SYMHC Classics: Albert J. Tirrell, the First Sleepwalking Killer
We're revisiting the murder of Mary Ann Bickford on Oct. 27, 1845. Her paramour Albert J. Tirrell was eventually charged with murder. Tirrell hired Rufus Choate to defend him, and Choate claimed his c...
9 Sep 201727min
Léonard Autié: Hair, Grandeur and Revolution, Pt. 2
As Louis XVI's time as king was less and less stable in the face of the French Revolution, Léonard stepped away from the royal family and into his own business ventures. But his loyalty to the crown w...
6 Sep 201727min
Léonard Autié: Hair, Grandeur and Revolution, Pt. 1
Marie Antoinette's hairdresser set the styles of France during King Louis XVI's reign. But when he first arrived in Paris, he had almost nothing. Just how did he manage such a meteoric rise? Learn mo...
4 Sep 201725min
SYMHC Classics: Emu War of 1932
We're revisiting the story of large numbers of emus making their way through Australia, severely damaging wheat farms. The military tried to help, but may have just made things worse. Learn more abou...
2 Sep 201724min
The Sinking of the H.L. Hunley
The story of the H.L. Hunley really begins with the Union blockade of the Confederacy during the Civil War, which was ordered less than a week after the fall of Fort Sumter in South Carolina. Learn m...
30 Aug 201732min
The Motherhood of Mamie Till-Mobley
The reason Emmett Till's murder played such a consequential role in the Civil Rights movement is because of choices of his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley. For more than 45 years after his murder, she conti...
28 Aug 201737min
SYMHC Classics: Wreck of the Ten Sail
This episode revisits the biggest shipping disaster in Cayman Islands history, in which 10 ships went down together one night in 1794. Why would so many ships be traveling so closely to one another, a...
26 Aug 201725min
John von Neumann
One man and his incredible intellect affected so many different disciplines. From game theory to computers to the Manhattan Project, von Neumann and his remarkable abilities helped shape the 20th cent...
23 Aug 201733min
