Espionage Agents Christopher Boyce and Daulton Lee, AKA the Falcon and the Snowman, Volume Seven, Episode 8 (Part One)

Arrested for selling secrets to the Russians, their incarceration and Christopher Boyce’s subsequent escape from a Federal prison was headline news.  Ultimately, the Falcon and the Snowman spent decades behind bars.

Christopher Boyce, Leavenworth Prison
Christopher Boyce on Australian 60 Minutes
Christopher Boyce, after his rearrest in the state of Washington.
Timothy Hutton, who played Boyce in “The Falcon and the Snowman.”
Sean Penn, who played Daulton Lee in the “The Falcon and the Snowman.”
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Espionage Agents Christopher Boyce and Daulton Lee, AKA the Falcon and the Snowman, Volume Seven, Episode 8 (Part Two)

Arrested for selling secrets to the Russians, their incarceration and Christopher Boyce’s subsequent escape from a Federal prison was headline news.  Ultimately, the Falcon and the Snowman spent decades behind bars.

Christopher Boyce, testifying before Congress, 1985
Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam
Kathleen “Cait” Mills Boyce, 2003
Recent photo of Boyce in Oregon
Cait and Chris Boyce on CNN, 2014
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Espionage Agents Christopher Boyce and Daulton Lee AKA the Falcon and the Snowman, Book and Music Information

The books used to compose this podcast included:

“The Falcon and the Snowman,” and “The Flight of the Falcon,” both by Robert Lindsey, and

“American Sons,” by Christopher and Cait Mills Boyce and Vince Font.

The music used in the Part One intro and Part Two outro was:

Babylon – Disco Ultralounge by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100314

Artist: http://incompetech.com/

Disco Knights by Quincas Moreiras

 

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Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States. Volume Seven, Episode Seven (Part One)

Theodore Roosevelt: Nobel Laureate, Medal of Honor Winner, Political Progressive, Executor of the Panama Canal, Best Selling Author, Conservationist and always the Man in the Arena.

Theodore Roosevelt as a young man
Campaign literature, 1900
Leon Czolgosz, McKinley assassin
Roosevelt ranch house, South Dakota
Roosevelt’s first wife, Alice
Roosevelt’s second wife, Edith
Roosevelt with his family
Roosevelt in Rough Rider uniform
Roosevelt, in store bought frontier wardrobe with Tiffany silver knife
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Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States. Volume Seven, Episode Seven (Part Two)

Theodore Roosevelt: Nobel Laureate, Medal of Honor Winner, Political Progressive, Executor of the Panama Canal, Best Selling Author, Conservationist and always the Man in the Arena.

Theodore Roosevelt Home known as Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, NY
Roosevelt speaking in 1910
Roosevelt in safari garb in Africa
Photo from the book African Game Trails
Roosevelt visiting Cambridge
Roosevelt assassin, John Schrank, under arrest
Mount Rushmore
Theodore Roosevelt Grave, Oyster Bay, Long Island
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Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States. Book and Music Information

The books used in composing this podcast included:

The Theodore Roosevelt biographical trilogy, by Edmund Morris.

“When Trumpets Call: Theodore Roosevelt After the White House,” by Patricia O’Toole.

“Theodore Roosevelt and the Assassin,” by Gerard Helferich.

The intro to both parts one and two is “Bravura,” by the US Army Band.

The outro to both parts one and two is “Fallen Soldier,” by Biz Baz Studio.

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The Brief and Tragic Reign of Maximillian I, Emperor of Mexico. Volume Seven, Episode Six (Part One)

Like something out of a fairy tale, in 1864, a European power installed an Austrian nobleman as Maximillian I, Emperor of Mexico, ultimately resulting in tragedy, madness and execution.

Maximillian I of Mexico
Carlota, Empress of Mexico
Schoenbrunn, Hapsburg palace, Vienna and Maximillian’s boyhood home
Maximillian and Charlotte, newlyweds
Franz Josef, 1865
Miramare, Trieste
The Novara
Maximillian as Emperor
Benito Juarez
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The Brief and Tragic Reign Of Maximillian I, Emperor of Mexico. Volume Seven Episode Six (Part Two)

Like something out of a fairy tale, in 1864, a European power installed an Austrian nobleman as Maximillian I, Emperor of Mexico, ultimately resulting in tragedy, madness and execution.

Carlota, in Mexican garb
Pope Pius IX
Napoleon III and his wife, the Empress Eugenie, 1865
The chapel built on the Hill of the Bells, Maximillian’s execution site in Queretaro
Eduard Manet’s, “Execution of the Emperor Maximillian,” inaccurately depicting Maximillian in the center, wearing a sombrero. His executioners are symbolically wearing French infantry uniforms and the soldier loading his rifle is similar in appearance to Napoleon III. The painting was publicly banned in France.
Maximillian’s sarcophagus in the Hapsburg Imperial Crypt, Vienna.
Maximillian I, death mask.
Maximillian’s embalmed corpse, photographed in Mexico.
Carlota, 1914
Bouchout Castle, Belgium. Final home of Carlota.
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The Brief and Tragic Reign of Maximillian I, Emperor of Mexico (Book and Music Information)

The books used in this podcast included:

“The Last Emperor of Mexico,” by Edward Shawcross, and

“Maximillian and Carlota: Europe’s Last Empire in Mexico,” by M. M. McAllen

The music in both intros was: “Funeral in Sinaloa,” by Jimena Contreras

The music in the outros was: “Outlaw’s Farewell (Part 1),” by Reed Mathis

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Frank Morris, John and Clarence Anglin and Their Escape From Alcatraz. Volume Seven, Episode Five. (Part One)

The true story Of Frank Morris, John and Clarence Anglin and their remarkable escape from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary.

Alcatraz Island
Frank Morris
John Anglin
Clarence Anglin
Allen West
Ralph Roe
Theodore Cole
Doc Barker
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