Episode 12   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 1. "Man pulled over for driving with massive bull named Howdy Doody riding shotgun in Nebraska," New York Post, August 30, 2023, https://nypost.com/2023/08/30/nebraska-man-pulled-over-for-driving-with-bull-riding-shotgun/ 2. "A 'beefed up' car with giant bull named Howdy Doody crammed into passenger seat pulled over by Nebraska police," NCB News, August 31, 2023, https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/car-bull-named-howdy-doody-crammed-passenger-seat-pulled-nebraska-poli-rcna102719 3. "Great Wall Of China Damaged Beyond Repair By Builders Looking For Shortcut," IFL Science, September 6, 2023, https://www.iflscience.com/great-wall-of-china-damaged-beyond-repair-by-builders-looking-for-shortcut-70553 4. "Chinese construction workers accused of plowing a hole through the Great Wall," NPR, September 5, 2023, https://www.npr.org/2023/09/05/1197609433/chinese-construction-workers-accused-of-plowing-a-hole-through-the-great-wall 5. "THE LARGEST SEARCH FOR THE LOCH NESS MONSTER IN 50 YEARS," Ripley's Believe It or Not, September 1, 2023, https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/the-largest-search-for-the-loch-ness-monster-in-50-years/ 6. "Loch Ness monster search party uses new tools to look for an old cryptid," PBS, August 31, 2023, https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/loch-ness-monster-search-party-uses-new-tools-to-look-for-an-old-cryptid Old News “About Jeremy Bentham.” University College London. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bentham-project/about-jeremy-bentham. Accessed 7/31/2023. Addison, Jim. “Can Eagles Kill Humans?” Birds & Wetlands. 6/11/2022. https://birdsandwetlands.com/can-eagles-kill-humans/#:~:text=Yes%2C%20bald%20eagles%20are%20aggressive,steal%20prey%20from%20other%20birds. Accessed 7/31/2023. Ashcraft, Jenny. “October 1, 1908: Ford Introduces the Model T.” Newspapers.com. 10/1/2022. https://blog.newspapers.com/october-1-1908-ford-introduces-the-model-t%EF%BF%BC/. Accessed 8/1/2023. “Auto-Icon.” University College London. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bentham-project/about-jeremy-bentham/auto-icon#:~:text=However%2C%20the%20head%20(apparently),and%20the%20head%20was%20returned.. Accessed 7/31/2023. “Bald Eagle.” The Cornell Lab. All About Birds. https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Bald_Eagle/id. Accessed 7/31/2023. “Bald Eagle.” U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. https://www.fws.gov/species/bald-eagle-haliaeetus-leucocephalus. Accessed 7/31/2023. “Battle with a Bald Eagle.” The San Francisco Call. 10/9/1891. https://www.newspapers.com/image/467034984/?terms=Professor%20Arthur%20Cleveland&match=1. Accessed 7/31/2023. D’Olimpio, Laura. “Big Thinker: Jeremy Bentham.” The Ethics Centre. 7/25/2019. https://ethics.org.au/big-thinker-jeremy-bentham/. Accessed 7/31/2023. Goldhill, Olivia. “A Philosopher Left his Corpse on Public Display to Shatter Societal Delusions About Death.” Quartz. 11/13/2017. https://qz.com/quartzy/1127967/jeremy-benthams-auto-icon-and-head-a-philosopher-shows-how-we-should-all-face-death. Accessed 7/31/2023. “Henry Ford Biography.” Ford Motor Company. https://corporate.ford.com/articles/history/henry-ford-biography.html. Accessed 8/1/2023. History.com Editors. “Model T.” A&E Television Networks. 4/26/2010. Updated 5/2/2019. https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/model-t. Accessed 8/1/2023. The Editors of The New Atlantis. “The Model T and American Life.” The New Atlantis, Number 22, Fall 2008, p115. https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/the-model-t-and-american-life. Accessed 8/1/2023. “The Model T.” Ford Motor Company. https://corporate.ford.com/articles/history/the-model-t.html. Accessed 8/1/2023. Our Big Story Bednarek, Janet. “A Brief History of Airplane Hijackings, From the Cold War to D.B. Cooper.” Smithsonian Magazine. 7/18/2022. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/