We’ve seen them portrayed in movies and plays, but what is the actual process and purpose of lobotomies? In this episode we take a high-level look at the history of lobotomies and the man who took it on tour.

Sources

PBS Documentary:

American Experience: The Lobotomist

Nobel Prize article:

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1949/moniz/biographical/

Journal of Neurosurgery:

https://thejns.org/configurable/content/journals$002fneurosurg-focus$002f43$002f3$002farticle-pE6.xml?t:ac=journals%24002fneurosurg-focus%24002f43%24002f3%24002farticle-pE6.xml&t:ac=journals%24002fneurosurg-focus%24002f43%24002f3%24002farticle-pE6.xml

Article on Rosemary Kennedy:

https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/rosemary-kennedy-the-eldest-kennedy-daughter.htm

Article on Thorazine:

https://www.sciencehistory.org/education/scientific-biographies/paul-charpentier-henri-marie-laborit-simone-courvoisier-jean-delay-and-pierre/

What is molasses and why did it flood Boston? Today’s episode dives into the deadly mess that swept through Boston’s North End.

Sources

Article: https://vitabrevis.americanancestors.org/2019/01/the-great-molasses-flood√

Article: https://www.boston.gov/news/100-years-ago-today-molasses-crashes-through-bostons-north-end

What happened to a group of young women from New Jersey who thought they hit the gig of a lifetime. This episode explores the tragic fate that awaited them as they were exposed to radiation.

Sources:

Article from the Nuclear Heritage Foundation

https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/history/radium-girls/

Article on radium from the CDC

https://wwwn.cdc.gov/TSP/PHS/PHS.aspx?phsid=789&toxid=154

Article from Noble Prize website on Marie Curie

https://www.nobelprize.org/stories/women-who-changed-science/marie-curie/

Podcast Stuff You Should Know

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-stuff-you-should-know-26940277/episode/the-radium-girls-84742203/

Article from

https://www.nist.gov/blogs/taking-measure/new-jerseys-radium-girls-and-nist-trained-scientist-who-came-their-aid

Article From

https://www.versantphysics.com/category/radiation-safety/radium-girls/

Didn’t use but great well known resource: The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women

By Kate Moore https://www.kate-moore.com/the-radium-girls

Who was Houdini? A talented escapist and magician? A confident man who never let poverty or despair get in the way of his dreams? We’ll dive into the mysterious magic man and unravel all of the events that made Erik Weisz the one and only Harry Houdini our first episode.

Sources:

Article from NPR

https://www.npr.org/2011/10/31/141366283/houdini-relative-unlocks-some-family-secrets

PBS Documentary 

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/houdini/

Smithsonian Magazine Article

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/for-harry-houdini-seances-and-spiritualism-were-just-an-illusion-180978944/

PBS Article

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/houdini-biography/