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Welcome to the Grab Bag, a Detectivery State of Mind and Other Strange Things special event.  Here at DetectiverySOM we do a grab bag every 10 episodes, this grab bag is the 1920s...the decade of "The Roaring Twenties"!  

As the grab bag goes, we literally have a hat full of paper slips with a random fact from the 1920s written on it.  We each create our own slips and drop them in the hat, we have no idea what the other person has written on their slips, it truly is a total surprise, and anything goes...things can get a bit unhinged!!!

The grab bags are our favorite episodes to do!!!  

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Every so often in history, we are blessed with learning the existence of a true badass human.  In this episode we dive into the legend of Chang Apana, and some of the astonishing antics that followed him...amazing story.  Chang Apana was a police officer/detective in Honolulu Hawaii in the 1930s, his legendary life and career gave rise to the inspiration for the the fictional character of Charlie Chan.  Charlie Chan grew to huge popularity in the late 1930s and early 1940s, his story was told again in 1981...but the legend of Chang Apana lives on.  Not many people get to be the inspiration for a series of novels and movies!    

Chang Apana traveled and navigated the seedy Honolulu 1930s underworld, not with a sidearm, but with a bullwhip!  Yup, you heard that correctly, he did not carry a gun, he carried a bullwhip.  Apparently, he was quite good at it, and we here at Detectivery Studios, are not quite sure what might be more terrifying than facing an adversary who is legendary with a bullwhip!  Apana's exploits are stuff of legend!  

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang_Apana 

https://www.honolulupd.org/hall-of-fame/detective-chang-apana/ 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Derr_Biggers 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Chan 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1415296/ 

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Genius, the path to becoming genius can be a harrowing task...well, what if you have lived your life, been gifted with the powers of genius.  This ability has allowed you to bring forth things to the world, otherwise would have never been explored.  People celebrate your life, your contributions to the world are endless...then one day, sadly, it must come to an end...and well, you die.  

This, my podcast fans is exactly what happened to Einstein's brain, not only did Albert Einstein have a harrowing journey in his life, while his brain was still slapping around in his cranium...but then his brain continued to carry on this harrowing journey in a jar, for over 50 years.  Why you ask, simply put his brain was taken by a man obsessed with the powers of genius...we take you on the journey of Einstein's brain...snatched from his skull by pathologists Thomas Stoltz Harvey in 1955...man have we got a tale to tell!  

This is the crazy story of the travels of Einstein's brain after it was removed from his skull during an autopsy...airport security, cracker boxes, trunk of a car, Canada, and it just keeps going.  Grab your lab coat, a hot tea, and dive on in, this story gets freaking crazy!  

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Show Notes: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Stoltz_Harvey 

https://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/in-1955-the-doctor-performing-einstein-s-autopsy-stole-his-brain-he-carted-it-around-for-the-next-50-years-1.7081949 

https://www.cbc.ca/arts/the-man-who-stole-einstein-s-brain-hot-docs-interview-carolyn-abraham-michelle-shephard-1.6831222 

https://njmonthly.com/articles/historic-jersey/the-search-for-einsteins-brain/ 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27436755/ 

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Here we go stomping into history once again to bring you all 2 unrelated crazy stories pulled directly from the sometimes insanity of history.  These adventures are completely bonkers, and will make you say things like WTF, huh, they did what...its just kind a historical slap in the face!  

The 2 places you will find yourselves is in the chaotic streets of Cleveland in the late 60s, right after the Jim Crow Laws were abolished, dodging bullets during the Glenville shootout...then we jump over to Los Angeles in the 70s to tackle to Symbionese Liberation Army, for which we are all convinced inspired Cobra from GI Joe...we have no facts on this one but...man...c'mon!  Field Marshall General Cinque...Destro...really.  Then a brief introduction into the Patty Hearst kidnapping by the Symbionese Liberation Army!    

Anyway, hope you all enjoy the show today and learn something about our nation's bloody history, and not so great track record, racism, Jim Crow Laws and more!  Brace for this one, things get weird!  

Hope everyone had an awesome 4th of July, and has an awesome week!  

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Show Notes: 

Watts riots in Los Angeles 

Texas Tower shooting 

Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) 

Brown v. Board of Education (1954) 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenville_shootout 

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You often hear the phrase, people die every day...well in this episode we discuss all the weird ways people die everyday.  Some of these things are sadly, usually, completely avoidable.  Maybe, if some time is set aside to read instructions, life would be a lot less heinous.  

From crazy ways to die in history, accidents, purposeful, poison, to just plain stupid things people do every day...maybe just doing household chores, might be your last...who knew.  

So, consider this episode a public service announcement...don't make a hat to launch your Roman Candles from...then again, maybe it's natural selection...

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https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/accidental-injury.htm 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_unusual_deaths 

Lists of unusual deaths on Wikipedia detail more 

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) 

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Well, so we find ourselves once again mentally assaulted by the annals of history, wow, have we got a story for you!  The adventures of Adrian Carton De Wiart...he was a man on a mission.  He was shot more than once, survived 2 plane crashes, tore of his own fingers, lost limb(s) and fought in so many wars, it's kind of hard to say how many.  Decided to join the WWII war effort at the age 60...and so much more!  

Join us on this epic adventure, there is a love story, action, adventure, tragedy, and war...well, on the war part, we are not sure on the love story thingy.  He may have been in love with war, and just so happened to have been married twice.  Never the less, don't be surprised if at some point during this episode you have to reach up and close your own mouth...as this story is unbelievable!  

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart 

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30685433 

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205022089 

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Chicago was a bustling city in the 1920s, a mecca, a destination, the place to be, a spectacle to see for the country dwellers...and out of town folk.  But, well most people didn't have a vehicle, maybe you've never ridden in one before and you gotta get somewhere.  So, have a couple dollars you scraped together, how about catch a cab...sounds like a swell idea!  

Well, not so fast, we bring you the Chicago Taxi Wars of the 1920s, this shit was totally bonkers...craziness and mayhem.  It has everything, combat, bombs, stink bombs, war in the streets of Chicago, fist to cuffs, corruption, some mobster stuff, and maybe even a little romance, probably somewhere!  These cabs are the same as tanks right, sure, yeah!    

Have we go an episode for you, the Great Chicago Taxi Wars...and who would have thought born out of all of this would be Yellow Taxi, and Hertz rental car!  So, crawl on in and belt up, it's going to be a bumpy ride!  

If you don't know about the Chicago Taxi Wars of the 1920s, your going to learn today!!!   

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https://www.chicagotribune.com/2014/05/18/flashback-chicagos-violent-taxi-wars-of-the-1920s/ 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checker_Taxi 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_cab 

https://chicagology.com/notorious-chicago/1920taxiwars/ 

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Television, TV, all the names we have for our little box of electronic joy.  Oh, but back in the day, these little TV devices were absolutely hackable, and frequently attacked by a multitude of humans with ill intent.  Some of these hacks were full of hilarity, others were probably quite a bit more concerning and caused a panic.  Max Headroom, and so many other notable hacks.  Some targeted children's shows, regular broadcasting, or just for the purposes to rant on live TV.  But, what a shock to find, sit your kids down to watch their favorite TV show, then suddenly a full on porn just pops on up...oh joy!    

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Headroom 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast_signal_intrusion 

https://youtu.be/cYdpOjletnc?si=S6hWP-vi3kV5EfOl 

https://www.vice.com/en/article/headroom-hacker/ 

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LAPD (Los Angeles Police Department) one of the country’s most prominent police departments.  The LAPDs history is filled with heroism, skepticism, conspiracies, conflict, and legacies.  How many TV shows, movies, books, and more are based on the life and times of an LAPD police officer, or detective...countless.  

So, we take you back to the 1980s, straight into the streets of LA, up and down the coast of California, things were happening everywhere...from the hair bands up and down the Sunset Strip, to the gangs of LA...it was all a crazy clown show!  We bring you Operation Hammer, the LAPDs struggle to control the gangs of LA led to the opening of Operation Hammer...pioneered by LAPD Chief of police Daryl Gates, was he a hero, a villain, or a man on a mission...well, dive in and listen, make your own assessment.  From the Crips and Bloods, to many other rival street gangs running loose in LA, we take you in, things get weird!  

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https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/social-sciences-and-humanities/gangs-1980s 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Hammer_(1987) 

https://www.abajournal.com/gallery/warrior_cops/773#:~:text=1988:%2039th%20&%20Dalton,a%20record%20at%20the%20time 

CRASH Team:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources_Against_Street_Hoodlums 

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-mar-14-mn-37553-story.html 

Chief Daryl Gates:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daryl_Gates 

https://www.abajournal.com/gallery/warrior_cops/773#:~:text=1988:%2039th%20&%20Dalton,a%20record%20at%20the%20time 

Sources say Grandmaster Flash - White Lines released the song the same year as the LAPD launched the DARE program, and it was not associated with the LAPD...or was it, other sources say LAPD DARE program used the track in the early 1980s as part of their campaign, as it is an anti-drug song?  

Here is the link anyway if you want to check it out:    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwRXI-y6M9o 

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Back to the old west we go...into the world of Bass Reeves, legendary lawman!  

No more really needs to be said, Bass Reeves has been featured in books, movies, TV shows, comics, on and on...to live a life that lands you in so many different kinds of media, is truly a statement of the mark you have left in history.  

We tell the story of Bass Reeves, none of it needs to be fictionalized, but at times, it may seem like it's a made up story...it is not.  

Sit back and get comfortable in your saddle as we dive into the Bass Reeves story...truly amazing...unless you were being hunted by him, then, well, you are probably short on time...cause he's coming for you.  

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https://abc7.com/post/man-allegedly-bit-another-passenger-assaulted-others-plane-landing-lax/16045444/ 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_Reeves 

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bass-Reeves 

https://www.police1.com/police-heroes/the-story-of-a-u-s-deputy-marshals-most-difficult-arrest-in-1902 

https://www.usmarshals.gov/who-we-are#:~:text=The%20Office%20of%20the%20United,U.S.%20Marshals%20throughout%20the%20nation 

https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry?entry=RE020 

https://screenrant.com/lawmen-bass-reeves-most-famous-real-arrests-kills/ 

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