Unhinged History

Episode 13 | $20 is $20

What a crazy mashup. Come for Theresa telling the story of the 1875 Dublin Whiskey Fire. Stay for Angie sharing the tale of Lawn Chair Larry and his epic flight using weather balloons and his trusty lawn chair. This episode pairs well with: The History of BourbonThe Great Molasses FloodThe Balloon Escape

Episode 12 | Snookered on Schnapps

Join us this week as Angie shares another military blunder. During Sept 21-22 1788, Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor fought Serdar-ı Ekrem Koca Yusuf Pasha the Vizier and Sultan Selim 3 ...sorta. 
This episode pairs well with: The pope who wrote a dirty book and funded Vlad the Impaler
 

Episode 11 | Step Up My Bullying Game

What's better than a pointless bloodless war? Theresa leads this week in retelling the story of the Honey War of 1839. During this conflict, Iowa and Missouri nearly started a war over three trees and a tax man. More Pointless Wars: The Pig WarThe Pastry WarThe War of the Stray Dog

Episode 10 | Surprise Bidet

Angie and Theresa celebrate April Fool's Day by recounting historical pranks. Angie starts us off with The Great Spaghetti Hoax of 1957 (that time Richard Dimbley and Charles De Jaeger presented a fictitious spaghetti harvest on the BBC). Theresa follows up with Count Robert II of France and the Hesdin Castle that pranked its guests.This episode pairs well with: That time a guy died on a toilet at Predjama CastleThat time Theresa told Angie about the time traveler from Kiev

Episode 9 | For Butter or For Worse

Theresa goes back to 1989 when the oldest active cold case investigation was solved. Join her and Angie as they tackle the NW Butter Crimes of the Great Depression. What? You heard us—butter Crimes. This episode pairs well with: The Maple Syrup Heist 

Episode 8 | Dick Gorgeous

This week Angie and Theresa explore Arthur Vicers and the not good, really bad day AKA the theft of the Irish Crown Jewels. Come for the historical tale.Stay for Theresa getting hung up on the names of the people in this story. This episode pairs well with:Franz Reichelt

Episode 7 | Keep Your Legs

Take a raucous ride through history as Theresa retells the tale of the redoubtable General Antonio López de Santa Anna and how he lost his legs during the Pastry War of 1838. After that doozy, Angie regales us with how Fredrick the Great tricked his people into loving potatoes. This episode pairs well with: Shelly BaumanQueen Tamar of Georgia 

Episode 6 | You’re Killing Me Smalls

Join us as Angie walks us through a series of Civil War snafus that enable the enslaved Robert Smalls to pilot a gun-laden ship to freedom. This episode pairs well with: Bass Reeves