Podcast Episodes
Back to Search
The Eggnog Riot
Jefferson Davis was a malcontent long before the American Civil War. The Eggnog Riot or Grog Mutiny was an 1826 drunken Christmas rebellion by dozens…
2 months, 1 week ago
The Worst Company Christmas Party in History
Forget puking secretaries and handsy office creeps, BY FAR the worst company Christmas party in American history happened on Christmas Eve in Michiga…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Flying Drunk At Pearl Harbor
U.S. Army Air Corps pilots Kenneth Taylor and George Welch had a few days off in tropical paradise and decided to let loose at an officer Christmas p…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Who Was The Best General Of All Time?
This is a free preview of the content we offer on the Softcore History Patreon.
It is the best way to support Dan and Rob and keeps the podcast going.…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
The Geriatric Masshole Who Murdered Redcoats
Samuel Whittemore fought in the American Revolution. He fought despite the fact that he was born in 1696. At 78 years old, Whittemore, who'd already …
3 months ago
The Pilgrims Actually Helped the Indians…To Murder
The real story behind Thanksgiving.
Subscribe to the Softcore History Patreon for hundreds of hours of extra history content including episodes like t…
3 months ago
The Porn Star Kamikaze Pilot
Mitsuyasu Maeno was Japan's last kamikaze pilot, but there were a couple of other interesting things about him. First off, he was BORN in 1946, a yea…
3 months, 1 week ago
The Giant Who Helped Win The American Revolution
Peter Francisco was an absolute mountain of a man who served in the Continental Army during the American Revoltuion as a teenager. Often refered to a…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Animal Cruelty Was Beer Pong For 1600s Germany
For about a hundred or so years between the 17th and 18th centuries, a favorite German party pastime was… throwing animals high into the air and then…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Europe's Vampire Hysteria
After the death of a local farmer, Petar Blagojević, a small Serbian town went into full vampire paranoia as nine other villagers suddenly dropped de…
4 months ago