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Stories you didn't know about the things you know!

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Stories you didn't know about the things you know!

    Exhibit 23: Diplodocus Diplomacy

    Exhibit 23: Diplodocus Diplomacy

    Multi-millionaire Andrew Carnegie: Ruthless steel magnate. Unparalleled philanthropist determined to use his entire fortune for the betterment of all mankind. He believed a shared love of dinosaurs could usher in an era of world peace, and when his museum unearthed a diplodocus at the turn of the century, he set out to prove it.

    Podcast theme by Michael Guy Bowman
    Listen to more at: bowman.bandcamp.com
    Logo by Rachel Weiss: twitter.com/rachelvice
    Twitter: @natmysterycast
    Email: natmysterypodcast@gmail.com
    A part of the Pomecast Network: pome-mag.com/tag/museum-of-natural-mystery/

    • 38 min
    Exhibit 22: Imagined Dragons

    Exhibit 22: Imagined Dragons

    For centuries, rumors of a huge, violent, long-necked monster have swirled around Africa's Congo Basin. Local tribes have pointed out images of brontosaurus as a dead ringer. Now, explorers believe the creature could be a boon for science or a mighty blow to evolution theory. What is the Mokèlé-mbèmbé?

    Podcast theme by Michael Guy Bowman
    Listen to more at: bowman.bandcamp.com
    Logo by Rachel Weiss: twitter.com/rachelvice
    Twitter: @natmysterycast
    Email: natmysterypodcast@gmail.com
    A part of the Pomecast Network: pome-mag.com/tag/museum-of-natural-mystery/

    • 41 min
    Exhibit 21: Long Live the King

    Exhibit 21: Long Live the King

    Tyrannosaurus rex is probably the first thing to pop into our heads when we hear the word “dinosaur.” The tyrant lizard king might be the most popular dinosaur there ever was. But...its reign came at the end of an era. There were other, equally fearsome predators before it, so how did tyrannosaurs come to wear the crown? In its time, and in ours?

    Podcast theme by Michael Guy Bowman
    Listen to more at: bowman.bandcamp.com
    Logo by Rachel Weiss: twitter.com/rachelvice
    Twitter: @natmysterycast
    Email: natmysterypodcast@gmail.com
    A part of the Pomecast Network: pome-mag.com/tag/museum-of-natural-mystery/

    • 38 min
    Exhibit 20: Come One, Come All

    Exhibit 20: Come One, Come All

    In 1967, sideshow performer Frank Hansen unveiled an ape-like man frozen in a chunk of ice. World-renowned zoologists pronounced that it was a real, unknown animal. Was it the abominable snowman? A missing link? Or a hoax that spiraled way out of control? Today on NatMysteryCast: The Minnesota Iceman Cometh!

    Podcast theme by Michael Guy Bowman
    Listen to more at: bowman.bandcamp.com
    Logo by Rachel Weiss: twitter.com/rachelvice
    Twitter: @natmysterycast
    Email: natmysterypodcast@gmail.com
    A part of the Pomecast Network: pome-mag.com/tag/museum-of-natural-mystery/

    • 37 min

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