10: Who stole grandma’s body?!: The Doctor’s Riots of 1788
Modern medicine had to start somewhere, right? And where it started ain’t too pretty. In order to study the inside of the body, bodies had to be dissected. And where did medical students and doctors g...
1 Sep 202141min
9: When the American Dream Goes Up in Flames: The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Today, we are going to talk about the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, where 146 garment workers lost their lives. This tragic story lives at the intersection of greedy c...
25 Aug 202146min
8: The Trail of Tears: Not one, but many
Too many Americans think the Trail of Tears was just some difficult nature walk. Like, one path that a bunch of Native Tribes hiked to get from point A to point B. In reality, it was a death march thr...
18 Aug 202142min
7: Crack vs. Cocaine: Welcome to Incarceration Nation
America is an Incarceration Nation, locking more people up than any other country. That includes countries with dictators. Think about that. In today’s episode, Bailey pulls back the curtain to show u...
11 Aug 202145min
6: Mind Games - The Dark History of Lobotomy
What do the Kennedy’s (yes, those Kennedy’s), ice picks and depression all have in common? The lobotomy. Decades ago, this terrifying procedure was seen as the miracle solution to dozens of psychologi...
4 Aug 202139min
5: Let's Talk About The Dark History Of Birth Control. Buckle In.
Birth Control is in medicine cabinets all over the world, used by millions of women. But few know its scandalous history involves mass sterilizations of Puerto Rican women, an American business tycoon...
28 Jul 202142min
4: Andrew Jackson
Today, Bailey dives deep into the story about Andrew Jackson, the master duelist, the man on the $20 bill, and the man responsible for the death of thousands of Native Americans.________FOLLOW ME AROU...
21 Jul 202149min
3: Rosewood Massacre
Murder, Destruction and Racism are all discussed as Bailey digs into the unsettling story of The Rosewood Massacre, which was an attack on the predominantly black town of Rosewood, Florida, in 1923 by...
14 Jul 202141min
