Madame Tussaud
The Atlas Obscura Podcast
SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas Obscura
4.6 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 1 June 2022
⏱️ 16 minutes
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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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