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The Atlas Obscura Podcast

Madame Tussaud

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas Obscura

Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2022

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Dylan Thuras braves one of New York’s most touristy sites to bring listeners the lesser-known history of Madame Tussaud’s origins.

Transcript

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0:00.0

So I'm getting very close to my destination here, right in it, right in the very center

0:08.5

of Times Square.

0:09.5

It's just up here.

0:14.5

Oh, saxophone man.

0:25.4

I'm Dylan Therese and this is Outlet Subscrier Out.

0:28.7

And today we cross the Rubicon and go to what might be the least obscure, most touristy

0:36.0

place in all of New York City.

0:38.6

The Madame Tussaud Wax Museum in Times Square.

0:42.4

This is not sponsored, big wax did not get to me.

0:46.1

I am here because I want to tell you the incredible story of the very real Madame Tussaud, even

0:54.3

if it cost me.

0:56.0

$44.

0:58.0

$48.

0:59.0

Damn.

1:24.0

I don't know about you, but I always associated Madame Tussaud's wax museums with ground zero

1:38.9

for the most touristy locations in the world.

1:43.1

And that is true, that is correct.

1:46.5

But what surprised me was that Madame Tussaud isn't a brand name, or at least it didn't

1:53.3

start out as one.

1:54.6

So the reason, ah yes, here's what I came for, here's where I wanted to find, this is

2:05.5

the wax model of the woman herself, Madame Tussaud, the real person.

2:20.3

In the Madame Tussaud Wax Museum in New York, I was

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