True Stories #387 - A Holy Terror

Inventor Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim would invent the first machine gun...and be a case of strange irony.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-stories-with-seth-andrews--5621867/support.

New York's Philip Contos insisted on riding his Harley Davidson without a helmet. He paid an ironic price.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-stories-with-seth-andrews--5621867/support.

Russia's prison system is its own terrorist organization.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-stories-with-seth-andrews--5621867/support.

Computer guy Brian McCracy got stung by a traffic camera, but he got his sweet revenge.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-stories-with-seth-andrews--5621867/support.

Elmer Bendiner was the navigator of a B-17 bomber during World War 2. His plane should have never returned from its mission, but strange luck would visit him that day.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-stories-with-seth-andrews--5621867/support.

One 9th Century Pope took his revenge on a predecessor...and made history in the strangest of ways.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-stories-with-seth-andrews--5621867/support.

What will you leave to others in your Last Will & Testament? Some final requests have been incredibly odd.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-stories-with-seth-andrews--5621867/support.

49-year-old Fagilyu Mukhametzyanov died of a heart attack. Or did she?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-stories-with-seth-andrews--5621867/support.

A stranded man in a winter storm attempted to chop his way out of the woods.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-stories-with-seth-andrews--5621867/support.

A mysterious corpse from the 1800s remains one of the most widely known (and kissed) faces in the world.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-stories-with-seth-andrews--5621867/support.