132 episodes
Byte Sized Biographies… Philip D. Gibbons
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4.4 • 228 Ratings
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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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Isabella Stewart Gardner and the World’s Largest Unsolved Art Robbery. Volume Six, Episode Twelve (Part One)
On March 18, 1990, two thieves stole over a half billion dollars worth of artwork from Boston’s Isabella Stewart Art Museum. Today this remains the world’s largest unsolved art robbery.
Isabella Stewart Gardner, 1888
John Lowell (Jack) Gardner, Jr.
Bernard Berenson in his Italian Villa
Botticelli, The tragedy of Lucretia
Rembrandt, Storm on the Sea of Galilee
Rembrandt, self portrait, damaged but not stolen
Titian, Rape of Europa
Jan Vermeer, The Concert
Manet, Chez Tortoni
Rembrandt, A Man and a Woman in Black
Flinck, Landscape with Obelisk
John Singer Sargent, Isabella Stewart Gardner, 1888
Gardner Museum, Central Courtyard -
Isabella Stewart Gardner and the World’s Largest Unsolved Art Robbery. Volume Six, Episode Twelve (Part Two)
On March 18, 1990, two thieves stole over a half billion dollars worth of artwork from Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Today this remain’s the world largest unsolved art robbery.
Gardner Museum security guard Rick Abath
Myles Connor, later in life
William Youngworth III, late 90’s
Robert “Bobby” Donati, early in his criminal career
Isabella Stewart Gardner, 1907
Gardner Museum, 1920
Robert Gentile
Gentile attorney Ryan McGuigan
One of the three FBI searches of Gentile’s Connecticut property
Recent photo of the original Gardner building
Gardner Museum addition completed in 2012
John Singer Sargent, 1922 portrait of Isabella Stewart Gardner
Gardner family mausoleum, Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA -
Hiram Bingham, the Real Indiana Jones and the Lost City of Machu Picchu (Volume Six, Episode Eleven) Part One
IN 1911, an American explorer, Hiram Bingham, re-discovered the Incan ruins at Machu Picchu, helping to popularize this site, which today is one of the seven modern wonders of the world.
Hiram Bingham, at Harvard, with wife Alfreda
Church built on the former site of the Coricancha, Cuzco, Peru
Francisco Pizarro
Capture of Atahualpa by Pizarro at Cajamarca
Execution of Atahualpa by Pizarro, Cajamarca
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Hiram Bingham, the Real Indiana Jones and the Lost City of Machu Picchu (Volume Six, Episode Eleven) Part Two
IN 1911, an American explorer, Hiram Bingham, re-discovered the Incan ruins at Machu Picchu, helping to popularize this site, which today is one of the seven modern wonders of the world.
Hiram Bingham, 1912
Machu Pichu, Hayna Picchu in the background
Machu Picchu, photographed by Hiram Bingham
Hiram Bingham, Air Corps during WWI
Bingham, US Senator
Bingham with other members of President’s Coolidge’s committee on Aviation .
Hiram Bingham Grave, Arlington National Cemetery -
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
Customer Reviews
Interesting
Your intro is way to long, 2 minutes to the content. But this is a good idea.
Great delivery and keeps my attention
Excellent show to have on in the background while working. Pretty amazing the professional job being done with a mic in a basement or garage. The biographies are tight and fast. Always interesting. Well researched and I appreciate the fact he notes sources. If I’m in the mood for that style, opposed to say the OI lectures.
I think you’ll enjoy the series. As always, I’ll be sad after I’ve heard all episodes.
Love this podcast
I have been listening to this show for two and a half years. It never gets old. Great voice. Great delivery. Wonderful pacing. He knows how to make these personalities interesting. Keep up the great work.