Supernatural True Crime: The Greenbrier Ghost and Bridget Cleary
On today’s episode the history guy talks about two strange cases of 19th century true crime: the time an American court case included the testimony of a ghost, and the terrible tale of the fairy trial...
11 Jan 20221h 2min
Weird Wars: China's War on Sparrows and the Pastry War
On today’s episode, the history guy talks about a pair of Weird Wars: The time that Mao’s China went to war against Sparrows, and a war between Mexico and France that began over Pastries. It is histor...
28 Des 20211h 1min
A History Guy Christmas: Nutcrackers and Christmas Trees
Merry Christmas! On today’s episode we’re talking about a couple of forgotten pieces of Christmas history: the tale of how nutcrackers became symbols of the season, and the winding road that led Ameri...
14 Des 20211h 1min
Useful Resources: The Histories of Helium and Asbestos
On today's episode the History Guy discusses the history of several naturally occurring resources: the mineral asbestos, with its reputation as a hazardous material, and Helium, one of the universe’s ...
30 Nov 20211h
Forgotten Fruit History: Bananas and Oranges
In today’s episode, The History Guy talks about two historic fruits: the banana and the orange. Both have interesting and long histories connected with humankind. We have a special guest, as well, in ...
16 Nov 202156min
Tin Can Ships: Destroyers and the First Submarines Sunk by the US in Both World Wars
On today’s episodes we are talking about two stories of US navy destroyers. The first story is about the USS Fanning, which took part in the sinking of the first german submarine sunk by American ship...
2 Nov 20211h 7min
History Lost: The 1890 Census and the 1973 NPRC Fire
On today’s episode the history guy talks about two stories of history lost. First, the saga of the 1890 census, a marvel of advanced data collecting at the time that was lost almost completely in a se...
19 Okt 202154min
Pawns and Princes of Russia: Tsarevich Dmitry and Svetlana Alliluyeva
On today’s episode, we talk about the children of two of Russia’s most notorious leaders. First is the story of Tsarevich Dmitry, youngest son of Ivan the Terrible. Killed in his youth, years later me...
5 Okt 202152min
