Herb Washington
We've shared this on social media but not on the web site. Here it is... the first (and so far only) thing we've ever purchased off eBay.
Categories: Sports & Leisure, Supplement
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Recent Posts
Son of Eight Things We Like
There's no podcast this week, so if you need your fix of esoterica why not try one of these eight other things we like?
Categories: Meta
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The Hot House
refining radium in the home, for fun and profit
Lots of people have dabbled with strange home businesses -- but only one of them set up a radium refining facility in the basement of his suburban duplex.
Categories: Man's Amazing Inventions, Most Popular, Science & Nature, Series 3
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Milking It for All It’s Worth
let's get saucy and talk about béchamel
We delve into the world of sauces by talking about the history and use of the milkiest sauce of all - béchamel!
Categories: Arts & Culture, Series 3
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A Menace to the West
David Grundman goes shooting at a stationary target -- and breaks off more than he can handle
When a man fights a cactus, you should bet on the cactus.
Categories: Series 3, Wild Card, Wonders of the Natural World
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Spirit Princess
one woman, thirty aliases, forty years and too many crimes to count
The greatest and most notorious Spiritualist swindler of all time was a woman from Kentucky who looked a bit like Lola Montez (if you squinted).
Categories: Biography, Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, Series 3
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Death from Above by Chocolate
sometimes a story seems too good to be true because it is
In 1923, a plane flew over downtown Pittsburgh, dropped Baby Ruth candy bars on the crowd below, and caused widespread panic... or did it?
Categories: Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, Series 3, Wild Card
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Rising to the Top
the Renfrew Creamery Kings catch Stanley Cup fever
In 1910, professional hockey was in chaos and a millionaire tried to buy his way to the Stanley Cup with a team of ringers.
Categories: Series 3, Sports & Leisure
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Our Newer Logo
We realize that we just unveiled a new logo, but we still weren't happy with how it looked.
Categories: Meta
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Bride of Eight Podcasts We Like
We don't have a new episode this week, but here are eight other podcasts you might like to listen to!
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Old Economy Village
A few photos from the Harmony Society's final home at Old Economy Village.
Categories: Eccentrics & Prophecies, History, Supplement
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That No Man Take Thy Crown
the rise and fall of the Harmony Society (1803-1905), the richest communists in the world [Part 2]
The Harmony Society managed to survive the death of its founder, but could it survive the twin ravages of time and greed?
Categories: Eccentrics & Prophecies, History, Series 2
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