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152. Kate Warne - America's First Female Detective
Episode 152
Kate Warne, a woman in history we should know more about. The first "lady" detective in the USA, she solved crimes, performed subtrefuge and even thw…
1 year ago
151 . John Brown - Part II: Heroism is Treason
Episode 151
In the second half of the John Brown tale, we get to hear about Brown's FAFO era, from Bleeding Kansas to the guerilla warfare at Osawatomie, the Bat…
1 year, 1 month ago
150. John Brown - Part I: American Abolitionist
Episode 150
Happy Independence Day! It's July 4th which means that it's the perfect time to talk about some classic American history. I was hoping to get this in…
1 year, 1 month ago
149. Mary Astor - Hollywood and Scandal
Episode 149
A film noir femme fatale, actress Mary Astor found herself embroiled in a custody battle and "crime of the century!" A scandal so inticing that it kn…
1 year, 1 month ago
148. King Edward II - Bisexual Chaos Monarch
Episode 148
King Edward II had everything he needed in life, a great education, a throne to sit upon, huge tracts of land and a beautiful face... unfortunately h…
1 year, 1 month ago
147. Alan Turing - The Codebreaker
Episode 147
Alan Turing is a man who deserved to be celebrated, a cryptanalyst, mathematician and codebreaker who helped win the Second World War, A man who was …
1 year, 1 month ago
146. Billy Tipton - Trans Jazz Icon
Episode 146
It's Pride month and so it's the perfect time to tack about trans cultural icon, Billy Lee Tipton - a transgender jazz musician, who performed all ov…
1 year, 1 month ago
145. Louisa May Alcott
Episode 145
This Pride Month, let us tell a tale of one of the best-known authors and least-known asexuals in history - Miss Louisa May Alcott. You may know her …
1 year, 2 months ago
144. The Marchioness Disaster
Episode 144
1989 in London, England, 130 partygoers boarded a small pleasure boat - The Marchioness - for a birthday bash cruise down the Thames river. Less than…
1 year, 2 months ago
143. When MIT & Quaker Oats Tested Radiation on Children
Episode 143
Massachusetts has a shadow on its history, that of the Fernald School in South Boston, an institution designed to provide children with intellectual …
1 year, 2 months ago