95 - Pancho MFN' Villa: Mexico's Robin Hood
Pancho Villa! Pancho Villa was a revolutionary fighter who despised the wealthy landowners who had subjugated the impoverished farming class, comprised of mostly indigenous people, since long before h...
9 Heinä 20181h 41min
94 - The Donner Party: Cannibalism, Cholera, and More Horribleness
The story of the Donner Party is one of the most disturbing tales of western migration during the time of Manifest Destiny, the common 19th-century belief that the United States was destined to expand...
2 Heinä 20181h 43min
93 - The Aztec Empire: So Much Human Sacrifice!
Today we’re talking about the Aztecs! The Aztecs built a vast empire, one that outpaced, out-staged, and out-populated the likes of Paris at the time. They were a powerhouse warrior based society with...
25 Kesä 20182h
Bonus 23 - Knights Templar pt 2 of 2: Fall and Conspiracies
The Knights Templar fought their last stand in the Holy Land (their last proper stand) in Acre in 1291 and shit was epic. They went down, but, they didn't go down easy. And then, less than two decades...
22 Kesä 20181h 49min
92 - Knights Templar pt 1 of 2: License to Kill (Rise of the Pope's Army)
The Knights Templar was founded in 1119 CE on the principles of chastity, obedience and poverty - but they soon, ironically became immensely wealthy and obedient to almost no one but themselves and th...
18 Kesä 20181h 52min
91 - The Ma Barker Gang! Ruthless 1930s Killers
The Ma Barker gang robbed bank, after bank, after drugstore, after hardware store, clothing store, Chevy dealership, jewelry store, and still more banks in the early 1930s. They committed more robberi...
11 Kesä 20181h 57min
90 - The Golden State Killer
On Tuesday, April 24th, 2018, Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, was taken into custody by local police and FBI agents when he stepped outside his Citrus Heights home, a quiet suburb of Sacramento. The man be...
4 Kesä 20181h 51min
Bonus 22 - Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe did more than write The Raven and look creepy. He also basically invented the modern detective story. He was America's first "master of suspense" according to Stephen King and many oth...
1 Kesä 20181h 52min
