The Wizard of oz is considered one of the most famous movies in all of cinema history. Without a doubt it has change cinema and has been iconic for generations. But at what cost? The price and I am not talking money wise, the cost to make this movie was high and bad on many levels. Bad enough that people say that this movie is cursed. Few know the darkness and dread that took place behind the scenes to make the movie. From explosions, hospitalizations and drugging people, the wizard of oz without a doubt has darkness behind it. And today we take a peek behind the curtain and follow the yellow brick road through all of it’s terrible twists and turns which get darker and darker along the way.

I just wanted to do a simple episode of what was… the first public library in history was, but no. No no no… of course… it’s complicated, complex and a bunch of historians are arguing what even is a library let alone the first library. But I did the research, I read, and combed through so, so much information just to give you the straight forward answer of, what was the first public library. Which changes depending on your definition of library. So here it is… the history and first’s? public library with some asterisks and how we got to it, all laid out in order and I’ll let you decide which was truly the first one.

Your fingerprint is your own, there isn’t another like it. Which makes it perfect for identifying you. Whether it be for security reasons or for convicting a criminal. Which is why fingerprints have been used so long in history and why they still use it in court of law. Just think about how many cop shows there are and how often they talk about fingerprints. But something else something else that is a completely distinguished identifier to you that all the cop shows miss… your toe prints. Yes your toes have finger prints or should I say distinctive marks. That can identify you just as well as finger prints and that are yours and yours alone. Which to my surprise has been used to catch criminals. So this episode we are going to explore a few times in history that people have been caught by their toe prints.