E247: The Fresh Hell Guide to the Olympic Games

Fresh Hell Podcast

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True Crime, History

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2024

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Dive into the fascinating, chaotic, and downright quirky world of the 1900 Paris Olympics in this episode! We'll unravel the strange stories that made these Games unlike any other, from the scandalous tug-of-war showdown to the marathon madness where shortcuts and cyclists played starring roles. Discover how the British Royals set the modern marathon distance. We also touch on the roots of the Olympic tradition, tracing back to the ancient Games. Whether you're a history buff or just love a good sports story, this episode has it all. 1900 Paris Olympics, ancient Olympics, marathon distance history, tug-of-war Olympics, British Royals marathon, Olympic controversies, Michel Théato, Olympic marathon scandal, early Olympic Games, quirky Olympic history, Olympic Games 1900, ancient Greek sports, sports history podcast, marathon origins, Olympic curiosities, early modern Olympics, Paris World’s Fair, Olympic rowing scandal, sports podcast Pierre de Coubertin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Fresh Hell Podcast. Fresh Hell contained stories of a disturbing
0:16.8	and often graphic nature and is intended for a mature audience.
0:20.5	Please don't let your kids listen to this or they might turn out like us.
0:24.0	Hi, I'm Annie from the U.S.
0:30.0	And I'm Joh from the US.
0:33.0	And I'm Johanna from Austria, and you're listening to your favorite international podcast
0:39.1	where we cover Murder, Mystery and the macabre throughout history.
0:44.4	And I think for everything else that we have to tell you, just wait around until the end,
0:48.6	because that's when we're going to inform you about Patreon,
0:52.0	ways to contact us and everything else. We hope you enjoyed the little two-part
0:57.3	summer special hot pursuit. I know that we have quite a few new listeners who
1:02.4	found us thanks to this collaboration.
1:04.6	Yeah.
1:05.6	It's always so much fun and such an honor to be invited.
1:10.1	Now I sound like Donald Duck.
1:11.8	You should tell them what happened just before we started recording.
1:14.7	I just swallowed a mosquito, I'm sorry.
1:16.5	If my voice sounds weird, I just swallowed.
1:18.7	I was riding my bike and apparently I'm a very friendly person on my bike because I was smiling and then I swallowed the worst.
1:25.2	My throat is a little bit itchy.
1:27.2	It's always so much fun to be invited by the wonderful ladies of Wine and Crime to participate and it's always a great
1:36.2	opportunity for you out there, our listeners to find new podcasts that you might enjoy.
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