60: Real Life Frankensteins
Oct 21, 2024•58 min•Ep. 60
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Episode description
This week on an utterly macabre Oddball History, Jimmy and Scott talk Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, Toaster Strudel and Real Life Dr. Frankensteins--from the alchemist who may have been the inspiration for the book to the Russian transplantation pioneer who became obsessed with creating a two-headed dog for some reason.
Chapters:
(00:00) Intro
(01:14) Top Comments
(06:04) Johann Dippel boils bodies
(14:01) Giovanni Aldini shocks some dogs
(20:12) Andrew Ure was a pretty good guy
(22:53) Robert Cornish boy genius
(34:38) Vladmir Demikhov loves 2-headed dogs
(42:45) Crowd Work Goes wrong and fatherhood
(47:50) Movie: Rover Dangerfield
(50:39) Jerry Jones is messy
(53:48) Closing Remarks: Tom and Jerry
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