Hypnosis and the 1951 Copenhagen Bank Murders: Can a Trance Make You Kill?
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1951 Palle Hardrup shot two people during a bank robbery in Copenhagen, then claimed his form...
3 Okt 27min
Smallpox After Eradication: Black Pox, Ring Vaccination and Lab Freezers
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Smallpox killed an estimated 300 to 500 million people in the 20th century alone, and it remains...
3 Okt 21min
Burke and Hare: 16 Murders Sold to Dr. Knox's Edinburgh Anatomy School
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!William Burke and William Hare are remembered as grave robbers, yet they never robbed a single g...
3 Okt 25min
William Clark: Explorer, Indian Affairs Agent, and Enslaver
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!William Clark charted the American West despite little formal schooling and famously inconsisten...
3 Okt 20min
Great Seal of the United States: Dollar Bill Symbols and Myths
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!That flat-topped pyramid and floating eye on the back of the one dollar bill have fueled endless...
3 Okt 28min
The Siege of Ninety Six: A Revolutionary War Battle Lost and Won
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In the spring of 1781, Nathanael Greene's roughly 1,000 Patriots besieged about 550 Loyalists un...
3 Okt 26min
The Real History of the Fourth of July: Myths, Dates, and Traditions
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Independence Day has a far messier history than the grade school version suggests. This deep div...
3 Okt 24min
Major John Andre: The British Spy Mourned by His American Captors
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Why would hardened American generals weep at the execution of an enemy spy? This deep dive tells...
3 Okt 22min
