One Of MGM’s Roaring Lions Lived A Life Even Stranger Than The Movies

from Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson · host Brady Carlson

Today in 1928, the debut of Leo, MGM's roaring lion. One of the lions that played Leo in the movies used up more than a few of its nine lives while traveling for the movie studio. Plus: starting today in Indiana, it’s the Jasper Strassenfest. Meet ‘Leo The Lucky’—The MGM Lion Who Cheated Death 6 Times (Forbes)Jasper Indiana Strassenfest Send a little good luck to this show as a backer on Patreon

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