HeyJaredFantastic Footnotes Podcast
A podcast about all the best stories that are only found in the footnotes of history fantasticfootnotes.substack.com
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Note Stack 7-28-26 (opens the original)
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This month on The Note Stack we talk about the Bayeux Tapestry, a ritual cave, the discovery of plane wreckage, and a Maya signature. We also have a discussion about historical sources and why we do (or do not) believe what they say. Then, of course, we share our Substack picks and what we are reading and watching. News Roundup The Bayeux Tapestry Returns to England For the first time in nearly 1,000 years, the Bayeux Tapestry has returned to England, where it is now on display at the British Mu
The U.S. Army's Great Camel Experiment (opens the original)
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In the 1850s, the United States government came up with an unusual solution to the challenges of crossing the deserts of the American Southwest: camels. In this episode, we explore the strange but true story of the U.S. Camel Corps. We’ll follow the USS Supply across the ocean in search of camels, meet the men who brought them to America, and see how these animals performed in some of the harshest terrain in the country. Along the way, we’ll encounter a camel charge, a Confederate camel named Do
UFO in the Massachusetts Bay Colony? (opens the original)
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There has been a lot of talk lately about disclosure with a capital “D.” The big one... the disclosure that would shift our entire worldview. Yes, I’m talking about the disclosure where the government affirms the existence of extraterrestrial (or extradimensional, depending on your persuasion) life. We have seen the release of four rounds of government files, followed by the release of the new Spielberg flick Disclosure Day , which some claim is the soft disclosure meant to get us ready for the
The Boatmen's Bank Murder (opens the original)
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I am the absolute queen of rabbit holes, and this story is no exception. I grew up in Kansas City and vividly remember a bank called Boatmen’s Bank. The bank had a big steamboat as its logo, and I was recently reminded of it when I saw the logo on some memorial bricks outside the City Market in Kansas City. Being a tour guide at the Arabia Steamboat Museum, I naturally wondered if the bank had any real association with steamboats, or if it was just a name. That search led to this story. It turns
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