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Rhys Thomas

Journalist and documentary filmmaker Rhys Thomas, author of "The Ruby Slippers of Oz," the definitive history of the Wizard of Oz slippers worn by Judy Garland.

Apr 2, 2025

29:17
And then,
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and then combined with the knowledge pairs.
29:20
Yeah.
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Combined with the knowledge of the mismatched pairs, which, you know, I discovered back in 89.
29:26
And the FBI agents had read that in my book, and that's why they took the pair to the Smithsonian.
29:32
But what was really interesting was the work done by Randy Struthers, who I've called sort of a ruby slipper forensic expert, who really studied the shoes carefully under, you know, using high tech video techniques.
29:48
we were able to discover not just that they were mismatched pairs.

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Did you ever try and request an interview with any of the involved parties, the criminals themselves at all? Is that something that was would you like to talk to them or I don't know? No,

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