168 Dorothy and Friends

An episode of the The Weird History Podcast podcast, hosted by Joe Streckert, titled "168 Dorothy and Friends" was published on June 30, 2018 and runs 13 minutes.

June 30, 2018 ·13m · The Weird History Podcast

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In the early 1980s the US Navy was determined to uncover a secret gay subculture at the Great Lakes Naval Base just outside of Chicago. All of the men they were looking for seemed to be friends of Dorothy. If the NIS could find, Dorothy, they thought, they could blow this whole thing wide open. We’ve talked about The Wizard of Oz and monetary policy before. This is different.

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