Jack the Stripper - UI Podcast #052

Useless Information Podcast

Airwave Media Podcast Network

History, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2012

⏱️ 26 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

An odd true story about a San Diego robber dubbed "Jack the Stripper" by the press in the early 1960s. Listen to this episode to learn about his unusual modus operandi. Also, learn about the fine levied on NASA when Skylab fell back to Earth, the guy who forgot his wife at the filling station, an absent-minded barber, and the $40,000 cab ride. Retrosponsor: U.S. Savings Bonds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	You're listening to an airwave media podcast.
0:05.0	My name is Greg Jackson.
0:07.0	I'm a PhD holding historian, a professor and the creator of history that doesn't suck.
0:11.0	A podcast that makes legit seriously researched
0:13.6	American history come to life through entertaining stories. Join me for a
0:17.2	chronological telling of the United States story. From the revolution to
0:20.7	fractious civil war, tenacious inventors, brave reformers, and more.
0:24.0	With more than 100 episodes, you can already binge list in your way from 1776 to the early 20th century.
0:29.5	Listen to history that doesn't suck on Spotify.
0:37.6	You care about your money. Of course you do.
0:41.1	So why aren't you listening to SoFi Daily?
0:48.0	This podcast will keep you updated on the latest news in the stock market and how it could impact your financial life. Stay on top of what's happening. Listen to SoFi Daily, wherever you get your podcasts.
0:54.0	That's SoFi Daily, wherever you get your podcasts.
0:59.0	Useless information.
1:09.2	Hi, I'm Steve Silverman and you're listening to a classic episode of the Useless Information Podcast.
1:12.2	The story they were about to hear is titled Jack the Stripper and was released back on March 20th of 2012.
1:18.3	It was the third episode of the fifth year of this podcast. And it's a quirky crime story that I think you're really going to enjoy.
1:27.7	I should add that it's a good thing that I'm going back and listening to these old episodes so many years later and that's because the
1:33.6	uploaded copy had a distortion in it about 10 minutes in it was just unlistenable to.
1:40.3	But luckily I saw the original recording that I made and I've edited that into this file.
1:45.0	Enjoy.
1:47.0	Welcome to the Useless Information Podcast, my collection of fascinating true stories from the flip side of history.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Airwave Media Podcast Network, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Airwave Media Podcast Network and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.