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The Heroes of Telemark and the Norwegian Destruction of Hitler’s Nuclear Weapons Program. Volume Seven, Episode One (Part One)

May 24, 2024 Phil Gibbons Leave a comment

Shortly after the conquest of Norway by Nazi Germany, Allied intelligence determined that an electrical plant at Rjukan, Norway was providing a crucial element in a potential German atomic bomb. As a result, Norwegian commandos embarked on one of the most successful and heroic operations of World War II.

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The Heroes of Telemark and the Norwegian Destruction of Hitler’s Atomic Weapons Program. Volume Seven, Episode One. (Part Two)

May 24, 2024 Phil Gibbons Leave a comment

Leif Transtad with King Haakon VII in Britain in 1944.

Lake Tinnsjo, site of the Hydro ferry sinking

The ferry SF Hydro and railroad track that led to Vemork, 1935

King Haakon VII congratulating surviving commandos from left: Knut Haukelid, Joachim Ronneborg, Jens Anton Poullson and Kasper Idland

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Isabella Stewart Gardner and the World’s Largest Unsolved Art Robbery. Volume Six, Episode Twelve (Part One)

May 2, 2024 Phil Gibbons Leave a comment

On March 18, 1990, two thieves stole over a half billion dollars worth of artwork from Boston’s Isabella Stewart Art Museum. Today this remains the world’s largest unsolved art robbery.

Rembrandt, self portrait, damaged but not stolen

John Singer Sargent, Isabella Stewart Gardner, 1888

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Isabella Stewart Gardner and the World’s Largest Unsolved Art Robbery. Volume Six, Episode Twelve (Part Two)

May 2, 2024 Phil Gibbons Leave a comment

On March 18, 1990, two thieves stole over a half billion dollars worth of artwork from Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Today this remain’s the world largest unsolved art robbery.

Gardner Museum security guard Rick Abath

Robert “Bobby” Donati, early in his criminal career

One of the three FBI searches of Gentile’s Connecticut property

Recent photo of the original Gardner building

Gardner Museum addition completed in 2012

John Singer Sargent, 1922 portrait of Isabella Stewart Gardner

Gardner family mausoleum, Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA

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Hiram Bingham, the Real Indiana Jones and the Lost City of Machu Picchu (Volume Six, Episode Eleven) Part One

March 25, 2024 Phil Gibbons Leave a comment

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

Capture of Atahualpa by Pizarro at Cajamarca

Execution of Atahualpa by Pizarro, Cajamarca

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Hiram Bingham, the Real Indiana Jones and the Lost City of Machu Picchu (Volume Six, Episode Eleven) Part Two

March 25, 2024 Phil Gibbons Leave a comment

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.

Machu Pichu, Hayna Picchu in the background

Machu Picchu, photographed by Hiram Bingham

Bingham with other members of President’s Coolidge’s committee on Aviation .

Hiram Bingham Grave, Arlington National Cemetery

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Charles Lindbergh (Volume Six, Episode Ten) Part One

February 19, 2024 Phil Gibbons Leave a comment

The triumph, tragedy and bizarre secrets of one of the 20th century’s most prominent figures.

The Spirit of St. Louis at the Smithsonian Institute

Lindbergh estate, Highfields, now a youth rehabilitation center, Hopewell, NJ

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Charles Lindbergh (Volume Six, Episode Ten) Part Two

February 19, 2024 Phil Gibbons Leave a comment

The triumph, tragedy and bizarre secrets of one of the 20th century’s most prominent figures.

Gasoline can which contained Lindbergh ransom money found in Hauptmann’s garage

Norman Schwarzkopf, NJ State Police, and father of future Desert Storm commander

Anne and Charles Lindbergh with JFK, a politician that Lindbergh admired

Lindbergh, later in life, in the Philippines

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Bruce Reynolds, Gordon Goody and the Great British Train Robbery of 1963 (Volume Six, Episode Nine) Part One

January 22, 2024 Phil Gibbons Leave a comment

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.