That Time A Guy Literally Bought The London Bridge

Ridiculous History

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🗓️ 30 May 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Let's say you have a big dream: you're creating a new community, smack-dab in the middle of nowhere. Problem is, not a ton of people want to live in the middle of nowhere. When Robert McCulloch saw his newest venture wasn't going as planned, he came up with a thoroughly American scheme... in a ridiculous display of ambition and extravagance, McCullough purchased the London Bridge -- and shipped the entire thing to Arizona.

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1:25.7	the official podcast every Thursday on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcasts, or any where you listen to
1:31.7	your favorite shows. Ridiculous history is a production of iHeartRadio.
1:55.8	Welcome back to the show, Ridiculous Historians. Thank you as always so much for tuning in. Let's hear
2:06.0	it for our super producer, Max Williams. Ballihoo. And indeed, and your knoll, I'm Ben, and it turns out
2:18.0	that since the three of us reside here in the United States, we love traveling, but it can be
2:24.3	a little bit expensive. You have to either go over the Pacific or over the Atlantic.
2:31.2	It's weird when you think of how so many other countries are so much closer to each other,
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