Broadcast from the Belfry
An archive of curious tales across cultures.
New episodes @ 12am every Thursday.
Podcasting since 2024 • 58 episodes
Broadcast from the Belfry
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19. I Make Doll Houses, Not Tragedies
She made tiny crime scenes and biiiig waves in forensic science. Tune in to meet Francis Glessner Lee, the mother of forensics and ultimate Queen who turned doll houses into much, much more. Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abram...
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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34:23
18. Don't You Know Who Eliot Ness Thinks He Is
Decapitations, dismemberment, and Depression-era despair - this episode has it all! Tune in to hear the twisted tale of the Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run, where the only thing more elusive than the killer is Eliot Ness's sanity.Created...
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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56:13
17. Can't Fight Against the Foot
Sometimes, you wonder where human evolution will take us. Are we to return to monke? Will we all become crab? When we ask where we'll go, we must look back at where we've been. Which direction did our hominid ancestors go? Perhaps........ Bigfo...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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55:59
16. Molasses Will Never Hurt You
What do you get when you cross anarchy, World War I, xenophobia, capitalism, and the slave trade? That's right: the Great Molasses Flood of 1919! Watch out, Boston - no one is safe in this perfect storm of 20th century ideals. Cr...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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1:08:23
15. A Boy Brushed Red Living in New Orleans
YIKES. It would have sucked to be an Italian grocer in New Orleans in 1918 and 1919. Do you believe the Axe Man was a singular person? Would you have jazzed it out in March 1919? Do you think Pepitone's widow killed the real Axe Man?C...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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49:24
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