Notorious Narratives
With an enduring fascination with all things weird, long time friends Jen and Robin delve into history's most peculiar people and extraordinary events.
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The Bones in Ben's Basement
We know a lot of stories about Ben Franklin and his ...
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Nov 17 2020 15m
The Price of Rubber: Mass Murder in the Congo
Countless atrocities took place during Imperialist e...
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Nov 3 2020 40m
Racism on Display: The History of Human Zoos
Curiosity is natural, and humans are just as curious...
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Oct 13 2020 37m
Shark Repellent and Souffle: Julia Child
While most of us know Julia Child as the great telev...
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Oct 6 2020 13m
Humanity Lost Part Two: Andersonville
This week in Part Two of our look into Civil War POW...
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Sep 29 2020 33m
Humanity Lost Part One: Camp Douglas
For the next two episode we are going to take a deep...
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Sep 22 2020 34m
Atlantropa: Genius or Madness
In the 1920s a German architect named Herman Sorgel ...
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Sep 15 2020 12m
Noor Khan: The Princess Spy
Noor Inayat Khan was raised in a unique household. H...
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Sep 8 2020 22m
The Curious Case of Mary Toft
In the early 18th century medical care left somethin...
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Aug 25 2020 24m
The Crucifixion of Margaretta Peter
They say that absolute power corrupts absolutely, bu...
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Aug 18 2020 23m
For The Love Of Art - The Story of The Monument's Men
As WWII came to a close the world slowly became awar...
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Aug 11 2020 21m
Elena & Carl: Even The Grave Wouldn't Stop Him
This is a story of obsession and infatuation, of a m...
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Aug 4 2020 38m
In Only 18 Minutes - The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
In March of 1911 New York City saw it's deadliest in...
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Jul 28 2020 22m
Peter Niers: Black Magic and Murder
Black magic, cannibalism, serial killers: this episo...
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Jul 14 2020 15m
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Innocence Project
In this episode, Jen tells us a story of a robbery, ...
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Jul 7 2020 21m
Have You Ever Heard of Sin-Eaters?
No one is perfect, but many religions believe that t...
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Jun 30 2020 32m
The Tulsa Massacre: The Burning of Black Wall Street
At the end of WWI tensions were high as returning ve...
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Jun 23 2020 38m
The Little River That Could - The River Fire that Spawned the Creation of the EPA
In late June 1969, the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, ...
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Jun 16 2020 18m
Little White Lies: The "Kidnapping" of Bobby Dunbar
Southern summer heat is truly unbearable and it was ...
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Jun 9 2020 28m
Vestal Virgins: One of History's Worst Jobs
WANTED: Child to remain a virgin for the next 30 yea...
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Jun 2 2020 33m