Unhinged History

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Unhinged History is a history podcast combining humor and the crazy stories you never learned in school. Theresa and Angie explore antics and hijinks throughout history. Each week they come together and share the bizarre stories they’ve only recently learned. Uncover facts like Napoleon getting attacked by bunnies or details of the Beer Flood of 1814. Their favorite topics cover historical hoaxes, random war stories, unsolved mysteries, spies, and stories that make you question everything you thought you knew.

  1. 1天前

    Episode 141 | I’m “Questionable Boundaries”

    Join us as Theresa kicks off the spooky season by sharing the origins of her favorite book, Frankenstein. She takes us through all the scientific advancements leading to the creation of the favorite creature. From resuscitating drowning victims to using electricity to generate muscle spasms in corpses, science hinted that reanimating the dead was just around the corner.  Theresa also shares some of the darker parts of Mary Shelley’s life that added additional color to the horror and grief in the book.  This episode pairs well with:  The Casquette Girls of New Orleans 14

    50 分钟

  2. 9月26日

    Episode 140 | He *IS* the Shed

    Join us this week as we tackle some sketchy history. Angie starts us with the story of (not quite a founding mother) Eliza Bowen Jumel. She’s born in a brothel, and eventually becomes the wealthiest woman in America. This fascinating woman ends up marrying Aaron Burr later in life and divorces him, using Alexander Hamilton Jr. as her lawyer.   Theresa takes us to Japan in the 1100s and regales us with the story of Saitō Musashibō Benkei. This legendary samurai grows up in a series of monasteries, goes rogue, and in his quest to win 1000 swords in battle, becomes the loyal retainer of Yoshitsune. While defending Yoshitsune, Benkei would defeat 300 swordsmen and die standing (and riddled with arrows). This story pairs well with: Nell Gwyn - actress and court mistress Miyamoto Musashi

    52 分钟

  3. 9月19日

    Episode 139 | Coordinating Their Chaos

    Theresa is back at it. This story has a little bit of everything you expect from one of her stories. WWII. Female spies. A missing leg. Join us as she shares the tale of Virginia Hall. This renowned spy has an incredible story, and there is so much to unpack.   This story pairs well with: Odette Samson and Peter Churchill

    55 分钟

  4. 9月12日

    Episode 138 | They’re Formal. Classy.

    Angie continues with her love affair with SAS member Paddy Mayne. Join us as she takes us through his work during WWII. Paddy is quite the hero. While demurely accepting medals for his valor, our favorite Irishman is leading his troops miles behind enemy lines and making the lives of the Axis powers rough. This story pairs well with: Paddy Mane’s Intro to the SAS

    1 小时 12 分钟

  5. 9月5日

    Episode 137 | Another Missing Leg Story

    Angie is riding her Paddy Mane trip for the second week. This week, she covered Paddy Mane's tumultuous start to military service and how he met the founders of the SAS.  Theresa takes us in a wildly different direction as she circles back on a previous story. Before she'd covered William Riker, the cult-founder of Holy City in episode 132. Today she covers William Riker's lawyer, Melvin Belli. This man fired a cannon from the roof of his office and flew the Jolly Roger flag when he won cases.  This episode pairs well with:  Paddy Mane's Early Years Melvin Belli's Cult-Founding Client

    54 分钟

  6. 8月29日

    Episode 136 | Kill Squad in Your Back Pocket

    History is strange and weird. Today's mash-up of stories proves it.   Theresa picks up where she left off last week. (Last week, she shared about that time North Korea sent 31 commandos into South Korea to take out their president.) This week, South Korea responds by forming their own squad, only spoiler alert: things go fantastically awry.   Angie collects her bearings before sharing the early years of her favorite SAS member, "Paddy" Blair Mane. Join us as she tells about him hunting South African springbok in formal wear and more.   These stories pair well with: The Blue House Raid The SAS Raid You Never Heard Of

    1 小时 3 分钟

  7. 8月22日

    Episode 135 | A Renaissance Garden Gnome

    History is jam-packed with stories you've never heard, and today's episode brings together two such tales. Angie starts with sharing Josef Mencik – the last knight, or the Knight of Strakonice. This Czech man of noble standing starts to enter the historical narrative by buying a castle, a suit of armour, and then stands up to a Nazi tank division.   Theresa takes the rest of the episode in a wildly different direction when she shares, The Blue House Incident, or that time North Korea snuck 31 commandos into Seoul and got them within 300 meters of the president's palace before the mission went sideways.   These stories pair nicely with: The Wide Awakes The SAS raid no one knew about

    51 分钟

  8. 8月15日

    Episode 134 | Best Kept Open Secret

    Do you remember how in the past, Theresa and Angie explained the start of WWI as that time a Serbian shot an Austrian, so Britain declared war on Germany?   Well today, Theresa does a deep dive and explains how a secretive organization within the Serbian government referred to as The Black Hand is the group that trained the assassins who killed Archduke Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie.   This episode pairs well with: The SAS raid no on knew about

    54 分钟
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Unhinged History is a history podcast combining humor and the crazy stories you never learned in school. Theresa and Angie explore antics and hijinks throughout history. Each week they come together and share the bizarre stories they’ve only recently learned. Uncover facts like Napoleon getting attacked by bunnies or details of the Beer Flood of 1814. Their favorite topics cover historical hoaxes, random war stories, unsolved mysteries, spies, and stories that make you question everything you thought you knew.

信息

  • 创作者
    twigliot
  • 活跃年份
    2023年 - 2025年
  • 单集
    141
  • 分级
    儿童不宜
  • 版权
    © Copyright 2025 All Rights Reserved
  • 节目网站
    Unhinged History

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