102 America's One and Only Emperor

In 1859, a ruined businessman walked into a newspaper office and declared himself Emperor of the United States.

Most people would have been laughed into obscurity.

Instead… an entire city embraced him.

Restaurants fed him for free. Police officers saluted him in the streets. Newspapers printed his royal decrees. And for more than twenty years, San Francisco treated Joshua Norton as its beloved emperor.

But beneath the strange headlines was a deeper story about loss, kindness, and a city that chose compassion over cruelty.

This week on Twist of Fate Radio — the unbelievable true story of America’s one and only emperor.

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