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Miracle Car, Glass Armonica, Yankee Spy
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Length:
40 minutes
Released:
Aug 31, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
At the Peterson Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California visitors can see a bright yellow car with a unique design, built with promises that seemed too good to be true. At the Bakken Museum in Minneapolis, Minnesota, a glass and wooden musical instrument tells the tale of miraculous medical cures that came under the scrutiny of one of America's most famous statesmen. And at the International Spy Museum in Washington, DC, a small piece of paper tells an epic story of espionage, secrecy, and a very unlikely spy during a trying conflict.
Released:
Aug 31, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Siamese Twins, Assassin Umbrella, Capone Haunted Cell: The Mutter Museum in Philadelphia PA is home to the Death Cast of Change and Eng, the original Siamese twins. These celebrated brothers desperately wanted to live apart. But would a surgery to separate them cut their lives short? A simple black umbrella is on display at the International Spy Museum in Washington DC. What role did this object play in the bizarre assassination of a BBC journalist? During his sentence at Eastern State Penitentiary, mobster Al Capone suffered unstoppable bouts of anguish. Was the cell of this legendary criminal haunted? by Mysteries at the Museum