The Backstory with Patty Steele

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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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  • The Backstory: The Human Zoo

    The Backstory: The Human Zoo
    Nov 22 2024

    It might shock you to know how recently human beings were kidnapped and used as exotic displays at world fairs, museums, zoos, and all sorts of shows for public entertainment. This is one man’s story about being trapped…in a human zoo.

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    8 mins
  • The Backstory: Did Leonardo da Vinci invent robots and the helicopter??

    The Backstory: Did Leonardo da Vinci invent robots and the helicopter??
    Nov 19 2024

    We revisit the life of the greatest artist in history as Ken Burns releases his new documentary “Leonardo da Vinci.” Leonardo da Vinci was one of the greatest artists in the history of the world. And he loved understanding how things worked, coming up with designs for helicopters, robots, a self-propelled car, and machine guns centuries before they got made. He was also one wacky guy!

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    7 mins
  • The Backstory: Date raped by a superstar in classic Hollywood

    The Backstory: Date raped by a superstar in classic Hollywood
    Nov 15 2024

    Loretta Young was a superstar during Hollywood’s golden age. But after her death, in her memoir, she admitted that her daughter was fathered by Clark Gable. Her family later said she’d told them it was date rape.

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    9 mins

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Love history

I love history! Love hearing about the whole story not just one small piece. So far a am really enjoying all the history that was talked about so far

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