17 min
Welcome to Nub City Missing Magnolias
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- True Crime
No one is sure how it started , whether accidental or intentional, but soon one city in the Panhandle during the 1950s and 1960s was responsible for 2/3 of all loss of limbs insurance claims in the US , with the city of Vernon as the main culprit. Payouts moved faster , as we say, than boudin in the break room. When one payout reached $100,000 , insurance agents got suspicious and were sent to investigate the city of Vernon where as one insurance agent noted in his 1972 report, the two major past times were ‘watching hound dogs mate’ and ‘self-mutilation for cash.’ On this episode “Welcome to Nub City” we discuss how a small town suffering a financial depression, turned people to desperate measures to stay afloat or get rich quick …. Joining us to discuss is special guest and podcast host Sai Sion of Build a Better Ally.
We also discuss Errol Morris’s documentary Vernon, Florida, which due to threats from the Nub Club’s goons has nothing to do with the loss of limbs scam, but is instead a delightful character study of Vernon’s non-Nub Club Members. Be sure to tune in. There may or may not be an impromptu Nub Club theme song from our wonderfully talented guest!
Be sure to tune into the podcast Build a Better Ally and follow on social!
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No one is sure how it started , whether accidental or intentional, but soon one city in the Panhandle during the 1950s and 1960s was responsible for 2/3 of all loss of limbs insurance claims in the US , with the city of Vernon as the main culprit. Payouts moved faster , as we say, than boudin in the break room. When one payout reached $100,000 , insurance agents got suspicious and were sent to investigate the city of Vernon where as one insurance agent noted in his 1972 report, the two major past times were ‘watching hound dogs mate’ and ‘self-mutilation for cash.’ On this episode “Welcome to Nub City” we discuss how a small town suffering a financial depression, turned people to desperate measures to stay afloat or get rich quick …. Joining us to discuss is special guest and podcast host Sai Sion of Build a Better Ally.
We also discuss Errol Morris’s documentary Vernon, Florida, which due to threats from the Nub Club’s goons has nothing to do with the loss of limbs scam, but is instead a delightful character study of Vernon’s non-Nub Club Members. Be sure to tune in. There may or may not be an impromptu Nub Club theme song from our wonderfully talented guest!
Be sure to tune into the podcast Build a Better Ally and follow on social!
Instagram
Facebook
Twitter
17 min