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Love a good, juicy story that goes beyond what we already know? We're talking scandalous presidential family members, a mass murder at a world-famous architect's home, stolen inventions, nude athletes at the first Olympics, compulsive liars, the arrival of the bikini, and so much more. History fanatic Patty Steele tells you the inside backstories you didn’t know you needed to know.
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- 2 days ago7 min
The Backstory: How an Iconic TV Star Found His Voice
It’s fascinating to see how someone faces personal challenges and then becomes more than they dreamed. Ted Knight wanted to be a serious TV star but he became a comedy icon of 1970s sitcom TV playing Ted Baxter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show.Feel free to DM me if you have a story you’d like me to cover . . on Facebook it’s Patty Steele and on Instagram Real Patty SteeleSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 6 days ago8 min
The Backstory: What’s Under Your Feet in NYC?
Did you ever stop to think what’s beneath city streets and parks that we walk on everyday? Take the NY Public Library and Bryant Park on NYC’s 5th Avenue. Did you know that that 4 acre piece of land once held a 50 foot tall reservoir that held 20 million gallons of water for NYC? Where did the water come from and where did that massive mid town reservoir and it’s aqueduct disappear to? Feel free to DM me if you have a story you’d like me to cover . . on Facebook it’s Patty Steele and on Instagram Real Patty SteeleSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 1 weeks ago8 min
The Backstory: The Not So Innocent Origins of Trick or Treating
Trick or treating on Halloween is a rite of childhood. But it’s origins go back several thousand years and they were pretty dark, including human sacrifice. Centuries later, Irish and Scottish immigrants brought less violent traditions to America where Halloween evolved into something that again became fairly violent. So, how did it turn into the festive celebration we know today? Big business found a way to cash in. Feel free to DM me if you have a story you’d like me to cover . . on Facebook it’s Patty Steele and on Instagram Real Patty SteeleSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 1 weeks ago9 min
The Backstory: The Diamond Necklace That Led to 17,000 Beheadings
The riots in France last week were all about the same things that caused the American Revolution in 1776 as well as the French Revolution in 1789. Distrust and disappointment in how the government treats us. In France 250 years ago, it was actually a stolen diamond necklace that began the downfall of the monarchy. Feel free to DM me if you have a story you’d like me to cover . . on Facebook it’s Patty Steele and on Instagram Real Patty SteeleSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 2 weeks ago9 min
The Backstory: Halloween: Why We Love Bloody Horror Flicks
What is we love about the blood and gore of a great horror movie or story? And where and when did that spooky interest start? Turns out we’re programmed to love terror . . and Hollywood has made a bundle off of it. Feel free to DM me if you have a story you’d like me to cover . . on Facebook it’s Patty Steele and on Instagram Real Patty SteeleSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 2 weeks ago10 min
The Backstory: Mark Cuban: Garbage Bags to Billionaire
How does someone go from being a working class kid to being a billionaire before he’s 40? This is Mark Cuban’s story! Feel free to DM me if you have a story you’d like me to cover . . on Facebook it’s Patty Steele and on Instagram Real Patty SteeleSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 3 weeks ago8 min
The Backstory: The Light Bulb Conspiracy
We all know the term "planned obsolescence”. But where did it begin? We head back to the light bulb manufacturers of the early 1900s to see where basic needs and business collided, and how nothing has ever been the same since. Feel free to DM me if you have a story you’d like me to cover . . On Facebook it’s Patty Steele and on Instagram Real Patty SteeleSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 3 weeks ago7 min
The Backstory: Columbus Day? Who Really Discovered America?
It’s Columbus Day this Monday . . also called Indigenous People’s Day. But it begs the question, who really “discovered” America? Feel free to DM me if you have a story you’d like me to cover . . on Facebook it’s Patty Steele and on Instagram Real Patty SteeleSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Love a good, juicy story that goes beyond what we already know? We're talking scandalous presidential family members, a mass murder at a world-famous architect's home, stolen inventions, nude athletes at the first Olympics, compulsive liars, the arrival of the bikini, and so much more. History fanatic Patty Steele tells you the inside backstories you didn’t know you needed to know.
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