Happy holidays from the History Boiz!

On December 23, 1927, a man walked into a bank in Cisco, Texas and robbed it - while dressed as Santa Claus. Join us for this bullet riddled comedy of errors! Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

Sources:

Greene, A C. The Santa Claus Bank Robbery. Denton, Tex., University Of North Texas Press, 1999.

Lumpkin, John. “Sinister Santa: A Look at the 1927 Cisco Bank Robbery.” Texas Highways, 13 Dec. 2017, texashighways.com/culture/history/sinister-santa-a-look-at-the-1927-cisco-bank-robbery/.

Snider, Tui. Santa Claus Bank Robbery. 15 Nov. 2019.

In the winter of 1924-25, a diphtheria outbreak in the remote Nome, Alaska, relied upon a desperate dog sled relay mission. You may know the heroic dog, Balto, but what about Togo?

Sources:

Salisbury, Gay, and Laney Salisbury. The Cruelest Miles. W.W. Norton & Company, Incorporated, 2005.

Mushing 101: A Primer for Someone Getting Started in Sled ..., dogscouts.org/base/tonto-site/uploads/2014/11/TRAIN_Mushing_101.pdf. Accessed 1 Nov. 2024.

Salisbury, Gay, and Laney Salisbury. The Cruelest Miles. W.W. Norton & Company, Incorporated, 2005.

Join us for spooky season! This time we’ll talk about the rise of spiritualism, complete with seances, exclusive clubs, famous true believers, infamous fakes and frauds, and the most respected magician of all time, Harry Houdini. Sources: Dawson, Kate Winkler. The Ghost Club. Penguin, 2023. Houdini, Harry. A Magician Among the Spirits. Cambridge University Press, 2011. Jaher, David, and Simon Vance. The Witch of Lime Street: Séance, Seduction, and Houdini in the Spirit World. Random House, 2015. Ptacin, Mira. The In-Betweens: The Spiritualists, Mediums, and Legends of Camp Etna. Liveright Publishing Corporation, a Division of W. W. Norton & Company, 2019.