The Backstory with Patty Steele

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The Backstory: Weird trends: from live ornamental hermits to garden gnomes

Ever been in a spot where you'd do almost anything to make money? Imagine somebody putting out a want ad to hire an old seedy looking guy to live in the garden at their home. It's true! The ornamental hermit was all the rage among rich folks in the 18th century.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  The Backstory: Surviving a grizzly attack

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  The Backstory: From prostitute to queen of the pirates

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  The Backstory: Politics meets The Purge

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  The Backstory: Searching for the killer called the Axeman

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  The Backstory: Back from the dead to take the gold

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  The Backstory: Demons to moon landings – the story that inspired The Exorc…

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  (Replay) The Backstory: Cannibalism on the wild frontier

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  The Backstory: All the money in the world…and a torturous upbringing

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  The Backstory: Fatal obsession with a rising star

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  The Backstory (Replay): Mass murder at the home of an icon of tranquility

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  The Backstory: Getting inked…5,000 years ago

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  The Backstory: Spiderman and…presidential corruption?!

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  The Backstory (Replay): Immortality: young blood and monkey testicles

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  The Backstory (Replay): Illicit sex in old Hollywood

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  The Backstory (Replay): The unexplained blast that shook the world