S1E10: Cardiff Giant
A cigar maker exercising his religious freedom creates a sensation that revitalizes the community.
This episode features an original interview with Professor Kenneth Feder, author of Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries: Science and Pseudoscience in Archaeology. Other publications include: Encyclopedia of Dubious Archaeology, Archaeological Oddities, Ancient America, and The Past in Perspective.
Additional Sources:
The Cardiff Giant - The National Night Stick
The Cardiff Giant - The College Courant
Cardiff Giant: 'America's Biggest Hoax'
The Remarkable Story of the 'Cardiff
The Cardiff Giant - Atlas Obscura
The Cardiff Giant Was Just a Big Hoax
The Remarkable Story of the 'Cardiff Giant', the 19th Century Hoax that Fooled America
The Cardiff Giant Fools the Nation, 145 Years Ago
This episode also features an original interview with Kathleen Maher, Executive Director of the P.T. Barnum Museum in Bridgeport Connecticut. She holds governor’s appointments to the Connecticut State Historic Preservation Council and Heritage, and the Connecticut Civil War Commemoration Commission.
This episode also features a third original interview with Michael Tamburrino, who has spent the last three years serving as both the Manager of Performing Arts Programs at the Fenimore Art Museum and the Director of the Templeton Players at the Farmers' Museum where the Cardiff Giant currently resides.