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The Catacombs of Paris Oct 23, 2019

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The Catacombs contain the bones of an estimated 6 to 7 million people. Their history is really two interconnected stories of mines and human remains, because in the 18th century, Paris was dealing with two huge problems simultaneously.

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F.W. Murnau, Director of the Nosferatu Oct 21, 2019

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Murnau is most well known for directing the first vampire film, but the German-born creator went on to make a number of influential films before his early death.

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SYMHC Classics: The Lady Who Turned to Soap Oct 19, 2019

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We're revisiting a 2015 episode on a very fascinating corpse. Saponification is the process of turning to soap, and in certain conditions, cadavers do it. The Soap Lady is one of the most famous cases of an adipocere-covered corpse, but there are many like her.

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SYMHC Live: Mysteries of the Color Blue Oct 16, 2019

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Blue is the most popular color in many parts of the world, and it can seem like it's everywhere. . But many ancient languages didn’t have a word for blue, and some languages still don’t. This show was recorded live at a National Gallery of Art's NGA Nights event.

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Jeanne Baret Oct 14, 2019

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Baret was the first woman known to circumnavigate the globe. But her experience wasn’t just about the travel – she was working, and her work took her to places that were totally unexpected for someone of her gender and economic class in the 18th century.

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SYMHC Classics: The Case of the Colorado Cannibal, Alferd Packer Oct 12, 2019

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It's an unsettling 2012 episode! In the winter of 1873, Alferd Packer led gold prospectors into the Rockies, but harsh conditions soon set them off course. Packer was the only survivor, and he looked oddly well-fed. He claimed he'd killed in self-defense. But was he guilty of murder?

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Commercial Aviation in the U.S., Part 2 Oct 09, 2019

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In this episode, we’ll go from the international agreement that prepared for a global airline industry up to the deregulation of U.S. commercial aviation in the late 1970s. And then we have a special guest -- John Hodgman came by the studio for a visit!

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Commercial Aviation in the U.S., Part 1 Oct 07, 2019

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Since the possibility of air travel became a reality, many entrepreneurs were trying to figure out a way to make flight into a business. This first of two parts covers those early efforts, and the growth of the airline industry up to WWII.

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SYMHC Classics: Beast of Gevaudan Oct 05, 2019

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This 2014 episode covers attacks on women and children of Gevaudan in the 1760s, which sparked a huge push to hunt and kill the mystery beast behind them. While efforts to track the animal struggled, France was gripped in terror.

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The Black Sox Scandal Oct 02, 2019

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Some of the Chicago White Sox players confessed to taking a bribe to lose the 1919 World Series on purpose, but they never admitted to actually underplaying. And the collective memory about this whole scandal is very different from how it all played out.

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