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DH Ep:43 J. Edgar Hoover
On a humid morning in May nineteen seventy-two, the most powerful man in Washington died naked on his bedroom floor, and he wasn't the president. For…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
DH Ep:42 The Donner Party
In the winter of 1846–1847, eighty-seven pioneers set out with dreams of a new life in California—and found themselves trapped in the Sierra Nevada M…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
DH Ep:41 The Thin Blue Line
This episode isn't going to be easy to hear, but it's necessary. I spent sixteen years in law enforcement, ending my career as an Atlanta police offi…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
DH Ep:40 Where the Mountains Swallow Men Whole
On a cold November afternoon in 1945, a seasoned hunting guide named Middie Rivers walked into the Vermont wilderness and never came back out. He kne…
5 months, 1 week ago
DH Ep:39 The Devil’s Tramping Ground
Deep in the pine forests of Chatham County, North Carolina, lies a perfect circle of barren earth where nothing has grown for over three hundred year…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
DH Ep:38 Hunting Hitler
In this episode of Disturbing History, we step into one of the most chilling and enduring mysteries of the twentieth century: what really happened to…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
DH Ep:37 John Wilkes Booth
On the night of April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth stepped into the presidential box at Ford's Theatre and fired a single shot that would echo through…
6 months, 1 week ago
DH Ep:36 The Kennedy Assassination
On November 22, 1963, three shots in Dealey Plaza shattered America's innocence and sparked the most controversial investigation in our nation's hist…
6 months, 1 week ago
DH Ep:35 The Bell Witch
Between 1817 and 1821, the Bell family of Robertson County, Tennessee experienced what would become the most documented poltergeist case in American …
6 months, 2 weeks ago
DH Ep:34 Lyndon Johnson's Obsession with Power—and His Pants
This week on Disturbing History, we dive into the unsettling life of Lyndon B. Johnson, America’s 36th president. Rising from poverty in the Texas Hi…
6 months, 3 weeks ago