Annie Christmas

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Also known as "Keelboat Annie," she is New Orleans' answer to Paul Bunyan and Mike Fink, a brawling keelboat captain from back in the days when people were named Huckleberry and Injun Joe. But was there really an Annie Christmas? We dig into the endlessly entertaining legend and trace it to its little-known origin.Many thanks to the following musicians for their songs, which are featured in this episode:Aakash Gandhi, "Forest of Fear"Cuttlefish Music, "Detective Singer"LexinMusic, "Alice in Dark Wonderland"Wylie Burge, "Gone Tomorrow"John Lawrence Schick, "Living in a Coffin"The Tower of Lights, "Contact"And to CBS Radio Workshop's Old Time Radio clip.

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