Cardiff Giant Celebrates 150th Birthday

October 17, 2019 00:05:13
Cardiff Giant Celebrates 150th Birthday
A New York Minute In History
Cardiff Giant Celebrates 150th Birthday

Oct 17 2019 | 00:05:13

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Show Notes

On this special episode of A New York Minute In History, we attend a birthday party for one of America’s greatest hoaxes. The Cardiff Giant, a 10-and-a-half foot so-called petrified man, was uncovered in 1869. And he is still marveled at by the public today. Just inside the front door of the Farmers’ Museum in […]

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