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Everyone knows Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell... Tesla, Ford and the Wright Brothers, but there are some amazing inventors and human beings in history who go relatively unmentioned and we need to fix that. 

In this episode, Curator135 seeks to find out as much as he can about the great Garrett Morgan, the African American inventor behind more efficient sewing machines, the precursor to the gas mask and the traffic light. His inventions saved countless lives and on at least one occasion, he himself saved lives.  

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Travel back in time once again with Curator 135 as he takes his trusty Dodge Shadow time machine back to 1887 in search of the Kickapoo Traveling Medicine Show. Find out who liked to hang out in Connecticut around that time as well as the what and why of traveling medicine shows. 

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The second part of the 'Arizona Series' takes a look at two different southwestern things my mother and father collected. One was made by a white lady, the other crafted from the hands of Native Americans. 

Join Curator 135 as he discusses both Skookum and Kachina dolls. 

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After a long summer break, Curator 135 is back with a brand new episode. Episode 20 is the first part of a planned trilogy of Arizona related episodes. We'll talk about some of the dangerous creatures and weather conditions that could potentially harm you. Spiders and Snakes and Centipedes, oh my. 

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It's almost 130 years later and we still don't have the answer. Did a charming, church going thirty-two year old murder her father and step-mother? Probably. Maybe? 

Listen in as Curator #135 dives into the murders and trial from 1892 and 1893. 

Did Lizzie Borden take an ax and give her father forty whacks? Or was she out in the barn, as she claims, eating pears and looking for fishing gear?

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Back in Episode 6 we briefly discussed a Legend that exists in Norwich, England involving a man named 'Jack Valentine'. Not much is known about this gentleman and so far, Norwich is the only city in the world that he visits.

Well, Curator #135 was able to dig up some new information regarding Jack's interesting and somewhat scary past. He may be a nice guy on Valentine's Day, but the rest of the year... lookout. The one eyed arrow slinger is seeking vengeance. 

This is the 'true' story of Jack Valentine. 

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In our second episode devoted to some of the biggest mysteries to come out of Australia, Curator #135 takes a look at the wild story of the Somerton Man. A body found on a beach near Adelaide in 1948. Even wilder than the story itself are some of the theories behind who this man was or what he might have been a part of. 

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In the first of two episodes on some of Australia's biggest mysteries, Curator #135 takes a look at the case of the Tromp family and their possible 'shared delusion' road trip. Rational fear? Paranoia? Or Folie à deux?

Then we head back to the 1800's and discuss a missing Prussian/German explorer named Ludwig Leichhardt, and his entire missing party. Was it Aboriginals? Or did they just vanish while deep inside Australia's outback? 

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Abraham Lincoln's family tree reveals a sad story of lives being cut way too short. The Lincoln family certainly was not very lucky. The man who had it the worst? Robert Lincoln, Abe's first born son... who was the only one out of four kids to make it into adulthood. 

Hear Robert's tale of losing a father to an assassination, three brothers to disease and locking his mother up in a mental institution, all while feeling semi-responsible for three presidents being murdered. 

Thanks to the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan for providing this episode's inspiration. 

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Everyone has heard of the Bermuda Triangle, but how much do you know about the Lake Michigan Triangle?

Since the 1600's the third largest Great Lake has experienced thousands of shipwrecks, deaths and missing persons. Some of these events can be explained, some can't. In this episode, Nathan discusses a few of the moments that made believers out of some skeptics. 

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