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History Dweebs - A look at True Crime, Murders, Serial Killers and the Darkside of History

The Curious Case of Phineas P. Gage

History Dweebs - A look at True Crime, Murders, Serial Killers and the Darkside of History

Tim Scott

Comedy Interviews, Comedy

4619 Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2017

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

This is the story of Phineas P. Gage, an American railroad construction foreman, remembered for his improbable survival of a rock-blasting accident in which a large iron rod was driven completely through his head. 

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0:00.0

Hi everyone and welcome once again to History to Eaves. I am Tim.

0:07.7

Welcome to the podcast where we take a lighthearted look at the dark side of history.

0:13.9

The title of our podcast today is the curious case of Phineas Gage.

0:18.9

Phineas Gage was a man who worked on a railroad and he had a large iron rod go through his

0:27.7

skull. That was his claim to fame. So we're going to talk about his case. It's kind of interesting.

0:38.5

But before we do, let me remind everyone that we are a history, true crime history podcast,

0:46.1

and we use adult language.

0:48.3

So if that offends you, then you might want to check out one of the other great podcasts out there

0:53.7

that does not use adult language, such as they walk among us or our friends at Insight.

1:00.5

But if you're okay with adult language and adult humor, then by all means, join us here

1:06.8

as we talk about Phineas Gage.

1:09.3

And if you like the adult language,

1:12.2

Timmy is, me and Timmy are celebrities because we made appearances on squirm.

1:17.1

Yes.

1:18.0

The latest episode is Timmy going down to a brothel in Mexico.

1:22.2

Please, let's don't get into that.

1:24.4

They can listen if they'd like.

1:25.8

I'm just giving them a teaser, Timmy. Just a teaser.

1:28.9

Yeah. You're going to, you're, you're going to ensure that I never get laid again.

1:32.8

No, I think you do a pretty good job of that yourself.

1:35.2

All right. But do check out squirm. It's really funny.

1:39.3

And our friends that they walk among us.

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