The Atlas Obscura Podcast

Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1886 classic “Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde” tells the story of a (SPOILER ALERT!) respectable doctor by day who lives out a double life at night. Stevenson may have been inspired by a real 18th century Scotsman, William “Deacon” Brodie, who made cabinets by day – one of which purportedly ended up in the Stevenson family home – and ran a burglary ring in his free time.
For more:
Check out this Atlas article, “The Creepy Cabinet That Inspired Jekyll and Hyde”
As well as the BBC’s “The Real Jekyll and Hyde?” and The National’s “A Parcel of Rogues: The double life of Deacon William Brodie”
More on Robert Louis Stevenson’s penning of “Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde”
And go back to the source: “The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde” and the account of Deacon Brodie’s trial over on Project Gutenberg

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Producer Glydel Go takes you on a road trip through ancient California, from a forest of fossilized trees, to a bristlecone pine older than the Rosetta Stone, to a pair of boulders with a mysterious smooth spot.
Our new book, America Obscura, is out now! Order it today: https://www.atlasobscura.com/hubs/america-obscura



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Every Wednesday morning, a group of Angelinos come together to practice quirky traditions, sing signature songs, and celebrate initiations involving a wooden sawhorse and a plate of sunny side eggs. Welcome to the LA Breakfast Club, a social club that’s been around for more than 100 years.
The LA Breakfast Club is featured in our new book, America Obscura today: https://www.atlasobscura.com/hubs/america-obscura
You can also preorder: The Los Angeles Breakfast Club: A Century of Hollywood Hi-Jinks And Ham & Eggs
Specials thanks to Hadley Hall Meares, who was one of the contributors of our new book. And Don Snyder, who sings and plays the piano in this episode.



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If time travel were possible, what time period would you visit and what place would you like to see?
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All those hot springs, geysers, and greenery that make Yellowstone National Park famous are powered by an enormous volcano underneath it. And, according to the internet’s most excitable corners, it’s just itching to explode.
Today, we’re sharing an episode from Are We Doomed?, the NPR Network podcast about “the end of the world.” Host Ben Bradford explores the anxieties of our times and tries to understand what’s real and what’s imagined. In this case, the Yellowstone supervolcano — which is almost certainly not about to blow its top.



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