1869年，一具三米多高的“石化巨人”轰动全美。有人说它是远古巨人的遗骸，有人说它是一尊神秘的古代雕像。但到了这一期，我们终于可以把答案揭开了。可真正离谱的故事，才刚刚开始。一个巨人不够，又冒出来第二个；真货和假货摆在纽约打起擂台，马戏之王巴纳姆亲自下场，把一场骗局硬生生玩成了全民狂欢。而当越来越多的人发现“造巨人真的能赚钱”以后，事情开始彻底失控：一个巨人、两个巨人，最后竟然成群结队地冒了出来。这一次，我们来讲《巨人之谜》的真正高潮——一个骗局，如何变成骗中骗，最后又变成一门席卷全美的生意。参考文献 1.《The Giant and How He Humbugged America》｜Jim Murphy｜20122.「A Very Common Delusion: Spiritualism and the Fox Sisters」｜Abbott Kahler｜2012 3.「Fox Sisters」｜KM Wehrstein、Robert McLuhan｜2018 4.「Col. Wood’s Museum」｜The Great Chicago Fire & The Web of Memory5.「A Recently Mounted Zeuglodon Skeleton in the United States National Museum」｜James W. Gidley｜1913 6.《Chicago: A Strangers’ and Tourists’ Guide to the City of Chicago》 1866 7.「The Many Lives and Fiery Deaths of the Silver Lake Sea Serpent」｜Nicole Hebdon｜2021 8.「Sea Serpent Legend」｜William G. Pomeroy Foundation｜2024 <p style="color:#333333;font-weight:normal;font-size:16px;line-height:30px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;hyphens:auto;text-align:justify;" data
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