Sid & Nancy | Punk Isn't Dead But These Two Sure Are
Patreon Bonus Episode. The year is 1978, and apparently the hottest relationship trend is mutual destruction.JoLynne and Amanda ruin history with the chaotic, toxic, and wildly overrated romance of SI...
29 Apr 1h 19min
Gilded Age Mansions: Wealth, Labor, & Dark Truths
What were Gilded Age mansions really hiding?In this episode of Barely Historical, we dive into the outrageous world of America’s most extravagant homes—built during the late 1800s by names like the Va...
23 Apr 51min
Boston's Great Molasses Flood of 1919 | Brown Paint, Horses, & Bed Rafts
The year is 1919. Boston is minding its business when a 50-foot tank full of molasses says, “absolutely not.”JoLynne and Amanda ruin history with a literal syrup tsunami, corporate negligence, and the...
15 Apr 32min
Ostara | Easter, Rabbits & the Truth About Spring
Every spring, humans suddenly feel the urge to reset their lives. We clean our houses, change our routines, and convince ourselves we’re becoming better people overnight. But this isn’t random. It’s a...
3 Apr 58min
NASA Trusted Her With Space But Not A Bathroom | Katherine Johnson & The Colored Computers Sign | 1950s Virginia"
Imagine being so good at math that the federal government trusts you to calculate whether astronauts survive reentry into Earth’s atmosphere.Orbital mechanics. Launch windows. Trajectory equations. Re...
4 Mar 44min
St. Valentine’s Day Massacre | Fake Cops, Highball the Dog, Raccoon Bootlegger
This Valentine’s Day, Barely Historical is skipping the roses and going straight to the gunfire.In this episode, Jo and Amanda dive into one of the most infamous crimes in American history: the St. Va...
11 Feb 56min
Dear Abby, Dissociation, & Don Draper | Rerelease
Welcome to the full unhinged version of Mother’s Little Helpers, where mid-century America dressed women in pastels and then medicated them into silence.JoLynne and Amanda ruin the real history behind...
5 Feb 1h 3min
Salem Witch Trials | Marshall Mathers, Pre-Teen Girls, & Piss Cakes | Rerelease
The year is 1692. Massachusetts is cold, paranoid, and running on bad carbs. Two girls start convulsing, the town loses its collective mind, and suddenly everyone’s a witch — or about to be.This is th...
28 Jan 53min
