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Ep. 65 - Totally True Facts #4: The Totally True Story of How Thanksgiving Came to Be, Based on Real Facts
Based on the research of Dr. Louis Pazgassian, a professor of Colonial North American and U.S. History and chair of Georgetown University’s history department, we're sharing the totally true facts of the First Thanksgiving, including a cast that includes Squanto, Massasoit, William and Mary Brewster, Edward and Susan Winslow, and the unheralded hero of the day, Olaf Dijksgeffen.
Ep. 64 - Totally True Facts #3: The Totally True Story of the Super Villain, Blofeld, from the James Bond Franchise, Based on Real Facts
Ian Fleming created epic bad guys – Auric Goldfinger, Odd Job, Paco Scaramanga, Mr. Big… but in my mind, the best of them all was that Nehru-jacket wearing, scar-faced, kitty lover, Ernst Stavro Blofeld. I wondered if Fleming drew that character from his past in British Naval Intelligence. What I found, surprised and shocked me, as the basis for this character traced to our current times.
Ep. 63 - Totally True Facts #2: The Totally True Story of the Roswell Incident Aliens, Based on Real Facts
Back in 1947 in Roswell, New Mexico, a flying saucer crash landed in the desert. The surviving aliens, including a petulant toddler alien, and the government decided to make the event a social experiment. Problem is, it became entangled with Bugsy Siegel, Roy Cohn and a mechanic who is now telling all.
Ep. 62 - Totally True Facts #1: The Totally True Story of the Bubbly Creek and a Guy Named Jeff Chłapowski, Based on Real Facts
Totally True Facts #1 – The Totally True Story of Chicago's Bubbly Creek and a Guy Named Jeff Chłapowski, Based on Real Facts