I got a story to tell every word of it true except for the parts I made up for you just some

history that has been reworded into a mystery called the way I heard it.

It is a catchy little number, isn't it Chuck?

Absolutely.

I like it.

You know what?

I like it too, but people call to say every time we play that thing. They're like, you know, you know, people call to say every time we play that thing.

They're like, you know, thank you.

Now I'm walking around muttering all day to myself

about stories to tell every word of it true and so forth and so on.

I hope our little jingle didn't annoy you. You know what? Let's play it again, Chuck, just for grit.

No, no, we're not going to play again. I think they get the point. The jingle of course

means that we're reverting ever so briefly to the original format where I read you a story and then I invite a guest on to tell me what I got right and what I got wrong.

The story is called a perfect hostage

and our guest is the lovely, delightful,

and intensely intelligent Dan Carlin.

Is he an expert yet? Like would he call himself an expert Chuck or is he still just a fan of history?

I mean as far as I know he doesn't refer to himself as a historian although he sure seems like one.

He's an amateur historian, let's say. But I could be wrong, he could have gotten an advanced degree since the last time he was here and

you know, who knows?

Well, you know how I feel about degrees I mean God bless him but all things

considered I don't know a guy who's better versed in the past than Dan Carlin so he'll be

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