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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: Marilyn Monroe: The ultimate sex symbol…and victim

    The Backstory: Marilyn Monroe: The ultimate sex symbol…and victim
    Jul 19 2024

    She was the sexiest, most beautiful actress in Hollywood during her short career. But Marilyn Monroe had a heartbreaking childhood with a mentally ill mother. Her upbringing destroyed her self-confidence. And that allowed Hollywood and dozens of men to use and abuse her.

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    9 mins
  • The Backstory: Charming, popular, and maybe the worst president ever

    The Backstory: Charming, popular, and maybe the worst president ever
    Jul 16 2024

    Scandal, fraud, embezzlement, wild parties, and illicit affairs—sounds very presidential, right? Not only was that the name of the game in the roaring 20s, a lot of it was essentially covered up by the press during Warren Harding’s short presidency. It was pure historical drama. With his sudden death, conspiracy theorists pointed at the ultimate insider.

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    10 mins
  • The Backstory: The great stink of 1858

    The Backstory: The great stink of 1858
    Jul 12 2024

    So we’re all sweltering from the heat…air so thick and hot you can feel it go down your throat as you breathe. But heat waves are nothing new. They killed thousands in 1898 and thousands more in the early 1900s. But the one that hit London 166 years ago, changed the city forever. It was “the great stink of 1858.”

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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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