The Orphan Who Became A Globetrotting Mining Tycoon And US President
Herbert Hoover is remembered as a total bozo whose term in office is defined by the Great Depression. But, Herbie lived an insanely eventful and rewarding life before and after his time at the White House that included stops in Australia, China, and England.
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Germany Bombed The Statue of Liberty?
Jack Mandaville joins the show to talk about a forgotten terrorist attack on American soil that helped push the US into war.
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David and the Goliath-Sized Pile of Foreskin
One of the most famous stories of the Old Testament is David's slaying of the Philistine giant Goliath. But, that's not even the most impressive thing David did. After taking down Goliath David, at the behest of King Saul, killed and harvested the foreskin of 200(!!!) Philistine soldiers. Somehow t…
The Original Lindsay Clancy
Constance Fisher was a 20th century mother and paranoid schizophrenic who drowned her three children on two separate occasions. You didn't read that wrong. She repeated the same murder on another set of three kids -- killing six in total -- after she was released from a mental asylum and her husban…
The Time An Immigrant Took The President's Job
Kyle Bandujo, host of the "From Phenom to Farm" and "Big Screen Sports" podcasts, joins the show to discuss the illiterate Polish immigrant who President Grover Cleveland paid to take his place in the Civil War after our (then future) Commander in Chief was drafted in 1863. The man's name was Georg…
Combat Of The Thirty
After a Duke refuses to clearly name an heir on his deathbed, a family feud breaks out in Brittany in the midst of the 100 year war. It all culminated into a tournament between the rivaling factions where a 30 on 30 battle royal took place for no real reason outside of hate for the other side.
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Will America Fall Like Rome? (ft. Jeremy Ryan Slate)
Host of "The Roman Pattern" Jeremy Ryan Slate joins the show to talk about the parallels he sees between Rome's fall and America's current place in history.
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Shacket Szn, The Slate, & Minecraft | Circling Back 10-1-26
Dan Regester joins the show to talk playoff baseball and the CFB slate, Mike Tomlin shows off the Minecraft city he spent 12 years building, This Weekend in Fun, Randy's Comments of the Week, and Run it Back.
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Lizzie Borden Had An Axe
The unsolved murders of Andrew Borden and his wife Abby Gray in 1892 have become a bit of American myth and legend. Andrew's daughter Lizzie was the only suspect in the vicious hatchet killings in Fall River, Massachusetts but was acquitted after a botched investigation and trial. We talk about the…
The Stabbing Ghost
It's Nova Scotia, Canada. 1878. Am 18-year-old girl named Esther Cox has a traumatic experience. Soon after, a poltergeist starts tormenting her. Dozens of witnesses watch over the course of months as she's stabbed with pins and knives wielded by no one. Matches are lit and dropped to try to burn d…
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