King Zog I: The Chain-smoking Ruler of Albania
Zog I of Albania was that country's youngest prime minister, and eventually its king. He chainsmoked a mind-boggling amount of cigarettes every day, and experienced a significant amount of assasinatio...
25 Sep 202456min
Gregor MacGregor: Liar King of the Mosquito Coast - Part 2
Gregor MacGregor was a Scotsman who joined revolutionary causes in South America, slowly morphed into a coward, THEN evolved into a fantabulist who tricked hundreds of destitute Scots to starve and di...
29 Juli 202438min
Gregor MacGregor: Liar King of the Mosquito Coast - Part 1
Gregor MacGregor was a Scotsman who joined revolutionary causes in South America, slowly morphed into a coward, THEN evolved into a fantabulist who tricked hundreds of destitute Scots to starve and di...
24 Juli 20241h 5min
The Congressman Who Shot a Guy at the White House
Daniel Edgar Sickles was an American Civil War general, and later, a U.S. congressman. While serving in Congress he gunned down a man in broad daylight in front of the White House, and was acquitted o...
9 Juli 202448min
Triple Secret Agent Man: Michael Goleniewski
Michael Goleniewski was a Polish intelligence agent but ALSO spying on the Poles on behalf of the Soviets BUT ALSO reporting on all of it to the Americans. A triple agent! Best secret agent ever? We'...
24 Juni 20241h 9min
The (Maybe?) Fake King of France: Karl Wilhelm Naurndorff
Karl Wilhelm Naurndorff made a compelling case that he was the dauphin of France, spirited away by Talleyrand or some other insider after the death of his father, King Louis XVI. He was convincing eno...
17 Juni 20241h 10min
Andrew Carnegie's Fake Bastard Daughter: Cassie Chadwick
Cassie Chadwick went from a Canadian nobody to a psychic to the opulent heiress presumed to be Andrew Carnegie's natural born daughter. At the very least, she is the Queen of Cons!
11 Juni 202456min
