UI #69 - Tunnel Joe Holmes

Useless Information Podcast

Airwave Media Podcast Network

History, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2014

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Joseph Ellsworth Holmes was a career criminal serving a twenty year sentence for being the "dinner-time burglar". His great escape in 1951 elevated him to celebrity status overnight. Also learn about the origin of Pepsodent toothpaste, a man who waited 36 years to be reunited with his wife, a dying Navy officer's wish fulfilled after eighteen years, and a pastor that earned his medical degree after 45 years of part time study. Retrosponsor: Pepsodent Toothpaste Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:57.0	Welcome to the Useless Information Podcast. my collection of fascinating true stories from the flip side history.
1:06.8	My name is Steve Silverman and today's story is titled Tunnel Joe Holmes.
1:12.0	But before we do that, let's start with today's question of the day.
1:15.0	And for today's question of the day I thought I'd ask you about toothpaste.
1:20.0	Now some of the big brands are Cress, Colgate, Aquafresh and so on and some of you may even
1:26.0	recall Pepson and Gleam and some other brands that were big years ago.
1:30.3	Now here's a list of five additional brands.
1:34.0	Four of them were once real toothpaste brands and one of them was not.
1:38.8	I made that one up.
1:40.4	So which one is fictitious? Here are your choices in alphabetical order.
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