Episode 10

Recent News

1. “More than 100 people were stuck at Agatha Christie’s house for 7 hours,” devonlive.com, July 14, 2023, https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/live-greenway-house-agatha-christie-8601707

2. “Five record-breaking book facts for National Bookshop Day,” guinnessworldrecords.com, October 4, 2018, https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2018/10/5-page-turning-book-facts

3. “Kentucky man finds over 700 Civil War-era coins buried in his cornfield,” livescience.com, July 10, 2023, https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/kentucky-man-finds-over-700-civil-war-era-coins-buried-in-his-cornfield

4. “Indian police retain carrier pigeons as backstop against disasters,” reuters.com, June 20, 2023, https://www.reuters.com/world/india/indian-police-retain-carrier-pigeons-backstop-against-disasters-2023-06-20/

Old News

1. “America’s Favorite Pastime: Live Train Crashing,” ripleys.com, September 16, 2019, https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/live-train-crashing/

2. “Crash at Crush killed 3 in 1896 Texas publicity stunt,” trains.com, September 10, 2021, https://www.trains.com/trn/railroads/history/crash-at-crush-killed-3-in-1896-texas-publicity-stunt/

3. “For 40 Years, Crashing Trains Was One of America’s Favorite Pastimes,” atlasobscura.com, July 1, 2019, https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/staged-train-wrecks

4. “The Bizarre Tale of the Tunnels, Trysts, and Taxa of a Smithsonian Entomologist,” smithsonianmag.com, May 13, 2016, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/bizarre-tale-tunnels-trysts-and-taxa-smithsonian-entomologist-180959089/

5. “Smithsonian Bug Expert by Day; Eccentric Tunnel Digger by Night,” architectofthecapital.org, November 30, 2016, https://architectofthecapital.org/posts/2016/11/6/dupont-circle-tunnel-digger

6. “The Man Who Sold The Eiffel Tower. Twice,” smithsonianmag.com, March 9, 2016, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/man-who-sold-eiffel-tower-twice-180958370/

7. “Smooth Operator: How Conman “Count” Victor Lustig Sold the Eiffel Tower — Twice,” mentalfloss.com, August 21, 2020, https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/12809/smooth-operator-how-victor-lustig-sold-eiffel-tower

8. “The Con Artist Who Sold The Eiffel Tower Twice,” greekreporter.com, January 6, 2023, https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/06/con-artist-sold-eiffel-tower/

9. “The Scammer Who Sold the Eiffel Tower, Not Once but Twice,” historyofyesterday.com, September 8, 2022, https://historyofyesterday.com/the-scammer-who-sold-the-eiffel-tower-not-once-but-twice/

10. “The Straw Hat Riot of 1922: The Harsh Version of No White After Labor Day,” ripleys.com, September 10, 2018, https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/straw-hat-riot/

11. “City Has Wild Night of Straw Hat Riots,” timesmachine.nytimes.com, September 16, 2022, https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1922/09/16/99070942.pdf

12. “100 Years Ago Men and Boys Fought on the Streets of New York Over Wearing Straw Hats Past Summer,” nypl.com, September 23, 2022, https://www.nypl.org/blog/2022/09/23/straw-hat-riots-nyc

Our Big Story

1. “Married to a Spook,” The Times, September 7, 1894, https://www.newspapers.com/image/543353387/?terms=%22Bangs%22

2. “Is Bride of a Spook,” The Inter Ocean, August 27, 1894, https://www.newspapers.com/image/33784803/?terms=%22bangs%20sisters%22%20&match=1

3. “Woman Married a Spirit,” The Boston Globe, August 26, 1894, https://www.newspapers.com/image/430680712/?terms=%22bangs%20sisters%22%20

4. “The Bangs Sisters’ Latest,” The Inter Ocean, September 3, 1894, https://www.newspapers.com/image/33784920/?terms=%22bangs%20sisters%22%20&match=1