On this episode of Our American Stories, Johnny Baier, Executive Director of the American Banjo Museum in Oklahoma City, takes us through the history of the Banjo starting from the beginning until today. Regular Contributor Stephen Rusiniak tells the story of his brother’s close encounter with death. Chris Siriano tells us about an American man in a glass coffin along the shores of Lake Michigan.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - The Banjo's Trip Through History

25:00 - “He Was Closer To Death Than We Knew”

37:00 - The Man In The Glass Coffin