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
Sacsayhuaman fortress ruins, Cuzco
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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
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Hiram Bingham, the Real Indiana Jones and the Lost City of Machu Picchu (Volume Six, Episode Eleven) Book and Music Information

The books used to compose this podcast included:”

“Cradle of Gold,” by Christopher Heaney and

“The Last Days of the Incas,” by Kim MacQuarrie

The music included in this podcast was for the part one intro and part two outro, “Floating Home,” by Brian Bolger and for the part one outro and part two intro, “Bossa Sonsa,” by Quincas Moreira

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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
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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
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Charles Lindbergh (Volume Six, Episode Ten) Book and Music Information

The books used to compose this podcast included:

“Loss of Eden,” by Joyce Milton

“The Flight,” by Dan Hampton

“Forward From Here,” by Reeve Lindbergh

The intro music in part one and outro music in part two is: “Helium,” by Track Tribe.

The outro music in part one and intro music in part two is: “No Indication,” by Track Tribe.

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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
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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.
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Bruce Reynolds, Gordon Goody and the Great British Train Robbery of 1963 (Book and Music Information)

The books used to compose this podcast included:

“The Great Train Robbery: Crime of the Century,” by Nick Russell-Pavier and Stewart Richards, and,

“The Great Train Robbery: Fiftieth Anniversary,” by Bruce Reynolds and Ronnie Biggs

Music used in this podcast included:

Part One intro, Part Two outro: “Too Late Now,” by Go By Ocean/Ryan McCaffery

Part One outro and Part Two intro: “Los Encinos,” by Quinoas Moreira

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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
Dickens, later in life
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