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Johnny Appleseed Was Real. And Weirder Than You Might Think | The Curiosity Desk

You probably know something of the legend of Johnny Appleseed, but did you know he was an actual person? And his real story is perhaps stranger than you might imagine. It involves apples, of course, though nobody really ever ate them. But there was also his side hustle as a real estate mogul and his infatuation with a Swedish mystic In this episode we glimpse John Chapman, the Massachusetts man behind the myth. And explore how a deeply religious, eccentric land speculator became an American legend. Plus we visit a small farm in Ohio – the one patch of land where Chapman’s legacy purportedly still literally lives on. Something you are curious about? Let Edgar know: https://wgbh.org/curiositydesk GBH News is a premier source for in-depth local news and original story telling based in Boston, Massachusetts. Subscribe to the GBH YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/gbhnews?sub_confi... Follow GBH News on Instagram:   / gbhnews   Like GBH News on Facebook:   / gbhnews   Follow GBH News on Twitter:   / gbhnews   Follow GBH News on Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@gbhnews Want the most important local news of the day delivered right to your inbox? Sign up for The Wake Up, our Morning Edition newsletter: https://www.wgbh.org/news/newsletters/. Help us keep bringing you the local news that matters to YOU, right here on YouTube. Donate today: https://bit.ly/3MJ09Fm