"Philadelphia, PA"

The cradle of American liberty, and also the same place where Eagles fans threw batteries at Santa Claus. What can we say? Philadelphia is large, it contains multitudes.

What-Is-It?

there's an animal roaming round the town that is certainly gaining great renown

For one week in January 1909, the Jersey Devil walked among us. Maybe. Read More...

Categories: Footsteps into the Unknown, Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, Legendary Lands and Beasts, Myths & Legends, Series 6

Tags: cryptozoology dime museum fakelore New Jersey Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Presented by #13

Published: January 25, 2021
Edited: January 25, 2021

Thorfinn Karlsefni (1915-1918) by Einar Jónsson

The Icelander

a tale of public art, politics, and racism

Why, exactly, was there a statue of a Viking explorer in Philadelphia? And why isn't it there now? Read More...

Categories: Arts & Culture, Daring & Epic Journeys, Series 5

Tags: art art history Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Presented by #13

Published: September 28, 2020
Edited: January 3, 2021

French Leave

a baseball superstar, an irate owner, and a clever workaround

In 1902 baseball player Nap Lajoie was prohibited by law from entering the state of Pennsylvania. How did this weird state of affairs come to p? Read More...

Categories: Series 4, Sports & Leisure

Tags: baseball civil law Cleveland, OH Oakland Athletics Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Presented by #13

Published: June 15, 2020
Edited: January 3, 2021

Mrs. Dicranouhi Kabakjian cooks radium in the basement of 105 East Stratford Avenue

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. Read More...

Categories: Man's Amazing Inventions, Science & Nature, Series 3

Tags: Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Presented by #13 The Constant The Dollop

Published: May 4, 2020
Edited: January 3, 2021