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 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 under...

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The Victorian Houses of Death

The Victorian Houses of Death

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...

26 Touko 202429min

The Tale of Liver-Eating Johnson

The Tale of Liver-Eating Johnson

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...

12 Touko 202426min

The Order of the Pug

The Order of the Pug

Join Kelli as she dives into the world of the Freemasons, Secret Societies, Religious Tension, Political Conflict, and... pugs? In 1738, Pope Clement XII issued a papal bull denying any Roman Cathol...

28 Huhti 202424min

The Kentucky Cannibal

The Kentucky Cannibal

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 kille...

14 Huhti 202432min

The Werewolf of Bedburg

The Werewolf of Bedburg

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...

31 Maalis 202427min

The Centralia Underground Mine Fire

The Centralia Underground Mine Fire

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 th...

17 Maalis 202428min

The Lizzie Borden Hatchet Murders

The Lizzie Borden Hatchet Murders

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 a...

3 Maalis 202430min

The Deadly Antarctic Expeditions

The Deadly Antarctic Expeditions

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, Ro...

18 Helmi 20241h 2min

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