Episode 55: The Curse of Ursuline Avenue // The Goat Gland Doctor
Patrice and Marleah drink Vieux Carre cocktails and talk sausage, butchery, and the link between goat testicles and country music. Laissez les bon temps rouler!
The Curse of Ursuline Avenue //
Is it a coincidence or is there something really sinister happening in New Orleans on Ursuline Ave between Royal and Bourbon Street? We explore three cases that have us wondering...
- Amid Roaring Twenties New Orleans, a brutal French Quarter murder shocked the city
- Haunted Nation: Sausage Man/Hans Muller House - New Orleans, LA
- The “Sausage Ghost” of Ursuline Avenue – Down the Rabbit Hole
- Man continues strange behavior after getting a life sentence for killing
The Goat Gland Doctor //
John Romulus Brinkley painted himself a perfect picture of “The American Dream,” pulling himself up by his bootstraps, rising from a humble beginning as a poor medic’s son in Western North Carolina to become the most well-known doctor in America. But the truth of his meteoric rise in the 20s and 30s is all goat nuts and lies.
- Medicine Show on Wikipedia
- The Goat Gland Miracle Man on Historynet
- Nuts! The Film
- Charlatan: America's Most Dangerous Huckster, the Man Who Pursued Him, and the Age of Flimflam by Pope Brock
- Odd Americana: John R. Brinkley - Quack Doctor and Radio Pioneer on Muddy Roots
EPISODE DRINK:
The (Mobile) Vieux Carre
Made Strange by Bartender Courtney
INGREDIENTS
- 2 dashes Peychaud's bitters
- 2 dashes Angostura bitters
- 2 tsp Benedictine
- .75 oz Sweet Vermouth
- .75 oz Cognac
- .75 oz Jack Daniels Rye
- Maraschino cherries
- lemon peel
PREPARATION
- Add all ingredients into a mixer with ice and stir until chilled.
- Strain into a rocks glass.
- Garnish with cherry and lemon peel
