Lindsey McCarry introduces a series of short visits with listeners, presenting odd historical facts and anecdotes. The first scene is set in a General Hospital corridor in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1938, where nurses and an intern discover that Aunt Mary, aged 92, is growing a new tooth. The program then moves through several brief stories: a Korean naval commander who builds an iron-plated warship during a war with Japan, the origin of the phrase mumbo jumbo, and a clerk named Charlie Powers whose new suit is stolen on a steamer trip to San Francisco. The episode closes with a discussion of how the hymn In the Garden shares its opening melody with the popular song My Gal Sal.

With Lindsey McCarry, Aunt Mary, Doctor Holmes, Lester, Yi Sun-Sin, Charlie Powers, Paul Dresser, Louise Dresser.

Listen for: The first scene in the Knoxville hospital, where a nurse is startled to find Aunt Mary sprouting a new tooth

First aired in 1950.

Episode notes written with AI from the recording itself; the audio is the original broadcast.

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