Failure Is Our Bitch

Franz Reichelt...genius or crazy person? Bird or man? Birdman?
Franz Reichelt was an Austrian French tailor inventor and a man ahead of his time. A mustached pioneer at the turn of the 20th century, he came up with the 'Parachute Suit' - the lovechild of the Zoot Suit and Parachute Pants...before either of those were even a thing.
In this episode we break down this not-so-famous invention and the pride that was to come before the fall...

How did one of the greats, Abraham Lincoln, die that fateful night? How could such a great man die such a dishonorable death? How did he not prepare for such a terrible fate?
These are all important questions, but most important of all is why his bodyguard left his post the night Lincoln was shot. Did his bodyguard go out for a cig? Did his bodyguard have a pressing dentist appointment? Did he sneak off to a Thai massage parlor? We dive into it in this episode and pick apart the night Booth shot Lincoln in his booth...