The world's weirdest marathon hits the theatre
The Summer Olympics of 1904 were held in St Louis, Missouri and they were the first ever held outside of Europe. But this particular event has gone down in history for hosting a farcical marathon which involved rat poison, hitch-hiking, stolen fruit and dog attacks. The strange tale has been brought to the stage by Nic Sampson who popped in to share a little of it.
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