
Jan Sobieski - Hail to the King with Macabre Emporium
This guy may be the most badass offering from Poland of all time. Jan Sobieski was born to a Noble family, he travelled Europe with his brother and learned like 75 languages then went home to fight. N...
22 Sep 20251h 40min

Billy Martin - 5 Rings and 3 Dead Cows
Baseball is my favorite sport. The Yankees are my LEAST favorite team. Billy Martin is my FAVORITE Yankee. It may be strange to have a favorite person on your least favorite team but, stick with me an...
15 Sep 20251h 24min

Torture and Execution
Have you ever wanted to know what would happen to you in history if you did something silly like: say something about royalty, be a witch, be gay, have a miscarriage? Most of the time it’s horrible. S...
8 Sep 20251h 7min

Fred Burnaby
History Goon Ep. 20: Fred BurnabyThis week we are headed to a couple places we've visited before: England and Africa... Fred Burnaby was born into a family of note. His father was buddies with Dukes a...
1 Sep 20251h 12min

The Silver Bridge Collapse
To piggyback off last week’s episode, on his death, Chief Cornstalk supposedly cursed the land he died on. That land was the spot of Point Pleasant, WV. 190 years later the steel beams of the Silver B...
25 Aug 20251h 18min

Cornstalk's War
This week we are headed back to pre-Revolutionary War America for a lesser known war. Chief Cornstalk of the Shawnee was a man of peace. Until he was pushed to violence. The British Government in cont...
18 Aug 202539min

Dick Bong - Ace of Aces
This week we take to the skies to follow the life of a boy fascinated by planes that just so happened to become the most lethal pilot in US history. Dick Bong was born in a small Wisconsin town but wo...
11 Aug 20251h 1min

Operation Nimrod
This week we are headed to London. The culture. The history. The scenery. The Iranian Embassy being stormed by a bunch of poorly trained Iranian separatists. These guys have the perfect plan; take hos...
4 Aug 202557min



















