43 min listen
Houdini, The First Flight to the North Pole, Balloon Bomb
Houdini, The First Flight to the North Pole, Balloon Bomb
ratings:
Length:
43 minutes
Released:
Jul 28, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In Appleton, Wisconsin, the birthplace of magician Harry Houdini, there's a life-like bust of the world's greatest illusionist. But this bust is said to be haunted by the spirit of a man that many believe could not die.The first airplane, The Josephine Ford, to have supposedly been piloted to The North Pole by Bennett and Byrd.Along the rugged central coast of Oregon, in archives of the Coos Bay Historical Society there's a strange metal ring that resembles an old piece of farm equipment. It's actually a weapon of mass destruction invented by the Japanese during World War Two to wreak havoc on the US mainland.Find episode transcripts here:https://mysteries-at-the-museum.simplecast.com/episodes/houdini-the-first-flight-to-the-north-pole-balloon-bomb For even more Mysteries at the Museum, head to discovery+. Go to discoveryplus.com/mystery to start your 7-day free trial today. Terms apply.
Released:
Jul 28, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (99)
Bonnie and Clyde Gun, Space Suit, Deep Sea Alien: A weapon that helped spark the legend of America’s most notorious criminal duo. Inside the National Museum of the US Air Force a primitive space suit worn by a forgotten pioneer of the skies paved the way for the exploration of man's final frontier. At San Diego's prestigious Scripps Institution Marine biologists show us a deep sea alien that survives Earth's last uncharted frontier, the Abyss. by Mysteries at the Museum