Tunnel Joe Holmes - UI Podcast #069
Joseph Ellsworth Holmes' 1951 escape from prison elevated him to celebrity status overnight.
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Show Notes
Joseph Ellsworth Holmes was a career criminal serving a twenty-year sentence for being the "dinner-time burglar." His great escape in 1951 elevated him to celebrity status overnight.
Also, learn about the origin of Pepsodent toothpaste, a man who waited 36 years to be reunited with his wife, a dying Navy officer's wish fulfilled after eighteen years, and a pastor who earned his medical degree after 45 years of part-time study.
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