The early 20th century was a golden age for liars, and Charles Fitzgerald was probably their king. At least he’d tell you he was. And you’d believe him! There was no other choice!
I say “probably” because there are some badass verifiable truths in his story, along with a lot of awesome verifiable untruths, and Charles Fitzgerald built himself a Sky Mansion in the spaces in between.
Seanbaby already wrote a whole article on the man too tough to die on Earth, so it took the moon to kill him. But that wasn’t enough Charles Fitzgerald for 1900🌭!
We had to bring author and futurist Jason Pargin on to discuss the best liar any of us ever heard of, and the era he lived in: A better time when you could tell a reporter you invented several new types of airplane and he would publish that fact without asking you a single question about it.
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2 replies on “Podcasting Day: Moon Ball Cop! 🌭”
I 100% believe that drawing of him was based on a photo. It can’t be that hard to stand on the wing of a plane parked on a runway while someone takes a picture. Getting a plane and a camera in the 1910’s is probably the hardest part.
I’m kind of surprised that Seanbaby didn’t mention this classic Cracked article of his when talking about dying in an airplane stunt vs. from the measles: https://www.cracked.com/blog/seanbabys-brockways-choose-your-drug-fueled-adventure