EPISODE · Jun 12, 2026 · 17 MIN
Paul Brown's search for the 1904 Worlds Fair Ferris Wheel axle now part of the MO History Museum
from The Chris and Amy Show on KMOX
KMOX alum and former ABC 30 reporter Paul Brown joins Amy Marxkors and Michael Kelley in-studio to discuss the legend of the Ferris Wheel at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis. Brown set out to find the remnants of the Wheel while reporting for ABC 30 in 1999 and actually dug up part of the edge of Forest park in a live newscast. He says the show was the highest rated in the history of that station's newscasts. Did he end up finding the elusive axle to the Ferris Wheel? "I was Geraldo Rivera on Al Capone's vault," jokes Brown. (Photo Courtesy: Paul Brown)
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KMOX alum Paul Brown joins Amy and Michael Kelley in-studio. Did he find the World's Fair Ferris Wheel when he was working for ABC 30 in 1999? 'The Ferris wheel was dynomited because they could not sell it,' explains Brown. He says the show was the highest rated in the history of that tv station's newscasts. 'I was Geraldo Rivera on Al Capone's vault,' jokes Brown, 'live on tv.' (Courtesy Paul Brown)
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