1 00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:06,560 Speaker 1: Hey, and welcome to the short stuff. I'm Josh, there's Chuck. 2 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:11,760 Speaker 1: There's Josh. Let's go Key West, Florida dateline. Uh, southernmost 3 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:15,000 Speaker 1: point to the United States. Smugglers Island, That's what it's 4 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:19,640 Speaker 1: called sometimes. Yeah, because Key West obviously just the location itself, 5 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:23,360 Speaker 1: it's gonna lend itself to smuggling, smuggling stuff in from 6 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:26,799 Speaker 1: other places by boat. And I mean it has like 7 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:30,360 Speaker 1: it's it was a pirate haven for a very long time. 8 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:34,319 Speaker 1: But apparently that the local population really took to that 9 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:37,559 Speaker 1: and just kept it up. But like over time when 10 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:41,320 Speaker 1: they were smuggling just kind of changed. And at this 11 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:44,120 Speaker 1: point in question, this point in history that we're going 12 00:00:44,159 --> 00:00:46,839 Speaker 1: to kind of dive into right now, it had become 13 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:50,159 Speaker 1: marijuana and cocaine. Those were what was being smuggled through 14 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:54,639 Speaker 1: Key West, the glorious eighties Keys of Cocaine and Key 15 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:58,560 Speaker 1: West shortest shorts you've ever seen, Oh I imagine. So 16 00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:02,240 Speaker 1: uh So, these drugs were coming in through South America, 17 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 1: through Cuba, and then obviously from there it's a it's 18 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:09,000 Speaker 1: a quick ninety miles to get to Key West. There's 19 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:12,959 Speaker 1: a report from the u p I. The uh quote 20 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:16,560 Speaker 1: cruise on fishing boats brazenly unloaded bales of marijuana. High 21 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:19,640 Speaker 1: school utes made big money driving the contraband a hundred 22 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:23,560 Speaker 1: and fifty and mine miles northward to Miami. Drug dealers 23 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:27,560 Speaker 1: held labash champagne parties at Pier House, the Pos Waterfront Hotel. 24 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 1: So these kids were driving the stuff up and just 25 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:32,119 Speaker 1: sitting in the back of their pickup trucks. Well, yeah, 26 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:34,320 Speaker 1: around the island in particularly, I think when they left 27 00:01:34,319 --> 00:01:36,679 Speaker 1: to drive into Miami, they were a little cooler, but 28 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:38,959 Speaker 1: it was a tarp over it at least wide open. 29 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:43,240 Speaker 1: In Key West of the time, like the local law enforcement, 30 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:49,240 Speaker 1: the local um UH, like city government, everybody seemed to 31 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 1: either be directly involved in smuggling or turning a blind 32 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:56,600 Speaker 1: eye to it, probably because they're getting kickbacks or whatever. 33 00:01:56,880 --> 00:01:58,640 Speaker 1: So they are a fire station that was shut down 34 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:03,560 Speaker 1: because so many firefighters were busted for marijuana smuggling that 35 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 1: they had to shut the thing down, and one of 36 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 1: the fire chiefs was actually putting in prison for it. 37 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:11,119 Speaker 1: So by the by two at the latest, if not earlier, 38 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:15,919 Speaker 1: the Reagan administration said this totally contradicts what Nancy saying. 39 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:18,880 Speaker 1: We're gonna do something about this, and they set up 40 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:25,400 Speaker 1: the South Florida Task Force against Crime, which doesn't really 41 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:27,679 Speaker 1: create any kind of good acronym, which I found a 42 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:37,360 Speaker 1: little f Come on, Ronnie, right, so by two he 43 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 1: uh well not he yeah, Ronnie alone. I'm sure he 44 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:45,320 Speaker 1: named the organization too. They intercepted two billion dollars in 45 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:49,120 Speaker 1: drugs coming through South Florida in just eight two alone. 46 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 1: Imagine how much they missed, you know. Yeah, so they 47 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:56,200 Speaker 1: were really cracking down. They also like basically took over 48 00:02:56,240 --> 00:03:00,280 Speaker 1: the city government, um investigated the police, like they really 49 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:02,400 Speaker 1: went into Key West and the Keys in general and 50 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:04,640 Speaker 1: said we were cleaning this place up. And that was 51 00:03:04,639 --> 00:03:07,680 Speaker 1: two billion in street value, right exactly. But that always 52 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 1: cracked me up. That's they used to always say that. Yeah. 53 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:13,240 Speaker 1: I think they kind of inflate that to make s 54 00:03:13,639 --> 00:03:18,280 Speaker 1: like the manufactured suggested retail part that's RP. So one 55 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:21,840 Speaker 1: of the things they did on this task force was 56 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:26,320 Speaker 1: set up a border patrol checkpoint and between the you know, 57 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:28,800 Speaker 1: the Florida Keys are off the mainland of Florida, so 58 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:30,600 Speaker 1: they would set it up between the Keys and the 59 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:35,320 Speaker 1: mainland at Florida City. Yeah, just right there at Florida City. 60 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:41,320 Speaker 1: On Highway one just south of that and basically effectively 61 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 1: what they did was shut off Key West from the 62 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 1: rest of the United States. Yeah, they raised the only 63 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 1: way in and out. They raised the border up above 64 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:51,800 Speaker 1: the Keys and basically made the Keys like another country. 65 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:54,880 Speaker 1: That's ostensibly that's exactly what happened. And the Keys did 66 00:03:54,960 --> 00:04:25,320 Speaker 1: not like this very much. Should we take a break? Okay? Sure, okay, chuck. 67 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:29,000 Speaker 1: So the border patrol is now basically doing drug searches 68 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:31,920 Speaker 1: because they were saying, ostensibly, we have this roadblock to 69 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 1: keep migrants from coming through illegally. Yeah, that was sort 70 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:38,440 Speaker 1: of how they dressed it up, right, But they were 71 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:41,680 Speaker 1: looking for migrants. According to I think Florida history dot org, 72 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:45,640 Speaker 1: they were looking for migrants in the glove compartment or 73 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:47,599 Speaker 1: under the seat of the car or something like that. 74 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:50,520 Speaker 1: So really it was part of this drug crackdown. And 75 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:53,480 Speaker 1: I mean that was bad enough that they were masquerading, 76 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:56,240 Speaker 1: you know, one thing for another, but the effect that 77 00:04:56,279 --> 00:04:59,120 Speaker 1: it was having was really negative on the Keys in 78 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:01,560 Speaker 1: general and Key Way in particular. Yeah, I mean they 79 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:04,120 Speaker 1: rely a lot on tourism. You couldn't get n er out. 80 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:07,640 Speaker 1: There was a seventeen mile traffic jam can you imagine, 81 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:09,560 Speaker 1: I thought, I said, seventeen minutes. At first, I was like, oh, 82 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:11,279 Speaker 1: it's not that bad. I'd just be like, I just 83 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 1: drive right into the ocean. Yeah, seventeen miles. Are you 84 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:17,680 Speaker 1: kidding me? So, you know, hotels are empty, restaurants are 85 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:20,719 Speaker 1: not doing any business, bars are not doing any business, 86 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:23,680 Speaker 1: which was a big deal there. It sounds you know, 87 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:26,800 Speaker 1: it sounds silly to talk about restaurants and bars not operating, 88 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:29,160 Speaker 1: but well, that's a big part of your income. It's 89 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:32,360 Speaker 1: a big deal. So they said we've had enough. They 90 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:35,800 Speaker 1: got together and they filed an injunction against the US 91 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:39,320 Speaker 1: Border Patrol. This is the people of the Keys, the 92 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:42,920 Speaker 1: government of the community, the people at large, So we're 93 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:45,279 Speaker 1: doing this. They took him to federal court in Miami. 94 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:48,680 Speaker 1: The court said, no, you can. You can keep that roadblock. 95 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 1: So the mayor of Key West, Dennis Wardlow, which I 96 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 1: looked him up and I fully expected him to look 97 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:58,480 Speaker 1: different than he looked. Oh really, yeah, I expected him 98 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:01,200 Speaker 1: to look kind of like a Jimmy Buffett. I did too, 99 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:03,400 Speaker 1: and he didn't. What does he look like? He looked 100 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:06,680 Speaker 1: sort of square? Did he look like the evil banker 101 00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:09,039 Speaker 1: from It's a wonderful life, because that's kind of the 102 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:12,000 Speaker 1: opposite of Jimmy Buffin. No, but I fully pictured like 103 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:15,239 Speaker 1: a guy in like a Hawaiian shirt and no shoes 104 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:18,760 Speaker 1: and long hair. But he looked square. He looked a 105 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:21,360 Speaker 1: little square. That's fine, but it was two He did 106 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:26,480 Speaker 1: on with short shorts, but sent time. So the press 107 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:28,920 Speaker 1: is there. He leaves the courthouse after the defeat and 108 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:30,240 Speaker 1: they said, you know what's going on. What are you 109 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:33,919 Speaker 1: gonna do? And he says, a very I attention grabbing, 110 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:37,240 Speaker 1: ear grabbing thing. Tomorrow at noon, the Florida Keys will 111 00:06:37,279 --> 00:06:40,400 Speaker 1: seceed from the Union. So he had a sense of humor, 112 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:43,240 Speaker 1: he did, but he also had a lot of follow 113 00:06:43,279 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 1: through on a sense of humors. Oh yeah, it wasn't 114 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:48,320 Speaker 1: just a joke, no, because the next day people showed 115 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:51,360 Speaker 1: up to see what would happen. And at noon he 116 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:54,280 Speaker 1: came out and he said, okay, first things first, the 117 00:06:54,880 --> 00:06:59,040 Speaker 1: Key West is no longer a part of the United States. 118 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:02,360 Speaker 1: It's its own dependent nation called the Conquer Republic. Yes, 119 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:06,839 Speaker 1: a sovereign nation of the Fifth World. Yeah, and there's 120 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:10,600 Speaker 1: this really great Atlas Obscure article about the Conquer Republic 121 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:14,320 Speaker 1: and they described the Fifth world as um. So you know, 122 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:18,040 Speaker 1: the first World, the second World, third world is everybody 123 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:22,840 Speaker 1: we should say this is an outdated Cold War thing, exactly. Yeah. 124 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:25,160 Speaker 1: So the United States and its allies were first World, 125 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:28,320 Speaker 1: the Soviet Union and its allies were second World on 126 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:32,920 Speaker 1: aligned countries or developing countries, Third World, fourth World, where 127 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:36,760 Speaker 1: people who were stateless. I'd never heard that before. Apparently 128 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:39,520 Speaker 1: Dennis Wardlow had because he said that the Conquer Republic 129 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:43,120 Speaker 1: was the first fifth World nation smart which existed as 130 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:45,920 Speaker 1: a state of mind. He said, we exist as a 131 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:49,720 Speaker 1: state of mind and aspire only to bring more warmth, humor, 132 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 1: and respect to a planet we find in sore need 133 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:55,960 Speaker 1: of all three that. By the way, you guys don't 134 00:07:55,960 --> 00:08:00,080 Speaker 1: know this was an exceptional Dennis Wardlow I president. He 135 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:04,080 Speaker 1: sounds exactly like me, Vice Persa. That's crazy. So he 136 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:08,160 Speaker 1: officially changes his position from in his title from Mayor 137 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:10,280 Speaker 1: of Key West to Prime Minister of the Conquer Republic. 138 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:13,400 Speaker 1: And I felt like I had heard this somewhere before, 139 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:16,760 Speaker 1: but I might just be thinking of other crackpot weirdos 140 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:21,240 Speaker 1: like Sea Land and the Pineapple called There's a history 141 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:23,960 Speaker 1: of people that do things like this. Yeah, and we've 142 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:28,640 Speaker 1: talked about a lot of them. Remember Sea Land, Yeah, 143 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:31,840 Speaker 1: not impressed. No, and I had forgotten about them. Did 144 00:08:31,880 --> 00:08:35,240 Speaker 1: they declare themselves sovereign? Yeah? Oh yeah yeah yeah. Then 145 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:37,439 Speaker 1: the ocean, it was like a floating up marge or something. 146 00:08:38,679 --> 00:08:41,320 Speaker 1: Can you start your own country? I think was the episode. Yeah, 147 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:45,559 Speaker 1: that was it. So, uh, Prime Minister of the Conquer Republic, 148 00:08:45,679 --> 00:08:49,480 Speaker 1: and he had a mock secession, a declaration of war 149 00:08:49,760 --> 00:08:51,840 Speaker 1: on the United States right off the bat. That's a 150 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:55,319 Speaker 1: big one. He declared war and uh it ended with 151 00:08:55,960 --> 00:08:59,600 Speaker 1: loaves of Cuban bread being broken over the head of 152 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:02,240 Speaker 1: a man dressed as a U. S. Naval officer. That 153 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:05,280 Speaker 1: was the war of aggression that the Conquer Republic inflicted 154 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:07,360 Speaker 1: on the United States. So they're having fun at this 155 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:09,679 Speaker 1: point because the press is there, and this is the 156 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:12,800 Speaker 1: whole point, because they're trying to get pressed. They are 157 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:15,120 Speaker 1: they're trying to draw attention to the roadblock. They're also 158 00:09:15,160 --> 00:09:18,240 Speaker 1: trying to draw attention to their tourism. Um. And then 159 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:23,640 Speaker 1: after after a minute of this war, Wardlow officially surrenders 160 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:27,520 Speaker 1: the Conquer Republic to the United States. And um, he 161 00:09:27,559 --> 00:09:30,079 Speaker 1: went to a Navy base and surrendered right and then 162 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:33,120 Speaker 1: requests a billion dollars in aid foreign aid from the 163 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:37,560 Speaker 1: US to rebuild after the war. Pretty great, It is great. 164 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:39,640 Speaker 1: Of course, the U S didn't give him a dime. 165 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:42,200 Speaker 1: Did you ever see that movie The Mouse That Roared? 166 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:46,880 Speaker 1: It was basically the same thing. Yeah, so I'm guarantee 167 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:51,160 Speaker 1: Wardlow saw that. Probably, um so he they the U 168 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:53,200 Speaker 1: S didn't give any of this foreign aide. There wasn't 169 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:58,240 Speaker 1: a cent given. But that roadblock ended almost immediately, very 170 00:09:58,280 --> 00:10:00,400 Speaker 1: quickly afterwards, so it had the effect that he was 171 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:03,360 Speaker 1: looking for. That's right, and they still celebrate it today. 172 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:07,920 Speaker 1: They will issue a passport to you for the conquer Republic. 173 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:10,720 Speaker 1: I saw, and I couldn't verify this. I saw the 174 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:12,920 Speaker 1: same thing in multiple places, so you know, it's like 175 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:18,680 Speaker 1: that they'll stamp your passport, which I'm like, I'm sure 176 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:21,280 Speaker 1: they do, but do you want them to do that? 177 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:24,600 Speaker 1: Because I could see um US Customs being like, what 178 00:10:24,760 --> 00:10:27,240 Speaker 1: is this your passports void? Now? You can't just go 179 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:31,599 Speaker 1: stamping a passport with whatever you want. That's what I 180 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:33,840 Speaker 1: would think, But of course I'm not at all. There's 181 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:36,840 Speaker 1: a Pokemon stamp on the next page. I probably shouldn't 182 00:10:36,840 --> 00:10:40,440 Speaker 1: have told you that. Oh I imagine that Customs has 183 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:43,600 Speaker 1: seen a Conquer Republic stamp. I I how about this, 184 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:47,120 Speaker 1: if we have any customs agents for the US listening, 185 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:51,280 Speaker 1: If you get your passport stamp with a Conquer Republic 186 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 1: or some other made up stamp, pokemon whatever, like, does 187 00:10:55,280 --> 00:10:58,760 Speaker 1: it what you invalidate your passport? You know? Customs officers 188 00:10:58,760 --> 00:11:01,680 Speaker 1: are famous for their sense of humor. Sure, they're just 189 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:05,680 Speaker 1: tickled by just about thing. Uh so they also fly 190 00:11:05,960 --> 00:11:10,640 Speaker 1: a um a flag with a motto we succeeded where 191 00:11:10,679 --> 00:11:16,480 Speaker 1: others failed. And then every April they celebrate still they're 192 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:18,839 Speaker 1: a little nutty down there in Key West. Well they 193 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:21,840 Speaker 1: are island people. They celebrate the independence of the Conquer 194 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:25,360 Speaker 1: Republic still in April. Yeah, for like nine days. And 195 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:27,280 Speaker 1: I looked at there was a guy chance to party 196 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:31,120 Speaker 1: down there. There was a guy named Peter Anderson who 197 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:36,680 Speaker 1: was the Prime Minister. No, I'm sorry. He was the 198 00:11:36,679 --> 00:11:39,080 Speaker 1: Secretary General of the Conquer Republic and he was like 199 00:11:39,080 --> 00:11:42,120 Speaker 1: a guiding light keeping things going. And he died. But 200 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:44,240 Speaker 1: they still they still do it. I thought maybe they 201 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:46,640 Speaker 1: would have discontinued, but they still keep it up. Have 202 00:11:46,679 --> 00:11:49,079 Speaker 1: you ever been down there? Yeah, I've never been to 203 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:51,640 Speaker 1: Key West. I did not realize they don't have beaches, 204 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:53,360 Speaker 1: and that's what we went there for, and we were 205 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:55,920 Speaker 1: kind of surprised. Is it just like little Rocky Islands? 206 00:11:55,920 --> 00:11:57,880 Speaker 1: It is a rock and buddy, if you like to 207 00:11:57,960 --> 00:12:02,200 Speaker 1: fish or scuba dive or drink, you're gonna love it 208 00:12:02,240 --> 00:12:04,400 Speaker 1: down there. If you go for beaches, you're gonna be 209 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:08,600 Speaker 1: unpleasantly surprised. Yeah, well you should take up scuba diverver 210 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:14,240 Speaker 1: Snorklingsherman Fisherman's paradise there. It's it's one of the most 211 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:18,080 Speaker 1: otherworldly looking places I've ever been. It's like a rock 212 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:23,480 Speaker 1: coming out of like uhh yeah, and ocean so blue. 213 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:28,120 Speaker 1: It doesn't it doesn't even look real. It's a neat 214 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:31,240 Speaker 1: place and like there's a really crazy, awesome, like gay 215 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:33,760 Speaker 1: community there. I'm sure you've seen Unseen Man on New 216 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:37,760 Speaker 1: Year's Eve um and it's just a cool place. It's 217 00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:39,840 Speaker 1: a neat place. But I like the Keys in general. 218 00:12:40,120 --> 00:12:42,679 Speaker 1: Oh one other thing, if you go down there, there 219 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:44,959 Speaker 1: is a museum. I think it's just called the Key 220 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:50,080 Speaker 1: West Museum, but it has no there's Hemingway's House. This 221 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:53,839 Speaker 1: is different. This is some weird, clunky museum that it's 222 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:57,520 Speaker 1: almost like somebody who's never been to a museum said 223 00:12:57,520 --> 00:12:59,480 Speaker 1: I'm going to put a museum together, and this is 224 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:01,880 Speaker 1: what they can up with. There's rooms where you're like, 225 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:04,040 Speaker 1: is this a storage room or is this like part 226 00:13:04,080 --> 00:13:07,320 Speaker 1: of the museum. It's in an old stone fort. But 227 00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:10,120 Speaker 1: there's this one exhibit. There's a bunch of them. There's 228 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:14,040 Speaker 1: Robert the famous doll um who's like haunted and cursed. 229 00:13:14,080 --> 00:13:16,440 Speaker 1: They have him there. It's really neat to see. But 230 00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:19,760 Speaker 1: there's one exhibit is just amazing. There was a famous 231 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:25,520 Speaker 1: Key West resident who engaged in necrophilia for decades with 232 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:29,440 Speaker 1: the love of his life, could not let her go um, 233 00:13:29,640 --> 00:13:32,440 Speaker 1: And there's like a whole thing on him there that's 234 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:35,160 Speaker 1: really neat, And they like redid this mannequin that he 235 00:13:35,240 --> 00:13:38,720 Speaker 1: basically turned his wife into trying to preserve her. It's 236 00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:42,120 Speaker 1: definitely worth going to. Well, if we're plugging very quickly 237 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:46,600 Speaker 1: weird museums, I should plug the Museum of Umbrella Covers 238 00:13:47,520 --> 00:13:50,880 Speaker 1: what and that is on Peaks Island, Maine, right off 239 00:13:50,880 --> 00:13:53,640 Speaker 1: of Portland, Maine. Take the ferry out to Peaks Island, 240 00:13:54,240 --> 00:13:57,840 Speaker 1: go to the Museum of Umbrella Covers, not Umbrella's Umbrella covers, 241 00:13:57,880 --> 00:14:00,560 Speaker 1: umbrella covers. I didn't even know the West is put 242 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:03,280 Speaker 1: your umbrella in a little sleeve. Yeah, that's it. Okay, 243 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:06,160 Speaker 1: it's so you've got a bunch of on them. So 244 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:09,040 Speaker 1: there you have it from Chuck. That's right. Uh, if 245 00:14:09,120 --> 00:14:11,480 Speaker 1: you want, no, we don't do that on this do 246 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:16,800 Speaker 1: we know? Short stuff out? 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