"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.

The Graveyard of Baseball

October 1, 1970 was a day that would live in infamy

It was supposed to be a celebration of sixty years of baseball... and instead, well, Philadelphia fans did what Philadelphia fans do best. Read More...

Categories: Series 8, Sports & Leisure

Tags: baseball Cornelius "Connie Mack" McGillicuddy Philadelphia Athletics Philadelphia Eagles Philadelphia Phillies Philadelphia, PA Presented by #13

Published: September 20, 2021
Edited: September 17, 2021

Triple Jumper

the mysterious death of baseball superstar Ed Delahanty (1867-1903)

On July 2, 1903 Washington Senators outfielder Ed Delahanty walked out of the team's hotel in Detroit and disappeared. Read More...

Categories: Intriguing & Unsolved Mysteries, Series 7, Sports & Leisure

Tags: American League baseball Byron Bancroft "Ban" Johnson Cleveland, OH Colonel John Ignatius Rogers Detroit, MI Ed Delahanty National League New York Giants Philadelphia Phillies Philadelphia, PA Presented by #13 Washington, DC

Published: June 21, 2021
Edited: June 18, 2021

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 & Beasts, Myths & Legends, Series 6, Wild Card

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

Published: January 25, 2021
Edited: September 21, 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 Leif Eiriksson Pennsylvania Philadelphia Eagles Philadelphia, PA Presented by #13 Thorfinn Karlsefni Thorvald Eiriksson Vikings Vinland

Published: September 28, 2020
Edited: October 4, 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 pass? Read More...

Categories: Series 4, Sports & Leisure

Tags: American League baseball Byron Bancroft "Ban" Johnson civil law Cleveland, OH Colonel John Ignatius Rogers Cornelius "Connie Mack" McGillicuddy Ed Delahanty National League Oakland Athletics Pennsylvania Philadelphia Athletics Philadelphia Phillies Philadelphia, PA Presented by #13

Published: June 15, 2020
Edited: September 21, 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: October 25, 2021