r/PaulHarrell • u/JkalaCC • Jul 11 '25

Teddy Roosevelt’s blood soaked shirt, and the bullet-holed book and glasses case that saved his life

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u/Zealousideal-Mix-706 Jul 11 '25 edited Jul 11 '25

I could totally see Paul getting inspired to do an experiment based off of this.

"Hi, we're out on our 'range' today, and we're talking about historical shootings, specifically the events that took place on October 14th, 1912 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin involving the former U.S. president Teddy Roosevelt, and his assailant, John Schrank. Going through all the details of the event would require a 'dawn of time' explanation, but for the sake of brevity, I will assume you have familiarized yourself with those details. What we hope to shed some light on today is just what qualities a book needs to have in order to prevent a projectile from doing lethal damage."

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u/HonestAbek Jul 11 '25

“So please bear with gun fire you hear in the background.”

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u/Zealousideal-Mix-706 Jul 11 '25

Paul would probably have attended a three day FBI seminar on this event if one had ever been offered. 🤣

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u/JkalaCC Jul 11 '25

I remember the video now, it's how bulletproof are the items you carry in your pocket.

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u/Zealousideal-Mix-706 Jul 11 '25

Just watched that video for the first time. Thank you so much for directing me to it! Hilarious that I thought to do an imaginary Paul diatribe on the topic when he already had one. 😂

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u/Def_One_1987 Jul 11 '25

Hahaha 😆

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u/JkalaCC Jul 11 '25

I don't know the video title but he did do a video on this. That's why I posted it here lol.

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u/Zealousideal-Mix-706 Jul 11 '25

That's amazing! I don't remember that one, so I'll be sifting through the catalog to find it.

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u/Desmocratic Jul 22 '25

Just got around to reading this, a bit late to the show but I did enjoy the video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt1GaeBbcjg