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Episode #188- What Bewitched Salem? (Part II)
Can a psychological illness become contagious? Many experts believe that in rare cases a phenomenon known as a "mass psychogenic illness" can break o…
2 years, 8 months ago
Episode #187- What Bewitched Salem? (Part I)
In 1692 in the town of Salem Village, Massachusetts, two young girls started acting very strangely. The girls suffered from uncontrollable fits, bout…
2 years, 9 months ago
Episode #186- Who Was Germany's Greatest Imposter?
In 1906 an ex-convict named Wilhelm Voigt living pulled off one of the most audacious heists in European history. After cobbling together a realistic…
2 years, 9 months ago
OFH Throwback- Episode #43- What is Phantom Time?
In the world of pseudo-historical theories there are few more radical than the Phantom Time Hypothesis and the New Chronology. These theories propose…
2 years, 10 months ago
OFH Throwback- Episode #113- Who is Kyiv's Most Vengeful Saint?
There are few tales of revenge as epic as that of Olga of Kyiv. In 945 AD Olga set out on a campaign of vengeance that would make a lasting mark on t…
2 years, 10 months ago
Episode #185- Was Wrestling Ever Real? ft. RJ City (Part III)
Most professional wrestling fans have accepted the scripted nature of wrestling for decades, but are we truly living in a post-kayfabe world? This we…
2 years, 10 months ago
Episode #184- Was Wrestling Ever Real? (Part II)
Professional Wrestling had a long history of manipulated matches, but it took time to evolve into the pure theatre we know today. Along the road Prof…
2 years, 11 months ago
Episode #183- Was Wrestling Ever Real? (Part I)
In 1957 the French philosopher Roland Barthes called professional wrestling a "spectacle of excess." That may be the most beautifully succinct descri…
2 years, 11 months ago
Episode #182- What Were The Hell-Fire Clubs? (Part II)
In 1721 the first Hell-Fire club caused a scandal in London and quickly disbanded, but the story did not end there. Soon new blasphemous rake's clubs…
3 years ago
Episode #181- What Were The Hell-Fire Clubs? (Part I)
In Britain in the early 18th century private social clubs were all the rage. These societies grew out of the emerging coffeehouse culture and soon be…
3 years ago