Don't Look Now

We discuss the history, lore, and possible present whereabouts of the Lost Ark of the Covenant.  Indiana Jones references might or might not be added.

We discuss Leonardo Da Vinci, artist, scientist, engineer, (and stage manager?).  Come learn the backstory and fashion sense of the OG Renaissance Man.

We discuss the history and nuances of  American Barbeque.  Where did it come from?  What types are there?  Why are we so obsessed with it?  Learn all about it on this week's episode.

Today we discuss Gustave, the demon crocodile of Lake Tanganyika in Africa.  Thought to have potentially killed up to 300 people, Gustave has stalked the lake for decades seemingly killing his victim…

We discuss Niccolo Michiavelli, multitalented politician of Renaissance Florence and famed writer of The Prince.  

The Medici Family controlled Florence and Tuscany for hundreds of years, dominating politics and bankrolling the great artists and scientists of the Renaissance.  Learn the history of the family from…

William Buke and William Hare committed some of the most infamous murders in history by killing their victims in order to sell their bodies to the blossoming medical school industry in early 19th cen…

We discuss the lost English Colony of Roanoke.  What became of the vanished settlers that were left on the island without contact for years?  What was the meaning of the lone word left behind, "Croat…

In 1959 a shipment of 75,000 doses of polio vaccine was stolen before it could be distributed to the people of Montreal, Canada.  We discuss the inside job and how it prevented children in desperate …

From 1917 - 1919 a serial axe murder wreaked terror in New Orleans, slaying local grocers and their families in their sleep.  Was this the work of a crazed homicidal maniac, or the culmination of ven…

John List, a mass murderer that killed his entire family in 1971 was found 18 years later when he was featured on the TV show "America's Most Wanted", thanks in large part to an eerily accurate artis…

Juanita Moody dropped out of college to aid in the World War II war effort by enlisting as part of the Signal Intelligence Service, the precursor to the NSA.  Her career eventually lead her to one of…

Isabella Bird went from a sickly young girl growing up in early Victorian Great Britain to become a world traveler.  She put Estes Park Colorado on the map, writing about her travels everywhere from …

James Barry was a British army surgeon in the early part of the 19th century.  He performed the first recorded successful Caesarean section section in Africa by a European, pushed for health reform, …

We discuss the invention of two of of the 20th Century's greatest ideas, the Super Soaker and the Slinky.

The Little Ice Age is a term that was coined to describe the period from about 1300-1850 over which the average temperature worldwide dipped, resulting in many forms of global upset.  We discuss some…

What is the link between a Danish King with a dead tooth and a ubiquitous technology that we tend to take for granted any time we wirelessly print something or make a call from a car?  Come learn abo…

We continue the tale of Lizzie Borden with the story of her arrest and trial.  

The axe murders of Abby and Andrew Borden supposedly at the hands of their daughter Lizzie were one of the most sensational crimes of the Gilded Age and still talked about and debated today.  Did she…

Carlina White was abducted from the hospital in Harlem, NYC in 1987 when she was just 19 days old.  This is the story of how she came to be reunited with her family 23 years later.