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20th Century Oddballs
FDR was high during Pearl Harbor
Hitler on Meth
The Mad Monk: Rasputin
Weird Appalachian Medicine
West Virginia’s Most Notorious Serial Killer: The Bluebeard of Quiet Dell, Harry Powers
The Greenbrier Ghost: The Strange Tale of a West Virginia Murder and the Spirit Who Looked for Revenge
The Polio Epidemic of the Early 20th Century
History of Mental Health Treatments
Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum
The Huntington State Hospital Fire. Huntington, West Virginia 1952. (Mildred Mitchell Bateman Hospital)
Morris Memorial Home for Crippled Children. Milton, West Virginia
The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment
The Black Dahlia Part 1
The War of the Worlds: Radio’s Greatest Broadcast
Project MKULTRA
Angels of Death
The Christmas Truce on the Western Front
Two Shots in Sarajevo; The Death of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Countess Sophie
Executions Part 1: Riding the Lightning
Classified Ad Rapist Set for Execution
Mothers who Kill
Colonial America Was Weird
Colonial America Fishing
The Truth Behind Paul Revere’s Ride
Cannibalism at Jamestown
Mountain Weddings
19th Century Weirdos
Stonewall Jackson Was Weird
Appalachian Birth Practices
Civil War Soldier’s Were Desperate for a Good Cup of Joe: The Weird Tale of Civil War Coffee
The Murder Castle
Medical Quack Devices
Jack the Ripper
Nurses who Kill Part Two
Beast Benjamin Butler: The Civil War General Who Labeled all New Orleans Women Hookers
Jack the Ripper Identified?
The Winchester Mystery House
The Kooky Ancient Eras
The Total Destruction of the Roman Army
The Last Stand of the 300
The Spartans
The Blood Eagle
Scaphism AKA The Boats
The Destruction at Cannae
Medieval Insanity
Elizabeth Bathory: The Blood Countess
Hanged, Drawn, and Quartered
Weird Dental Folklore
Odd Traditions: Chinese Foot Binding
The Black Death
Bedlam Hospital
Aztec Ritual Sacrifices
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How to travel the country on a budget
Urban Legends
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