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We have reached a century of podcasts!  Today's episode is about Napoleon Bonaparte, the Little Corporal, famed French Military leader and Emperor.  Our format has changed for this special episode, s…

An episode all about the beginning of comics and the so called Golden Age of comics when classics such as Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman got their start.  Join us for some fun as we go through th…

Learn about the origin of A Christmas Carol.  What particular ills of society drove Charles Dickens to write it?  What is Jeni's favorite adaptation? (hint, it stars Michael Caine)  Find out in this …

We discuss the story of Ellie Nesler, a mother who shot and killed the accused molester of her son while he was standing trial.  What lead up to her making this choice, and how did it end up affectin…

We discuss the International House of Prayer and more specifically a fringe group in Kansas City that went horribly wrong.  If you like cults this is for you.  Strap in, it's a long one!

We discuss the Duplessis Orphans, 20,000 Canadian children that were wrongly identified as mentally ill in order to increase funds for their mental health institutions that were run by the Catholic C…

We discuss the American folklore icon Johnny Appleseed.  What is the real story of the real man?  How did he bring boozy apples to the west?  Come check out the podcast and find out!

We discuss the origins of American Thanksgiving.  What was the First Thanksgiving like?  What was actually eaten?  How did the modern holiday become a national tradition?  Join us and make a wish on …

Van Eyck's Ghent Altarpiece is often considered one of the world's most important paintings due to it being the first great oil painting and the forerunner of artistic realism in the Renaissance.  It…

Time to learn about Doris Payne, one of the most prolific jewel thieves in history with a career spanning into her 80s (if it is indeed over at age 90).

We discuss the life and times of Grigori Rasputin, Russian peasant, holy man, womanizer, and official royal hanger on.  In the lyrics of Boney M:

There lived a certain man in Russia long ago
He was big…

We all know about Halloween, but what do you know about Devil's Night, aka Halloween Eve?  We discuss the history and less than rosy history of the night before Halloween, from kids turning over wate…

We discuss the Kensington Runestone, a stone of debated authenticity that is purported to be of 14th century Viking origin and found on a farm near Kensington, Minnesota.  Does this stone prove that …

We discuss the history and (believe it or not) science behind the Ouija Board, America's favorite portal to the other side/board game.

Travel back to the Wild West with the story of the Dalton Gang, a band of outlaws primarily run by the Dalton brothers that terrorized Oklahoma and Kansas and most famously participated in a bloody s…

We discuss the famous case of Tylenol tampering from 1982 Chicago, when seven people were killed by cyanide that was introduced into their Tylenol.  The random poisoning terrified the nation and rema…

We discuss the creation and history of the great American comfort food, Mac and Cheese.

We discuss the story behind the invention/discovery of LSD and its extraction from ergot, the plant fungus that is considered to be behind almost every crazy witchcraft story from the middle ages.

We discuss Horace de Vere Cole and his many audacious pranks pulled during the glory days of the British Empire.  

The Field of Cloth of Gold was a huge party/festival/show of power thrown by Henry VIII of England (yes that Henry the 8th) and Francis I of France to show their desire for better relations and to su…