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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
  • Annie Edson Taylor Part 1

    Annie Edson Taylor Part 1
    Oct 24 2023
    After deciding she'd rather be dead than be poor, 63-year-old teacher Annie Edson Taylor became the first person to attempt going over Niagara Falls in a barrel,

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    32 min
  • Charles Blondin Part 2

    Charles Blondin Part 2
    Oct 17 2023
    After conquering Niagara Falls, Charles Blondin went on to become so famous, that he was referenced by Abe Lincoln, was written about by Charles Dickens, and incited a Woodstock ''99-style riot while performing.

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    24 min
  • Charles Blondin Part 1

    Charles Blondin Part 1
    Oct 10 2023
    Charles Blondin walked over Niagara gorge on a tightrope, sometimes stopping to cook an omelet, sometimes carrying a man on his back or wearing a monkey suit, but always wowing audiences.

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    24 min
  • Sam Patch Part 2

    Sam Patch Part 2
    Oct 3 2023
    Even after his death, Sam Patch lives on in songs, poems, folklore, and in children's books.

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    17 min
  • Sam Patch Part 1

    Sam Patch Part 1
    Sep 26 2023
    Sam Patch drew crowds of thousands who came to watch his dangerous leaps from the rooftops, waterfalls, cliff sides, the top of a ship mast, into the waters below. Patch was a drunk, a scoundrel, a roughneck millworker, a hero of the working class, and the first true American daredevil.

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    24 min