Byte Sized Biographies… Philip D. Gibbons
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Some Very Famous People You've Never Really Heard Of, Byte Sized Biographies of the famous, the infamous and the quirky in less than hour. Think of that doorstop sized bio or history related book that you will never read made accessible in an hour. These are people that you may think you know a lot about but really don't, remarkable human beings you have never heard of and incidents covered in new and different detail, all fascinating.
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Charles Lindbergh (Volume Six, Episode Ten) Part One
The triumph, tragedy and bizarre secrets of one of the 20th century’s most prominent figures.
Lindbergh with his father CA Lindbergh
Lindbergh as an Air Army Cadet
Anne Morrow as a teenager
Lindbergh with The Spirit of St. Louis
The Spirit of St. Louis at the Smithsonian Institute
Lindbergh at Croydon, 1927
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Lindbergh estate, Highfields, now a youth rehabilitation center, Hopewell, NJ
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr.
Lindbergh baby, cover of time Magazine
Wanted poster
With Goering in Germany, 1936 -
Charles Lindbergh (Volume Six, Episode Ten) Part Two
The triumph, tragedy and bizarre secrets of one of the 20th century’s most prominent figures.
Bruno Richard Hauptman
John Condon on the witness stand
Lindbergh on the witness stand
Gasoline can which contained Lindbergh ransom money found in Hauptmann’s garage
Norman Schwarzkopf, NJ State Police, and father of future Desert Storm commander
Lindbergh in the Pacific, WW II
Anne and Charles Lindbergh with JFK, a politician that Lindbergh admired
Lindbergh, later in life, in the Philippines
Lindbergh grave, Kipahalu, Maui, Hawaii -
Bruce Reynolds, Gordon Goody and the Great British Train Robbery of 1963 (Volume Six, Episode Nine) Part One
In 1963, two British criminals masterminded the robbery of 2.6 million pounds in cash from a Royal Mail Train, an amount worth 45 million pounds today. The robbery and its aftermath caused a nationwide sensation.
Bruce Reynolds
Gordon Goody
Recent photo, Sears Crossing
Bridge #127, aka Bridego Bridge
Ronnie Biggs, mug shot
Ronnie Biggs and Bruce Reynolds, sons Michael Biggs and Nick Reynolds -
Bruce Reynolds, Gordon Goody and the Great British Train Robbery of 1963 (Volume 6, Episode 9) Part Two
In 1963, two British criminals masterminded the robbery of 2.6 million pounds in cash from a Royal Mail Train, an amount worth 45 million pounds today. The robbery and its aftermath caused a nationwide sensation.
Detective Tommy Butler
Leatherslade Farm
Judge Edmund Davies in robes
Plaque at Crewe railroad station commemorating Jack Mills and David Whitby.
Charmain Biggs, later years
Gordon Goody, later years
Grave of Bruce Reynolds, bust sculpted by his son, Nick in Highgate cemetery. -
Charles Dickens (Volume Six, Episode Eight) Part One
Acclaimed in his lifetime for his remarkable literary career, Charles Dickens’ private life was wracked by dysfunction, scandal and the cruelty he inflicted on his wife and his children.
Charles Dickens, as a younger man
Catherine Dickens, 1838
Ebenezer Scrooge and Marley’s ghost, A Christmas Carol
Grip, the Raven from Barnaby Rudge
Freddy Bartholomew, in the MGM version of David Copperfield
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Charles Dickens (Volume Six, Episode Eight) Part Two
Acclaimed in his lifetime for his remarkable literary career, Charles Dickens’ private life was wracked by dysfunction, scandal and the cruelty he inflicted on his wife and his children.
Portrait of Dickens, circa 1850
Catherine Hogarth Dickens, 1852
Georgina Hogarth and Dickens’ daughter Mamie
Charles Dickens, far right in hat, with daughters, Georgina on steps and guests at Gad’s Hill Place.
Grave of Charles Dickens, Westminster Abbey.
Catherine Dickens and daughter Dora’s grave, Newgate Cemetery, London
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