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In each episode of History Fix, I discuss lesser known stories from history that you won't be able to stop thinking about. Need your history fix? You've come to the right place.
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Episodios 197
Ep. 174 Jack the Ripper Pt. 3: Why History's Most Notorious Serial Killer Continues to Evade Us
I am back with the final installment of my 3 part series on Victorian London serial killer Jack the Ripper. I'll spill all the gory details of the death of the 5th and final of the "Canonical Five" …
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I am back with the final installment of my 3 part series on Victorian London serial killer Jack the Ripper. I'll spill all the gory details of the death of the 5th and final of the "Canonical Five" victims, Mary Jane Kelly. We'll look at modern interpretations of the killer's MO and criminal FBI profile. We'll also delve into some of the theories and suspects. Who was Jack the Ripper? Was he a Polish barber? An American doctor? A cotton merchant? Or perhaps a prince, second in line for the English throne?
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- Morbid “Jack the Ripper”
- Absolute Crime “Jack the Ripper’s Killing Spree As It Happened”
- Absolute Crime “Why Was Jack the Ripper Never Found?”
- Casebook.org “Jack the Ripper”
- University of Michigan “Ripper Records: An Archive of Jack the Ripper and the 1888 Whitechapel Murders”
- Wikipedia “Dear Boss Letter”
- Wikipedia “Saucy Jacky Postcard”
- Wikipedia “From Hell Letter”
- The Jack the Ripper Tour “Profiling Jack the Ripper”
- Elliot Leyton “Hunting Humans”
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Ep. 173 Jack the Ripper Pt. 2: Why History's Most Notorious Serial Killer Continues to Evade Us
I'm back again in part 2 of 3 to uncover more of the story of Jack the Ripper. In this episode, I'll continue the timeline from last week, walking you through new developments in the case. We'll …
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I'm back again in part 2 of 3 to uncover more of the story of Jack the Ripper. In this episode, I'll continue the timeline from last week, walking you through new developments in the case. We'll look at dead end clues and false suspects, including 3 letters supposedly written by the killer. I'll also take you through the final moments of the third and fourth Ripper victims - Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes - who were killed less than an hour apart during what came to be called the "double event."
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- Morbid “Jack the Ripper”
- Absolute Crime “Jack the Ripper’s Killing Spree As It Happened”
- Absolute Crime “Why Was Jack the Ripper Never Found?”
- Casebook.org “Jack the Ripper”
- University of Michigan “Ripper Records: An Archive of Jack the Ripper and the 1888 Whitechapel Murders”
- Wikipedia “Dear Boss Letter”
- Wikipedia “Saucy Jacky Postcard”
- Wikipedia “From Hell Letter”
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Ep. 172 Jack the Ripper Pt. 1: Why History's Most Notorious Serial Killer Continues to Evade Us
This episode is the start of History Fix's first ever THREE parter! I initially thought I could cram it all into two episodes but pretty quickly realized it would take at least three. So, Spooktober is …
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This episode is the start of History Fix's first ever THREE parter! I initially thought I could cram it all into two episodes but pretty quickly realized it would take at least three. So, Spooktober is going to spill over a bit into November this year but I'm not hating it. In this episode, the first of three about the infamous Victorian era London serial killer known as Jack the Ripper, I'll set the scene in which the murders took place, explaining much needed context for understanding that world. I'll also walk you through what we know about the lives and final moments of the first two Jack the Ripper victims: Mary Ann "Polly" Nichols and Annie Chapman.
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- Morbid “Jack the Ripper”
- Absolute Crime “Jack the Ripper’s Killing Spree As It Happened”
- Casebook.org “Jack the Ripper”
- University of Michigan “Ripper Records: An Archive of Jack the Ripper and the 1888 Whitechapel Murders”
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Ep. 171 The Bermuda Triangle: How This Infamous Sea Thoroughfare Is More Click Bait Than Mystery
Spooktober continues with a strange and mysterious tale this week. But how strange and mysterious is it really? I’m talking, of course, about the infamous Bermuda Triangle, a loosely defined area off the …
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Spooktober continues with a strange and mysterious tale this week. But how strange and mysterious is it really? I’m talking, of course, about the infamous Bermuda Triangle, a loosely defined area off the southeastern coast of the United States where countless ships and even airplanes have experienced strange anomalies, many even vanishing without a trace. In this episode, I’ll seek to answer the question: is the Bermuda Triangle really all that dangerous? And, if not, where did its notorious reputation come from? Let’s fix that.
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- Encyclopedia Britannica “What is known and not known about the Bermuda Triangle”
- History.com “What Is the Bermuda Triangle?
- National Geographic “The mystery behind the Bermuda Triangle”
- EBSCO “Bermuda Triangle”
- Encyclopedia Virginia “Sea Venture”
- NOAA “What is a rogue wave?”
- Boater Exam “6 Prevailing Bermuda Triangle Theories”
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Ep. 170 Delphine LaLaurie: How New Orleans' Wickedest Woman Turned Trauma Into a Tourist Attraction
Last week's episode on the zombies of Haitian Vodou naturally led me to New Orleans. This week I'll fill you in on the gruesome acts of infamous female enslaver Delphine LaLaurie, who notoriously …
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Last week's episode on the zombies of Haitian Vodou naturally led me to New Orleans. This week I'll fill you in on the gruesome acts of infamous female enslaver Delphine LaLaurie, who notoriously tortured and abused the people she enslaved at her French Quarter mansion in the 1830s. But this story has been quite twisted and sensationalized through the years as New Orleans tour guides scramble to sell historical ghost tour tickets. So how much of Delphine LaLaurie's story is true and how much was fabricated to meet the desires of an ever more desensitized audience... and at what cost? Let's fix that.
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- “Retrospect of Western Travel” by Harriet Martineau
- “Ghost Stories of Old New Orleans” by Jeanne DeLavigne
- “Journey Into Darkness: Ghosts and Vampires of New Orleans” by Kalila Katherina Smith
- “Tales from the Haunted South: Dark Tourism and Memories of Slavery from the Civil War Era” by Tiya Miles
- History.com “Arson uncovers torture chamber in mansion of New Orleans enslaver
- New Orleans Historical “The LaLaurie Mansion”
- Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans “What really happened at the LaLaurie House?”
- Wikipedia “Delphine LaLaurie”
- Wikipedia “Harriet Martineau”
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Ep. 169 Zombies: How Centuries of Trauma Transformed Into the Walking Dead of Today
It’s finally Spooktober! All October long I’ll be telling spooky, mysterious true stories from history, starting with zombies. Zombies are a big deal. They are all over pop culture in movies and TV shows, even …
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It’s finally Spooktober! All October long I’ll be telling spooky, mysterious true stories from history, starting with zombies. Zombies are a big deal. They are all over pop culture in movies and TV shows, even video games. People love a good zombie apocalypse story. But the pop culture zombies of today are quite different than how zombies started out. They’re almost a different beast entirely. So where did the idea of a zombie come from? How did they get so twisted? And could zombies possibly be real? Let’s fix all that.
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- Harvard Magazine “The Secrets of Haiti’s Living Dead”
- The Atlantic “The Tragic, Forgotten History of Zombies”
- History.com “History of Zombies”
- Ohio State University “The History of the Zombie in Popular Culture”
- NPR “Zoinks! Tracing the History of “Zombie” From Haiti to the CDC”
- New York Times “A Zombie Is a Slave Forever”
- (Im)possibilities “The History of Zombies”
- Encyclopedia Britannica “Vodou”
- University of Delaware “The Roots of Haitian Vodou”
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Ep. 168 The Fall of the Inca Empire: How the Inca Actually Conquered Themselves, Pizarro Just Got Lucky
Despite the results of my recent poll, I'm making the executive decision to cover Francisco Pizarro and the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire in 1532. But, trust me, you won't be disappointed. This …
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Despite the results of my recent poll, I'm making the executive decision to cover Francisco Pizarro and the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire in 1532. But, trust me, you won't be disappointed. This story is insane. We have rags to riches characters, we have mighty kings, we have brothers fighting amongst themselves, partners backstabbing each other. We have lies and deceit and secret ambushes. We have murder, lots and lots of murder, and we have the rise of a new world order, for better, or for worse. In the end, we’re left with a lot of questions here. How did such a small rag tag group of Spaniards, less than 200 men, manage to take down the largest empire in the world? And what lessons can we learn from mistakes made by the Inca? Yes the Inca. You thought I was gonna say Spanish. Let's fix that.
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- History.com “Francisco Pizarro Traps Incan Emperor Atahualpa”
- EBSCO “Pizarro Conquers the Incas in Peru”
- World History Encyclopedia “Pizarro and the Fall of the Inca Empire”
- National Geographic “Inca Civilization”
- Encyclopedia Britannica “Francisco Pizarro”
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Ep. 167 El Dorado: How the Mythical City of Gold Was Actually Always a Person
Of course we’re going to El Dorado! Or, at least, we’re going to meet him? Because, when you take a look at the primary sources, where this myth of El Dorado, the city of gold, really came from, it becomes …
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Of course we’re going to El Dorado! Or, at least, we’re going to meet him? Because, when you take a look at the primary sources, where this myth of El Dorado, the city of gold, really came from, it becomes immediately apparent that El Dorado was never a city at all… he was a person. El Dorado, the gilded one, was first described as a wealthy leader who covered his body in gold dust and then washed it off in a sacred lake. The Spanish simply took that and ran with it. If this king had enough gold that he could wash it away, discard it, every single night, he must be extraordinarily wealthy. In fact, he must live in an entire city made of gold. But that, of course, was a stretch based entirely on cultural misunderstandings and downright greed. Nevertheless, it didn’t stop man after man - Spanish, German, English - from trying, and failing, to find this imaginary city of gold.
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- BBC “El Dorado: The truth behind the myth”
- National Geographic “The real history behind El Dorado, the legendary city of gold”
- Wikipedia “El Dorado”
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Ep. 166 Sir Walter Raleigh: How the Elizabethan Golden Boy Flew Too Close to the Sun
I have wanted to talk about Sir Walter Raleigh for so very long. He had a lot of power and influence during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I and impacted the world we know today more than people realize …
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I have wanted to talk about Sir Walter Raleigh for so very long. He had a lot of power and influence during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I and impacted the world we know today more than people realize. He's even the one who came up with the name Virginia! And yet, most don't know the first thing about Raleigh. Who was he really? And how did he go from the queen’s favorite golden boy to beheaded at Westminster in the span of just a few decades? Let's fix that.
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- Historic Royal Palaces “Sir Walter Raleigh”
- History.com “Walter Raleigh”
- North Carolina Museum of History “The Demise of Sir Walter Raleigh”
- BBC “Walter Raleigh”
- Sir Walter Raleigh’s letter to his wife (Matthew Lyons)
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Ep. 165 Dolly Parton: How a Poor Girl from East Tennessee Became One of the Most Universally Loved Superstars of All Time
So many important lessons to be learned from the late and great Dolly Parton! I'm back with a bang this week Fixies to uncover the unexpected legacy left by super famous, super loved, greatly missed Dolly …
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So many important lessons to be learned from the late and great Dolly Parton! I'm back with a bang this week Fixies to uncover the unexpected legacy left by super famous, super loved, greatly missed Dolly Parton. How does a girl from a poverty stricken tobacco farm in the mountains of Tennessee, one of twelve children, with an illiterate father, come to be one of the most famous performers, business women, philanthropists, and all around enigmas of all time? More importantly, how is it possible to pull all that off while remaining almost universally loved by the masses? What does it actually mean to be a Dolly? Let's fix that.
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- Dollyparton.com “Dolly’s Story”
- Wikipedia “Dolly Parton”
- Country Music Hall of Fame “Dolly Parton”
- Wikipedia “Porter Wagoner”
- Fox News “Dolly Parton’s most iconic ‘Dolly-isms’ on beauty, wigs, Botox and living on her own terms”
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History Fix News #2: The Theft of the Ancient Vix Torque Necklace Robs Us of Much More Than Its Weight In Gold
Join the Patreon for more exclusive content like this! I'm back with my second ever episode of History Fix News and this time I'm sharing it with the masses! This news story comes out of Burgundy …
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Join the Patreon for more exclusive content like this! I'm back with my second ever episode of History Fix News and this time I'm sharing it with the masses! This news story comes out of Burgundy, France and deals with the recent theft of an ancient Celtic necklace known as the Vix Torque. We'll discuss serious flaws in French museum security following both the October 2025 jewel heist (episode 137) and this new Vix Torque heist. We'll also explore what the Vix Torque told us about the ancient Celtic world, including trade with the Mediterranean, and what it suggests about it's wearer, the Princess of Vix, a surprisingly high status woman in a world so often ruled by men.
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A Quick Announcment
Subscribe to the Patreon here! You'll have access to 37 mini fix episodes, 3 History Fix Trivia episodes, plus a fun new segment I have up my sleeve! Otherwise, I'll catch you all in September! Shoot …
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Subscribe to the Patreon here! You'll have access to 37 mini fix episodes, 3 History Fix Trivia episodes, plus a fun new segment I have up my sleeve! Otherwise, I'll catch you all in September!
Mini Fix #37 Preview: Benedict Arnold
Listen to this full mini fix episode on Patreon! Benedict Arnold is remembered as a notorious turncoat, a traitor who secretly switched sides during the Revolutionary War. His legacy is one of betrayal …
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Listen to this full mini fix episode on Patreon!
Benedict Arnold is remembered as a notorious turncoat, a traitor who secretly switched sides during the Revolutionary War. His legacy is one of betrayal, selfishness, and greed. But how did it happen? How did a man who once exclaimed “Good God, are the Americans all asleep and tamely giving up their glorious liberties?” upon hearing news of the Boston Massacre end up fighting alongside the enemy? Like with most villains from history, there has to be more to the story. Nathaniel Philbrick writes in a Smithsonian magazine article “Although it later became convenient to portray Arnold as a conniving Satan from the start, the truth is more complex and, ultimately, more disturbing. Without the discovery of his treason in the fall of 1780, the American people might never have been forced to realize that the real threat to their liberties came not from without, but from within.” Let’s fix that.
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Ep. 164 James Armistead Lafayette: How an Enslaved Black Man Helped Win Freedom for White Americans
Everyone knows about General George Washington and the British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia in 1781. But, very few people know the circumstances surrounding that surrender. Very few people know about the …
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Everyone knows about General George Washington and the British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia in 1781. But, very few people know the circumstances surrounding that surrender. Very few people know about the involvement of an enslaved Black man named James who worked as a double agent during the war, secretly passing information to the Americans while feeding the British false leads. Few people know the risks James took, risks that eventually led to an American victory, risks that stood to gain him nothing in return. Let's fix that.
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- American Battlefield Trust "James Armistead Lafayette"
- Library of Virginia "James Lafayette Petition for Freedom, 1786"
- United States Army National Museum "James Armistead Lafayette"
- Wikipedia "James Armistead Lafayette"
- Wikipedia "Benedict Arnold"
- Wikipedia "Marquis de Lafayette"
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Mini Fix #36: The Edenton Tea Party
I've decided to release this mini fix episodes to the masses and I hope my Patreon subscribers won't mind sharing. This story has gone almost completely untold for far too long and the lessons it …
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I've decided to release this mini fix episodes to the masses and I hope my Patreon subscribers won't mind sharing. This story has gone almost completely untold for far too long and the lessons it teaches are too important to ignore any longer. If you enjoy listening this week, I hope you'll consider subscribing to the Patreon where you'll find tons of other exclusive mini fix episodes plus other bonus content and regular episodes 2 days early and ad free. Now, let's dive into the world of Edenton, North Carolina, 1774, a world that appears to be run by an elite group of wealthy white men. When we take a closer look though, they aren't as in charge as they think they are. So who really runs the show? In this story, they'll finally step out of the shadows in a big way and sign their names to prove it.
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Ep. 163 Tea: How an Ancient Medicinal Drink Helped Brew a Revolution
Tea has a long and rich history dating back to ancient China. But, when you think about where in the world they drink the most tea now, one country in particular probably comes to mind. It does for me anyway …
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Tea has a long and rich history dating back to ancient China. But, when you think about where in the world they drink the most tea now, one country in particular probably comes to mind. It does for me anyway: England, Great Britain, the United Kingdom, whatever you want to call it. Those guys. They really do love a cuppa tea. Tea is notably absent, for the most part, however, in the United States where coffee reigns supreme. I mean, we have some ice tea drinkers here in the south and you may have a cup of hot tea every now and then, especially in the winter time. But there is no arguing that tea is anywhere near as popular as coffee in the United States. Why? Well, to answer that question we have to go back over 250 years to a time when revolution was brewing and tea was not. Let’s fix that.
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- UK Tea and Infusions Association "History of Tea"
- UK Tea and Infusions Association "The Boston Tea Party"
- BBC "Spilling the tea on Brits' love of tea"
- American Battlefield Trust "Tea: Brewing a Revolution"
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Mini Fix #35 Preview: Historically Gay?
Listen to this full mini fix episode on Patreon! In this whirlwind mini we’re going to talk about 7 historical figures who were at least probably gay. A few of these were definitely gay or at least bisexual …
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In this whirlwind mini we’re going to talk about 7 historical figures who were at least probably gay. A few of these were definitely gay or at least bisexual. For some we’ll never know for sure, we can only speculate. But, you know, why does it matter? Some might be wondering. Why does the sexual orientation of long dead people even matter? Because in many of these examples, these are highly respected and revered historical figures and to be represented in history as impressive, capable, accomplished movers and shakers like this, to be recognized throughout history where they’ve always been hidden, is a big deal for LGBTQ+ advocacy and awareness and the ongoing fight for equality. And that’s what Pride Month is all about.
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Ep. 162 Juneteenth: How a Day in Galveston, Texas Came to Symbolize the End of Slavery in the United States
Since 2021 Juneteenth National Independence Day has been a federal holiday in the United States. But what exactly is the significance of that date, June 19th? Is that when the Emancipation Proclamation was …
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Since 2021 Juneteenth National Independence Day has been a federal holiday in the United States. But what exactly is the significance of that date, June 19th? Is that when the Emancipation Proclamation was signed, freeing enslaved people in Confederate States? Is it when the 13th Amendment was ratified, abolishing slavery in all of the states? Nope. Let's get to the bottom of what happened on June 19, 1865 and why it led to a new national holiday some 150 years later.
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Mini Fix #34 Preview: Metal Detector Finds
Listen to this full mini fix episode on Patreon! After researching the Galloway Hoard last week, which was discovered by a metal detectorist in 2014, I found myself wondering what other treasures have been …
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After researching the Galloway Hoard last week, which was discovered by a metal detectorist in 2014, I found myself wondering what other treasures have been found this way. So this week I present to you 6 priceless historical treasures that were unearthed by amateur metal detector enthusiasts almost exclusively in the UK. We'll also discuss why that is... the UK thing!
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Ep. 161 The Galloway Hoard: How the Discovery of Viking Era Buried Treasure Raises More Questions Than Answers
Come explore the Galloway Hoard with me, a Viking era treasure hoard found buried beneath a field in Galloway, Scotland back in 2014. Silver Viking arm bands, a rock crystal jar dating back to ancient Rome, a …
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Come explore the Galloway Hoard with me, a Viking era treasure hoard found buried beneath a field in Galloway, Scotland back in 2014. Silver Viking arm bands, a rock crystal jar dating back to ancient Rome, a silver vessel from 4,000 miles away in present day Iran - these treasures hidden around the year 900 are incredible. But, upon closer inspection, they raise more questions than answers. Is this actually Viking treasure? Arm bands are very Viking. But then why do they have inscriptions on them written in Anglo-Saxon runes, a form of Old English? Why is there a Christian cross? Reference to a Bishop? And what does the mysterious inscription "DIS IS IIGNA F" mean? We'll uncover all of this and more to reveal a tumultuous time in an ever changing world.
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- National Museums Scotland "Discover the Galloway Hoard"
- Smithsonian Magazine "A Proposed Translation Hints at the Origins of the Mysterious Galloway Hoard"
- NorthLink Ferries "The Galloway Hoard - an interview with Martin Goldberg"
- Wikipedia "Galloway Hoard"
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Mini Fix #33 Preview: The Mayerling Incident
Listen to this full mini fix episode on Patreon! In the early morning hours of January 30, 1889 Crown Prince Rudolf, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, murdered his 17 year old mistress and then took his …
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In the early morning hours of January 30, 1889 Crown Prince Rudolf, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, murdered his 17 year old mistress and then took his own life at his hunting lodge in Mayerling, Austria. The details of this apparent murder suicide were pretty straightforward. But, in the confusion that followed, much was done to cover up the details of what actually happened. Evidence was covered up, misinformation was spread, and medical records were falsified. In the end, a seemingly cut and dry murder suicide was twisted into a complete mystery. That is, until 2015 when a hand written letter was discovered inside of a brown leather folder in a safety deposit box in Vienna. Let’s fix that.
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Ep. 160 Franz Ferdinand: How One Man's Death Sparked a Fire That Ignited Into World War I
This week we're delving into the assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, on June 28, 1914. This death was especially significant because it's often cited as …
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This week we're delving into the assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, on June 28, 1914. This death was especially significant because it's often cited as the catalyst that started World War I. But that's never really made sense to me. Why would the death of this one man compel over 100 countries to involve themselves in the most horrific war the world had ever known, the Great War? Let's fix that.
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- History.com "The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand"
- Norwich University "Six Causes of World War I"
- The National WWI Museum and Memorial "June 28, 1914"
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Mini Fix #32 Preview: Sweating Sickness
Listen to this full mini fix episode on Patreon! I have to talk about sweating sickness. For some reason it has always completely fascinated me. What was this mysterious and highly deadly illness that plagued …
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I have to talk about sweating sickness. For some reason it has always completely fascinated me. What was this mysterious and highly deadly illness that plagued mostly just the upper class in England during the Tudor dynasty? Why such a specific and unlikely target victim? Why did it go away just as suddenly as it appeared? Join me to examine the evidence and the theories and let me know in the comments... what do you think sweating sickness was?
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Ep. 159 Absinthe: How Bad Science and a Greedy Wine Industry Transformed the "Green Fairy" Into the "Green Demon"
Absinthe, a pale green drink consisting of mostly alcohol and small amounts of wormwood oil, has only recently been legalized in much of the western world after a nearly century long ban. Everyone knows the …
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Absinthe, a pale green drink consisting of mostly alcohol and small amounts of wormwood oil, has only recently been legalized in much of the western world after a nearly century long ban. Everyone knows the myths about absinthe - that it causes hallucinations, that it'll make you go crazy. They banned it for a reason after all right? It's powerful, dangerous stuff which, in many ways, makes it all the more alluring to the masses. But what if I told you that thujone, the psychoactive chemical found in wormwood, doesn't cause hallucinations at all? That the degeneration and "poisoning of the population" blamed entirely on absinthe at the turn of the 20th century was much likely to have been caused by the near 70% alcohol it contained? So why was absinthe really banned? Who turned the "green fairy" into the "green demon?" Let's fix that.
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- Distillations Magazine "The Devil in a Little Green Bottle: A History of Absinthe"
- Healthline "Does Absinthe Really Make You Hallucinate?"
- Alandia "Absinthe History: From invention to ban and re-legalization"
- Food52 "The Folklore-Filled History of Absinthe"
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Mini Fix #31 Preview: The Mysterious Death of Amy Dudley
For this mini fix, I asked you guys on Instagram to choose between 3 Queen Elizabeth I related topics and the majority of you picked the mysterious death of Amy Dudley! The results were:What the heck was …
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For this mini fix, I asked you guys on Instagram to choose between 3 Queen Elizabeth I related topics and the majority of you picked the mysterious death of Amy Dudley! The results were:
- What the heck was sweating sickness - 24%
- The mysterious death of Amy Dudley - 44%
- The execution of Sir Walter Raleigh 32%
Make sure you follow me on Instagram (@historyfixpodcast) to cast your vote next time I do something like this!
This not so mini fix was so dang interesting it stretched past the 30 minute mark, making it my longest mini fix ever. To listen to the full thing, you can subscribe to the Patreon for $5 a month or just pay $3 to listen to this one episode. Totally worth it!
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Ep 158 Elizabeth I: How a Disappointing Girl Became the Quintessential Queen
This week is all about a lady I've danced around for far too long: Queen Elizabeth I. Born an utter disappointment to literally everyone and declared illegitimate after her mother’s execution, disinherited …
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This week is all about a lady I've danced around for far too long: Queen Elizabeth I. Born an utter disappointment to literally everyone and declared illegitimate after her mother’s execution, disinherited as a toddler, the future throne snatched out from under her, Elizabeth would go on to shatter all possible expectations and would end her 44 year reign as one of the most beloved and successful queens, nay monarchs, the world has ever known. How? Let’s fix that.
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- Historic Royal Palaces "Elizabeth I, the last Tudor"
- BBC "Elizabeth I: Troubled child to beloved queen"
- Royal Museums Greenwich "Queen Eliabeth I facts and myths"
- royal.uk "Elizabeth I"
- UK National Archives "The Golden Speech"
- History Extra "Did Thomas Seymour sexually abuse the teenage Princess Elizabeth?"
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Mini Fix #30 Preview: The Challenger Disaster
In my off week, I'm popping into the Patreon feed to talk about the 1986 Challenger disaster, when the Challenger space shuttle burst into flames and blew apart, killing all 7 passengers onboard, while …
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In my off week, I'm popping into the Patreon feed to talk about the 1986 Challenger disaster, when the Challenger space shuttle burst into flames and blew apart, killing all 7 passengers onboard, while millions of people, including many children, watched live. What actually happened that cold January morning 40 years ago? And more importantly... why were the rocket engineer's dire warnings ignored? Let's fix that.
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Ep. 157 Reincarnation: How Cultures Throughout History Have Believed in the Recycling of Souls
Join me this week as I delve into the history of reincarnation, the idea that, when you die, you can be reborn into the body of another. Where did the idea come from? Who believes in it today? And what evidence …
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Join me this week as I delve into the history of reincarnation, the idea that, when you die, you can be reborn into the body of another. Where did the idea come from? Who believes in it today? And what evidence is there to support it? Let’s fix that.
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- Medium "Reincarnation"
- Readers Digest "Chilling Reincarnation Stories: Meet 6 People Who Lived Before"
- Institute of Noetic Sciences "Exploring the History of Reincarnation Beliefs"
- Indian Journal of Psychiatry "The mystery of reincarnation"
- Encyclopedia Britannica "Reincarnation"
- Wikipedia "Reincarnation"
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Mini Fix #29: Japan's Human Experimentation and Biowarfare at Unit 731 Announcement and Teaser
Head to Patreon to listen to this full mini fix episode! Join me inside Japan's Unit 731, a top secret human experimentation and biowarfare camp during World War II. The atrocities committed here against …
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Head to Patreon to listen to this full mini fix episode!
Join me inside Japan's Unit 731, a top secret human experimentation and biowarfare camp during World War II. The atrocities committed here against mostly Chinese prisoners are truly unthinkable. In fact, they're so hard to believe, many people straight up refuse to believe it. To this day, the Japanese government has never confirmed nor denied what went down at Unit 731. But when declassified records emerged in the US of all places in the 1990s, it became harder and harder to deny.
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- NPR "New details emerge about Japan's notorious WWII germ warfare program"
- The Asahi Shimbun "Former member of Unit 731 fights nightmares, atrocity deniers"
- Pacific Atrocities Education "Immunity for Atrocity: The US Cover Up of Unit 731 and the Corruption of Postwar Bioethics
- Pacific Atrocities Education "Human Experimentation at Unit 731"
- Wikipedia "Unit 731"
Ep 156 Comfort Women: How 200,000 Women Were Forced Into Sexual Slavery by the Japanese Government
This week I sit down with Jenny Chan, director of Pacific Atrocities Education, to talk about the many "comfort women" who were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese government in the years leading up to …
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This week I sit down with Jenny Chan, director of Pacific Atrocities Education, to talk about the many "comfort women" who were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese government in the years leading up to and during World War II. We've talked about the generals, the battles, the military movements, but we haven't yet focused on the victims. These women from China, Korea, etc. were often tricked or even downright abducted and forced into comfort stations where they were repeatedly abused by members of the Japanese Imperial Army around the clock. But who's telling their story? To this day there are many who deny this sort of government sanctioned sexual slavery even happened. Let's fix that.
Check out the Pacific Atrocities Education website here!
Snag Jenny's book "The Undrowning Lotus" here!
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Sources:
- Wikipedia "Nanjing Massacre"
- Encyclopedia Britannica "Russo-Japanese War"
- Encyclopedia Britannica "Treaty of Portsmouth"
- Harvard Law School "J. Mark Ramseyer"
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