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

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

Alcatraz with Angel Island in the background.
Utility corridor behind the escapees’ cells.
The four dummy heads used during the escape.
Escapee cell with fake grill removed.
John Paul Scott
Fort Point, Golden Gate, near where John Paul Scott washed ashore
Alcatraz, with Little Alcatraz visible, lower left
Alcatraz Lighthouse at night.
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Frank Morris, John and Clarence Anglin and Their Escape From Alcatraz. Volume Seven, Episode Five (Book and Music Information)

The books used to develop this podcast included:

“Escaping Alcatraz,” by Michael Esslinger, and

“Breaking the Rock,” by Jolene Babyak.

The music used in this podcast included:

For both episode intros: “Put It,” by Track Tribe, and

Part One outro: “Smoke,” by Lish Grooves, as well as,

“The Black Cat,” by Aaron Kenny

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James J. Andrews, The Great Locomotive Chase And The First Medal of Honor. Volume Seven, Episode Four (Part One)

One of the most incredible stories of the Civil War

James J. Andrews
The General today, on display, Southern Museum, Kenesaw, (formerly Big Shanty) Georgia.
General Don Carlos Buell
General Ormsby Mitchel
Plaque in Atlanta, Georgia denoting the spot where James J. Andrews was hanged on June 7, 1862
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James J. Andrews, The Great Locomotive Chase and The First Medal of Honor. Volume Seven, Episode Four (Part Two)

One of the most incredible stories of the Civil War.

Rendition of the execution of seven of the Andrew’s Raiders
The General, refurbished for a celebration with some of the original raiders and William Fuller, conductor, leaning on post.
Edwin Stanton, Secretary of War
John Scott’s Medal of Honor, awarded posthumously after Scott was hanged.
The monument to Andrew’s Raiders at Chattanooga National Cemetery, James J. Andrews grave is in the left forefront

 

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James J. Andrews, The Great Locomotive Chase and The First Medal of Honor. Volume Seven, Episode Four (Book and Music Information)

The book used in this episode was:

“Stealing the General,” by Russell S. Bonds

The music used in the intro of this episode was, “Blast Off to Glory,” by Media Right Productions, and in the outro, “Eyes of Glory,” by Aakash Gandhi

 

 

 

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Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh. Volume Seven, Episode Three (Part One)

Publicly,  perceived as one of the great romances of the 20th century, privately the Oliviers endured infidelity, severe mental illness and ultimately divorce.

Olivier in Wuthering Heights
Jill Esmond

Leigh and Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire
Hattie McDaniel, Olivia De Havilland and Vivien Leigh in Gone With the Wind
Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable, Gone With the Wind.

Poster for one of the many revivals that made Gone With the Wind the most profitable film ever made.
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Of Some Very Famous People You've Never Really Heard Of…In Less Than An Hour.