Of Brooklyn Bridge Jumping, Unicycle Riding and Tin Pan Alley
August 31 was the natal day of Robert Emmet Odlum (1851-1885), the first man to jump off the Brooklyn Bridge. You thought it was Steve Brodie, didn't you? Well, Brodie was the first man to jump off the bridge and survive, that is, if he actually did it. Which many think he didn't. Odlum did […]