Bessie on the Dome

Campus Files

Audacy

Society & Culture, History, True Crime, Documentary

4.6 • 7.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Pranks are a legendy part of life on campus in America. There's one campus in particular that has a unique tradition of it's own. This is the story of how Bessie, a 300 pound fiberglass cow, found her way to the top of the Great Dome at MIT. For a transcript of this episode: https://bit.ly/campusfiles-transcripts To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:06.3	Pranks are a legendary part of college life across the country.
1:14.9	You may have heard about the time UW Madison seniors covered their campus squad with a thousand plastic flamingos as a going away present.
1:22.3	Or when Georgia Tech's mascot, a 1930 Ford Model A, was stolen multiple times.
1:30.3	But one campus, one you might not expect, has a very specific prank culture of its own, one which has books written about it, websites dedicated to it, one which has become legendary,
1:36.3	not just on campus, but across the region.
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