Hey, this is Toby. Thanks for listening to Strange Arrivals. I want to tell you about my new podcast. It's not about

UFOs or anything paranormal. It's about a mostly forgotten episode in American history. It's called Rip Current.

Here's the trailer. I hope you like it.

This is This summer a lone gunman on a rooftop reminded us that American presidents have long been the targets of assassins. Nearly 50 years ago, President Gerald Ford faced two attempts on his life

in less than three weeks.

September 5th, 1975, Sacramento, California.

In a crowd outside the Capitol building, a woman pulls a gun on President Ford.

President Gerald R. Ford came stunningly close to being the victim of an assassin today.

A woman dressed in a long red skirt pointed a 45 caliber pistol at the president.

And I saw a woman start to go down. a 45 caliber pistol at the president.

And I saw a woman start to go down and her arm go back and I saw the gun.

September 22nd, San Francisco.

On the steps of the St Francis Hotel, another woman tries to kill the president.

A woman fired a shot at President Ford in San Francisco this afternoon.

She was right at the front of the robe and 40 feet away

when he walked out. The president waved to the crowds and they had cheered him and

that's when it happened. I yelled the bitch has got a gun.

In 250 years of US history,

these are the only two times we know of

that a woman has tried to assassinate a sitting president.

The two events were separated by 17 days and less than 90 miles,

and the two assassins had never met.

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