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Podcast: Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson
Episode: Sam Brinkley, The “Longest Bearded Man In The World”
Description: Today in 1850, the birthday of Sam Brinkley, who was a groundbreaker in the field of having a really really long beard. Plus: starting tomorrow in Fairmount, Indiana, it’s the start of the annual Remembering James Dean Festival.
A beard taller than Danny DeVito: how this NC man’s facial hair became world famous (Charlotte Observer)
Sam Brinkley and His Beard (NCpedia)
Remembering James Dean Festival
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