UI #77 - The Woman with the X-Ray Camera

Useless Information Podcast

Airwave Media Podcast Network

History, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2014

⏱️ 24 minutes

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One of the most bizarre stories ever presented on this podcast. The nearly unbelievable true story about a woman hired to investigate another woman suspected in a jewel heist. Also learn about two woman who thought that they were married to the same dying man, the surprising return of a man's coat years after he gave it away, and a woman who knitted a sweater for the troops during World War I. Retrosponsor: Vitalis Hair Tonic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.0	Welcome to the Useless Information Podcast. I am Steve Silverman.
1:07.0	On December 22nd of 1895,
1:10.0	William Runchin took the world's first medical x-ray, in which one could clearly see the bones of his wife, Bertha's hand, and her wedding ring.
1:18.0	Upon viewing the picture, she commented, quote, I have seen my death.
1:24.7	While X-rays are commonplace in the world today, the vast majority of her population would probably
1:29.7	be hard-pressed to explain exactly how they work. This mysterious magical nature of x-rays
1:36.0	makes it ideal for the world of espionage and plays an essential part in today's
1:41.2	story, the woman with the X-ray camera.
1:46.0	19-year-old Pearl Lusk had recently graduated from high school in Quakertown, Pennsylvania,
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