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Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

The Curious Case of Kaspar Hauser

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.72.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2020

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

On May 28, 1828, a 16-year-old boy mysteriously appeared in Nuremberg, Bavaria. He had a letter in his hand and could only speak a few words. No one knew where he came from, who his parents were, or why he was there. Five years later, just as mysteriously as he appeared, he was found murdered. His tale made him one of the most talked-about celebrities in 19th century Europe. Learn more about the curious case of Kaspar Hauser on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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On May 28th, 1828, a 16-year-old boy mysteriously appeared in Nuremberg, Bavaria.

0:06.8

He had a letter in his hand and could only speak a few words.

0:10.0

No one knew where he came from, who his parents were, or why he was there.

0:14.0

Five years later, just as mysteriously as he appeared, he was found murdered.

0:18.4

His tale made him one of the most talked about celebrities in 19th century Europe.

0:22.8

Learn more about the curious case of Casper Hauser

0:25.5

on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. This episode is brought to you by the Travel Photography Academy.

0:43.3

Have you ever been on a trip and wondered why your photos don't turn out like the images

0:46.5

you see in travel magazines?

0:48.4

If you're going to spend thousands of dollars on a trip and hundreds to thousands of dollars

0:52.3

on a camera, you owe owe it yourself to get the highest

0:54.8

quality images from your trip. That's why I created the Travel Photography Academy. I set out to travel

1:00.4

around the world in 2007 with an expensive camera and I had no idea how to use it.

1:05.6

As I traveled around the world I taught myself the art of travel photography, eventually

1:09.4

mastering it to a point where I was named travel Photography the Year three times in North America.

1:14.2

The Travel Photography Academy is an online course that teaches you everything you need to know to master

1:18.6

your camera and to take better photos on your next trip.

1:21.9

To improve your photography and to get better images on your next trip. To improve your photography and to get better images

1:24.4

on your next trip, visit travel photography academy.com or click in the link in the show notes.

1:30.2

The tale of Casper Houser begins in Bavaria in the early 19th century.

1:38.0

A boy appeared in the streets of Nuremberg, the second largest city in the kingdom, with a glazed look on his face holding an envelope.

1:45.0

Eventually, he's taken to a police station where he doesn't seem to be able to understand what the police officers are saying,

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