Episode 9

Written By Aaron Mahnke

Recent News

  1. “A Wisconsin man has won the Ernest Hemingway Look-Alike Contest,” NPR, July 24, 2023, https://www.npr.org/2023/07/24/1189719385/a-wisconsin-man-has-won-the-ernest-hemingway-look-alike-contest

  2. “Bell tolls for Wisconsin man who wins Hemingway look-alike contest,” AP, July 23, 2023, https://apnews.com/article/hemingway-lookalike-key-west-3c2a00b465339ae5f88cc5d8e4848af4

  3. “Giant 'doomsday fish' has close encounter with divers off Taiwan,” Yahoo!life, July 18, 2023, https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/giant-doomsday-fish-close-encounter-081056514.html

  4. “A giant oarfish: the mirrored harbinger of earthquakes,” Guardian, August 7, 2023, https://www.theguardian.com/environment/commentisfree/2023/aug/08/a-giant-oarfish-the-mirrored-harbinger-of-earthquakes

  5. “Nearly 20 Years Later, Message In A Bottle From Nantucket Found In West Indies,” Nantucket Current, July 17, 2023, https://nantucketcurrent.com/news/nearly-20-years-later-message-in-a-bottle-from-nantucket-found-in-west-indies

  6. “Nantucket fisherman's message in a bottle found nearly 20 years later in West Indies,” WCVB5, July 19, 2023, https://www.wcvb.com/article/message-in-a-bottle-nantucket-fisherman-michigan-intern-west-indies-cassidy-beach-pennel-ames/44589861

Old News

  1. “Alive From the Dead, Almost.” North Star. 11/6/1848. https://www.newspapers.com/image/518664256/?terms=Phineas%20Gage&match=1

  2. Bedford, Dorvall. “The Little-Known Story of the First Washington Monument.” Smithsonian Magazine. 12/14/2022. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-little-known-story-of-the-first-washington-monument-180981268/

  3. Cherry, MSEd, Kendra. “Phineas Gage: His Accident and Impact on Psychology.” Very Well Mind. Updated 11/29/2022. https://www.verywellmind.com/phineas-gage-2795244

  4. History.com Editors. “Prohibition.” HISTORY. A&E Television Networks.  10/29/2009. Updated 4/24/2023. https://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/prohibition

  5. Mejia, Paula. “Why the U.S. Navy Once Had a Concrete Ice Cream Barge.” Atlas Obscura. 7/5/2018. ​​https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-did-navy-sailors-eat

  6. O’Brien. “That Time the Navy Spent a Million Dollars on an Ice Cream Barge.” Observation Post. Military Times. 7/21/2021. https://www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/military-culture/2021/07/21/that-time-the-navy-spent-a-million-dollars-on-an-ice-cream-barge/

  7. O’Driscoll, Kieran and Leach, John Paul. “ “No Longer Gage”: An Iron Bar Through the Head.” British Medical Journal. 12/19/1998. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1114479/

  8. Scharf, John Thomas. “History of Western Maryland.” Allegany County: Genealogical Publishing Com., 2003. https://www.google.com/books/edition/History_of_Western_Maryland/ntVpHBIz0hAC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22washington%20monument%20near%20boonsboro%22

  9. Sparks, Taylor. “Sailors Scream For Ice Cream!” U.S. Naval Institute. August 2022. https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2022/august/sailors-scream-ice-cream

  10. Talmon, Noelle. “Wartime Ice Cream: The Secret Weapon to Boosting Morale.” Ripley’s Believe It or Not! 11/2/2021. https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/wartime-ice-cream-the-secret-weapon-to-boosting-morale/

  11. “The Phineas Gage Story.” Cummings Center for the History of Psychology. The University of Akron. https://www.uakron.edu/gage/story.dot

  12. Twomey, Steve. “Phineas Gage: Neuroscience’s Most Famous Patient.” Smithsonian Magazine. January 2010. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/phineas-gage-neurosciences-most-famous-patient-11390067/

  13. US Naval Institute Staff. “A Hundred Years Dry: The U.S. Navy’s End of Alcohol at Sea.” US Naval Institute. 7/1/2014. https://news.usni.org/2014/07/01/hundred-years-dry-u-s-navys-end-alcohol-sea

  14. “Washington Monument.” National Park Service. Updated 12/22/2022. https://www.nps.gov/wamo/learn/historyculture/index.htm

  15. “Washington Monument State Park.” Maryland.gov. https://dnr.maryland.gov/publiclands/Pages/western/Washington/History-Washington.aspx

Our Big Story

  1. Katz, Brigit. “How a Spy Known as the ‘Limping Lady’ Helped the Allies Win WWII.” Smithsonian Magazine. 4/8/2019. Updated 4/9/2020. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-spy-known-limping-lady-helped-allies-win-wwii-180971889/

  2. Lineberry, Cate. “Wanted: The Limping Lady: The Intriguing and Unexpected True Story of America’s Most Heroic—and Most Dangerous—Female Spy” Smithsonian Magazine. 2/1/2007. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/wanted-the-limping-lady-146541513/ 

  3. “Not Bad for a Girl from Baltimore: The Story of Virginia Hall.” U.S. Embassy in Estonia. https://ee.usembassy.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/207/Not-Bad-for-a-Girl-from-Baltimore.pdf

  4. Prank, Amanda. “Biography of Virginia Hall, WWII’s Most Wanted Spy.” Thought Co. 6/19/2019. https://www.thoughtco.com/virginia-hall-4690641 

  5. Purnell, Sonia. A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II. New York: Penguin, 2019. Kindle Edition. 

  6. Truman, Harry S. “Citation for Distinguished Service Cross.” National Archives. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/595152?q=%22virginia+hall%22

  7. “Virginia Hall.” Maryland Women’s Hall of Fame. https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/educ/exhibits/womenshallfame/html/hall.html

  8. “Virginia Hall: The Courage and Daring of ‘The Limping Lady.’” Central Intelligence Agency. 6/29/2017. https://www.cia.gov/stories/story/virginia-hall-the-courage-and-daring-of-the-limping-lady/

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