The Irish Potato Famine

The Irish Potato Famine

Join Kelli as she explores the history of the Irish Potato Famine. We know that a fungal disease, blight, swept through Ireland in from 1845 to 1852, wiping out most of the potatoes. But where did blight come from? Did it only affect the Irish? If blight was elsewhere, why were they the ones so badly affected? Was it only potatoes affected? And if so, why were there not alternative food sources? How bad did it really get during the peak years of the famine? And what do the British have to do ...

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The Tanganyika Laughter Epidemic

The Tanganyika Laughter Epidemic

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 ...

2 Maalis 202525min

The Guatemala Syphilis Experiments

The Guatemala Syphilis Experiments

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 Tusk...

16 Helmi 202534min

The Stonehenge Mystery

The Stonehenge Mystery

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 so...

2 Helmi 202528min

The Scottish Cannibal, Sawney Bean

The Scottish Cannibal, Sawney Bean

Join Kelli as she goes over a tale of a Scottish incestuous cannibal family - the Beans. As legend goes, they lived in a cave in southwest Scotland, only venturing out to kill passersby and loot the...

19 Tammi 202524min

The Holmesburg Prison Experiments

The Holmesburg Prison Experiments

Join Kelli as she goes over yet another example of US doctors experimenting on their own people. Starting in the 1950s, dermatology Dr. Albert Kligman came to the Holmesburg Prison in Philadelphia an...

5 Tammi 202526min

The Christmas Massacre at Abergavenny

The Christmas Massacre at Abergavenny

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. De Brao...

22 Joulu 202418min

The Ball of the Burning Men

The Ball of the Burning Men

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....

8 Joulu 202423min

The Wicker Man

The Wicker Man

Join Kelli as she goes over the history of the Wicker Man! The Wicker Man was popularized first by the Christopher Lee movie from 1973, and later with Nicholas Cage's remake. The first was folk horro...

24 Marras 202425min

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