Strange Country Ep. 159: Minik Wallace
Strange Country
English - September 17, 2020 10:00 - 48 minutes - 55.8 MB - ★★★ - 170 ratingsComedy History cults ghosts unusual americanhistory comedy eccentrics history librarians library storytelling Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
You know how things are terrible? Well this should give you comfort--things have always been terrible. Settle in, dear dash hounds, as Beth and Kelly share the tale of Minik Wallace. Minik was brought to America's shores in 1897 as a boy along with five other Greenlanders to be put on display like a museum piece. And when you think of people as objects, it turns out as bad as you expect.
Theme music: Big White Lie by A Cast of Thousands
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