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Episode 10: A Buried Treasure, the Sport of Train Crashing, and the Woman Who Married a Ghost
Episode 10: A Buried Treasure, the Sport of Train Crashing, and the Woman Who Married a Ghost
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20 minutes
Released:
Sep 22, 2023
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Episode 10 Narrated and executive produced by Aaron Mahnke, with Robin Miniter as Senior Producer, research and writing help from the Grim & Mild team, and audio production from Otis Gray. EPISODE SOURCES Recent News “More than 100 people were stuck at Agatha Christie’s house for 7 hours,” devonlive.com, July 14, 2023, https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/live-greenway-house-agatha-christie-8601707 “Five record-breaking book facts for National Bookshop Day,” guinnessworldrecords.com, October 4, 2018, https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2018/10/5-page-turning-book-facts “Kentucky man finds over 700 Civil War-era coins buried in his cornfield,” livescience.com, July 10, 2023, https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/kentucky-man-finds-over-700-civil-war-era-coins-buried-in-his-cornfield “Indian police retain carrier pigeons as backstop against disasters,” reuters.com, June 20, 2023, https://www.reuters.com/world/india/indian-police-retain-carrier-pigeons-backstop-against-disasters-2023-06-20/ Old News “America’s Favorite Pastime: Live Train Crashing,” ripleys.com, September 16, 2019, https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/live-train-crashing/ “Crash at Crush killed 3 in 1896 Texas publicity stunt,” trains.com, September 10, 2021, https://www.trains.com/trn/railroads/history/crash-at-crush-killed-3-in-1896-texas-publicity-stunt/ “For 40 Years, Crashing Trains Was One of America’s Favorite Pastimes,” atlasobscura.com, July 1, 2019, https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/staged-train-wrecks “The Bizarre Tale of the Tunnels, Trysts, and Taxa of a Smithsonian Entomologist,” smithsonianmag.com, May 13, 2016, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/bizarre-tale-tunnels-trysts-and-taxa-smithsonian-entomologist-180959089/ “Smithsonian Bug Expert by Day; Eccentric Tunnel Digger by Night,” architectofthecapital.org, November 30, 2016, https://architectofthecapital.org/posts/2016/11/6/dupont-circle-tunnel-digger “The Man Who Sold The Eiffel Tower. Twice,” smithsonianmag.com, March 9, 2016, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/man-who-sold-eiffel-tower-twice-180958370/ “Smooth Operator: How Conman “Count” Victor Lustig Sold the Eiffel Tower — Twice,” mentalfloss.com, August 21, 2020, https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/12809/smooth-operator-how-victor-lustig-sold-eiffel-tower “The Con Artist Who Sold The Eiffel Tower Twice,” greekreporter.com, January 6, 2023, https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/06/con-artist-sold-eiffel-tower/ “The Scammer Who Sold the Eiffel Tower, Not Once but Twice,” historyofyesterday.com, September 8, 2022, https://historyofyesterday.com/the-scammer-who-sold-the-eiffel-tower-not-once-but-twice/ “The Straw Hat Riot of 1922: The Harsh Version of No White After Labor Day,” ripleys.com, September 10, 2018, https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/straw-hat-riot/ “City Has Wild Night of Straw Hat Riots,” timesmachine.nytimes.com, September 16, 2022, https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1922/09/16/99070942.pdf “100 Years Ago Men and Boys Fought on the Streets of New York Over Wearing Straw Hats Past Summer,” nypl.com, September 23, 2022, https://www.nypl.org/blog/2022/09/23/straw-hat-riots-nyc Our Big Story “Married to a Spook,” The Times, September 7, 1894, https://www.newspapers.com/image/543353387/?terms=%22Bangs%22 “Is Bride of a Spook,” The Inter Ocean, August 27, 1894, https://www.newspapers.com/image/33784803/?terms=%22bangs%20sisters%22%20&match=1 “Woman Married a Spirit,” The Boston Globe, August 26, 1894, https://www.newspapers.com/image/430680712/?terms=%22bangs%20sisters%22%20 “The Bangs Sisters’ Latest,” The Inter Ocean, September 3, 1894, https://www.newspapers.com/image/33784920/?terms=%22bangs%20sisters%22%20&match=1
Released:
Sep 22, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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Episode 1: Narrated and executive produced by Aaron Mahnke, with Robin Miniter as Senior Producer, research and writing help from the team, and audio production from Otis Gray. ———————— EPISODE SOURCES Recent News “South Korean law... by That’s Just Weird with Aaron Mahnke