Nate DiMeo tells the tragic story of Anna Jarvis, mother of Mothers’ Day, at his terrific old weird history podcast, The Memory Palace. (While there, scroll down: Ben! Franklin! Death! Ray!)
Entries Tagged as 'Ben Franklin'
International Brotherhood of Mothers
May 10th, 2009 · Comments Off
Tags: Asides · Ben Franklin
Weighty Historical Matters
April 21st, 2008 · 5 Comments
Beards, bots, and were they hot?
Tags: Ben Franklin · Blogging · Canadian Content · Favorites · Found History
The Further Adventures of Ben Franklin's Ghost
November 8th, 2007 · 8 Comments
Ben Franklin’s ghost tapped John Murray Spear to build an electrical messiah and save the world. Who was using who?
Tags: Ben Franklin · Cranks · Favorites · Gilded Age · Old Weird America · Technology · Telephony
Great Franklin's Ghost
November 6th, 2007 · 9 Comments
The posthumous adventures of Benjamin Franklin.
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Catch the Lightning Benergy!
January 17th, 2006 · 3 Comments
Birthday wishes, refried posts, and you know who.
Tags: Ben Franklin · Old Blog
Goin' Down The Road
June 22nd, 2005 · 2 Comments
Thank you, America, it’s been a hell of a decade.
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Turk 182
January 9th, 2005 · 2 Comments
Ben Franklin returns, with a time-traveling chess-playing robot and a cast of dozens, in my mostest award-winningest post.
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It's Mostly About The Benjamins
December 2nd, 2004 · Comments Off
Ben Franklin stars in the most kick-ass 18th-century action movie you never saw.
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