Jan 30, 2020

Douglas Hegdahl memorized the names of 256 POWs at the Hanoi Hilton all while making his Viet Cong captors believe that he was incredibly stupid. Listen to this great American hero's story!

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Jan 23, 2020

Eng and Chang Bunker were the original Siamese twins that were taken from the home in Siam in the 1800's and brought to America to perform as a freak show exhibit. They became rich men, settled down, bought a plantation, owned slaves, and then lost all of their money after the Civil War. Their lives are a real...

Jan 16, 2020

We discuss how mini-golf started because women weren't allowed to play regular golf, the miniature golf boom during the Great Depression, and how mini-golf got its's bad-boy reputation.

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Jan 9, 2020

Fritz Kuhn created and led the German American Bund, using Nazi symbology and methods to form his political party in the United States. On February 20, 1939, Kuhn and 22,000 Bund members held a Nazi rally in Madison Square Garden.

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Jan 2, 2020

We discuss Dr. Lytle S. Adams, a dentist and part-time inventor that was inspired by his New Mexico vacation to use bats in his revenge plot against Japan for Pearl Harbor.

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“Bat Bomb: World War II’s Other Secret Weapon” by Jack Couffer

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