The Kentucky Cave Wars | Case File #243

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This episode explores the Kentucky Cave Wars, a fierce business rivalry among cave owners in the early 1900s.

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Host: Boy Genius

Topics covered

• Kentucky Cave Wars
• business rivalry
• sabotage
• advertising
• national park
• history
• Mammoth Cave

Keywords

• Kentucky Cave Wars
• Mammoth Cave
• business rivalry
• sabotage
• advertising
• history
• national park

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Books & works: rock opera about the rise and fall of Napster

Places: Kentucky, Mammoth Cave

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