Jacked History

Jack Mandaville
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Writer/Entertainer | Single mother | Vietnam veteran | Compulsive liar

  1. May 28

    Boris Yeltsin Got Drunk in D.C. and Almost Caused an International Incident

    Russia was in a strange place in the early 1990s. Almost seventy years of the Soviet Union was out the door, and a new stage of democracy was in. Things were tense. But the relationship between new Russian President Boris Yeltsin and US President Bill Clinton saw hope. As long as old Boris could stay off the booze. Which he couldn't. Thanks for watching! Tell your friends!

    10 min

  2. 12/12/2025

    Gunfight in D.C.: Harry Truman & Puerto Rican Nationalists

    We know names like John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald. But history tends to forget the names of others who have successfully or unsuccessfully attempted to take the lives of US Presidents. In the case of Harry Truman, the 1950 attempt on his life was a wild one that has been buried throughout history. Thanks for watching! Tell your friends! Tell your mother! And tell your dog about the show!

    16 min

  3. 12/05/2025

    Only Female Medal of Honor Recipient: Dr. Mary Walker

    Doctor Mary Edwards Walker: Pioneer, POW, and pants aficionado. To say Mary Walker was an outlier is an understatement. She burst her way into the medical field when very few women were doing so. She made her mark on Civil War battlefields in a time when women were kept away, becoming the only woman in US history to receive a Medal of Honor. And she approached feminism in such a way that other feminists were put off by her. She was unapologetically herself in every way.Thanks for watching! Please subscribe and share with your friends!

    19 min

  4. 11/22/2025

    Norman Invasion: How England Became England

    How did the English become the English? I can tell you one thing, it didn't just happen out of thin air. Multiple invasions from outside cultures were instrumental in making the English who they are today. From Stone Age wanderers to French invaders, and all the Beakers, Celts, Romans, and Anglo-Saxons in between, England was built from thousands of years of history.Thanks for watching! I'd love your feedback on this episode and suggestions for future episodes.

    14 min

  5. 11/14/2025

    Immortal Tortoise: Jonathan of Saint Helena

    There's a 193-Year-Old tortoise on the British island of Saint Helena, where Napoleon was exiled to in 1815. Shortly after Napoleon's exile, a tortoise was born on the island of Seychelles and brought to Saint Helena at 50 years old in 1882 where he continues to live to this day. He has outlived 7 British monarchs and outlasted 31 of the island's governors. But what is most amazing is the kinds of things that happened in the world during his life. Thanks for watching this episode! We got a little goofy with this one. Let's see how it does.

    11 min

  6. 11/07/2025

    Gaspee Affair: Crazier Than The Boston Tea Party

    Massachusetts is a big brand when it comes to the American Revolution. But what if I told you, over a year before the Boston Tea Party, Rhode Islanders were going absolutely nuts on British Navy vessels. And their activities were waaaaaay more violent. Thanks for watching!

    16 min

  7. 10/31/2025

    Halloween Capital of the World

    "Those damn kids." We've all heard it muttered. We may have even done it ourselves. But if you think kids are wild and out of control now, it has nothing on the children from 100 years ago. And Halloween was their Super Bowl of shenanigans. Trick-or-treat and thanks for watching!

    11 min

  8. 10/24/2025

    Japan’s Invasion of Guam & Marine Legend Ben Blaz

    The 1941 invasion of Guam by Japanese forces put a wrench in the United States' 40-year control of the tiny island. In almost three years of Japanese occupation, the Chamorro people lived under brutal conditions. The Marines came back in 1944 to retake Guam, and one of the young Chamorros, 16-year-old Ben Blaz, was there to help them. But it was what Blaz did after the war that truly cemented him as a Marine Corps legend. Thanks for watching! This episode was a personal favorite of mine to make. This little known story of Ben Blaz has been years in the making for me.

    11 min
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About

Writer/Entertainer | Single mother | Vietnam veteran | Compulsive liar

Information

  • Creator
    Jack Mandaville
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    30
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Jack Mandaville
  • Show Website
    Jacked History

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