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Raven

Raven

Date de sortie : 2026-02-13
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Date de sortie : 2026-02-13
© 2026
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Chapter One: Wax to the Max

Chapter One: Wax to the Max

Raven Chanticleer was a larger-than-life eccentric and multi-talented artist. In the 1970s, he became a local New York celebrity by showing up to gala events in jaw-dropping outfits. In 1989, Raven fulfilled his long-held dream of opening a wax museum d
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Raven Chanticleer was a larger-than-life eccentric and multi-talented artist. In 1989, Raven fulfilled his long-held dream of opening a wax museum devoted to Black history in Harlem. The African American Wax Museum, as it was called, garnered widespread attention in New York and abroad, gaining a reputation as a truly unique institution. In chatper one of Raven, we take a tour of the African American Wax Museum and get to know the founder. 
 
If you like Raven, you might like Gavin's other podcast, The Art of Crime. It's a history podcast about the unlikely collisions between true crime and the arts.
 
Raven is a production of Drum and Monkey Media. For images and other cool stuff about Raven, check Gavin's socials. His Instagram and Blue Sky socials are @gavinwhitehead430. Want to get in touch? Feel free to DM or send an email to drumandmonkeymedia@gmail.com.
Id. d’épisode : 1000749546002
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Date de publication : 13/2/2026 à 06:05:00

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Raven is a podcast about the unforgettable man who founded Harlem's first and only wax museum and the extraordinary people who went out of their way to keep its memory alive.
Raven Chanticleer was a multi-talented artist and larger-than-life eccentric. For thirty years, he dreamed of opening a wax museum devoted to Black history in Harlem. In 1989, he finally did. The African American Wax Museum, as it was called, garnered widespread attention in New York and abroad, with Black artists, intellectuals, and politicians singing its praises.
When Raven died in 2002, his family gutted the museum and sold the property, destroying his life's work and outraging the community. For years, Raven's prized, handmade wax figures were thought to have been lost to history. After an eighteen-month investigation, host Gavin Whitehead discovered that a handful miraculously survived--you just had to know where to look for them.
If you like Raven, you might also like Gavin's other podcast, The Art of Crime. It's a history podcast about the unlikely collisions between true crime and the arts. New theme each season.
Raven is a production of Drum and Monkey Media.

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