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Classic Tales from Early Boston (episode 164)
Classic Tales from Early Boston (episode 164)
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Length:
66 minutes
Released:
Dec 22, 2019
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Description
In lieu of a brand new story, this week we are sharing two classic tales from the earliest years of Puritan Boston. One of them might be considered comedy, while the other is high drama. First, we’ll visit the diaries of Boston founder John Winthrop and find two accounts of unexplained lights in the sky and other phenomena that might have been the first UFO sightings in Boston. After that, we’ll fast forward to the era of the English Civil Wars, when two men who had signed the death warrant for a king decided that Boston was the only safe refuge from his heir’s assassins.
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Full show notes: http://HUBhistory.com/164
Support us: http://patreon.com/HUBhistory
Released:
Dec 22, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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