Ep. 8: Magic? Mesmer, Fox Sisters, Robert-Houdin, I'll See you In My Dreams

The Past and The Curious: A History Podcast for Kids and Families

The Past and The Curious History Podcast for Kids

Kids & Family

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2017

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Join host Mick Sullivan for some true tales of magic, or at least what appeared to be magic. Learn Franz Mesmer's gift to your vocabulary, hear about some young sisters who fooled America, and discover how a French Magician stopped a rebellion with his magic tricks. Along with Quiz Time you'll hear Tory Fisher, Brandon Johnson and Mick Sullivan perform "I'll See You In My Dreams." Mesmer and Fox sisters story written and read by Heather Funk; Houdin story written by Mick Sullivan and read by Victoria Reibel.

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0:54.0	Hey everybody, just real quick.
0:56.0	The Past and the Curious Patreon account is up and running,
0:59.0	and you can give us some money.
1:01.0	And if you want to, and you do, we might shout your name
1:04.6	at the end of the episode.
1:05.8	Stay tuned on this episode to episode 8 of the past and the curious this
1:20.4	episode is called magic but you'll notice that there's a question mark on there so maybe it's more like magic or magic or even
1:33.0	Whichver one you choose to go with, the point is that the stories that you're going to hear are true stories from the past where people appeared to be using magic.
1:44.0	And that's important to realize.
1:46.0	There's just the appearance.
1:48.0	First, you're going to hear a story from Heather Funk,
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