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Amazing Tales from CT: The Leatherman
12/31/2023 4:30 pm
12/31/2023 5:00 pm
We encourage you to tune in to our newest program, Amazing Tales from Off and On Connecticut's Beaten Path, which airs Sunday afternoons at 4:30 right after the Opera.
Amazing Tales uses a story-telling format to focus on historically significant people, places, and events from Connecticut’s past. Host Mike Allen interviews subject matter experts on a variety of historical topics.
He specializes in bringing local history to life, by using his journalism and story-telling skills with podcasting and public speaking. For 15 years, Mike worked as a radio journalist, both at NPR's Boston affiliate WBUR and as News Director at i-95 (WRKI-FM) in western Connecticut. He subsequently worked in government and corporate before retiring and starting his podcast. As a resident of Connecticut for more than 50 years, Mike also makes public appearances throughout the state, speaking on topics of local history.
Sunday 12/31/2023
The Leatherman
Imagine walking the same, 365-mile, clockwise, circuitous route – passing through the same two dozen towns at the same hour – every 34 days, like clockwork. Imagine wearing the same leather outfit, that you sewed yourself from discarded leather pieces, and sleeping in caves. That’s just what The Leatherman did in Connecticut in the 1880s – and yet, we have no idea who he was.