Cool Weird Awesome With Brady Carlson

In September 1924, a truck accidentally discovered a series of tunnels underneath Washington DC. There were lots of rumors, but it turned out a local guy had just dug them himself, for "exercise." Here's his story. Plus: the new book from photographer Enda O'Flaherty, "Life Is Elsewhere," visits abandoned schoolhouses in rural Ireland.  Smithsonian Bug Expert By Day; Eccentric Tunnel Digger By Night (Architect of the Capitol) Inside the tunnels of Washington’s mole man, Harrison G. Dyar (Washington Post) Life Is Elsewhere: Abandoned Schools In The Irish Countryside (Flashbak) We dig our Patreon backers --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/support