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Evel Knievel: America’s dastardly daredevil (with Horatio Gould) | Part one
Published 9 months, 4 weeks ago
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Snake River Canyon, Idaho 1973.
A baying mob of drunken biker gangs and bloodthirsty thrill-seekers watch on, as a lunatic in a star spangled jumpsuit is strapped to a military rocket.
And that was just an ordinary day for America’s most notorious daredevil.
He bunked up with Charles Manson, spunked $20m on chinchilla fur coats and smashed the world record for broken bones.
From month-long comas to robbing banks with dynamite, buckle in for the unhinged tale of Evel Kneivel.
Do not try this at home…
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