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Bloody Kansas

Rat poison is the best of all of the PED's.

1904 Olympics

This is the second episode of our 2-part series covering The Red Summer of 1919. This week we focus more on the Elaine Massacre, which happened the day after the events of the Omaha Race Riot that we covered in last week's episode.

The Red Summer (pt.2)

Every trigger warning possible applies to this episode. It's brutal. And in two parts. You have been warned.

The Red Summer (pt1)

Unit 731

Douglas Mawson

As Tom teaches us this week, when in Jersey be afraid, be very afraid!

The Jersey Devil

Poppy

Wash your hands, people! *****Sources*****https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Semmelweis#cite_note-FOOTNOTECarterCarter20059-21 https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ignaz-Semmelweis https://globalhandwashing.org/about-handwashing/history-of-handwashing/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK144018/ https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/01/12/375663920/the-doctor-who-championed-hand-washing-and-saved-women-s-lives http://semmelweis.org/about/dr-semmelweis-biography/ https://info.debgroup.com/blog/evolution-of-hand-hygiene https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/149661 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87082456/1917-11-18/ed-1/seq-3/#date1=1789&index=1&rows=20&words=Ignaz+Semmelweis&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1963&proxtext=Ignaz+Semmelweis&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1

Savior Of Mothers

This week Tom forces us to ask the question, "How bouncy are your pickles, Connecticut?"

Strange State Laws

As a bonus gift, we give you "The Reason For The Season", a deep dive into why we celebrate Christmas at all and where most of the traditions we observe today came from.                                               **************************                                           *********Sources************* https://www.history.com/topics/christmas/history-of-christmas https://www.britannica.com/topic/Christmas https://rcg.org/realtruth/articles/169-ttooc.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_tree#18th_and_19th_centuries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Carol https://bigthink.com/culture-religion/winter-solstice-and-christianity?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kenbgMjRvlY https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturnalia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_(mythology) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Julius_I https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yule https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yule_loghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_solstice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neolithic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_Invictus

The Reason For The Season

This week Jr teaches us about how the losing Confederates bungled another battle close to where we live.

Battle Of Fort Davidson

This week Justin brings us a tale of flight (kinda) from the 1920's.  

Dole Air Race

Fort Sumter

This week Tom takes us back to WWII to teach us all about a training exercise gone horribly wrong. 

Operation Tiger

A World History podcast bringing you stories you've likely never heard in the most vulgar way possible.

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