The Real Robin Hood: From Violent Yeoman Outlaw to Charitable Earl
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In the earliest surviving ballads, Robin Hood punches a friend over an archery contest, and one ...
10 Okt 23min
Giulia Tofana and Aqua Tofana: The Poison Ring That Killed 600 Husbands
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!On a 17th century Italian dressing table, among the perfume and combs, sat a small glass vial pa...
10 Okt 21min
The Gila Monster: The Feared Desert Lizard Behind Ozempic and Wegovy
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Pioneers in the 1800s believed that breathing near a Gila monster could kill you. Today a drug m...
10 Okt 21min
Al Capone's Vaults: How Geraldo Rivera's Empty Reveal Won 30 Million
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!On April 21, 1986, some 30 million people watched Geraldo Rivera break into a sealed chamber ben...
10 Okt 17min
Frank Nitti: The Enforcer Who Ran Capone's Empire From Behind a Desk
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The nickname suggests a man breaking kneecaps in an alley. The real Frank Nitti delegated violen...
10 Okt 22min
The Doolin-Dalton Gang: How the Real Wild Bunch Was Hunted to Extinction
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The Wild Bunch of the 1890s, also called the Doolin-Dalton Gang, began with a pay dispute. Bill ...
10 Okt 20min
Etta Place: The Sundance Kid's Companion Who Vanished Without a Trace
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!She rode with Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch as the companion of Harry Longabaugh, the Sundance Kid,...
10 Okt 21min
Killer Bees: The Lab Accident Behind the Africanized Honeybee Invasion
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The killer bee panic of the late 20th century began with a farming problem. In 1956, Brazilian b...
10 Okt 22min
