EPISODE · Feb 6, 2023 · 3 MIN
The Legend Of James Bartley, Who Was Supposedly Swallowed By A Whale
from Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson · host Brady Carlson
Supposedly this month in 1891 a sailor named James Bartley was swallowed by a whale and lived! But The Straight Dope took a closer look and found this story was almost certainly too good to be true. Plus: this week in Saranac Lake, New York, near Lake Placid, it’s the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival. The Straight Dope (Chicago Reader) Saranac Lake Winter Carnival Help us sort fact from legend as a backer on Patreon
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Supposedly this month in 1891 a sailor named James Bartley was swallowed by a whale and lived! But The Straight Dope took a closer look and found this story was almost certainly too good to be true. Plus: this week in Saranac Lake, New York, near Lake Placid, it’s the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival. The Straight Dope (Chicago Reader) Saranac Lake Winter Carnival Help us sort fact from legend as a backer on Patreon
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