Histories And Mysteries

Histories And Mysteries
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  1. Episode 96: Nuclear Waste Storage, Part Two - This Place is Best Left Shunned

    05/04/2025

    Episode 96: Nuclear Waste Storage, Part Two - This Place is Best Left Shunned

    Nuclear waste will last for thousands and thousands of years before it is finally safe. How do we communicate this danger to future generations, who may not share our language, symbols, or scientific understanding?

    1h 19m
  2. Episode 95: Nuclear Waste Storage, Part One - Rise of the Shrimp People

    02/13/2025

    Episode 95: Nuclear Waste Storage, Part One - Rise of the Shrimp People

    Nuclear power is gaining popularity worldwide, but despite its long history, we haven't actually decided where to put the highly dangerous byproducts of nuclear power production. Maybe we should get on that.

    1h 34m
  3. Episode 94: The REAL Moby Dick

    09/26/2023

    Episode 94: The REAL Moby Dick

    1820, at the height of whaling, the Nantucket whale-ship Essex suffered an unheard of tragedy - being attacked and sunk by an 80 foot sperm whale. But unlike the book it inspired, this was far from the end for the captain and crew.

    1h 27m
  4. Episode 93: Angels of Death, Part Two - Jane Toppan

    04/10/2023

    Episode 93: Angels of Death, Part Two - Jane Toppan

    A major distinction between different types of serial killers - and different types of Angels of Death - is motive. Traditionally, male serial killers are more likely to be motivated by sex and female serial killers more motivated by material comfort. However, that it not always the case... particularly not when it comes to killers like Jane Toppan.

    1h 23m
  5. Episode 92: Angels of Death, Part One - Charles Cullen

    03/12/2023

    Episode 92: Angels of Death, Part One - Charles Cullen

    We expect nurses and doctors to provide knowledge, health, and most of all, safety. But medical professionals compose a distinct subset of serial killers, known as Angels of Death.

    1h 10m
  6. Episode 91: The Canadian Plan to Invade the United States

    01/19/2023

    Episode 91: The Canadian Plan to Invade the United States

    For hundreds of years, Canada and the United States have been each others closest neighbours, strongest allies, and largest trading partners... except for all the times they were at each others throats. The Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Pork and Beans War, and the Pig War -- 50% actual wars, 50% backwoods hijinks. This past is one far more recent than one might think, including two declassified documents from the early 20th century -- Defense Scheme One and War Plan Red.

    1 hr
  7. Episode 90: The Borden Murders -- Part Two

    08/07/2022

    Episode 90: The Borden Murders -- Part Two

    Lizzie Borden, despite being acquitted of all charges, has remained the primary suspect in her parents double-homicide for over a hundred years. Was she really the killer? And is there any way to know for sure? Absolutely not.

    1h 42m
  8. Episode 89: The Borden Axe Murders -- Part One

    07/24/2022

    Episode 89: The Borden Axe Murders -- Part One

    Lizzie Borden took an axe Gave her mother forty wacks When she saw what she had done She gave her father forty-one [Citation Needed]

    1h 15m
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  • Creator
    Histories And Mysteries
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2025
  • Episodes
    97
  • Rating
    Explicit
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