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September 10, 2019 66 mins

The true story of the "missing person" Rudolph Fentz.  

Listen, to hear the facts (and fiction, and fraud) of this case, which has swirled with controversy, for decades.

But -- exactly which decades?!   The 1870s?  The 1950s?  The 2000s? 

This episode shares the story with you – told entirely in Whisper, by Kit Caren.

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HISTORICAL REFERENCES:

Finney, Jack, I'm Scared, Collier's Magazine,  September 15, 1951. pp. 24-25 & 78-81.

Clock Runs Out On Long-Told Story of Time Traveler, Akron Beacon Journal (August 12, 2002).

Berry, C.R., The Curious Case of Rudolph Fentz, Time Travel Nexus (website, December 19, 2017).

Rudolph Fentz, Accidental Time Traveler

The Strange Case of Rudolph Fentz, Cool Interesting Stuff (website, January 26, 2013).

The Stunning True Story Of Time Traveler Rudolph Fentz, Anomalien (website, October 3, 2018).

Rudoph Fentz, Accidental Time Traveler, Museum of Hoaxes (website, August 20, 2002).

I'm Scared, Science Fiction Radio, NPR (1989, audio drama version of Finney's story; but shortened, and set in the 1980s, rather than the 1950s).   

Rudolph Fentz, Wikipedia  webpage (2012). 

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CLOSING THOUGHT:

Source -  (excerpt from) Finney, Jack, I'm Scared, Collier's Magazine,  September 15, 1951. pp. 24-25 & 78-81.  

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Episode includes Whispered recommendations for these podcasts:

The Unseen

True Crime Historian

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