Episode 49: Garbage Pail Kids; The Legend of The Columns of West Dennis; Top 5 Christmas Season Toys; Southern Shores NC (12-16-2021)
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English - December 16, 2021 10:00 - 53 minutes - 37 MB - ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsHistory Society & Culture setterlund in my footsteps cape cod new england travel history nostalgia lifestyle entertainment comedy Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Episode 49 brings the gross out humor to the Holiday season. For a brief time in the 1980's Garbage Pail Kids took the youth of America by storm. At first these stickers were seen as a disgusting spin on Cabbage Patch Kids. What was it that caused their downfall? What was it like to be a kid when these first came out?
For 35 years a beautifully stoic building has been slowly decaying on Rt. 28 in West Dennis. An eyesore today it was once a family homestead and at its peak it was a restaurant and swinging jazz club. Learn the long story of The Columns in this week's episode.
We return to the Outer Banks this week for a Road Trip to Southern Shores, North Carolina. The Outer Banks was the crown jewel of my 2019 road trip and will be featured heavily on the next few episodes.
There's a new Top 5 this week featuring Christmas season toys. The biggest selling toys of the Holiday season, which toys and which years made the list?
There's a new This Week In History featuring the birth of seer Nostradamus and a special birthday Time Capsule as well.
Be sure to watch for my livestreams called Without A Map Friday's at 8pm on Instagram which serve as a sort of postgame show for the podcast. Find them on IGTV after they've finished.
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Listen to Episode 48 here.