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In this episode, Alaina resurrects one of her old series: looking at the live-action feature films of the Walt Disney studio. Following the deaths of the studio's founding brothers, and the beginning of a long period of rocky financials, Disney's film output was, well, boring and bad. We look over their movies from 1970-1975 to point out the few bright spots, place people and trends into their contexts, and bring up the much better work these artists were capable of.
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The matte paintings of the era
Books by Mako's father, Taro Yashima: The New Sun, Horizon is Calling, Crow Boy
Lament for Confederation, Chief Dan George, 1967
Breaking Mayberry episode 87: Who Gave my Baby a Tribal Tat?
Bizarre Podcast: Dogs Must Die (iTunes) (RSS)
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Music by Thylacinus
Censor beep by Frank West of The FPlus

In less than two weeks, Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway will reach a global streaming audience. A brand-new adaptation of a 30 year old novel from a 40 year old franchise with a reputation for dense lore can be an intimidating, so we're here to get through what you'll probably want to know before watching. No promises though.

Happy anniversary! To celebrate a year of trapped travel, we're covering a place we've both been in the before times, and fulfilling one of our top listener requests to boot. Medieval Times Dinner Tournament is famous for its pick-and-choose approach to historical "accuracy", and that one Jim Carrey movie. Let's see what experience we can share from its website, and what insights we glean from the reviews.

Comic readers across America were promised that for only $5 they could learn the ultimate fighting system, and the art of the death touch. That promise was made by Count Dante, one of the most colorful and controversial figures in martial arts history. Born John Keehan, Dante's life seems out of place in the real world, never mind his fabricated boasts.
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The Life and Death of the Deadliest Man Alive
The Search for Count Dante
Show and Tell: Count Dante, Deadliest Man Alive
Contemporary NYT article on the Purlator Heist
Bob Cooley's memoir: When Corruption Was King
The Bizarre World of Fake Martial Arts
Please help our show succeed by sharing it. Send a link to someone you know and tell them what you enjoy about History Honeys. Rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, or whatever other platform you use to hear us. It helps so very much and we do appreciate it. You can connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or by emailing us at historyhoneyspodcast at gmail. The episode 112 prompt is: What is your favorite film of the 1970s?

 


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Music by Thylacinus
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Happy Valencrimes Day! This year's topic observes the strictest traditions, so we're talking about a series of murders in 1800s Chicago. Thomas Neill Cream used his medical practice and willingness to help those in need to prey on the desperate and disadvantaged. But his true targets may not have been the people he poisoned, but the ones he attempted to blackmail by accusing them of the murders. 
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Cream on Casebook.org
CDC strychnine facts
London, Ontario
Fred Demara, the Great Impostor
Mechanista in G – RX-75-4 Guntank
Bizarre Podcast: Dogs Must Die
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The assassination of Rasputin catapulted his unusual life into legend. So we're looking at the man that wrote the legend: his killer, Prince Felix Yusupov. A young wealthy man with no apparent interest in affairs of state, what pushed him to lead the conspiracy of assassins? And how much faith can be put in the story as he told it? The picture becomes clearer if you look at who else may have been in his home that day.
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Lost Splendor: The Amazing Memoirs of the Man Who Killed Rasputin
Yusupov Palace
Case Summary: Youssoupoff V Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Limited (1934)
Hammer House of Podcast Episode 35 Rasputin: The Mad Monk
SEX ARCHIE
Please help our show succeed by sharing it. Send a link to someone you know and tell them what you enjoy about History Honeys. Rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, or whatever other platform you use to hear us. It helps so very much and we do appreciate it. You can connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or by emailing us at historyhoneyspodcast at gmail. The episode 110 prompt is: What is your favorite Valentines' candy?
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