The Halifax Explosion

The Halifax Explosion

Join Kelli as she goes over the biggest, manmade, non-nuclear explosion in history - the Halifax Explosion. On December 6th, 1917, a French ship filled with explosives was heading into Halifax Harbor, in Nova Scotia, Canada. At the same time, the Norwegian ship Imo was leaving to pick up supplies from New York to ship over to Europe to help with WWI. Unfortunately for thousands of people at Halifax, both at sea and on land, the two collided. The ensuing explosion killed upwards of 1,600 peop...

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The Tragic Tale of Typhoid Mary

The Tragic Tale of Typhoid Mary

Join Kelli as she goes over the history surrounding Typhoid Mary. We'll go beyond the typhoid-laden peaches and fresh ice cream! When we take a step back and look at her whole story in context, we get...

31 Aug 202543min

The Belgian Congo

The Belgian Congo

Join Kelli as she goes over the Congo Free State, owned not by Belgium, but by its King - Leopold II. During the 19th century in Africa, seven European countries - Britain, France, Germany, Belgium, I...

30 Mar 202545min

The 1381 English Peasant's Rebellion

The 1381 English Peasant's Rebellion

Join Kelli as she goes over the history of the English Peasant's Rebellion, 1381. The Black Death had severely impacted England - not just in high mortality rates, but also its ability to function wit...

16 Mar 202540min

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 Mar 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 Feb 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 Feb 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 Jan 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 Jan 202526min

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