Explore every episode of the podcast A Popular History of Unpopular Things
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| The USS Scorpion Disaster | 23 août 2026 | 01:10:32 | |
Join Kelli as she goes over what happened to the USS Scorpion, a skipjack-class nuclear-powered attack submarine that disappeared in May of 1967. It was found five months later, 2 miles down on the Atlantic seabed, broken into pieces. It's entire crew of 99 men sank with it. Was it an attack? Did it implode? What caused her to sink? Though tons of theories have been crafted, because we don't *actually* know what happened, we'll use our favorite philosophical tool (Occam's Razor) to determine which of the many theories is the most likely. Sources to Read:
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| The Great Moon Hoax | 21 juin 2026 | 00:30:53 | |
Join Kelli for another weird episode where she looks at the Great Moon Hoax of 1835. For six days straight in 1835, the New York Sun (not the same publication as the one that exists today) published a fantastical story about life on the moon. The scientific series of articles talked about witnessing lumbering bipedal moon-bison, crystal spires, temples, men with wings, and more. It was captivating... and although it was complete fiction, many believed it to be fact. In today's episode we go over the story, how it was received, and how this whole affair fits into the historical context of penny press newspapers in the early- to mid-nineteenth century.
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| The Navajo (Diné) Long Walk | 31 mai 2026 | 00:54:24 | |
Join Kelli as she finally starts tackling the impact of westward expansion on indigenous populations in the United States. In this episode, we focus on the Navajo, or Diné, who were forcibly removed from their homeland starting in the winter of 1863. Get ready for a nice, long historical context! :) Sources: Books
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| The Bloody Benders | 26 avr. 2026 | 01:03:20 | |
Join Kelli as she talks about a serial killer out of Kansas in the post-civil war era. Taking advantage of westward expansion and a tense climate, the Bender family - Ma, Pa, John, and Kate - were responsible for the murders of at least 11 people... including an 18-month-old baby girl. Today we explore their dark, dingy, bug-infested cabin to find out what happened to these weary travelers on the Great Osage Trail, looking for a homestead plot and a better life, who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Sources:
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| The Erfurt Latrine Disaster | 05 avr. 2026 | 00:29:03 | |
Join Kelli as she goes over a very stinky situation that happened in 1184 in Erfurt, part of the Holy Roman Empire and home base of King (and later Emperor) Henry VI. As Henry gathered some squabbling nobles to deal with a petty land dispute, the building they were in collapsed under the weight of 60+ people. And two stories below, in the basement of the building, was a cesspit full of... well, you know. It was a putrid predicament, a malodorous mess, a nauseating nightmare. Get ready for another gross episode with lots of tangents and, somehow, yet another reference to the Protestant Reformation. Intro and Outro music credit: Nedric | Yello Kake Follow me on Instagram for episode updates! @beardhistory If you want to support the show, donate to the cause at Buy Me a Coffee | |||
| The Voynich Manuscript | 15 mars 2026 | 00:22:11 | |
Join Kelli in this shorter history on the mysterious Voynich Manuscript, an early Renaissance-era book written in a made up language (dubbed Voynichese) with strange diagrams that seem... out of this world. I love a good *history mystery* :)
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| The Story of Peter the Wild Boy | 08 févr. 2026 | 00:34:01 | |
Join Kelli as she goes over the story of a feral boy found in the woods outside of Hamelin, Germany. He was brought to King George I's court in England and named Peter, and he entertained curious onlookers for months. He had strange mannerisms and was an oddity, until he fell out of favor and "retired" to a farm, where he lived peacefully until his 70s. But what was really going on with Peter? Was he really feral as people thought? Did he clamber around on all fours like a beast? Or was he just tragically misunderstood in a time before medical science could diagnosis him with an intellectual disability? Sources:
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| The Cannibalism of Johan de Witt | 18 janv. 2026 | 00:33:45 | |
Join Kelli as she goes over a strange event from the 17th century Dutch Republic - the time a political leader was killed, strung up, dismembered, and then cannibalized. As always, we set up the history surrounding this event to get a good understanding of the Rampjaar - the disaster year - and why the Dutch people took out their frustrations on Johan de Witt. And we also look into the alleged cannibalism that took place. What does it all mean? What is the bigger picture? What in the world was happening in 1672?! Intro and Outro music credit: Nedric | Yello Kake Follow me on Instagram for episode updates! @beardhistory If you want to support the show, donate to the cause at Buy Me a Coffee | |||
| The Story of Boudica, Warrior Queen | 07 déc. 2025 | 00:41:19 | |
Join Kelli as she goes over the popular legend of Boudica, the short-lived queen of the Iceni peoples in Iron Age Britain. Much of what we know about Boudica comes from heavily-biased Roman sources, written decades or over a century after the events they describe. So how much of her story is fact, and how much is fiction? And was Boudica even a real person? Let's dive into the available written and archaeological sources and analyze why the Romans might have written about her the way they did to try to understand Boudica's role in history. Sources
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| The Roman Black Banquet | 19 oct. 2025 | 00:34:14 | |
Join Kelli as she talks about Rome's first ever Black Banquet, hosted by Emperor Domitian in 89 CE. Today's episode covers some Roman history including the creation of the Colosseum, the Flavian Dynasty, Cynicism and Stoicism, Memento Mori, and Domitian's spooky banquet - so scary, his guests fled in terror, fearing for their lives! Happy early Halloween, APHOUT fans <3 Referenced Sources:
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| The French Pig Trial of 1457 | 05 oct. 2025 | 00:20:43 | |
Join Kelli as she looks into the weird world of European animal trials, focusing on the French Pig Trial at Savigny in 1457, where a sow owned by Jehan Bailly was put on trial for the murder of 5-year-old Jehan Martin. That's right - the pig was put on trial for murder. Not her human owner. But where does the legal precedent for animal trials come from? Let's find out! Sources Referenced:
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| The Eilean Mòr Lighthouse Mystery | 21 sept. 2025 | 00:30:13 | |
Join Kelli as she goes over the mystery of the Eilean Mòr lighthouse. In December of 1900, the three men keeping the lighthouse on the Flannan Isles - James Ducat, Thomas Marshall, and Donald McArthur - vanished without a trace. The light was out for about two weeks. When a fourth keeper came to relieve one of the men and bring more supplies, he stumbled upon a dark island with an empty lighthouse - and no signs of distress. Let's go over the history of the Eilean Mòr lighthouse, the primary sources of those who were there to see it, and some of the theories as to what happened. Then, we'll apply Occam's Razor and determine the most likely scenario. Sources referenced in the episode:
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| The Tragic Tale of Typhoid Mary | 31 août 2025 | 00:43:56 | |
Join Kelli as she goes over the history surrounding Typhoid Mary. We'll go beyond the typhoid-laden peaches and fresh ice cream! When we take a step back and look at her whole story in context, we get a different view of what it must have been like to be "Typhoid Mary," a strong, no-nonsense, Irish immigrant making a living as a cook in NYC and surrounding areas. Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launStart for FREE Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Intro and Outro music credit: Nedric | Yello Kake Follow me on Instagram for episode updates! @beardhistory If you want to support the show, donate to the cause at Buy Me a Coffee | |||
| The Belgian Congo | 30 mars 2025 | 00:45:49 | |
Join Kelli as she goes over the Congo Free State, owned not by Belgium, but by its King - Leopold II. During the 19th century in Africa, seven European countries - Britain, France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Spain, and Portugal, met to divide up Africa; they had already encroached on about 10% of it, mostly the coasts, but now they wanted more. In this episode we discuss why, and what happened to the Congolese men, women, and children who were suddenly under the control of King Leopold.
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| The 1381 English Peasant's Rebellion | 16 mars 2025 | 00:40:41 | |
Join Kelli as she goes over the history of the English Peasant's Rebellion, 1381. The Black Death had severely impacted England - not just in high mortality rates, but also its ability to function within its strict feudal order. To help compensate for the drop in workers, and to try and get the economy back on track, Edward III passes the Statute of Laborers in 1351. But what this did was set in motion a rage against feudalism, government intervention, and inequality that manifested as the Peasant's Rebellion, led by men like Wat Tyler and John Ball, in 1381. The Peasant army would meet King Richard II in London, and it was an absolute bloodbath. Let's go over the historical context that leads us to the Rebellion, then the event itself. It's a fascinating story that shows us how far the common folk are willing to be pushed before they break.
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| The Tanganyika Laughter Epidemic | 02 mars 2025 | 00:25:14 | |
Join Kelli as she goes over the history behind the Tanganyika Laughter Epidemic, an event that started with three schoolgirls in late January 1962 and spread to nearby villages. It took roughly 18-24 months for the epidemic to finally stop, and luckily, nobody died. It was determined that this was a case of mass psychogenic illness - the more modern name for "mass hysteria." But how did it start? Why schoolgirls in Tanganyika in early 1962? Let's look to the historical context to get an understanding of what happened here and why. And a special thanks to one of my cannibal patrons, Zack, for recommending this episode!
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| The Guatemala Syphilis Experiments | 16 févr. 2025 | 00:34:34 | |
Join Kelli as she goes over another case where the US government experimented on humans - but this time, they purposefully infected Guatemalans with syphilis, taking what happened with the men of Tuskegee a whole step further. So today we'll do some historical context to figure out why Guatemala - what happened in history that led to such a level of interventionism that the US government would conduct medical experiments on the Guatemalan people? Once that's squared away, we'll briefly go over syphilis so we have a complete understanding on what the infected Guatemalans faced. Then, we'll talk about the event itself - and how we only just learned about it. I really hope I run out of examples of the US doing this.
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| The Stonehenge Mystery | 02 févr. 2025 | 00:28:06 | |
Join Kelli as she goes over Stonehenge. We'll start with the basics - what stonehenge is, what it's made of, who might have built it, how they built it, what a henge even is... before talking about some of the more recent explanations for some of its mysteries. Intro and Outro music credit: Nedric | Yello Kake Follow me on Instagram for episode updates! @beardhistory If you want to support the show, donate to the cause at Buy Me a Coffee | |||
| The Scottish Cannibal, Sawney Bean | 19 janv. 2025 | 00:24:09 | |
Join Kelli as she goes over a tale of a Scottish incestuous cannibal family - the Beans. Intro and Outro music credit: Nedric | Yello Kake Follow me on Instagram for episode updates! @beardhistory If you want to support the show, donate to the cause at Buy Me a Coffee | |||
| The Holmesburg Prison Experiments | 05 janv. 2025 | 00:26:58 | |
Join Kelli as she goes over yet another example of US doctors experimenting on their own people. Intro and Outro music credit: Nedric | Yello Kake Follow me on Instagram for episode updates! @beardhistory If you want to support the show, donate to the cause at Buy Me a Coffee | |||
| The Christmas Massacre at Abergavenny | 22 déc. 2024 | 00:18:37 | |
Happy holidays, APHOUT fans! Join Kelli as she goes over a Welsh Christmas Day Massacre! In 1175, William de Braose committed a massacre against some rival families in Gwent, southeast Wales. Intro and Outro music credit: Nedric | Yello Kake Follow me on Instagram for episode updates! @beardhistory If you want to support the show, donate to the cause at Buy Me a Coffee | |||
| The Ball of the Burning Men | 08 déc. 2024 | 00:23:35 | |
Join Kelli as she goes over the Ball of the Burning Men, an event during King Charles VI's reign in France where 6 men - charivari dancers dressed as wild men in very flammable costumes - caught fire. And one of the men was the King himself - Charles VI. Intro and Outro music credit: Nedric | Yello Kake Follow me on Instagram for episode updates! @beardhistory If you want to support the show, donate to the cause at Buy Me a Coffee | |||
| The Wicker Man | 24 nov. 2024 | 00:25:08 | |
Join Kelli as she goes over the history of the Wicker Man! Intro and Outro music credit: Nedric | Yello Kake Follow me on Instagram for episode updates! @beardhistory If you want to support the show, donate to the cause at Buy Me a Coffee | |||
| The Jersey Devil | 10 nov. 2024 | 00:22:16 | |
Join Kelli as she goes over New Jersey's most famous cryptozoological son - the Jersey Devil. Though the Jersey Devil was the devil-born son of the Leeds Family, not much is known about it; it lives in the Pine Barrens, it looks like a weird, winged amalgamation of animals, and it was once "caught" and put in a Philly museum in 1909 (spoiler: they painted a kangaroo with stripes). Intro and Outro music credit: Nedric | Yello Kake Follow me on Instagram for episode updates! @beardhistory If you want to support the show, donate to the cause at Buy Me a Coffee | |||
| The Headless Horseman | 27 oct. 2024 | 00:18:22 | |
Join Kelli as she goes over the mythology of the Headless Horseman. Most of us associate the headless horseman with Washington Irving's book, the Legend of Sleepy Hollow. But the idea of a ghostly rider looking for his head, or perhaps a decapitated ghost haunting local villages, goes all the way back to medieval Europe, perhaps even deeper into ancient Celtic mythology. Intro and Outro music credit: Nedric | Yello Kake Follow me on Instagram for episode updates! @beardhistory If you want to support the show, donate to the cause at Buy Me a Coffee | |||
| The Pendle Witches | 13 oct. 2024 | 00:26:55 | |
Join Kelli as she goes over the Pendle Witch Trial of 1612, England's most infamous trial. 12 people from the Pendle Hill Area in Lancashire were accused of witchcraft in James I's England, a monarch who hated all-things witches and demons. Of the 12, eleven were put on trial, and ten were hanged. Intro and Outro music credit: Nedric | Yello Kake Follow me on Instagram for episode updates! @beardhistory If you want to support the show, donate to the cause at Buy Me a Coffee | |||
| The Original Dracula, Vlad the Impaler | 29 sept. 2024 | 00:29:58 | |
Join Kelli as she goes over the ORIGINAL Dracula- Vlad Dracula, the Impaler. Although the fictional character is only loosely based on Vlad, the two are inextricably linked forever because of Bram Stoker's Dracula. So today, we'll go over the real Vlad Dracula - who is he, what did his world look like, and how did he earn the moniker "the Impaler?" Then, we'll look at the connections between the real Vlad and his Hollywood counterpart. Intro and Outro music credit: Nedric | Yello Kake Follow me on Instagram for episode updates! @beardhistory If you want to support the show, donate to the cause at Buy Me a Coffee | |||
| The Delphine LaLaurie Murder Mansion | 15 sept. 2024 | 00:25:25 | |
Join Kelli as she goes over the legend of Madame Delphine LaLaurie, a torturess from New Orleans who tortured, mutilated, and killed at least 20 slaves at her mansion on 1140 Royal Street. Intro and Outro music credit: Nedric | Yello Kake Follow me on Instagram for episode updates! @beardhistory If you want to support the show, donate to the cause at Buy Me a Coffee | |||
| The Mignonette Shipwreck | 01 sept. 2024 | 00:27:00 | |
Join Kelli as she goes over ANOTHER shipwreck that ended in cannibalism - that of the Mignonette, a sailing yacht that went down in the South Atlantic. But the Mignonette wasn't really seaworthy, and should never have been out that far... so when a rogue wave destroyed it, and the four men on board had to take their chances on a small dinghy with essentially no supplies... it didn't end well for one of them. Intro and Outro music credit: Nedric | Yello Kake Follow me on Instagram for episode updates! @beardhistory If you want to support the show, donate to the cause at Buy Me a Coffee | |||
| The Spanish Inquisition | 18 août 2024 | 00:30:36 | |
Join Kelli as she goes over the history behind the Spanish Inquisition. How and why did Spain hunt down heretics to purge the country of non-Catholics? Intro and Outro music credit: Nedric | Yello Kake Follow me on Instagram for episode updates! @beardhistory If you want to support the show, donate to the cause at Buy Me a Coffee | |||
| The Great Plague and Great Fire of London | 04 août 2024 | 00:27:42 | |
Join Kelli as she goes over the Great Plague of London, 1665-1666, which ended in part thanks to the Great Fire of London, 1666. Intro and Outro music credit: Nedric | Yello Kake Follow me on Instagram for episode updates! @beardhistory If you want to support the show, donate to the cause at Buy Me a Coffee | |||
| The Black Death | 21 juil. 2024 | 00:40:21 | |
Join Kelli for her fiftieth episode where she explores her favorite topic - The Black Death! Intro and Outro music credit: Nedric | Yello Kake Follow me on Instagram for episode updates! @beardhistory If you want to support the show, donate to the cause at Buy Me a Coffee | |||
| The Hindenburg Disaster | 07 juil. 2024 | 00:31:44 | |
Join Kelli as she goes over the Hindenburg Disaster. On May 6, 1937, the Hindenburg Zeppelin exploded and caught fire as it was landing at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey. 36 of the 97 people on board died - some in the initial explosion, some from jumping off the airship at height, and some from some horrific burns once they escaped the flaming vessel. It had huge ramifications for the airship industry and the popularity of blimps, zeppelins, and dirigibles. Intro and Outro music credit: Nedric | Yello Kake Follow me on Instagram for episode updates! @beardhistory If you want to support the show, donate to the cause at Buy Me a Coffee | |||
| The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster | 23 juin 2024 | 00:31:24 | |
Join Kelli as she goes over the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, where a massive 9.0/9.1 earthquake 80 miles off the eastern coast of Japan triggers a tsunami that killed tens of thousands and caused millions in damages. But the earthquake and tsunami also knocked out power to the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, which had terrible, terrible consequences... Intro and Outro music credit: Nedric | Yello Kake Follow me on Instagram for episode updates! @beardhistory If you want to support the show, donate to the cause at Buy Me a Coffee | |||
| The Medusa Shipwreck | 09 juin 2024 | 00:39:12 | |
Join Kelli as she goes over the tragedy of the Medusa Shipwreck. When a French frigate bound for Senegal hits a sandbank and sinks, some get on the lifeboats, while a large portion are stuck on a hastily erected raft. The raft was too heavy and abandoned by the boats, and 147 people on board this flat wooden rectangle were left to try and survive without provisions, a compass, a proper sail, or a rudder. And it doesn't end well. Intro and Outro music credit: Nedric | Yello Kake Follow me on Instagram for episode updates! @beardhistory If you want to support the show, donate to the cause at Buy Me a Coffee | |||
| The Victorian Houses of Death | 26 mai 2024 | 00:29:56 | |
Join Kelli as she talks about Victorian-era hospitals in London, known as the Houses of Death because of their fatality rates. These were the most unsanitary of places, and today we'll go into all the nitty-gritty details of what they looked like. We'll also learn about some of the gross surgeries that went on inside Houses of Death before going over how they changed with the advent of anesthetics and antiseptics. Intro and Outro music credit: Nedric | Yello Kake Follow me on Instagram for episode updates! @beardhistory If you want to support the show, donate to the cause at Buy Me a Coffee | |||
| The Tale of Liver-Eating Johnson | 12 mai 2024 | 00:26:51 | |
Join Kelli as she goes over the tale of Liver-Eating Johnson, a mountain man in the early 19th century American frontier who became legendary for how he avenged the murder and scalping of his Flathead indigenous wife. A book, called Crow Killer, really popularized his life - so much so that it was turned into a movie, Jeremiah Johnson, released in 1972 and starring Robert Redford. Intro and Outro music credit: Nedric | Yello Kake Follow me on Instagram for episode updates! @beardhistory If you want to support the show, donate to the cause at Buy Me a Coffee | |||
| The Order of the Pug | 28 avr. 2024 | 00:24:44 | |
Join Kelli as she dives into the world of the Freemasons, Secret Societies, Religious Tension, Political Conflict, and... pugs? Intro and Outro music credit: Nedric | Yello Kake Follow me on Instagram for episode updates! @beardhistory If you want to support the show, donate to the cause at Buy Me a Coffee | |||
| The Kentucky Cannibal | 14 avr. 2024 | 00:32:24 | |
Join Kelli as she tells the story of Levi Boone Helm, a frontiersman-turned-outlaw who committed murders across the West at the height of the California Gold Rush. But that's not all this serial killer did - he was also a cannibal. And he bragged about it. Intro and Outro music credit: Nedric | Yello Kake Follow me on Instagram for episode updates! @beardhistory If you want to support the show, donate to the cause at Buy Me a Coffee | |||
| The Werewolf of Bedburg | 31 mars 2024 | 00:27:17 | |
Join Kelli as she goes over a trial from the peak years of Early Modern Europe's so-called werewolf panic - the trial of Peter Stumpp, the Werewolf of Bedburg. Peter confessed to all kinds of horrible, evil, depraved things. As a result, he was executed on the breaking wheel in a particularly gross and bloody fashion. Intro and Outro music credit: Nedric | Yello Kake Follow me on Instagram for episode updates! @beardhistory If you want to support the show, donate to the cause at Buy Me a Coffee | |||
| The Centralia Underground Mine Fire | 17 mars 2024 | 00:28:40 | |
Join Kelli as she talks about the inspiration for the Silent Hill games and movies - the ghost town of Centralia! In 1962, a fire set the underground coal mines on fire, and they've been burning to this day. Experts believe that the fires will continue to burn underneath Centralia for another 250 years! Intro and Outro music credit: Nedric | Yello Kake Follow me on Instagram for episode updates! @beardhistory If you want to support the show, donate to the cause at Buy Me a Coffee | |||
| The Lizzie Borden Hatchet Murders | 03 mars 2024 | 00:30:41 | |
Join Kelli as she takes a look at a historic killer - Lizzie Borden - who was accused of killing her father and stepmother with a hatchet in 1892. But despite everything pointing toward her, she was acquitted by the jury. Kelli offers up an explanation as to why she was not found guilty of a crime she most likely committed, and it (of course) has to do with the historical context! What was life like in New England in 1892? And how did that contribute to her acquittal? Intro and Outro music credit: Nedric | Yello Kake Follow me on Instagram for episode updates! @beardhistory If you want to support the show, donate to the cause at Buy Me a Coffee | |||
| The Deadly Antarctic Expeditions | 18 févr. 2024 | 01:02:20 | |
Join Kelli as she talks about THREE expeditions to Antarctica in the Heroic Age of Exploration. The first, led by Roald Amundsen, was the first to reach the geographic South Pole. At the same time, Robert Falcon Scott was leading his own expedition to the South Pole, but Amundsen beat him there. Unfortunately for Scott, his expedition faced extreme weather and bad luck on the way back, and none returned alive. The third, led by Douglas Mawson, was an attempt to map out more Antarctic land, but that trip also suffered tragedies. Start for FREE Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Intro and Outro music credit: Nedric | Yello Kake Follow me on Instagram for episode updates! @beardhistory If you want to support the show, donate to the cause at Buy Me a Coffee | |||
| The Jamestown Colony | 04 févr. 2024 | 00:52:11 | |
Join Kelli as she goes over the difficulties of the early years of the first successful English settlement in North America - Jamestown. From the bloody flux to survival cannibalism, brutal executions to starvation and madness, the foundation of what would later become the United States was built on all the gross, nasty stuff we love here on the APHOUT podcast. Start for FREE Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Intro and Outro music credit: Nedric | Yello Kake Follow me on Instagram for episode updates! @beardhistory If you want to support the show, donate to the cause at Buy Me a Coffee | |||
| The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis | 21 janv. 2024 | 00:53:47 | |
Join Kelli as she goes over what happened to the USS Indianapolis, the ship that brought atomic bomb parts to Tinian Island so they could be assembled - and dropped - on Hiroshima. Though the ship completed her mission, making Oppenheimer's and the Manhattan Project's work come to life in the form of a nuclear bomb, the USS Indianapolis suffered a catastrophic - and fatal - blow when it crossed paths with a Japanese submarine. Intro and Outro music credit: Nedric | Yello Kake Follow me on Instagram for episode updates! @beardhistory If you want to support the show, donate to the cause at Buy Me a Coffee | |||
| The Kuru Cannibal Disease | 07 janv. 2024 | 00:31:04 | |
Join Kelli as she talks about a prion disease called Kuru. Prion diseases occur when misfolded proteins duplicate and clog up the brain, and cause things like Mad Cow Disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, and Kuru. Kuru was specific to the Fore people of Papua New Guinea, and at its peak, killed 200 women and children people a year. But to get Kuru, they must have consumed the brains of the infected dead... Intro and Outro music credit: Nedric | Yello Kake Follow me on Instagram for episode updates! @beardhistory If you want to support the show, donate to the cause at Buy Me a Coffee | |||
| The Inca Mummies | 24 déc. 2023 | 00:31:25 | |
Join Kelli as she discusses the Inca Empire and their religious practices - including capacocha, the practice of sacrificing children and leaving them to mummify on mountain peaks. Intro and Outro music credit: Nedric | Yello Kake Follow me on Instagram for episode updates! @beardhistory If you want to support the show, donate to the cause at Buy Me a Coffee | |||
| The Tuskegee Syphilis Study | 10 déc. 2023 | 00:44:18 | |
Join Kelli as she discusses the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, an experiment on black men (without their consent) where the US Public Health Service and the CDC allowed them to live with untreated syphilis infections for 40 years - despite there being a cure: penicillin. Intro and Outro music credit: Nedric | Yello Kake Follow me on Instagram for episode updates! @beardhistory If you want to support the show, donate to the cause at Buy Me a Coffee | |||
| The Cannibal Island | 26 nov. 2023 | 00:38:01 | |
Join Kelli as she discusses a Stalin Soviet-era plan to deport unwanted citizens and petty criminals to an island in the middle of Siberia - without proper shelter, supplies, or food. It only took a few days before the island's new inhabitants broke down and started to consume the flesh of their fellow prisoners. Intro and Outro music credit: Nedric | Yello Kake Follow me on Instagram for episode updates! @beardhistory If you want to support the show, donate to the cause at Buy Me a Coffee | |||
| The Waco Siege | 12 nov. 2023 | 01:01:04 | |
Join Kelli as she explores the history that led up to the Waco Siege, where ATF agents conducted a failed raid against Branch Davidian leader David Koresh at his Mount Carmel compound in Waco, Texas. The result of this botched mission was a 51 day standoff. In the end, 4 ATF agents and 82 Branch Davidians were dead, and the whole place burned to the ground. It was a massive failure in communication between the ATF, FBI, Hostage Rescue Team, and negotiators - one of the biggest fumbles in our history. But it wasn't the first. Intro and Outro music credit: Nedric | Yello Kake Follow me on Instagram for episode updates! @beardhistory If you want to support the show, donate to the cause at Buy Me a Coffee | |||