The Sloth Bear: Tiger Fighter, Termite Vacuum, and Dancing Bear Victim
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Baloo from The Jungle Book was almost certainly modeled on the sloth bear, and the real animal c...
10 Loka 22min
Bonnie and Clyde: The Grim Reality Behind the Outlaw Legend
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The most famous photograph of Bonnie Parker shows her leaning on a car with a revolver and a cig...
10 Loka 25min
Dutch Schultz: The Greed and Ego That Got a Mob Boss Killed
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Arthur Flegenheimer was born in the Bronx in 1901 to German Jewish immigrants, abandoned by his ...
10 Loka 25min
Newgate Prison: 700 Years Inside London's Prototype of Hell
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1752 a windmill spun on the roof of Newgate Prison, built by Stephen Hales to push fresh air ...
10 Loka 23min
Tyburn Tree: How London's Free Water Source Became a Hanging Carnival
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!A traffic island near Marble Arch, marked by three young oak trees, was once the deadliest piece...
10 Loka 22min
The Thompson Submachine Gun: From Trench Broom to Tommy Gun
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In the 1920s an American could order a Thompson submachine gun by mail for $200 and have it ship...
10 Loka 24min
The 1916 Jersey Shore Shark Attacks: 12 Days That Inspired Jaws
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In the summer of 1916, leading scientists assured Americans that sharks in temperate waters were...
10 Loka 23min
The Catalpa Rescue: A Whaling Ship's 1876 Fenian Prison Break
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1874 a prisoner named James Wilson smuggled a letter out of Fremantle Prison in Western Austr...
10 Loka 23min
