James Dean & Little Bastard - Collision Course Part 2

Astonishing Legends

Scott Philbrook

History, Society & Culture

4.6 • 9.8K Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2019

⏱️ 120 minutes

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Summary

The accident that killed James Dean was the end of his life, but it was the beginning of a legendary story about the curse of his Porsche, ‘Little Bastard.’ Parts from the car salvaged by amateur racing enthusiasts caused numerous injuries and the death of at least one man on the track. The broken shell of the car traveled around the country as part of a safety exhibition curated by legendary car customizer George Barris. Along the way, several trucks that hauled it crashed, in once case, killing the driver. The car fell apart several times while on display as well and injured bystanders. In this final episode of this series, we’ll take a look at the Curse of James Dean’s Porsche, and when the show is over, you can decide whether or not you believe in it. Of course, the thing to remember about curses is that they don’t particularly care if you believe in them or not.

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0:00.0	Welcome back to meditation mindset. Time spent alone is the most important.
0:06.3	Sir, are you still in the bath?
0:08.3	Yes, I'm listening to my podcast.
0:10.8	Can I come in?
0:12.0	Ah! No! No!
0:13.4	Just need to grab the core clipers. Don't worry, I'll cover my eyes.
0:16.6	What? Whoa!
0:18.8	Come on, we're gonna fall for you.
0:22.5	I'm still not looking.
0:24.2	And I'm not listening to my podcast.
0:26.8	Don't want batting.
0:28.1	Meir-hatting.
0:29.1	Simple!
0:30.1	Estonishing legends would like to thank bestfiends, health IQ, native,
0:34.0	mint mobile, our contributors at patreon.com and you, our listeners,
0:37.8	for making tonight's show possible.
0:40.6	On September 30th, 1955, James Dean was killed,
0:45.3	and his passenger and one other motorist, seriously injured when his 1955 Porsche 550 Spider
0:51.3	had an offset head-on collision with a 1954 custom tutor.
0:56.1	That night confirmed what many who met him had known for a while.
0:59.7	James Dean seemed to have a dark cloud hanging over him.
1:03.8	No doubt, people like James Dean have moved throughout various cultures of human history
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