Hello 2025! Let's start talking about all the work that went into the Polio vaccine & our current mostly polio-free world! From an endemic disease that had been around for all time to the resurgence in the 1900s, Polio was a 'childhood' disease that people just expected to happen. Until our dear FDR was afflicted, and the March of Dimes changed philanthropy forever. Learn about fundraising, testing, and the two different polio vaccines this week with us on Doomed to Fail! 

Some sources:

Polio: An American Story by David M. Oshinsky - https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/polio-an-american-story_david-m-oshinsky/278057/item/10370684/#edition=3607391&idiq=3905481

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/health/robert-f-kennedy-jr-polio-vaccines.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1921/09/16/archives/fd-roosevelt-ill-of-poliomyelitis-brought-on-special-car-from.html

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Thank you for an amazing 2024! We are taking a short break and will see you next year!!

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Finish up the year with us by talking about the Christmastime tragedy of the Lockerbie bombing. We'll talk about the PanAm flight, where it started, where it was headed, and what happened when a suitcase in the cargo hold exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland.

We'll talk suspects, pay-offs, and conspiracy theories.

Thank you for listening to our little show this year!! We will see you in 2025!

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Happy & Merry! Today, let's talk about Santa, old St. Nick, Father Christmas, etc. Then a quick true crime story from the heyday of bank robberies - 1927. In Texas, 4 banks were robbed a week! So, recently pardoned by Ma Ferguson, robber Marshall Ratliff decides to join the fun. On December 23rd he enters a bank, dressed as Santa, what could possibly go wrong?

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11604398/george-emory-bedford

https://texashillcountry.com/santa-claus-bank-robbery-past/

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Are you looking for a great opportunity in the new world???? Can we introduce you to the beautiful country of Poyias? It's on the coast of South America, and there are palaces and princesses, promenades, and an opera house! The land, you ask? It can give you multiple harvests per year! The rivers, too, you ask? Well - they are filled with GOLD!!! Wait, do people already live there? Yes, yes, they do - but they LOVE colonists, and they can't wait to see you!!

Just buy a land grant from our grand Cazique - Gregor MacGregor! He'll take your £ and convert them into Poyais dollars right here on the dock before you leave!

Nothing could possibly go wrong!!

Join us for the wild story of Gregor MacGregor this week!

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What do you do if you are in the coldest, most remote place on earth and you need to have surgery? You probably hope to hell that you brought a doctor along with you... but what if you ARE the doctor who was brought along? Today Farz tells us about Leonid Rogozov, who took out his own appendix! And Jerri Lin Nielsen, who diagnosed and treated her own breast cancer deep in the Antarctic freeze!

Very important homework assignment to watch X-Files S1 E8 - "Ice" literally as soon as you can. 

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Today, we go back across the pond to talk about the Tower of London - not technically a tower if you're looking for something tall, more of a complex with a COMPLEX history (lol). We'll talk about when our dear Anne Boelyn was killed, when Rudolph Hess was held there, and everything in between! Grab your umbrellas (We assume it's always raining there) and learn with us! 

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Today we travel to Niagara Falls! We will talk about who lived there first, who came next, and what the falls have meant to America and Canada for the past few hundred years! There will be tightropes, barrels, power plants, and lots of people we've seen before in our doomed travels!

Have you been to Niagara Falls? Let us know! 

Sources:

Inventing Niagara

by Ginger Strand - https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/inventing-niagara-beauty-power-and-lies_ginger-strand/896545/item/1181539/?#edition=4494064&idiq=2148537

https://www.nfhps.org/echota-planned-community.html

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In this episode, we’re spotlighting Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes and her pivotal role in the creation of TLC. From her bold audition that caught the attention of Perri “Pebbles” Reid to her dynamic partnership with T-Boz and Chilli, Left Eye’s energy, creativity, and vision helped shape TLC’s iconic sound and image.

Of course, it wasn't all fun and games - we'll talk about Left Eye's issues with addiction, abuse, and her creative frustration with TLC. A bright light put out too soon.

TW // Domestic Abuse

💫 #LeftEye #TLC #90sMusic #GirlGroupLegends #LeftEyeLegacy

Sources

Crystal Jones: 5 Things To Know About Original TLC Member Replaced By Chilli - https://hollywoodlife.com/feature/who-is-crystal-jones-tlc-5109865/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/916726.stm

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Today, Farz explores the life of the Medieval Executioner and the unique challenges of their profession. This role was essential in every town and was often passed down through generations, much like the modern concept of nepotism. We will investigate the various methods of execution used during this period and discuss the qualities that a local Executioner needed to possess.

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