James McClintock and His Magical Killing Machines
Scoundrel: History's Forgotten Villains
KAST MEDIA | Jason and Carissa Weiser
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 23 February 2022
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
It’s 1880 and a man claiming to be famed bomb and submarine builder James McClintock walks into the British Consulate in Philadelphia. He smoothly offers to help the Monarchy fight Irish rebels by secretly building them faulty bombs. The British are intrigued, but have only one question. Seeing as the real James McClintock accidentally blew himself up while testing torpedoes in Boston Harbor one year earlier, then… who the heck is this man standing in front of them. Brace yourself for a saga filled with betrayal, treason, oh and explosions. Lots and lots of explosions.
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| 0:00.0 | It's 1880 in America and you can feel the excitement of gilded-age riches in the air. |
| 0:13.3 | It's been 15 years since the United States nearly tore itself apart during the Civil War |
| 0:18.4 | and everyone is ready to put the ghosts of 600,000 dead behind them and make some money. |
| 0:25.3 | And the beauty is, in this industrial economic explosion, anybody can become a millionaire. |
| 0:31.8 | All you need is an angle. |
| 0:35.5 | It's early afternoon at the British Consulate in Philadelphia in Wauksa Man. |
| 0:40.4 | He's arrived unannounced. |
| 0:42.6 | By the look on his face, he's got an angle. |
| 0:46.3 | He says his name is James McClintock. |
| 0:49.9 | Who? |
| 0:50.9 | He's an American, of course. |
| 0:52.7 | He says that during the Civil War, he designed submarines and explosives. |
| 0:57.0 | Maybe the Queen, Queen Victoria, might be interested in his services? |
| 1:01.7 | The consular officers aren't impressed. |
| 1:04.5 | Who does this guy think he is? |
| 1:06.7 | Sorry, they say. |
| 1:08.3 | Not interested. |
| 1:09.3 | Don't let the door hit you on the way out. |
| 1:12.1 | McClintock shrugs. |
| 1:13.8 | No problem. |
| 1:14.8 | He'll get plenty of money from the Queen's enemies, selling them his killing machines instead. |
| 1:21.5 | He's money, right? |
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