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Most people have heard the story of Lady Godiva's ride au natural through the town of Coventry and possibly Peeping Tom who was disrespectful enough to watch her and ended up going blind.  However, d…

Over the years, almost half a dozen movies have been made about Bufford Pusser, .Tennessee Sheriff, that fought organized crime and attempted to avenge the death of his wife.  We discuss the real sto…

John Wesley Hardin was the son of a Methodist minister, but it didn't seem to rub off on him.  Born in 1853, he became a notorious outlaw of the wild west (or maybe more correctly a serial killer in …

We continue last weeks topic of the crusades.  Europe's drunken weekend continues with wave after wave armies sent off to "fight the infidels", be they in the holy land or sometimes the south of Fran…

Today we delve into history a bit and discuss the crusades and most specifically the First Crusade.  We often hear the crusades referenced in western language all the time with various causes and que…

To kick of 2024 we discuss the Great Library of Alexandria.  Supposedly created around 300BCE in the Ptolemaic Kindom of Egypt shortly after the breakup of the empire of Alexander the Great, the Grea…

This week, for Christmas, the podcast looks at the history of Krampus, Santa's much less friendly BFF that punishes children for being bad.  From his origins in the myths of the Alps, to Krampus Spin…

Ever wonder where some of your favorite Christmas traditions came from?  This week's podcast takes a look at the origins of Christmas Trees in the United States, Gingerbread Houses, and the origin of…

This week's podcast gets back to our roots in weird cults.  The cult du jour is The Family, an Australian group also known as the Santiniketan Park Association and the Great White Brotherhood (yes, t…

Time for a bit of classical music lore.  We discuss the life and times of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, from his days as a child prodigy to his early death and burial in a common grave.  What are the most…

Nikola Tesla has gained renown over the years for being a far sighted inventor and engineer that seemed to sense the future potential of electromagnetic waves and induction, helping create the presen…

Edgar Cayce was a claimed clairvoyant who though connecting with his "higher self" in a trance like state, spoke of all sorts of subjects both controversial and mundane.  These sessions were often re…

Mother Shipton, born Ursula Southeil, was born in Yorkshire, England in the late 1400s.  According to legend she was born in Shipton's cave, a site famous for waters that quickly petrify objects left…

Audrey Munson became America's first supermodel shortly after the turn of the 20th century.  She became the most desired model for sculptures all over New York and beyond, earning the nickname Miss M…

Ed and Lorraine Warren founded the New England Society for Psychic Research in 1952, making it the oldest ghost hunting group in New England.  Over they years many of their cases have inspired the ho…

This week we continue the discussion of Jack the Ripper, focusing on the investigation and suspects.  While most of the physical evidence from the case was destroyed during the Blitz in WWII, this ha…

Beginning a two part series on Jack the Ripper, we discuss the victims of the Whitechapel murders, both those attributed to the ripper and those before and after that might be related.  Most of the v…

Numerology is the belief that certain numbers and number combination hold mystical significance.  Numerological beliefs very greatly across cultures and groups, ranging from things like Angel Numbers…

With the advent of photography in the 19th century came the inevitable inclusion of the new process in the spiritualist movement.  William Mumler gained fame in the 1860s when he developed a photo th…

As far back as the 13th century, rumors have existed of a female Pope who originally came to the Rome disguised as a man to be with a lover in the church.  She is said to have rose to prominence thou…