The character Fortunato, who gets buried alive by the narrator, represents a person the author knew in real life.  The guy beat Poe up in the street the year prior over an argument about a girl's brother and wanting a gun.

Episode 89 - TMZ Edgar Allan Poe and The Cask of Amontillado

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Full collapse on deck and I blow through Piggy's Indiana Jones death to try and hide how much I don't like that part.

Episode 99 - LOTF by WG (part 3)

Ralph musters his public speaking chops in hopes of restoring order and things get worse. 

Episode 98 - Lord of the Flies by William Golding (part 2)

Part 1 from this year's Father's Day series on Patreon.

Episode 97 - No way this many kids would have even survived a plane crash: Lord of the Flies by William Golding (Part 1)

We rejoin the Brothers from Dayton as excellent bike shop employee Charlie Taylor jumps in to help with the mechanical work, the Smithsonian team has a rough run of it, and I forget how to say Potomac maybe 4 separate times. 

Episode 96 - Put a Hemi in it: Wright Brothers Part 3

Main characters and setting are discussed, also a serial killer knocks out Wilber’s lower teeth. 

Episode 89 - TMZ Edgar Allan Poe and The Cask of Amontillado

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