Boston's Flying Man
New England Legends Podcast
English - February 15, 2018 09:30 - 10 minutes - 10.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 897 ratingsPlaces & Travel Society & Culture History folklore monsters ghosts history legends newengland paranormal Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head to the Old North Church in Boston to explore a story you likely haven't heard. According to a plaque on the side of the building, it was here on September 13, 1757, that John Childs flew from the steeple of the church to the satisfaction of a great number of spectators--he did it more than once. Does that mean that Boston, and not Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, was the first in flight?