Welcome to the History Tricks, where any resemblance to a boring old history lesson is purely coincidental.

And here's your 30-second summary!

Paul Bunman, Superman, Cinderella, and Molly Brown are all figures of legends and myths.

Only one of them has a reality that is far more dramatic than anything Hollywood could manufacture.

Third Life is an example of truth being greater than fiction.

Let's talk about Molly Brown!

But first let's drop her into history.

In 1867, Johann Strauss' Blue Danube Waltz was first performed.

Jesse James was Robin Banks in the Midwest.

Congress approved the Lincoln Memorial.

The US buys Alaska from Russia for $7 million.

Queen Victoria has a foundation laid for Royal Albert Hall.

Ready Mixed Paint is patented.

And on July 18, 1867, Margaret Tobin was born.

Let's tell you a Wild West Tall Tale once upon a time.

A tiny baby entered this world in a most dramatic fashion,

born during a terrible storm of tornadoes and floods.

Her mother dies and she's raised on a goat's milk by drunken father famous.

She determined that she is going to move to Leadville and marry a rich man.

She becomes a saloon girl to pay the bills.

And one day meets poor minor JJ Brown.

This is not the man she had envisioned for herself.

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