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And some people called and said they were going to blow it up. Uncle Abie went out with a string of women when he was single, in a way that seemed unsavory to Lenny's parents. The bed was backordered, which, you know, happens with furniture. And how do I know this is true? Our favorite sorts of stories have compelling people at the center of them . He's prepared to keep waiting. In the years since we first broadcast this story, he's had additional genetic testing that shows that, indeed, Uncle Abie is most likely his dad. Then he's shown a little slice of wax the size of a fingernail with a little black line embedded in it. With respect and a spirit of friendship, we invite you to make contact. This American Life ( TAL) is an American weekly hour-long radio program produced in collaboration with Chicago Public Media and hosted by Ira Glass. Kennedy did some stuff that I didn't necessarily approve of, like his being an infidel. It's just something that not everybody has. It's enough, though, to remind a concentration camp survivor of Hitler's evils and to want the boat destroyed. And there's this long pause, and then he says, no, no, forget it. It might be lying in the back. He said that it emitted radio waves that could be detected by conventional instruments. Hell, it might have even been one of my neighbors. Was, in fact, one of the event's organizers. They looked up to him, in a way. And you know how things stockpile and keep blowing and getting bigger. Because, my friend, I have heard the story of Hitler's yacht, a fable if you will, a modern fable of what happens when the free market, the media, the World War II buffs, the neo-Nazis, and the Jews all collide over a huge Nazi tourist trap. I have four solid interview tapes full of colorful examples, all of them highly libelous, half most likely exaggerated. I said, no. Wait until nightfall, and then set it on fire. So it wasn't until the 1950s that the Ostwind became known as Hitler's yacht, probably for simple commercial reasons. 762: Apocalypse Creep Feb. 11, 2022 Act One: Apocalypse Now-ish Producer Alix Spiegel reports on the city of Pacifica, California. My father is right that there probably is life somewhere else in the universe. This American Life is a weekly public radio program and podcast. And it says that, "We find a DNA pattern in the child which is not present in that of the alleged father, meaning that it must have been contributed by another man." Tracks. And because he seemed different, Lenny got a lot of-- not punishments, exactly. In fact, we had to lock him up. Personal stories with funny moments, big feelings, and surprising plot twists. Her death left the family in debt, a towering mountain of debt, including a sizable bill to the corporate lawyer in charge of her estate. I found that detail. The Ostwind would be sunk, and its sinking as meaningful as if it were the real thing. Personal stories with funny moments, big feelings, and surprising plot twists. And in the recording that he made that day, Lenny talked about how one of the strangest things about the whole experience was that now he couldn't go and talk to the people who he most needs to talk to about the whole thing. Any burst of enthusiasm, any odd thoughts expressed out loud, any impulsive deed or comment could be cut short by his parents, sometimes gently, sometimes not so gently. Abie said to him, don't tell Lenny. Wow. In light of this evidence that the Ostwind was probably not Hitler's yacht, the events which follow are all the more incredible. He says that the cruiser trolled back and forth in the harbor for about an hour before the sinking. And it was clear from the proud way he held it high in the air that Walter believed the dish was authentic. I talked to Aric about all this on the phone. And I'm looking at it, and I know that inside this envelope is the answer. Instead, he said, he had obtained physical evidence of alien life and he was offering to submit it to rigorous scientific testing. And then it was time for the test. And I had a new suit on, new shoes. I'm Ira Glass. He didn't have to do that. Maybe you've seen it. And then there was the old woman with a portable plastic lawn chair. I'd seen tinfoil hats in movies, but I didn't know they existed in real life. And the guy goes, see? Personal stories with funny moments, big feelings, and surprising plot twists. Our senior producer for this show was Julie Snyder. In fact, I first learned about the shootings not from J.J. himself-- he forgot to tell me-- but from his companion, a woman named Linda he's known since he was a teenager. I think I'd rather have it from Hitler to be honest with you. Kelly McEvers with the story of Zora, a self-made superhero. Now check this out. It's the most popular weekly podcast in the world, and winner of the . But I can't help feeling that there is something a little sad about any search for extraterrestrial intelligence, whether it's Carl Friedrich Gauss' or my father's. Then J.J. got up and shook Abe's hand again, only this time they did it in front of the cameras. Bradley's golf career took off during his time at St. John's University, where he excelled as a collegiate golfer. And it was about a week after my father died, just a little bit after the funeral. Thanks, as always, to our program's co-founder, Mr. Torey Malatia, who explains his theory on how to run a radio station this way. So their conversations included sentences like, "I'm a seven on chicken." Because if I trust Abie, then what he told me and what he told his son is true. The story of an FBI undercover operation from 2006 that went terribly, and became the heart of a case heard at the Supreme Court. Then J.J. got another letter. There was tons of snow, crushed ice, and a snowman building contest that was really fun. Uncle Abie reads in bed. And how one man can dictate someone's life like that and just get all these people to believe in him and actually go fight a war. As an airplane passed overhead towing a sign branded with the words "never again", the cruiser set sail. An early highlight of This American Life is "Dawn," the episode first to give the entire hour over to a single contributor. Ira interviews three of the people involved in making the documentary. He stopped going out at night and refused to meet strangers unless they agreed to meet at his house. Or actually J.J.'s lawyer got another letter. It was such a brief period so long ago. I said, my god, who would buy them? That's a good question. The battle they felt they were fighting was too important. And in the office was the one room that was, like, the podiatrist room, and then there was the waiting room. He said, I lied to you. Would you rather have a dish from Churchill or from Hitler? At the time, I thought this was just a pretty piece of coincidence, some dumb luck without any real significance, kind of funny actually. I don't know. He can even be convincing when he says that these alien civilizations might instead have sent probes to our planet to monitor us and our communication media, including the internet. Whoa, this is scary. I, on the other hand, wasn't so sure, especially after he told me he'd only paid $3 for it. Little American kids thinking that they could have served on this boat. At the end of the conversation, which I had basically called to ask him if he could find some letters for me, there was a pause on the phone. And then the other thing that was interesting was that my father was this amazing cheapskate, and he never had a checkbook because he wanted to deal straight in cash. From the point of view of the Nazi government that built this sub, this right here is pretty much a worst-case scenario-- little black and brown-skinned children climbing through one of the most powerful machines of destruction pointing and laughing being interviewed, being interviewed by a Jewish reporter who has not entirely lost that pestering, nasal Jewish-y quality that was ever-so-annoying back in the fatherland. Now, don't read on the toilet. He showed me the Northside of town, where rich people lived in Spanish mansions with water views. But I still didn't really understand just what it was that had brought us here. They wanted to demonstrate rather graphically their revulsion at the Nazis and at Nazism. We give him a tape recorder to have on hand in case he gets any news. Actually, it's very-- it's supposed to be clear. But Wayne also told him that there's often a really reliable source of DNA from people who have already died, and that's that, in most hospitals, when they take a biopsy or a tissue sample of any kind, they'll preserve a scrap of it in paraffin wax, just in case it'll be handy someday in reconfirming a diagnosis or in an epidemiological study or as part of a legal case. "There are two chances we'll let that yacht in here," Plymouth Selectman, William Nolan, was quoted as saying, "slim and none". We started getting inquiries from all over the world. I don't see how God could exist. And some of those rumors were repeated so often that it's difficult now to distinguish them from fact. I guess I figured I'd get home and talk to you. American Idol host Ryan Seacrest is celebrating the life of a loved one, and it's one fans didn't see coming.. But this right here, I put acid on that and that, sulfuric acid, and nothing happened. It'll be OK tomorrow because it's soaking right now. This question is hard enough to answer today, when we've got rocket ships and lasers and transistor radios. Act 3: Yes There Is A Baby - Ira Glass. And is that like the most horrible thing you can imagine, when he says that? Flying saucer lands on Earth, a huge crowd gathers round, scared but excited. He was obnoxious. was a man who'd been involved in a variety of questionable business dealings over the years. They didn't bother, didn't want really, to think about the possibility that the boat in question was a fraud. Podcasts & Shows Expand/collapse submenu for Podcasts & Shows. After that people really started sending letters, telegrams-- I've got boxes of them here-- of some wanting to buy it to preserve it, some thinking it was a good idea to destroy it, some thought they ought to burn it right there. There was hardly no bottom in it. So there's a chance-- there's some statistical chance, I guess. One is that dad I knew and missed and was really mad at as a kid, and one is the dad I know now. So there's this guy, and he thinks his wife is cheating on him, so he hires a detective. It was an incredible experience for us, especially for those, the Jews who were in the camps. And finally, a couple of years ago, the miracle that is American science conspired with the miracle that is online shopping to make DNA tests ubiquitous enough and cheap enough for anybody. That really is true. (26 minutes), Writer John Hodgman in New York tells the story of how he dreamt of getting to know the B-movie star Bruce Campbell, and how his unlikely dream accidentally came true, partly to his delight, partly to his horror. Apr. And she's an alcoholic. Act Three Airel Sharon, Shimon Peres, David Ben Gurion, And Me! Abe told J.J. he wanted to plan the sinking to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Voyage of the Damned, when 900 Jewish refugees on board a ship called the St. Louis were denied entrance to the United States and forced to return to Europe. Act One is about a man who's handed a mystery that he could really use his father's help in unraveling. And I just didn't-- I said, fine. Which part what's your dad to win and which part wants Abie to win? How much more independence from them can you possibly need? Walter disappeared into the house and returned carrying a small bowl. So I just was like, OK, leave me alone, you know? Sean is somebody who's never really fixed up a place with nice furniture, and he was finally getting around to it, and he was excited. They were thanking me and telling me I did the right thing, and there should be more people like me that had put principle before money. I guess the part that wants my father to win is the part that just wants to have that kind of consoling structure of you know your past. The Ghost of Bobby Dunbar. It's the thing I sometimes forget about my dad. Screws, bolts, rust, everything was saved. We have arrived at Act Two of our program. She'd bring her chair and hold on to the boat and pray that she could feel the presence of the Fuhrer. Margus Morrison was a school bus aide, father of six. And Lenny's visiting his dad there. "Return To The Scene Of The Crime" Live Event Poster. He was eating down in the restaurant and had his crew and he was staying in motels. And he even denied that he owned an extensive antique collection. It never stopped. He said, I'm going to take it to Boston. And every family has a black sheep. J.J.'s house had burned down. I want to have it more certain. Aric played his father a bit at the old tape, and his dad cried and said it was killing him. We got out just about the sea buoy, which is about a mile off the jetties in the ocean. It could be, yeah. In his mind he'd sit there and talk. So I went over and got me my piece of it. Both those who reviled Hitler and those who worshipped him had agreed to play out their passions on this half-rotted sailboat. It makes him seem a little less alien, oddly enough, and a little more human. So after the whole floating museum idea didn't really work out, Horace needed a place to store the boat while he searched for a buyer. An anthology of true stories pertaining to various themes are illustrated. That's my only answer. There were angry letters from historical preservationists and angrier letters from neo-Nazis. And the decks were all right. When I first spotted my father, he looked a little weak and off balance. And there was a similar attack on his office. Have you been in the desert? It sounds like a good idea to me. And then they go to this hotel, and I was able to photograph them, see them embracing in front of the hotel. (7 minutes). In 2008, he turned professional and began . Not at all, because it was merely a symbol to begin with. It was just a small caliber. Paul and Richard, the scientists, seemed a bit ticked off by the whole experience. I went because I wanted to see my father at work, because I thought it might give me a chance to connect to a part of his life that meant a lot to him, even if I didn't really understand just why. The point, after all, was that the yacht had become a gathering ground for Hitler lovers and misdirected neo-Nazis. And then, late last year, a breakthrough. I kind of thought it was funny. It's still statistically possible that my uncle could be my father, but, in fact, it's probably more likely that there was another donor. This American Life is true stories that unfold like little movies for radio. You were on the ship. We have devoted our entire program today to this story. We know that it was completed in 1939, that each cabin was finished in a different fine wood, and that its sail, over 40 feet long, was made of a rare Egyptian linen. He was in one of the first army units to come across Hitler's bunker, the site of Hitler's last days and death by suicide immediately after the fall of Berlin. Those tapes ripped the guts right out of me. Newsy stories that try to capture what it's like to be alive right now. He said, let me tell you what I'd like to do with it. Master storyteller and magazine journalist Jack Hitt's work holds a strong influence over the first decade of the program. [BLEEP] they just opened the side hatch and threw me overboard, bam, in the ocean. He is a lover of office products, a man who thinks there is no decision, no matter how intimate and emotional, that cannot be made more effectively by drawing up a few lists and charts. I didn't realize it was the beginning of a pattern, that at almost every stop in Jacksonville, we would find some remnant or echo of Hitler's yacht stored away in car trunks or kitchen cabinets, wrapped in cloth, and laid carefully alongside family silver. With Ira Glass, Milo Finch, Chris Partyka, G.J. Well, I didn't agree with that part of him. Logo T-shirt. Lenny's dad operated a sewing machine at a factory in the garment district. But there's no real evidence for any of this, just as there's no real evidence that Hitler's ghost continues to haunt the decks, or that the boat was used as a brothel by high-ranking Nazi officials, or that the yacht itself is cursed, that it will kill, maim, or financially decimate anyone unfortunate enough to own it. But yes, I think I did believe him. According to researchers reporting in ACS Omega, the answer depends on the container's size. This is the story of the last days of the Ostwind, one of two yachts built by the Nazi government after a poor German showing in the 1936 Olympic races. There's just, I don't know-- there's something fishy about the story. But as soon as he spied us, he marched out to the street and asked me what I was doing with a tape recorder in my lap. I was just normal. And I said, what are you going to do when you get it up? Then rocketry was invented, and Alan Shepard played golf on the moon. One of the rumors was that Hitler and his mistress, Eva Braun, used the Ostwind for pleasure cruises. He's cutting them up, and marking them, selling them for souvenirs. There are all kinds of things about Uncle Abie to avoid. He was kind of an outlaw. Don't believe him. And I want to mention to you that we have seen the corpses, the burning corpses of Eva Braun and of Adolf Hitler. When Harold took off his hat, we could see that he had lined the inside with tinfoil-- a tinfoil hat. Uncle Abie couldn't be trusted. Wayne told Lenny to check with all the hospitals that his dad was ever in. Previously, Emanuele worked as a public radio reporter in Michigan and Missouri. Act 1: What Big Teeth You Have - Hillary Frank. Even if my father's project doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me, even if it sometimes feels more like prayer than like science, I want him to keep looking. When we drove up he was out front draining the oil from a car parked in his driveway. Are we going to sit down with our parents and talk about the stuff that hurt us and didn't make sense to us when we were kids? I know that doesn't make any sense. That's true. His hope that his dad would respond was so great that every cassette that he sent, he would only record on one side. As it was about to go down. Because they were afraid people would come set that boat afire and catch their boat afire. In the mid-1970s, my father, a mild-mannered university professor, concluded that there had to be more to life than commuting to work every day in his red Toyota Corolla and coming home every night to the quiet house on the sleepy street where his family was waiting for him. I mean, do you have a bowl form Hitler? It's probably not true. Well, today's program was originally produced by Diane Cook and myself, with Alex Blumberg, Wendy Dorr, Jane Marie, Sarah Koenig, and Lisa Pollak. There's a deep impulse in American culture that says that you can make yourself into anyone. There are parents with kids, also the army, a couple of tanks, soldiers point guns at the door of the spaceship, which is closed. Protecting coastal areas of the ocean from fishing, mining and other human activity can also help people living nearby, according to a study published on Thursday in the journal . One of these subs, the U-505 there we has been on permanent display at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry since the 1950s. She got funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. He'd be in Guam or Scotland or God knows where, and Aric would record these cassettes and send them off to him. And what was bad about that was that you need a book as a crutch to go to sleep at night.

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