Unhinged History

Episode 91 | Ghosts You Want as Roommates

Spooky Season is in full swing this week. Theresa shares the story of the first legally haunted house in the US that spawned the Ghostbuster Ruling. 
Refusing to be outdone, Angie regales us with the investigation into the vampire Arnold Paole. This according to sources, is the most famous vampire. Have you ever heard of him? This episode pairs well with: Sarah Winchester and the Winchester Mystery HouseThe New England Vampire PanicThe Casquette Girls of New Orleans

Episode 90 | Try Bigger Crimes

Firmly leaning into the spooky season, Angie shares Samhain and the Origins of Halloween. Come for the costumes and fire festivals, stay for the carved turnips that look like shrunken heads. 
Theresa steals a story from Angie's backyard when she tells the story of Sarah Winchester and the Winchester Mystery House. In typical Theresa fashion, she debunks the myths and breaks hearts regarding the ghost stories. This episode pairs well with: Angie's Favorite CursesThe Haunting of Lady Mary HowardThe Ghostbuster Ruling

Episode 89 | I'll Take My Chances With the Sharks

Spooky Season stories hit differently. This week Theresa shares the story of the Haunted Queen Mary, one of the most paranormal places to visit in the US. Come for the WWII milestones, stay for the tragic death of a crew member. 
Angie dips way back into history and tells the tales of the werewolf trials we've had through our past. This episode pairs well with: The Haunted Shanghai Tunnels in Portland, OregonVampire Arnold PaoleThe Last Witch of Ireland – Bridget Cleary

Episode 88 | I Can't Believe It's Not Butter Queen

Not every story starts out with Angie using Snoop Dogg as a source, but this week's does. Join us as Angie shares the story of Jesse Owens and Carl Luz Long. This unlikely friendship starts at the Berlin Olympics between Black athlete Jesse Owens, and German Carl Luz Long and displays the best parts of humanity and good sportsmanship. 
Theresa's story on the other hand is a sharp left turn. She regales us with information on Lorenc Peter Elfred Freuchen. This forgotten arctic explorer was 6' 7", and once got caught in a snowstorm and had to chisel his way out using a pick made out of his own fecal matter. This episode pairs well with: Similar Vibes: Peter Wessel TordenskjoldThe Lafitte Pirates Rear Admiral Richard E. Bryd and His Hollow Earth Theory

Episode 87 | A Different Flavor of WWII

This week's roundup of stories is a happy accident. Today Angie and Theresa bring you two very different stories from WWII. Theresa kicks it off with the Night Witches, the only female combat pilots from WWII. These badasses are from Russia and you're going to love them. 
Angie starts by sharing the history of the US paying its soldiers with booze, then explains how the attitude toward alcohol shifted. Somehow she ends up telling the story of the United States retrofiting a cement barge into an ice cream flotilla. This episode pairs well with: Aviatrix – Beryl MarkhamTootsie Rolls at the Chosin Reservoir in the Korean War

Episode 86 | I Agreed Too Early

Today's roundup of history stories you didn't know starts when Angie tells the story of General Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roche Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, or as you know him, General Marquis de Lafayette. This man was part of so many plot points of history your head will spin. 
To keep up with the craziness, Theresa shares the many Defenestrations of Prague, kicking off the Hussite Wars, the Thirty Years War, and beyond. For some reason, the people of Prague keep yeeting people out of windows and it's bananas. This episode pairs well with: The Smugglers of the Boston Tea Party Revolutionary War's Culper Spy Ring and Agent 355The Crazy Facts of Liechtenstein

Episode 85 | I Am Not Here to Make Sense

We hope you have handfuls of sweet snacks this week as Theresa and Angie share their stories. Theresa starts with The Great Molasses Flood of 1919 – an incident that would forever coat Boston in a sweet smell. 
Angie must have intuited Theresa's story because she tells the story of Tootsie Rolls at the Chosin Reservoir. Her story occurred during the Korean War when a group of Marines known as the "Chosin Few" needed to figure out how to survive subzero temperatures. It was so cold that the radiators cracked. Thankfully the Marines had $13,547.80 in Tootsie Rolls (or $176,613.28 in today's money). They used the candy to plug holes and retreat. 
This episode pairs well with: The Maple Syrup HeistWhen the Navy had a Concrete Ice Cream Barge
 

Episode 84 | It's Only Treason If You Lose

Whew. What a week! Angie starts us out by sharing Gabriel's Conspiracy. This is the story of a slave living in the late 1700s and his attempt to gain his freedom. To elevate the mood, Angie also touches on Guion Buford Jr, the first Black astronaut. 
Theresa takes a sharp left turn and shares the story of the Harlem Hellfighters, the 369th regimen made of primarily Black soldiers who saw more combat than any other unit of American soldiers during WWI. This story pairs well with: Seneca Village – the Black Village in Central ParkTootsie Rolls at the Chosin Reservoir During the Korean War