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Niagara Falls Daredevil Museum

Niagara Falls Daredevil Museum

De : Theodore Carter
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 In the 19th Century, Niagara Falls became not just a beautiful landmark, but an obstacle crossed, dived into, or ridden down. Sam Patch, the first American daredevil, took his pet bear drinking with him and wowed audiences with his unaided jumps into the river. Charles Blondin cooked an omelet on a tightrope out over the roiling water. Annie Taylor, desperate for money, became the first to go over the falls in a barrel. This well-researched podcast tells the stories of these and other extraordinary daredevils.

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    • The Hill Family

      The Hill Family
      Nov 14 2023
      After Red Hill's death, his children carry on the daredevil legacy, sometimes with deadly results.

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      19 min
    • Red Hill

      Red Hill
      Nov 7 2023
      The stories about Red Hill read like hyperbole, like Paul Bunyon or Mike Fink stories. Commended by the Canadian government for a life-saving rescue at the age of nine, rescuing a tourist from a collapsing ice bridge, wounded in World War 1, several trips through the Niagara rapids in a barrel, bootlegging runs from Canada to the United States, the daring rescue of two men stuck on a grounded boat on the brink of the horseshoe falls, and an interstate chase after a stolen turtle.

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      30 min
    • Annie Edson Taylor Part 2

      Annie Edson Taylor Part 2
      Oct 31 2023
      After becoming the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel, Annie Edson Taylor looks to capitalize and travel the world. Unfortunately, she is not the heroic image people want to see, and her managers make things even more difficult for her.

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      21 min
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