CHRISTMAS EVE ON WALL STREET – 1882

A spontaneous practical joke, on Christmas Eve 1882, at the New York Stock Exchange, ignited a wild chain reaction of very silly shenanigans. And that wasn’t the only place of business where that happened.   HISTORICAL REFERENCES:   Fun at the Stock Exchange; Rollicking Brokers Anticipating the Joys of Merry Christmas, New York Times, December 24, 1882. Fun at the Exchanges, New York Times, December 25, 1881 Grocery Mens’ Jubilee: A Day of Much Amusement at the Exchange, New York Times, January 01, 1882. Forgotten News: The Crime of the Century and Other Lost Stories, by Jack Finney (1983). Book text is available for free online check-out.    GUEST VOICES: Guest Host & Extro Aphorism - Kit Caren from the Forgotten News Podcast. New York Times Reporter - AlexPeters from DACAPO Productions and the music duo Bards of Copper. Jack Finney – P.J. Kokesh from the Bicker Bots Podcast. Intro / Extro - Jeff Richardson from the Shattered Worlds RPG Podcast and the Everything is Awesome podcast.   MUSIC: Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com –                              Licensed under Creative Commons:                                              By Attribution 3.0 License                                 http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by/3.0   Jingle Bells (Calm) I Knew A Guy   Freesound.org: Deck The Halls We Wish You A Merry Christmas   Amy Cappella Leitch Passing Through   EXTRO APHORISM:   Source:  Chesterton, G.K., The Wrong Books At Christmas, Illustrated London News, January 09, 1909.   SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR! This episode was brought to you by Sudio Sweden headphones Use the discount code "FORGOTTEN" for 15% OFF on ANY purchase.   CONTACT US: E-Mail:  [email protected] Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Forgotten-News-Podcast Twitter: @NewsForgotten   HEY! CAN YOU HELP US?! PLEASE HELP THE FORGOTTEN NEWS PODCAST TO COVER THE COSTS OF RESEARCH, INVESTIGATION, AUDIO EQUIPMENT. AND PODCAST HOSTING FEES.   ANY DONATION - EVEN A DOLLAR - WOULD REALLY HELP US OUT! Just click on this PAYPAL link, to contribute. Thank You! Thank You! Thank You