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Niagara Falls Daredevil Museum
by Theodore Carter
In the 19th Century, Niagara Falls became not just a beautiful landmark, but an obstacle crossed, dived into, or ridden down. Sam Patch, the first American daredevil, took his pet bear drinking with him and wowed audiences with his unaided jumps into the river. Charles Blondin cooked an omelet on a tightrope out over the roiling water. Annie Taylor, desperate for money, became the first to go over the falls in a barrel. This well-researched podcast tells the stories of these and other extraordinary daredevils. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Hill Family
After Red Hill's death, his children carry on the daredevil legacy, sometimes with deadly results. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Red Hill
The stories about Red Hill read like hyperbole, like Paul Bunyon or Mike Fink stories. Commended by the Canadian government for a life-saving rescue at the age of nine, rescuing a tourist from a collapsing ice bridge, wounded in World War 1, several trips through the Niagara rapids in a barrel, bootlegging runs from Canada to the United States, the daring rescue of two men stuck on a grounded boat on the brink of the horseshoe falls, and an interstate chase after a stolen turtle. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Annie Edson Taylor Part 2
After becoming the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel, Annie Edson Taylor looks to capitalize and travel the world. Unfortunately, she is not the heroic image people want to see, and her managers make things even more difficult for her. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Annie Edson Taylor Part 1
After deciding she'd rather be dead than be poor, 63-year-old teacher Annie Edson Taylor became the first person to attempt going over Niagara Falls in a barrel, Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Charles Blondin Part 2
After conquering Niagara Falls, Charles Blondin went on to become so famous, that he was referenced by Abe Lincoln, was written about by Charles Dickens, and incited a Woodstock ''99-style riot while performing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Charles Blondin Part 1
Charles Blondin walked over Niagara gorge on a tightrope, sometimes stopping to cook an omelet, sometimes carrying a man on his back or wearing a monkey suit, but always wowing audiences. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Sam Patch Part 2
Even after his death, Sam Patch lives on in songs, poems, folklore, and in children's books. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Sam Patch Part 1
Sam Patch drew crowds of thousands who came to watch his dangerous leaps from the rooftops, waterfalls, cliff sides, the top of a ship mast, into the waters below. Patch was a drunk, a scoundrel, a roughneck millworker, a hero of the working class, and the first true American daredevil. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Niagara Falls Daredevil Museum
Learn about Niagara Fall's death-defying feats, some deadly ones, daring rescues, stranger-than-fiction historical tidbits, and start to understand what makes someone willing to risk everything for a shot at claiming a spot in the history books. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
In the 19th Century, Niagara Falls became not just a beautiful landmark, but an obstacle crossed, dived into, or ridden down. Sam Patch, the first American daredevil, took his pet bear drinking with him and wowed audiences with his unaided jumps into the river. Charles Blondin cooked an omelet on a tightrope out over the roiling water. Annie Taylor, desperate for money, became the first to go over the falls in a barrel. This well-researched podcast tells the stories of these and other extraordinary daredevils. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
HOSTED BY
Theodore Carter
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In the 19th Century, Niagara Falls became not just a beautiful landmark, but an obstacle crossed, dived into, or ridden down. Sam Patch, the first American daredevil, took his pet bear drinking with him and wowed audiences with his unaided jumps into the river. Charles Blondin cooked an omelet on a...
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