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Deader Than a Door Nail & Chemist

A Dale Josey Season 1 Episode 10

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Trivia: Did you know the phrase "dead as a doornail," dates back to the 14th century? Mystery Guest: the company that bears his name today was founded by someone else in 1898. Business grew rapidly, and in 1912 became the world's largest company making something essential to modern life. Our mystery guest was so obsessed with making this puncture proof material his family nearly starved. He was thrown in debtor’s prison reserved for people who were unable to pay their debts. However in 1839 this chemist discovered by accident that heat and sulfur alters the consistency of material vital to this product still mass produced today.