Chang Apana the Legend Who Inspired Charlie Chan
Every so often in history, we are blessed with learning the existence of a true badass human. In this episode we dive into the legend of Chang Apana, and some of the astonishing antics that followed him...amazing story. Chang Apana was a police officer/detective in Honolulu Hawaii in the 1930s, his legendary life and career gave rise to the inspiration for the the fictional character of Charlie Chan. Charlie Chan grew to huge popularity in the late 1930s and early 1940s, his story was told again in 1981...but the legend of Chang Apana lives on. Not many people get to be the inspiration for a series of novels and movies!
Chang Apana traveled and navigated the seedy Honolulu 1930s underworld, not with a sidearm, but with a bullwhip! Yup, you heard that correctly, he did not carry a gun, he carried a bullwhip. Apparently, he was quite good at it, and we here at Detectivery Studios, are not quite sure what might be more terrifying than facing an adversary who is legendary with a bullwhip! Apana's exploits are stuff of legend!
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Show Notes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang_Apana
https://www.honolulupd.org/hall-of-fame/detective-chang-apana/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Derr_Biggers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Chan
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1415296/