Episode 8 - Ida B. Wells
On August 18, 1920, the ratification of the 19th Amendment granted American women the right to vote after a century-long struggle. But the win was bittersweet as not all women were now welcome at the ...
26 Elo 202017min
Episode 7 - Candyman
On the night of April 22, 1987, Ruthie Mae McCoy called 911 at about a quarter to nine to report that someone was trying to break into her Chicago apartment through the bathroom mirror. She made tw...
11 Elo 202012min
Episode 6 - The USS Indianapolis
On July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis had just completed a top-secret drop off at Tinian Island in the Philippine Sea. Her crew of 1,195 believed their part in World War II had ended and now they cou...
30 Heinä 202019min
Episode 5 - The Founding Fathers
In this episode, we talk about some of the darkest elements of our otherwise revered Founding Fathers, and talk with Alexis Coe about her biography of George Washington, You Never Forget Your First. Y...
30 Kesä 202043min
Episode 4 - Plague & Pestilence - Siege of Kaffa
In early 1346, Mongol forces were already three years into their siege of the Crimean port city of Kaffa when their soldiers started coming down with a deadly disease. The sick fell quickly, suffering...
8 Kesä 20209min
Episode 4 - Plague & Pestilence - The Dancing Plague Of 1518
On July 14, 1518, a woman identified only as Frau Troffea stepped out of her house in Strasbourg, Alsace -- in what is now France -- and started to dance. After many hours, drenched in sweat and twitc...
26 Touko 202012min
Episode 4 - Plague & Pestilence - Operation Cherry Blossoms At Night
In the spring of 1945, as the Allies approached victory over the Axis powers, Japan considered launching a terrifying attack on the U.S. mainland. Though the plan’s codename, "Operation Cherry Blossom...
9 Touko 202011min
Episode 4 - Plague & Pestilence - The Carancas Meteorite Sickness
On September 15, 2007, villagers in the remote Peruvian town of Carancas saw a glowing fireball soar toward Earth — then felt the meteorite crash into the ground. Not only was the meteorite able to r...
2 Touko 202010min
