Lindsay McCarry presents several short stories from history. A sailor on a British man of war in 1740 complains that his rum has been watered down by Admiral Vernon, nicknamed Old Grog, and the watered rum comes to be called grog. In Eastland, Texas, in 1928, workmen opening a cornerstone find a horned toad that appears to have been sealed there for 31 years, and scientists dispute whether it could have survived. In Dauphin, Alabama, an eleven-year-old boy named Henry Matthews is lowered into a thirty-foot well to rescue a baby. In Louisville, Kentucky, in 1875, Thomas Westendorf writes the song I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen after his wife is advised to change her surroundings.

With Lindsay McCarry, Admiral Vernon, Judge Edward Pritchard, Henry Matthews, Benny Grant, Thomas Westendorf, Kathleen.

Listen for: The origin of the word grog and the Texas horned toad debate

First aired in 1950.

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

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