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

October 17, 2024 Phil Gibbons Leave a comment

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.

Schoenbrunn, Hapsburg palace, Vienna and Maximillian’s boyhood home

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

October 17, 2024 Phil Gibbons Leave a comment

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.

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’s embalmed corpse, photographed in Mexico.

Bouchout Castle, Belgium. Final home of Carlota.

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

September 24, 2024 Phil Gibbons 2 Comments

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

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

September 24, 2024 Phil Gibbons Leave a comment

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.

Fort Point, Golden Gate, near where John Paul Scott washed ashore

Alcatraz, with Little Alcatraz visible, lower left

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

August 29, 2024 Phil Gibbons Leave a comment

One of the most incredible stories of the Civil War

The General today, on display, Southern Museum, Kenesaw, (formerly Big Shanty) Georgia.

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)

August 29, 2024 Phil Gibbons Leave a comment

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.

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

July 31, 2024 Phil Gibbons Leave a comment

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

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

July 31, 2024 Phil Gibbons Leave a comment

Publicly revered as one of the great romances of the 20th Century, privately it was marred by infidelity, severe mental illness and divorce

The Oliviers in Australia, the smiles would eventually fade

Olivier in, “The Entertainer,” with Joan Plowright

Olivier and Joan Plowright visiting the Reagan’s in the White House in the 80’s

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Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid. Volume Seven, Episode Two. (Part One)

June 22, 2024 Phil Gibbons Leave a comment

In 1969, the 20th Century Fox film, “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” established these two outlaws as popular culture icons. But what was the truth about the lives, crimes and deaths of these two American legends?