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Byte Sized Biographies…

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Some Very Famous People You've Never Really Heard Of, Byte Sized Biographies of the famous, the infamous and the quirky in less than hour. Think of that doorstop sized bio or history related book that you will never read made accessible in an hour. These are people that you may think you know a lot about but really don't, remarkable human beings you have never heard of and incidents covered in new and different detail, all fascinating.

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Isabella Stewart Gardner and the World’s Largest Unsolved Art Robbery. Volume Six, Episode Twelve (Part One)

May 02 2024 52 mins  
On March 18, 1990, two thieves stole over a half billion dollars worth of artwork from Boston’s Isabella Stewart Art Museum. Today this remains the world’s largest unsolved art robbery. Isabella Stewart Gardner, 1888 John Lowell (Jack) Gardner, Jr. Bernard Berenson in his Italian Villa Botticelli, The tragedy of Lucretia Rembrandt, Storm on the Sea of Galile

Isabella Stewart Gardner and the World’s Largest Unsolved Art Robbery. Volume Six, Episode Twelve (Part Two)

May 02 2024 48 mins  
On March 18, 1990, two thieves stole over a half billion dollars worth of artwork from Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Today this remain’s the world largest unsolved art robbery. Gardner Museum security guard Rick Abath Myles Connor, later in life William Youngworth III, late 90’s Robert “Bobby” Donati, early in his criminal career

Hiram Bingham, the Real Indiana Jones and the Lost City of Machu Picchu (Volume Six, Episode Eleven) Part One

Mar 25 2024 39 mins  
IN 1911, an American explorer, Hiram Bingham, re-discovered the Incan ruins at Machu Picchu, helping to popularize this site, which today is one of the seven modern wonders of the world. Hiram Bingham, at Harvard, with wife Alfreda Church built on the former site of the Coricancha, Cuzco, Peru Francisco Pizarro Capture of Atahualpa by Pizarro at Cajamarca Execution of A

Hiram Bingham, the Real Indiana Jones and the Lost City of Machu Picchu (Volume Six, Episode Eleven) Part Two

Mar 25 2024 37 mins  
IN 1911, an American explorer, Hiram Bingham, re-discovered the Incan ruins at Machu Picchu, helping to popularize this site, which today is one of the seven modern wonders of the world. Hiram Bingham, 1912 Machu Pichu, Hayna Picchu in the background Machu Picchu, photographed by Hiram Bingham Hiram Bingham, Air Corps during WWI Bingham, US Senator Bingham with other

Charles Lindbergh (Volume Six, Episode Ten) Part One

Feb 19 2024 56 mins  
The triumph, tragedy and bizarre secrets of one of the 20th century’s most prominent figures. Lindbergh with his father CA Lindbergh Lindbergh as an Air Army Cadet Anne Morrow as a teenager Lindbergh with The Spirit of St. Louis The Spirit of St. Louis at the Smithsonian Institute Lindbergh at Croydon, 1927 Anne Morrow Lindbergh Lindbergh estate, Highfields, now

Charles Lindbergh (Volume Six, Episode Ten) Part Two

Feb 19 2024 62 mins  
The triumph, tragedy and bizarre secrets of one of the 20th century’s most prominent figures. Bruno Richard Hauptman John Condon on the witness stand Lindbergh on the witness stand Gasoline can which contained Lindbergh ransom money found in Hauptmann’s garage Norman Schwarzkopf, NJ State Police, and father of future Desert Storm commander Lindbergh in the

Bruce Reynolds, Gordon Goody and the Great British Train Robbery of 1963 (Volume Six, Episode Nine) Part One

Jan 22 2024 38 mins  
In 1963, two British criminals masterminded the robbery of 2.6 million pounds in cash from a Royal Mail Train, an amount worth 45 million pounds today. The robbery and its aftermath caused a nationwide sensation. Bruce Reynolds Gordon Goody Recent photo, Sears Crossing Bridge #127, aka Bridego Bridge Ronnie Biggs, mug shot Ronnie Biggs and Bruce Reynolds, sons Michael

Bruce Reynolds, Gordon Goody and the Great British Train Robbery of 1963 (Volume 6, Episode 9) Part Two

Jan 22 2024 48 mins  
In 1963, two British criminals masterminded the robbery of 2.6 million pounds in cash from a Royal Mail Train, an amount worth 45 million pounds today. The robbery and its aftermath caused a nationwide sensation. Detective Tommy Butler Leatherslade Farm Judge Edmund Davies in robes Plaque at Crewe railroad station commemorating Jack Mills and David Whitby. Charmain

Charles Dickens (Volume Six, Episode Eight) Part One

Dec 17 2023 51 mins  
Acclaimed in his lifetime for his remarkable literary career, Charles Dickens’ private life was wracked by dysfunction, scandal and the cruelty he inflicted on his wife and his children. Charles Dickens, as a younger man Catherine Dickens, 1838 Ebenezer Scrooge and Marley’s ghost, A Christmas Carol Grip, the Raven from Barnaby Rudge Freddy Bartholomew, in the MG

Charles Dickens (Volume Six, Episode Eight) Part Two

Dec 17 2023 55 mins  
Acclaimed in his lifetime for his remarkable literary career, Charles Dickens’ private life was wracked by dysfunction, scandal and the cruelty he inflicted on his wife and his children. Portrait of Dickens, circa 1850 Catherine Hogarth Dickens, 1852 Georgina Hogarth and Dickens’ daughter Mamie Charles Dickens, far right in hat, with daughters, Georgina o