Napoleon's Brother Off Exit 7

Noble Blood

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 13.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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After Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo, it became a dangerous thing to be a Bonaparte in Europe. And so Joseph, Napoleon's older brother, sailed to America, where he lived for more than two decades, building a luxurious estate in New Jersey filled with art and historical artifacts.

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0:00.0	Hey everybody.
0:03.0	This week, the time has finally come.
0:03.2	This week, starting October 7th through October 11th,
0:07.2	that's Monday through Friday, everybody.
0:09.4	We are revealing the iconic 400.
0:12.3	Yes, Bowen Yang and I famously missed our 400th episode here on
0:16.0	Los Colchoristas, but we are ready to reveal the iconic 400. Who is on the list? Does it matter? No. Will it be fun? Yeah. There might even be a surprise or two in there so listen carefully.
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0:39.8	Welcome to Noble Blood, a production of I Heart Radio and Grim and Mild from Aaron Manky.
0:46.0	Listener discretion advised. The year is 1820 and smoke is rising through the air of the small town of Bordentown, New Jersey.
1:02.0	It's a cold January night and the enormous estate of the town's
1:07.7	newest resident, a charming but strange French nobleman, is going up in flames.
1:15.0	As the American townsfolk of Bordentown rushed toward the blaze,
1:21.0	rumors swirl like the ashes. They say that the Frenchmen in their midst, known
1:27.2	as the Count of Servier, is more than just a minor noble. They say that in order to outfit his 1800 acre estate in
1:37.6	central Jersey, he dug up a buried treasure chest in Switzerland. They say that that chest was filled with diamonds.
1:47.0	They say that this Point Breeze estate contains fine arts, the likes of which the United States has never seen
1:55.3	including scandalous nudes and busts of the former French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.
2:07.5	They even say that the man surrounded by art and his mistresses in New Jersey is himself a former European ruler, a former king of both Naples and Spain.
2:17.0	They say, in fact, that he is the older brother of Napoleon Bonaparte himself.
2:24.7	Well, listener, some rumors turn out to be true.
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