://medium.com/the-crime-scene/the-disappearance-of-lawrence-joseph-bader-74bce923acbb
- https://www.upi.com/Archives/1965/02/10/The-Strange-Case-of-John-Fritz-Johnson/3111570208794/
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Come along with us as Sarah shares some little known but fantastically interesting facts about a handful of America’s early leaders. From wine stains to possum dinners, this episode has it all!
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- https://www.kqed.org/pop/20516/weird-facts-you-never-knew-about-the-u-s-presidents
- https://www.history.com/news/george-washington-little-known-facts
- https://untoldhistory.org/the-swivel-chair-how-thomas-jefferson-invented-the-office-chair
- https://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-james-madison
- https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/10-fascinating-facts-about-john-quincy-adams-for-his-248th-birthday
- https://www.history.com/news/the-birth-of-ok-175-years-ago
- https://lngenz.com/this-presidents-day-lets-remember-the-weird/
- https://www.thoughtco.com/things-to-know-about-zachary-taylor-105526
- https://chicagoist.com/2013/02/12/abraham_lincoln_bartender.php#:~:text=But%20Lincoln%20was%20the%20only,en%20route%20to%20New%20Orleans.
- https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/51030/billy-possum-president-tafts-answer-teddy-bear
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In 1945, two atomic bombs were dropped on Japan. But a third bomb was planned and prepared to be dropped as well. After the Japanese surrender and the end of World War 2, the plutonium core of this bomb was used in tests that physicist Richard Feynman described as like “tickling the tail of a sleeping dragon”. The events that followed would earn the item its well known nickname - the demon core.
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- https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/demon-core-the-strange-death-of-louis-slotin
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFlromB6SnU
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It’s been too long since we’ve done an episode about stunts fit for Jackass. In this episode, Sarah gives Clay the rundown on the people who have survived the 187-foot drop over the edge of Niagara Falls.
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- https://www.history.com/news/a-daredevil-history-of-niagara-falls
- https://www.niagarafallsinfo.com/
- https://adventure.howstuffworks.com/survival/wilderness/niagara.htm
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As war abruptly began between Russia and Japan in 1904, Russia found itself unprepared to face the naval might of the Imperial Navy. Tsar Nicholas II summoned the Baltic Fleet to hastily make way to the East to support the Pacific Fleet, but this would be a monumental challenge. The Baltic Fleet would have to traverse 18,000 miles from the Baltic, down across the tip of Africa and across the Indian Ocean for a grueling 7 months. Would they be able to complete their mission and save Russia? By the name of the episode, I suspect you may know the answer already.
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- https://www.warhistoryonline.com/history/bear-steams-east-russian-fleet.html?chrome=1
- https://defensionem.com/last-ride-of-the-2nd-pacific-squadron/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinovy_Rozhestvensky#Russo-Japanese_War
- https://britishseafishing.co.uk/the-dogger-bank-incident/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogger_Bank_incident
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deuzVsKMsTA
- https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-battle-of-tsushima-strait
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It's our first double header episode! First, Clay shares the story of the incredible micronation of Sealand. Located just off the coast of Suffolk in Great Britain, Sealand sits on a 1-acre platform and has existed there for over 50 years. Next, Sarah shares the incredible story of Judith Love Cohen. Starting her life as a little girl who loved dancing and mathematics, she grew into one of the most accomplished aerospace engineers in American history!
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- https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20200706-sealand-a-peculiar-nation-off-englands-coast
- https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/08/sealand-outlaw-ocean-tiniest-nation/596074/
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This week, Sarah takes Clay on a journey to the oil fields of Oklahoma in 1911 where an unlikely heroine began her incredible journey. The amazing life story of Sarah Rector is a rags to riches tale in every sense of the word, with twists and turns and good triumphing over evil.
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- https://medium.com/truly-adventurous/the-richest-black-girl-in-america-ca8aebe054dc
- https://thislandpress.com/2015/03/24/the-unlikely-baroness/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uu9L28GGWQ
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It's a double-decker true crime episode! This week I share not one, but TWO stories of people who disappeared under bizarre circumstances and met tragic fates. Both men lived fairly normal lives, but something happened that cause them to vanish, only to later show up dead with no good explanation as to how or why.
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Sources:
- https://unsolved.com/gallery/blair-adams/
- https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Blair_Adams
- https://web.archive.org/web/20171223081559/https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/crime/2017/09/11/unsolved-canadian-blair-adams-raced-knox-county-slain-half-nude-his-gold-untouched/610262001/
- https://lostnfoundblogs.com/f/david-glenn-lewis-cross-country-conundrum
- https://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/1993-hit-run-victim-is-finally-identified-1156263.php
- https://www.doenetwork.org/media/news73.html
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For as long as there have been storytellers, there have been vampire stories. Join us this week as Sarah shares some of those stories with Clay, including the first recorded vampires in England, a vampire pandemic in nineteenth century America, and various vampiric myths and legends from all around the world!
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- https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/vampires-europe-new-england-halloween-history
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/meet-the-real-life-vampires-of-new-england-and-abroad-42639093/
- https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20161031-the-real-life-disease-that-spread-the-vampire-myth
- https://www.vampires.com/william-of-newburghs-chronicles-on-vampires-in-the-middle-ages/
- https://vampiresaroundtheworld.weebly.com/index.html
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Today we discuss America’s most infamous hoarders - Homer and Langley Collyer. Long before television shows brought compulsive hoarding into the limelight were the Collyer brothers, who amassed an incredible collection of stuff in their four-story Harlem brownstone throughout the 1930s and 40s. But it was the manner in which they died that shocked the nation and solidified their names in newspapers and stories for decades to come.
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Sources:
- "Stuff: compulsive hoarding and the meaning of things" by Frost, Randy O
- "Weird New York: your travel guide to New York's local legends and best kept secrets" by Gethard, Chris
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What happens when a brilliant man of science has a brush with the metaphysical? More than just the legendary creator of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was also a prominent champion of the Victorian spiritualist movement. Join us as Sarah discusses his experiences with seances, phantoms, and even fairies.
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In 2006, the International Astronomical Union demoted Pluto to a dwarf planet. This was pretty humiliating for Pluto to lose its designation as the 9th planet, but what if I told you that Pluto was not the first 9th planet? Eighty years prior to Pluto's discovery, astronomers thought they had discovered the 9th planet of our solar system. The discovery was held as a triumph, but why have you never heard of this planet before? Let Clay share the incredible story with you.
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Source: "The Hunt For Vulcan: And How Albert Einstein Destroyed A Planet, Discovered Relativity, And Deciphered The Universe" by Thomas Levenson
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Before there was Captain Marvel, Xena, or even Eowyn there was Woman Chief. This week Sarah regales Clay with the story of a White Clay turned Crow Two-Spirit warrior who never met a glass ceiling she couldn’t shatter. Part incredible true tale, part enduring myth, and all badass - this is the story of Woman Chief.
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Sources:
- Native American Women: A Biographical Dictionary (Woman Chief section written by Jennifer L. Jenkins, but she didn’t write the whole book, so…?) - https://www.routledge.com/Native-American-Women-A-Biographical-Dictionary/Bataille-Lisa/p/book/9781138994379
- Living the Spirit compiled and edited by Will Roscoe - NOTE: I cited this incorrectly in the episode and need to re-record that bit. - https://www.amazon.com/Living-American-Anthology-Stonewall-Editions/dp/031230224X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=031230224X&qid=1661948770&sr=8-1
- https://opi.mt.gov/Portals/182/Page%20Files/Indian%20Education/Indian%20Education%20101/Montana%20Indians%20Their%20History%20and%20Location.pdf
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Who doesn’t love a good prank? Well Horace de Vere Cole didn’t just love pranks - he lived for them. In the early 1900s, Cole managed to pull successful hoaxes on Cambridge and the British Royal Navy, but although they are his most famous antics, there are many more that are contributed to him that I have the pleasure to tell you and Sarah about this week.
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Sources:
- Downer, Martyn (2011). The Sultan of Zanzibar: The Bizarre World and Spectacular Hoaxes of Horace De Vere Cole. London: Black Spring Press
- https://thehistorianshut.com/2017/08/30/horace-de-vere-cole-the-great-prankster-of-britain/
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In Part Two of Sarah’s John Dillinger deep dive, hear how a baseball player from small town Indiana earned his place as the FBI’s first ever Public Enemy Number One; the thrilling tale of the shoot out at Little Bohemia; the true story behind Dillinger’s most enduring legend; and how Clark Gable lured Dillinger to his doom.
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- https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/dillinger-john-dillinger-timeline/
- “Public Enemies: America’s Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI” by Bryan Burrough
- “The Dillinger Days” by John Toland
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We’re celebrating our tenth episode of Fantastic History with a two-parter! This week, Sarah tells Clay about one of her favorite historical figures: Depression Era bank robber, John Dillinger. In Part One, hear about the train heist Dillinger pulled off with his childhood gang, his ridiculous first attempts at robbery, and his time in the Indiana prison system.
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- https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/dillinger-john-dillinger-timeline/
- “Public Enemies: America’s Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI” by Bryan Burrough
- “The Dillinger Days” by John Toland
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The town of Skidmore, Missouri faced a problem: a man named Ken McElroy. He had terrorized them for decades, robbed them, threatened them and even tried to murder them. The law would not help - Ken was able to slip his way out every time. Until one day, the town of Skidmore decided to deal with Ken themselves. Their actions have become one of the most bizarre and unique true crime cases I've ever come across. Let me tell you about it
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Sources:
- No One Saw A Thing. Directed by Avi Belkin, Blumhouse Television, 2019. SundanceTV
- https://www.grunge.com/715399/the-unsolved-murder-of-ken-mcelroy/
- https://reasonedcrimechronicle.com/talking-well-of-the-dead-the-shooting-down-of-ken-mcelroy-usa/
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Amidst an already miserable summer plagued with a scorching heat wave and a polio epidemic, visitors to the New Jersey seaside were given yet another worry to keep them up at night: a man-eating shark who claimed five victims over a twelve-day period. Tune in to learn more about the harrowing true tale that inspired Jaws.
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- Fernicola, Richard. Twelve Days of Terror: Inside the Shocking 1916 New Jersey Shark Attacks. Roman & Littlefield, 2016
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Near the end of the Wars of the Roses, a battle for the crown of England erupts with Richard III fighting for control after his brother's death. The late king's two sons are shut away in the Tower of London, never to be seen again. What happened to the boys in the tower is a mystery that has gripped England for centuries. Join us as we talk about this scandal and the repercussions Richard III's fight for the throne had on English history.
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- Real Royalty, 2020. Royal Murder: The Princes In The Tower | Wars Of The Roses. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwzuHGMHx1I
- https://royalcentral.co.uk/features/new-theory-suggests-richard-iii-saved-the-boy-king-he-replaced-170335/
- https://www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/history-and-stories/the-princes-in-the-tower/
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Jump in the wayback machine and travel with us to the swinging fifteenth century to learn more about the true events that inspired George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series! While we won’t be discussing any direwolves or white walkers, there is plenty of intrigue, double crossing, and dudes named Edward.
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Captivating History. The Wars of the Roses: A Captivating Guide to the English Civil Wars That Brought down the Plantagenet Dynasty and Put the Tudors on the Throne. Audible Audiobook, 2018
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When Police Sergeant Lonnie Zamora went to investigate an explosion just outside the small town of Socorro, New Mexico, he never expected that he would bear witness to what the head of Project Blue Book would later call "the best documented [UFO] case on record". Join us as we discuss this bizarre story of what Zamora saw and the intense investigation that followed.
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- https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/fbi-files-on-the-socorro-ufo-landing-april-24-1964/
- http://socorro-history.org/HISTORY/PH_History/200808_socorro_ufo.pdf
- https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Lonnie_Zamora_UFO_Sighting
- https://archive.org/stream/ufos-an-air-force-dilemma/quintanilla_djvu.txt
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Picture it: Romania, 1988. The country is struggling through its final years of Communist rule, and nobody has it worse than the ethnic Hungarians living in Transylvania. One young man, Attila Ambrus, dreamed of a better life for himself - of fame, glory, and riches. After a daring escape across the Hungarian border, he finds a way to achieve the greatness and notoriety he’s always craved.
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Source: Rubenstein, Julian. Ballad of the Whiskey Robber: A True Story of Bank Heists, Ice Hockey, Transylvanian Pelt Smuggling, Moonlighting Detectives, and Broken Hearts. Back Bay Books, 2005
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In 1976, the residents of the small town of Circleville began receiving salacious and threatening letters from an unknown writer. These anonymous letters would eventually number in the thousands and would lead to cover-ups, attempted murder and death. Let Clay tell you all about the infamous Circleville Letters.
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- https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Circleville_Writer
- https://www.historicmysteries.com/circleville-letters-mystery/
- https://unsolved.com/gallery/poison-pen-murder/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/rrh499/who_was_the_circleville_letter_writer/
- https://circlevilleletters.wordpress.com/
- https://invisibleshipspodcast.com/circleville-letters-case-files/
- https://www.trailwentcold.com/2018/02/21/the-trail-went-cold-episode-60-the-circleville-letters-case/
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After being released from a Nazi prison in the spring of 1942, a group of Polish soldiers traded some of their rations to an Iranian shepherd boy in exchange for his pet, a Syrian brown bear cub. The newly christened Wojtek became the mascot of Poland’s 22nd General Transport Company and considered himself to be just one of the boys. Tune in to learn more about his incredible rise from ursine orphan to decorated Army officer!
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- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlp5K5T91jo
- https://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/wojtek-the-bear-that-joined-the-polish-army-and-fought-the-nazis-a-844056.html
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In 2003, thieves robbed one of the most secure and well-guarded places in the world - the Antwerp diamond district in Belgium. It was the largest diamond heist of all time and earned the name 'the heist of the century'. But how did they accomplish it and were they able to get away? Tune in to find out!
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- https://www.wired.com/2009/03/ff-diamonds-2/
- https://www.history101.com/how-trash-foiled-the-worlds-biggest-diamond-heist/
- https://turmsegler.net/the-untold-story/
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