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The Time A Presidential Candidate Died Mid-Election
Boosh fills in for Rob to talk about the only US election where one of the two presidential candidates died in the middle of voting.
5 years, 4 months ago
New Orleans’ Most Evil Citizen Was A Bipolar Cougar
Madame Delphine LaLaurie, the most evil resident in the history of New Orleans, was run out of the city for torturing and mutilating her slaves. She …
5 years, 4 months ago
The Witch Who Was Actually Pretty Rad Other Than The Infant Sacrifices
Noted witch expert and ex-TSM show runner Veronica Ruckh joins Softcore History to read Dan’s fortune with Tarot cards and discuss La Voisin, a purve…
5 years, 4 months ago
The KGB Is Great At Framing Aliens For Mass Murder
The boys breakdown the Dyatlov Pass Incident where 9 Russian hikers died in the Northern Ural Mountains in extremely mysterious ways.
5 years, 4 months ago
H.H. Holmes Built A Murder Castle In Chicago Because The 19th Century Had No Rules
Alex Buscemi joins the boys to talk about the first known serial killer in American history, H.H. Holmes.
5 years, 4 months ago
The Civil War Was Won By A Hooker Loving Murderer And A Cosmo Columnist
Gettysburg was won by two unlikely heroes and a decision to completely defy orders. We dive into one of the most important days in American history a…
5 years, 5 months ago
Was The 1518 Dancing Plague Caused By A Tween Ghost?
In 1518 hundreds of people literally danced to death in what's now France. What caused an estimated 400 people to footloose into an early grave? Jake…
5 years, 5 months ago
The Mad Hatter That Avenged Abe Lincoln
Boston Corbett went from small town hat maker to the national hero who gunned down John Wilkes Booth. His life was more insane than his mercury soake…
5 years, 5 months ago
The First Joke Ever Recorded, Temple Orgies, And Con Men In Ancient Sumer
We dive into the first known human civilization of Sumer and find common ground with this ancient group of people who really just wanted to get drunk…
5 years, 5 months ago
The Time A Rotting Corpse Was Put On Trial By The Pope
Cancel culture is nothing new. We dive into The Cadaver Synod where a dead man was wheeled into an actual court room by the Pope to answer for the cr…
5 years, 6 months ago