7: The Story of Johnny Ochsner, The Rich Kid Romeo, and the Lovesick Stowaways
TRANSCRIPT Hi, this is Knox Bronson at the Secret History of Frisco podcast. We have a rather remarkable episode today. It is the story of an Oakland man, two women who followed him across the Pacific as stowaways, one from San Francisco to Hawaii, one from Hawaii...
6: Bonus Ep. 3—when Sally Stanford Kicked Humphrey Bogart Out of Her Flagship Pleasure Palace at 1144 PINE in 1941
TRANSCRIPT Hi, this is Knox Bronson at The Secret History of Frisco podcast. This bonus episode is about legends: specifically the infamous San Francisco madam Sally Stanford, movie star Humphrey Bogart, and how she barred him from her infamous bordello, and...
5: The Secret Life of Bob Patterson, The Charming Ex-Con Who Terrorized High Society With His Column, “Freddie Francisco Observes” In The 1940s
TRANSCRIPT: Hi, this is Knox Bronson at The Secret History of Frisco podcast. I have a great episode for you today featuring one of the most wickedly intelligent and delightfully roguish writers ever to grace the pages of a San Francisco Newspaper: Bob Patterson. Bob...
4: Bonus episode No. 2—Interview with paul drexler, author of “notorious san francisco—True tales of crime, passion, and murder”
In this episode, I talk to author and historian Paul Drexler about the crime and vice rooted in the very birth of San Francisco and their evolution and influence in the city for the next hundred years.
3: Bonus ep. No. 1—Call It Frisco
This episode explores the long and often contentious history of the nickname “Frisco” for San Francisco. Despite the strong disapproval of many, including Chronicle columnist Herb Caen, the term has deep roots stretching back to the Gold Rush era. We delve into the...
2: The Hawaiian Princess Who Wanted To Sing
TRANSCRIPT Welcome to the Secret History of Frisco Podcast. I’m your host, Knox Bronson. We have a wonderful episode for you today, the story of the Hawaiian princess who came to San Francisco in 1933 to open a nightclub where she could sing. We will again encounter...
1: Vice Defined San Francisco’s DNA At Its Inception
TRANSCRIPT: Welcome to the first episode of the Secret History of Frisco podcast. I am your host, Knox Bronson. The focus of the Secret History of Frisco will be the last two decades, 1934 to 1953, when San Francisco was still a wide-open town and the over-riding...
PREVIEW EPISODE: WHEN GAMBLERS, NEWSPAPERMEN, AND THE Police ran San francisco
TRANSCRIPT: Frisco The Secret History A podcastWelcome to this preview episode of the Frisco The Secret History Podcast. I'm your host, Knox Bronson. Unlike other episodes to come, I'm just ad-libbing this one, so bear with me.We are going to be covering in this...
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