Episode 30

Recent News

1. “House-proud mouse discovered tidying British man’s shed every night,” cnn.com, January 8, 2024, https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/08/uk/british-man-mouse-tidying-shed-intl-scli-gbr/index.html

2. “Brazil jails: Hundreds of inmates use Christmas release to escape,” bbc.com, January 3, 2024, https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-67871776

3. “Afghan couples marry in mass ceremony in bid to cut costs,” bbc.com, December 25, 2023, https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-67821162

4. “Nude man nabbed by police after ‘cannonball’ plunge into giant aquarium at Bass Pro Shop in Alabama,” apnews.com, January 5, 2024, https://apnews.com/article/bass-pro-shops-aquarium-nude-man-arrested-1e3cd9caf8a5eea6e1c4718498c914b3

Old News

1. Adams, Sharon. “The Lost Nuke of British Columbia.” Legion Magazine. 1/26/2022. https://legionmagazine.com/the-lost-nuke-of-british-columbia/. Accessed 11/14/2023.

2. “A History of the Beatles.” Historic Newspapers. Updated 12/14/2021. https://www.historic-newspapers.co.uk/blog/beatles-timeline/#:~:text=In%20March%201956%2C%20John%20Lennon,to%20watch%20the%20band%20perform. Accessed 11/14/2023.

3. Andrews, Evan. “When Beatlemania Swept the United States.” HISTORY. A&E Television Networks. 2/7/2014. Updated 2/6/2023. https://www.history.com/news/beatlemania-sweeps-the-united-states-50-years-ago. Accessed 11/14/2023.

4. Asunto, Gayle. “1964: The Day The Beatles Came to New York—This is What Happened.” Society of Rock. 2/12/2019. https://societyofrock.com/1964-the-day-the-beatles-came-to-new-york-this-is-what-happened/. Accessed 11/14/2023.

5. Bertram, Colin. “How the Beatles Got Together and Became the Best-Selling Band of All Time.” Biography. A&E Television Networks. Updated 9/8/2020. https://www.biography.com/musicians/how-the-beatles-formed. Accessed 11/14/2023.

6. “Crucial Rock Musicians.” Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/art/rock-music/Crucial-rock-musicians#ref667506. Accessed 11/14/2023.

7. Feldman-Barrett, Christine. “The Rise of Beatlemania.” Museum of Youth Culture. https://museumofyouthculture.com/beatlemania/. Accessed 11/14/2023.

8. Ford, Daniel. “B-36: Bomber at the Crossroads.” Smithsonian Magazine. April 1996. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/b-36-bomber-at-the-crossroads-134062323/. Accessed 11/14/2023.

9. “I Want to Hold your Hand.” Song Facts. https://www.songfacts.com/facts/the-beatles/i-want-to-hold-your-hand. Accessed 11/14/2023.

10. Jacobs, Frank. “The Little-Known Land Fraud That Changed American History.” Atlas Obscura. 8/25/2023. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/strange-maps-yazoo-land-affair. Accessed 11/14/2023.

11. Jacobs, Frank. “Scandal Changed American History.” Big Think. 4/19/2021. https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/how-the-yazoo-land-scandal-changed-american-history/. Accessed 11/14/2023.

12. Kirby, Bill. “Feb. 15, 1796: Georgia’s Legally Questionable Yazoo Land Fraud Act is Publicly Burned.” The Augusta Chronicle. 2/15/2021. https://www.augustachronicle.com/story/news/local/2021/02/15/feb-15-1796-louisville-georgia-legally-questionable-yazoo-land-fraud-act-publicly-burned/4426633001/. Accessed 11/14/2023.

13. Lamplugh, George R. “Yazoo Land Fraud.” New Georgia Encyclopedia. Last Updated 6/8/2017. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/yazoo-land-fraud/#:~:text=In%201795%20Georgia%20governor%20Georgia,for%20a%20sum%20of%20%24500%2C000. Accessed 11/14/2023.

14. “Mark 4 Nuclear Bomb.” Academic Accelerator. https://academic-accelerator.com/encyclopedia/mark-4-nuclear-bomb. Accessed 11/14/2023.

15. Morton, William. “Boundaries of Georgia.” New Georgia Encyclopedia. Last Updated 7/27/2017. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/boundaries-of-georgia/.  Accessed 11/14/2023.

16. Roos, Dave. “‘Broken Arrow’: When the First U.S. Atomic Bomb Went Missing.” HISTORY. A&E Television Networks. 1/13/2020. Updated 1/13/2020. https://www.history.com/news/broken-arrow-first-lost-nuke-canada. Accessed 11/14/2023.

17. Swopes, Bryan. “13 February 1950.” This Day In Aviation. 2/13/2023. https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/13-february-1950/. Accessed 11/14/2023.

18. Weiser-Alexander, Kathy. “Yazoo Land Scandal of Georgia.” Legends of America. Updated 11/2021. https://www.legendsofamerica.com/yazoo-land-scandal/. Accessed 11/14/2023.

19. Vendor, Marcia. ““Broken Arrows”—The World’s Lost Nuclear Weapons.” Interesting Engineering. Updated 5/12/2023. https://interestingengineering.com/science/broken-arrows-the-worlds-lost-nuclear-weapons. Accessed 11/14/2023.

Our Big Story

1. Andrews, Stefan. “Video of Last Surviving Witness of Lincoln’s Assassination Recounting the Event.” The Vintage News. 8/11/2018. https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/08/11/samuel-j-seymour/. Accessed 12/13/2023.

2. History.com Editors. “Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination.” History. 10/27/2009. Updated 1/28/2022. https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/abraham-lincoln-assassination. Accessed 12/13/2023. 

3. Nedeff, Adam. “Game Show History: Who Has a Secret?”. Museum of Play. https://www.museumofplay.org/blog/who-has-a-secret/. Accessed 12/13/2023. 

4. Queen, Melissa. “I’ve Got a Secret: Evaluating Hisorical Truth.” Ford’s. 12/31/2018. https://fords.org/ive-got-a-secret-evaluating-historic-truth/. Accessed 12/13/2023. 

5. Schultz, Colin. “1950s Game Show Guest Had a Secret: He Saw Lincoln’s Assassination.” Smithsonian Magazine. 10/19/2012. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/1950s-game-show-guest-had-a-secret-he-saw-lincolns-assassination-82077477/. Accessed 12/12/2023. 

6. Seymour, Samuel J. “I Saw Lincoln Shot.” St. Louis Globe-Democrat. 2/7/1954. Page 90. https://www.newspapers.com/image/574230590/?terms=%22Lincoln%20Assassination%22&match=1. Accessed 12/13/2023. 

7. Wallenfeldt, Jeff. “Assassination of Abraham Lincoln.” Britannica. 11/17/2023.