American Loser Podcast
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In a culture obsessed with winning, "American Loser" is the podcast that puts the spotlight firmly on second place. Comedian KP Burke and his handsome Father dive head first into the true stories of the biggest losers in American History. Our theme song is "American Loser" by the supremely talented Robert Rolfe Feddersen. All episodes recorded at A Shared Universe Podcast Studio in Eatontown, New Jersey
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Pocahontas didn't marry John Smith! and 9 other history facts
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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A Feminist and Cruel Pirate? (Edward Low) | American Loser 258
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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Marion Davies: Millionaire Mistress? | w/ Rebecca Kaplan
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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"Let's Kidnap Sinatra" | The $240,000 Human Heist
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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Old Man and the Mob | Mike Harrington
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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The West Memphis 3 | Mike Harrington, Josie Marcellino & Harry Terjanian
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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Ricky Kasso: The Acid King of Long Island | w/ Natalie & Blind Mike
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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The Hoax of the Satanic Panic | Mike Harrington (EP 252)
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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Episode 251: Michael Aquino: The U.S. Army's "Satanist"?
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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Episode 250: Curse of the Kennedy's? | Larry Burke
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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Episode 249: The Royal Kennedy? | Lynne Koplitz
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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Episode 248: 1992 Stand Off: Ruby Ridge | Brett Druck
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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Episode 247: Jake McNasty WW2 Icon | Larry Burke
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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Episode 246: Gary Powers: Misfortune & Mayhem | Monty Mason & Eric Albert
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Dec 30, 2025 |
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Episode 245: The Irish Mob In NYC l Mike Cannon, Brendan Sagalow & LP
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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Episode 244: Zapruder & His Film l Chris Faga
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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Episode 243: The Black Dahlia Murder l Big Rich From Jersey
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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Episode 242: Doug Hegdahl, the POW Who outsmarted his captors l Derek Humphrey
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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Episode 241: John Smith's Crazy life before Pocahontas l LP & Mike Sicoli
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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Episode 240: The Red Ghost l Tristian Bowling
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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Episode 239: Devil Dan Sickles l Luis J Gomez
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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Episode 238: The Haunting of the Myrtles Plantation l Mike Figs & Shannon Lee
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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Episode 237: Chung Ling Soo l Chris Faga
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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Episode 236: General George Pickett AKA General Infamy l LP
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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Episode 235: The Cursed Painting Of Ivan The Terrible l Corinne Fisher
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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Episode 234: Return to Oz & Russia? l Lauren Leroux & Boris Khaykin
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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Episode 233: Papa Legba: American Voodoo l Lemaire Lee
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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Episode 232: Augustine Chacon: Mexico's Bad boy Cowboy l Tristan Bowling
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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Episode 231: Burt Alvord And The Perfect Crime l Chris Scopo
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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Episode 230: Oliver Sipple The Tragic Hero Who Saved Gerald Ford l Mike Figs & LP
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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Episode 229: Sarah Jane Moore Took A Shot At Ford l Ty Raney
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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Episode 228: Ford V.S. The Manson Family l Josie Marcellino
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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Episode 227: Whittaker Chambers: Commie, Spy, Patriot? | Mike Recine
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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Episode 226: Kermit Roosevelt: The Chaos & Tragedy l LP
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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Episode 225: Jean Baptiste: The Mormon Grave Robber that Vanished l Linette Palladino
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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Episode 224: Leo Ryan: The Man Who Tried to Save Jonestown l Brett Druck
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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Episode 223: Mafia Raid: The Apalachin Meeting | Joe Conte & Larry Burke
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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Episode 222: The Jersey Devil: w/ Zac Amico
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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Episode 221 l Juan Wick: The Attempt on Truman l Larry Burke
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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Episode 220 l David Ferrie: The JFK "Fairy"? l Mike Cannon
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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Episode 219 l The Lindbergh Baby: The Most Notorious Kidnapping in History l Maddy Smith
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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Episode 218 l Klaus Kinski: Cinema's Most Volatile Star l Shannon Lee
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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Episode 217 l George Patton: Eerie Final Days of America's Greatest General l Larry Burke
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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Episode 216 l Carmine Galante: The Most Fearsome Gangster You've Never Heard Of l Tara Cannistraci
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May 27, 2025 |
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Epsiode 215 l Ted Kaczynski: From Young Prodigy to One of Most Feared in History
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May 21, 2025 |
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Epsiode 214 l Leslie Van Houten: The Hottest Manson Gir l l Ft. Josie Marcellino
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May 16, 2025 |
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A Shooting at the Capitol Building??
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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Bill The Butcher
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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DB Cooper: Come Fly With Me!
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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Spiro T. Agnew: Disgraced VP to a Disgraced President
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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Fatty Arbuckle: Actor, Comedian, Rapist?
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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The "Lost Cause": Gone with the Wind vs the KKK
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Jan 29, 2023 |
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Billy "The Kid" with Ming Chen
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Jan 29, 2023 |
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The Execution of the Rosenbergs
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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Oppenheimer: Father of the Atomic Bomb and Soviet Spy?!?!?
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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The Bonnie Prince Charlie
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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The Anti-Masons....America's First Third Party
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Dec 29, 2022 |
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The Titanic Conspiracies!
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Dec 28, 2022 |
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The Lost Battalion
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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Tom Horn: Grim Reaper of the Rockies (Fixed Audio)
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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The Petticoat Affair: Presidential Sex Scandal
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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Washington Irving ruined Ichabod Crane's life!!!!
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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Halloween Special with the "Wizards of Odd"
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry
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Oct 22, 2022 |
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Lemp Mansion: Was this Family Cursed?
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Oct 21, 2022 |
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The Curse of the Bell Witch
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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The War of 1812 as told by three Jerks from Jersey. (Part 2)
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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The War of 1812 as told by three jerks from Jersey
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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Sam Adams: I'll have Boston Lager and a Revolution while you're back there
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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Outlaw King of Texas: John Wesley Hardin
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Sep 25, 2022 |
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Josh Huddy: Pirate Revolutionary
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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Ong's Hat: Abandoned Town or Time Portal?
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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Jim Bowie was Hard to Kill
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Aug 29, 2022 |
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Alice Roosevelt: Teddy's Wild, Wild Daughter
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Aug 02, 2022 |
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Hans Schmidt: The Priest in the Electric Chair
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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Roy DeMeo: The Butcher of Gemini Lounge
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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Snake Oil and America featuring @tonyd_fit
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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Kevin Patrick Burke: American Loser
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May 26, 2022 |
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The Wild Wild Westies
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May 18, 2022 |
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Jack Shackelford and the Massacre at Goliad
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May 11, 2022 |
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Vidkun Quisling: Betrayer of Norway
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May 06, 2022 |
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Sasquatches and Wendigos: The Terrifying True Stories (with the "Wizards of Odd"
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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Otto Skorzeny: The Incredible Life of a Despicable Man
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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Ayn Rand and Objectivism (with Jack Steiger and Angelo Gingerelli
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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Preston Tucker vs The Automotive World
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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Richard "Two Gun" Hart: Cowboy, Lawman, Murderer?
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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Robert Ripley: Believe it or Not!
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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The Curse Of Tippecanoe
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Feb 28, 2022 |
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The Harlem Hellfighters
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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The Lafayette Trail with Julien Icher and Kat Smith
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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Claudius Smith "Cowboy of the Ramapos"
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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Marquis De Lafayette Part 2 of 2... France's Batman
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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Marquis De Lafayette: France's Batman (Part 1)
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Jan 14, 2022 |
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Ughh...Covid
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Jan 11, 2022 |
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Stanford White: Architect and Sex Trafficker?
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Jan 03, 2022 |
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Stanford White: Architect and Pedophile
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Jan 03, 2022 |
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"Rum Runners and the Real McCoy"
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Dec 21, 2021 |
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Why you so "Mad" Anthony Wayne?
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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Anton LaVey: American Satan
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Dec 09, 2021 |
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Horace Greeley and his Neckbeard (2 of 2)
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Nov 23, 2021 |
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Horace Greeley: A most hated man Part 1
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Nov 18, 2021 |
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The Mad Doctor Joseph Nash McDowell
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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Confederate Pirates?!?!
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Nov 02, 2021 |
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Halloween Special Bay-Bay!
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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Albert Fish: The real life boogeyman
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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The John Minturn Storm of 1846 (Halloween Kickoff)
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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The Infamous "Pig War"
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Sep 20, 2021 |
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American Loser 3 Year Anniversary Show!
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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Melvin Purvis: FBI Legend or Loser?
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Aug 30, 2021 |
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Sorry for the delay...We explain!
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Aug 30, 2021 |
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The Odd Tale of Machine Gun Kelly
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Aug 18, 2021 |
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The Murder of Narciso Gonzales
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Aug 09, 2021 |
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"Wrong Way" Corrigan
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Aug 02, 2021 |
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Hetty Green: The Witch of Wall Street
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Jul 26, 2021 |
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Sonny Liston: The Champion nobody wanted
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Jul 13, 2021 |
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Vietnam and the Tet Offensive
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Jul 04, 2021 |
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John Lennon, Mark David Chapman and the Magic of Reading
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Jun 29, 2021 |
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Sir Francis Drake's Brass Plate Hoax
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Jun 14, 2021 |
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Patty Hearst is the WORST (but not really)
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Jun 07, 2021 |
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Wanna Escape from Alcatraz?
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May 31, 2021 |
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Dorie Miller: American Hero with a Terrible Movie
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May 18, 2021 |
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Soapy Smith: The Conman King of the Frontier
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May 11, 2021 |
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Howard Unruh and the "Walk of Death"
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May 04, 2021 |
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Admiral Byrd: Explorer or Hoax Perpetuator?
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Apr 27, 2021 |
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The "Quasi War"
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Apr 20, 2021 |
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Woodward, Bernstein, Nixon and a guy named "Deep Throat"
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Apr 13, 2021 |
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Elbridge Gerry: Father of Gerrymandering
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Apr 06, 2021 |
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Annie Oakley and Buffalo Bill Cody
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Mar 31, 2021 |
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Belle Gunness: World's Worst Tinder Date
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Mar 24, 2021 |
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Phillip "The Chicken Man" Testa and the Philly Mob War
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Mar 02, 2021 |
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The Kansas City Massacre (0f 1933)
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Feb 23, 2021 |
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American Loser -Ma Barker
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Feb 15, 2021 |
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Prince Hall: Forgotten hero of Black History
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Feb 09, 2021 |
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Black History Month Announcement
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Feb 02, 2021 |
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A trio of Florida Losers: A priest, a conman and a U-Boat walk into a bar
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Jan 25, 2021 |
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Ben Bluff Wade: One Vote From President
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Jan 18, 2021 |
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America's Last Pirate: John Ashley
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Jan 12, 2021 |
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Camp Siegfried and Hitler's New York Nazis
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Jan 04, 2021 |
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Rockets and Witchcraft...the Jack Parsons story
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Dec 29, 2020 |
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The Kelly Family Killers
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Dec 20, 2020 |
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Bull Simons and the Son Tay Raiders
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Dec 14, 2020 |
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Tragedy and Mayhem at Altamont
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Dec 08, 2020 |
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American Loser Bay Of Pigs 2
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Dec 01, 2020 |
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Bay of Pigs Part 1 of 2
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Nov 23, 2020 |
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William Tecumseh Sherman
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Nov 17, 2020 |
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St. Clair's Defeat aka The Battle of Wabash
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Nov 02, 2020 |
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Salem Witch Trials
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Oct 25, 2020 |
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Eastern State Penitentiary
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Oct 18, 2020 |
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The Horror of the SS Morro Castle
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Oct 12, 2020 |
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The Mysterious Agent 355
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Oct 05, 2020 |
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The Great Chicago Fire
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Sep 29, 2020 |
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"Demo Dick" Marcinko and SEAL Team Six
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Sep 21, 2020 |
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2 Year Anniversary Show (fixed audio at 2:09)with Mark Riccadonna
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Sep 18, 2020 |
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Ford vs The Dodge Brothers: The Blood Feud
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Sep 08, 2020 |
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Mike Cannon talks to us about MK Ultra
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Aug 27, 2020 |
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Thomas Paine and the mix tape that changed the world.
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Aug 23, 2020 |
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Mary Surratt and the Plot to Kill Abe Lincoln
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Aug 18, 2020 |
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MK Ultra: How the CIA started the best (and worst) party of all time!
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Aug 11, 2020 |
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The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
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Aug 05, 2020 |
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Summer of 1916 and the "Jersey Man-Eating Shark" (with Ming Chen and Max Antonucci)
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Jul 27, 2020 |
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Dracula, Vlad the Impaler and Mike Zapcic walk into a bar....
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Jul 20, 2020 |
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BONUS: Interview with Dr David Warmflash/ Moon Landings and more
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Jul 19, 2020 |
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Frank and Jesse James (American Loser/I Can Steal That! Crossover)
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Jul 12, 2020 |
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Carl Panzram: aka GG Allin without a guitar
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Jul 07, 2020 |
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NASA's Nazi: Wernher Von Braun
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Jun 29, 2020 |
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Charles Lee: the D-Bag of the American Revolution
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Jun 23, 2020 |
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Orson Welles: Under-appreciated genius of film, radio and everything else he touched
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Jun 15, 2020 |
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America's Emperor?
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Jun 08, 2020 |
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Mike Fink: King of the River and sort of a jerk
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Jun 01, 2020 |
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BONUS: Smedley Butler and "The Business Plot"
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May 28, 2020 |
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Smedley Butler aka the Real Captain America
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May 25, 2020 |
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The Mysterious Mary Celeste
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May 19, 2020 |
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Bonus: NASA and the 30 Million Dollar Sandwich (LP call in)
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May 12, 2020 |
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Gus Grissom: NASA's Hard Luck Hero
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May 12, 2020 |
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Nathan Hale Bonus: LP calls in via skype
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May 05, 2020 |
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Nathan Hale: Double D'oh Seven
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May 05, 2020 |
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Hard Hat Riots of 1970
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Mar 16, 2020 |
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The Sultana Disaster of 1865
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Mar 09, 2020 |
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Amelia Earhart- Great at flying, bad with maps.
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Mar 03, 2020 |
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"Black Bart" The Gentleman Bandit of the West
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Feb 25, 2020 |
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Calamity Jane: Swipe right for the baddest chick in the West
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Feb 18, 2020 |
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Satchel Paige- The Greatest Pitcher of all time?
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Feb 10, 2020 |
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JIM THORPE- World's Greatest and All I Got was a Town In Pennsylvania
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Feb 01, 2020 |
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Edward Bernays "America's Minister of Propaganda"
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Jan 27, 2020 |
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Ain't no Party like a Donner Party
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Jan 13, 2020 |
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Bonnie And Clyde: Don't Stop Believing...or shooting
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Jan 06, 2020 |
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"His Accidency" John Tyler
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Dec 23, 2019 |
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HP Lovecraft: America's weirdest writer....by miles
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Dec 16, 2019 |
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PATTON: The Sequel, The Prequel, The Recap....
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Nov 19, 2019 |
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Halloween Special: True story of the Jersey Devil
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Oct 31, 2019 |
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Harry Houdini: Worlds Greatest Magician
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Oct 28, 2019 |
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HH Holmes: Americas "Jack the Ripper"
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Oct 24, 2019 |
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BONUS Episode! Comedian Anthony DiDomenico tours the Lizzie Borden House!
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Oct 21, 2019 |
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Lizzie Borden: Feminist, Animal Lover...Axe Murderer????
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Oct 21, 2019 |
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Impeachment of Andrew Johnson Part 2 "This Time It's Personal"
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Oct 13, 2019 |
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The Impeachment of President Andrew Johnson Part 1
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Oct 08, 2019 |
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The Assassination of President McKinley by the Coward Leon Czolgosz
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Sep 30, 2019 |
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Montezuma and Hernan Cortes: There goes the neighborhood
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Sep 23, 2019 |
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The San Patricios: Traitors or heroes?
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Sep 17, 2019 |
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Nikola Tesla and the War of the Currents
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Sep 10, 2019 |
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J Edgar Hoover and his "G-men"
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Sep 02, 2019 |
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ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY- Loser Recap featuring Mike Zapcic Ming Chen and Mark Riccadonna
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Aug 27, 2019 |
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Mary Todd Lincoln- A most unfortunate First Lady
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Aug 21, 2019 |
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Jefferson Davis- President of the Confederacy
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Aug 13, 2019 |
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Dr John Harvey Kellogg - We're about to ruin your breakfast
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Aug 04, 2019 |
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Geronimo - (Native) American Badass
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Jul 29, 2019 |
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William Randolph Hearst and "Yellow Journalism".
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Jul 21, 2019 |
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Edgar Cayce- The Sleeping Prophet of Kentucky
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Jun 17, 2019 |
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The Molly Maguires...and you thought your job sucked.
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May 21, 2019 |
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Sacco and Vanzetti- Sons of Anarchy
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May 14, 2019 |
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The True Story of Cinco De Mayo
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May 06, 2019 |
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"The Deadliest Woman in America"- Typhoid Mary
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Apr 08, 2019 |
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Jack London- America's greatest writer, dead at 40. (RE-EDITED)
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Apr 02, 2019 |
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Fenian Raids aka that time Ireland Invaded Canada from America to piss of England
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Mar 26, 2019 |
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Thomas Francis Meagher and the Irish Brigade
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Mar 19, 2019 |
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Horse Thieves and Heroes- Pancho Villa (LP RETURNS!)
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Mar 12, 2019 |
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Lloyd Fredendall- The Worst General of World War 2
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Mar 05, 2019 |
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Black History Edition: Who was the first African American to win the Medal of Honor
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Feb 28, 2019 |
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Barbary Pirates: America hates paying tolls
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Feb 25, 2019 |
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Robert Morris: The Man who Funded America and went broke.
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Feb 19, 2019 |
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Casimir Pulaski- How many Polish people does it take to win a revolution?
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Feb 04, 2019 |
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"Shoeless" Joe Jackson and the Chicago "Black" Sox of 1919
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Jan 29, 2019 |
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William Jennings Bryan- "Always a Bridesmaid, never a President"
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Jan 22, 2019 |
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Dan Sickles...you may want to sit down for this one.
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Jan 14, 2019 |
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Dead Zeppelin: The Hindenburg Disaster and the end of "Lighter than AIr"
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Jan 08, 2019 |
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Puns and Pugilists: The History of Boxing in America
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Jan 01, 2019 |
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"Bugs" Moran- Al Capone's biggest rival.
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Dec 24, 2018 |
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Sarah Winchester and her "Haunted" Mystery House
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Dec 18, 2018 |
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Tammany Hall Part 3 of 3: Demise of the Machine
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Dec 11, 2018 |
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Tammany Hall Part 2...Boss Tweed Edition
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Dec 04, 2018 |
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The Unrivaled Corruption of Tammany Hall Part 1 of 3
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Nov 27, 2018 |
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Osceola....oh boy.
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Nov 20, 2018 |
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The Worst President? Warren G. Harding
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Nov 13, 2018 |
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George Armstrong Custer- Hero, General, Douchebag?
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Nov 06, 2018 |
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Halloween Special: The Possession of Elizabeth Knapp
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Oct 31, 2018 |
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Edgar Allan Poe
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Oct 23, 2018 |
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Aaron Burr- The Disgraced Founding Father
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Oct 16, 2018 |
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Hero, Traitor, Loser- Benedict Arnold
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Oct 09, 2018 |
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James Wilkinson- The Spy who led us?
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Oct 02, 2018 |
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Richard Hauptmann- The Lindbergh Baby Kidnapper?
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Sep 25, 2018 |
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The History of The Electric Chair
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Sep 18, 2018 |
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American Loser - Liliuokalani, The Last Queen of Hawaii.
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Sep 11, 2018 |
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Grover Cleveland: Governor, President, Loser?
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Sep 07, 2018 |
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"The Forgotten Assassinated President"
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Sep 04, 2018 |