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In this episode Suzie visits with Izzy and Moe and Trevor explores a flat Earth.



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REFERENCES



IZZY AND MOE



Abbott K 2012, ‘Prohibition’s Premier Hooch Hounds’ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/prohibitions-premier-hooch-hounds-16963599/



Hanson D 2021, ‘Izzy Einstein and Moe Smith: Famous Prohibition Agents’ https://www.alcoholproblemsandsolutions.org/izzy-einstein-and-moe-smith/



Maeder J 2017, ‘Rumhounds Izzy Einstein and Moe Smith turned Prohibition arrests into comedy’ https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/rumhounds-izzy-moe-turned-prohibition-arrests-comedy-article-1.787185



Time Magazine 1925, ‘PROHIBITION: Izzy and Moe’ http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,928717,00.html
The History Guy 2017, ‘Izzy Einstein and Moe Smith, Prohibition Agents’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xcl_HrmtgIk



THE FLAT EARTH SOCIETY



Neil DeGrasse Tyson Gets Into A Rap Battle With B.o.B Over Flat Earth Theory (NPR 26 Jan 2016)



Why some still believe the flat Earth conspiracy (MPR News 14 Feb 2022)



‘Mad’ Mike Hughes’ Last Ride: Inside a Flat-Earther’s Doomed Mission (Rolling Stone 15 February 2022



The Flat Earth (Donald E Simanek 2006)



This Month in Physics History (APS Physics June 2006)



Eratosthenes (World History Encyclopedia 3 March 2022)



When Sailors from Ancient Egypt Discovered the World is Not Flat, No One Listened (Ancient Origins 21 Sep 2018)



The Curious History of The International Flat Earth Society (Smithsonian Magazine 29 Jn 2016)



Do they really think the earth is flat? (BBC News 4 August 2008)



Flat wrong: the misunderstood history of flat Earth theories (The Conversation 29 Jan 2016)



Are flat-earthers being serious? (Live Science 17 December 2021)



THE FLAT EARTH THEORY (Chapter 4: Metaphysics, Introduction to Philosophy, an online textbook by Philip A Pecorino Ph.D.)
Documenting the Existence of "The International Flat Earth Society" (The TalkOrigins Archive, 1993)



Other stuff:



The word history in the opening theme has been extracted from…



History Never Repeats – Split Enz (1981)



History Repeating – Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey (1998)



Flame Trees – Cold Chisel (1984)



You’re History – Shakespeare’s Sister (1989)



Centuries – Fall Out Boy (2015)



Fade out – From Flat to Fact - Ellect (Featuring Neil deGrasse Tyson)



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In this episode Suzie checks out the Nottingham Cheese Riot and Trevor finds out what he can about Charlotte Badger.



What the history?





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REFERENCES



NOTTINGHAM CHEESE RIOT



Breese C 2017, ‘Cheese riots and dragoons: The complete history of Nottingham Goose Fair’ https://nottstv.com/cheese-riots-and-dragoons-the-complete-history-of-nottingham-goose-fair-2016/



Patowary K 2020, ‘The Nottingham Cheese Riot of 1766’ https://www.amusingplanet.com/2020/11/the-nottingham-cheese-riot-of-1766.html



Rossen J 2021, ‘Revenge of the Curds: Remembering the Great Nottingham Cheese Riot of 1766’ https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/649200/nottingham-cheese-riot-of-1766



Visit Nottinghamshire 2021, ‘The Fantastic History of Goose Fair’ https://www.visit-nottinghamshire.co.uk/blog/read/2019/09/the-fantastic-history-of-goose-fair-b5961



Yarnspinner V 2011, ‘Damn his Charity, we’ll have the Cheese for nought! Nottingham’s Great Cheese Riot & other 1766 Food Riots’ https://peopleshistreh.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/cheeseriotsebook.pdf



CHARLOTTE BADGER



Story: Badger, Charlotte - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand (1990)



Who is Charlotte Badger? - Quiet Mutiny



Charlotte Badger - Rejected Princesses



The first woman settler? - New Zealand History (8 Apr 2016)



Pirate Mystery: the story of Charlotte Badger - Radio National New Zealand (19 Mar 2018)



Other stuff:



The word history in the opening theme has been extracted from…



History Never Repeats – Split Enz (1981)



History Repeating – Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey (1998)



Flame Trees – Cold Chisel (1984)



You’re History – Shakespeare’s Sister (1989)



Centuries – Fall Out Boy (2015)



Fade out – Cheese - Tim Minchin



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Join Suzie and Trevor as they delve into two darker bits of history for our annual Halloween special!



Content warning: Description of domestic violence and murder from 18:40 to 19:06.



What the history?





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REFERENCES



THE GUNPOWDER PLOT



Hewitt, L 2021, ‘Gunpowder Treason and Plot 1605’ https://www.historicmysteries.com/gunpowder-plot/



History.com Editors 2019, ‘Gunpowder Plot’ https://www.history.com/topics/british-history/gunpowder-plot



History Extra 2015, ‘Guy Fawke and the Gunpowder Plot: Everything You Need to Know’ https://www.historyextra.com/period/stuart/guy-fawkes-gunpowder-plot-facts-bonfire-night/



The National Archives, n.d., ‘Gunpowder Plot’ https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/gunpowder-plot/#background



Trueman, C 2015, ‘English Catholics 1603 to 1606’ https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/stuart-england/english-catholics-1603-to-1606/
UK Parliament 2021, ‘Frequently Asked Questions: The Gunpowder Plot’ https://www.parliament.uk/about/faqs/house-of-commons-faqs/gunpowder-plot/ and ‘Thanksgiving Act’ https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/evolutionofparliament/parliamentaryauthority/the-gunpowder-plot-of-1605/collections/thanksgiving-act/



THE GREENBRIER GHOST



How a Ghost's Evidence Convicted a Murderer - Huffington Post 19/2/16



The Unbelievable Story of The Greenbrier Ghost, Who Helped Solve Her Own Murder - Dusty Old Thing



Greenbrier Ghost: the deceased who had her husband condemned for murder - Random-Times 9/6/19



Greenbrier Ghost, Zona Heaster Shue - Greenbrier Valley



The Greenbrier Ghost - Appalachian History 23/1/18



The full tale of West Virginia's remarkable Greenbrier Ghost - West Virginia Explorer Magazine 14/9/21



HOW A GHOST’S EVIDENCE CONVICTED A MURDERER - Dying Words 13/2/16



Other stuff:



The word history in the opening theme has been extracted from…



History Never Repeats – Split Enz (1981)



History Repeating – Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey (1998)



Flame Trees – Cold Chisel (1984)



You’re History – Shakespeare’s Sister (1989)



Centuries – Fall Out Boy (2015)



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In this episode Suzie examines the remarkable life of Jack Sheppard and Trevor recounts the downfall of Skylab.



What the History?





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REFERENCES



JOHN SHEPPARD



History Collection n.d., ‘Jack Sheppard’ https://historycollection.com/money-life-5-famous-highwaymen-lived-fast-died-young/5/



Johnson B, n.d., ‘The Amazing Escapes of Jack Sheppard’ https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/The-Amazing-Escapes-of-Jack-Sheppard/



National Portrait Gallery 2020, ‘Portrait of John Sheppard’ https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp04091/john-sheppard



Old Bailey Online 1724,Joseph Sheppard, Theft > housebreaking, Theft > housebreaking, Theft > burglary, 12th August 1724’ https://web.archive.org/web/20120105154748/http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?ref=t17240812-52 Original manuscript: https://web.archive.org/web/20131206005442/http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/images.jsp?doc=172408120007



Spitalfields Life 2020, ‘Jack Sheppard, Highwayman’ https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/01/18/jack-sheppard-highwayman/



The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica 2020, ‘Jack Sheppard’ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jack-Sheppard-English-criminal
The Ex Classics Website n.d., ‘The Newgate Calendar - Jack Sheppard’ https://www.exclassics.com/newgate/ng173.htm



SKYLAB



The Day Skylab Crashed to Earth - history.com (11/7/2012)



Skylab - NASA



40 Years Ago, NASA's Skylab Space Station Fell to Earth - space.com (11/7/2019)



NASA's Skylab met its demise in Australia more than 40 years ago — but was it really an accident? - ABC News (31/5/2020)



When Skylab fell to earth - ABC Local (9/7/2009)



Balladonia, Skylab crash site in Australia: How a fallen space station caused mayhem in the outback - traveller.com.au (20/8/2020)



Great Balls Of Fire! - Perth Observatory (11/7/2019)



Dogs in Space - imdb.com



The Ballad Of Balladonia Night - Family - youtube



Other stuff:



The word history in the opening theme has been extracted from…



History Never Repeats – Split Enz (1981)



History Repeating – Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey (1998)



Flame Trees – Cold Chisel (1984)



You’re History – Shakespeare’s Sister (1989)



Centuries – Fall Out Boy (2015)



Fade out – The Ballad of Balladonia Night - Family



All music used under fair use provisions.

In this episode Suzie finds out why the artichoke caused a kerfuffle and Trevor reads some very unfortunate typos in one of the world's most famous books.



What the History?





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REFERENCES



THE ARTICHOKE WARS



Food Passages n.d., ‘The Artichoke Wars’ http://www.foodpassages.com/jottings-by-joel/jottings/the-artichoke-wars/



Lum L 2020, ‘Exploring Artichokes’ https://delishably.com/vegetable-dishes/Exploring-Artichokes



Smith N 2018, ‘When Marilyn Monroe Reigned as California’s Artichoke Queen’ https://medium.californiasun.co/when-marilyn-monroe-reigned-as-californias-artichoke-queen-3017ce58c1a5



Stradley L 2021, ‘Artichokes History’ https://whatscookingamerica.net/History/ArtichokeHistory.htm
The Kitchen Project n.d., ‘The History of Artichokes’ http://www.kitchenproject.com/history/Artichoke/index.htm



BIBLE TYPESETTING ERRORS



Good Omens - neilgaiman.com



The 10 worst typos in the Bible - The Guardian 22 Oct 2015



History’s Worst Biblical Misprints - history.com 29 Aug 2018



Printing errors in the Bible - didyouknow.org 



The Bible Museum’s ‘Wicked Bible’: Thou Shalt Commit Adultery - The Washington Post 19 Nov 2017
The ‘Wicked Bible’ Exists Thanks to a 17th Century Typo - Gizmodo 15 Feb 2021



Other stuff:



The word history in the opening theme has been extracted from…



History Never Repeats – Split Enz (1981)



History Repeating – Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey (1998)



Flame Trees – Cold Chisel (1984)



You’re History – Shakespeare’s Sister (1989)



Centuries – Fall Out Boy (2015)



Fade out – On The Bible - Deuce



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In this special Halloween episode Suzie visits Glamis Castle and Trevor checks out a vase with a difference.



What the History?



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REFERENCES



GLAMIS CASTLE



Castle Ghosts of Scotland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSAW2wMUDWs



Dash M 2012, ‘The Monster of Glamis’ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-monster-of-glamis-92015626/



Dunning B 2011, ‘The Monster of Glamis’ https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4276



Glamis Castle n.d., https://www.glamis-castle.co.uk/



Haunted Rooms 2020, ‘Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland’  https://www.hauntedrooms.co.uk/glamis-castle-angus-scotland



Magical Europe 2019, ‘Glamis Castle Considered The Most Haunted Castle in Scotland’ https://magical-europe.com/2019/09/01/glamis-castle-considered-the-most-haunted-castle-in-scotland/



Royal Central 2015, ‘Ghosts of Glamis: Tales from Glamis Castle’ https://royalcentral.co.uk/features/insight/ghosts-of-glamis-ghastly-tales-from-glamis-castle-52672/



Sullivan K 2019, ‘The Dark Secret Behind the Hidden Room of Glamis Castle’ https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-europe/dark-secret-behind-hidden-room-glamis-castle-006821
The Douglas Archives 2020, ‘Lady Janet Douglas of Glamis’ http://douglashistory.co.uk/history/ladyjanetdouglas.htm



THE BASANO VASE



The Curious and Deadly Tale of the Basano Vase - Gypsy Corner (12 March 2018)



 The Bizarre Story Of The Curse Of Basano Vase - Planet Today (29 September 2020)



Other stuff:



The word history in the opening theme has been extracted from…



History Never Repeats – Split Enz (1981)



History Repeating – Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey (1998)



Flame Trees – Cold Chisel (1984)



You’re History – Shakespeare’s Sister (1989)



Centuries – Fall Out Boy (2015)



Fade out – Things That Go Bump In The Night (Public Domain)



All music used under fair use provisions.