Do Go On • 9 July 2025

507 - The Mysterious Kaspar Hauser

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In 1828, a teenage boy was found wandering the streets of Nuremberg, Germany. No one knew who he was or where he had come from. What followed was a dramatic few years filled with drama, intrigue, and a lot of unanswered questions...

This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 05:30 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).

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Do Go On acknowledges the traditional owners of the land we record on, the Wurundjeri people, in the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to elders, past and present. 

REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:

https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(24)01764-4?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2589004224017644%3Fshowall%3Dtrue

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspar_Hauser

https://allthatsinteresting.com/kaspar-hauser

https://www.kaspar-hauser.net/en/texts/Kaspar_Hauser_the_Child_of_Europe.pdf

https://medium.com/@karen.liebreich/kasper-hauser-the-forgotten-wild-child-a5ba73c8cbd8

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