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Typhoid Mary & A Tree in Disneyland
Monday, January 9, 2012 · 1 Comment
EPISODE 85 In the early 1900s, Typhoid Mary cooked for people and they soon became very ill or died. It was that simple, but was she a typhoid carrier? Fran Capo joins us this week to discuss Mary Malone, better known as Typhoid Mary, from the research she did for ...
Funerals, Sea Turtles & Percilla the Monkey Girl
EPISODE 80 Author and a doyenne of death, Gail Ruben visits Ripley Radio this week and tells us about her quest to crash 30 funerals of total strangers in 30 days. Then she blogs about the deceased and her experiences at the funeral. Taking a whimsical approach to death and ...
Vampire Tours, Hulk Hogan & The World’s Largest Plow
EPISODE 75 Stephenie Meyer chose Forks, Washington as the setting for her Twilight series for a reason. It’s rainy, cloudy and rather sun-less for much of the year. The perfect environment for a vampire! Debbie Bennett, a resident of Forks runs Twilight Tours in which she and her team drives ...
Bearded Lady Finds Her Son, We Find the Center of the Universe & the End of the World?
EPISODE 70 Vivian Wheeler was starring on the midway as the Bearded Lady when her husband stole Richard, their 3-year old son. She never heard from either for more than 40 years. Last year, Wheeler and Richard were happily reunited on national television. Wheeler, still sporting an 11-inch long beard, ...
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