PODCAST · comedy
American Timelines
by historyforjerks
Amy & Joe discuss true crime & pop culture and crazy events through history year by year. Amy takes a deep dive on something creepy while Joe tells us about wacky stuff that happened. Amy likes murder, Joe likes old sitcoms, and they podcast to escape the monotony of adulthood.
Episodes
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The Last Jewish Gangster
Joe sits down with author David S. Larson to discuss his time interviewing gangster Michael Hardy, who was born in 1944. David describes Hardy in detail as he recounts his 2 years of interviews of the former storied criminal in San Diego. David S. Larson is an author and former marketing…
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Flashback: Oklahoma City Bombing of 1995
Flashback to our 6th episode when Amy took a deep dive on the Oklahoma City Bombing, and we were new at podcasting...
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Barry White, Peter Cetera & The Battle of Lone Tree Hill
Joe and Artstar cover historical events from September 1944, including the Battle of Lone Tree Hill in Dutch New Guinea and a significant earthquake in New York. The episode features multiple birthday celebrations, with Artstar presenting detailed biographies of Barry White and Peter Cetera…
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Tug McGraw & The Mad Gasser of Mattoon
American Timelines by History For Jerk is back....continuing August of 1944... Listen as we discuss historical events from August 1944, including the liberation of Paris and the creation of the United Nations. Artstar shares a detailed biography of baseball player Tug McGraw while Gruff details…
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Fort Lawton Riots & Richard Belzer
Welcome to August of 1944. Joe and Hunter discuss various topics such as Richard Belzer's and Sam Elliott's birthdays, and the tragic death of Joseph Kennedy Jr. Hunter presents a detailed account of the Fort Lawton riots, highlighting the racial tensions and cover-up that followed.
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Operation Valkyrie & Asmahan
Operation Valkyrie & Asmahan: July 1944 Part 2. Hunter Bizzle and Gruff cover Operation Valkyrie, the plot to assisinate Hitler and the mysterious death of Arab superstar Asmahan in July of 1944.
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The Day the Clowns Cried & Lt. Jackie Robinson
Jumping into July 1944, Joe talks about the Hartford Circus Fire tragedy, and Arstar tells us about Lt. Jack Robinson refusing to give up a seat on the bus. This is American Timelines.
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Ern Malley, Joe Nuxhall, Vojtěch Preissig and The Buzz Bomb
In this episode, the American Timelines gang explore historical and artistic topics, including baseball history, World War II recruitment posters, and the development of the V1 flying bomb. Specifically: Joe Nuxhall's Record-Breaking MLB Debut Joe shares the story of Joe Nuxhall, who at 15 years...
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Interview with Quin Cho of Pacific Atrocities Education
Joe is joined by Quin Cho, Author and Fellow, Pacific Atrocities Education to discuss his books and expertise on World War 2. Quin Cho is an accomplished historian and author specializing in the history of global conflict and geopolitics in the Asia-Pacific region. A 2023 summa cum laude graduate...
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The D-Day Episode
Hunter, Artstar and Gruff join Joe again to continue coverage of June 1944, and this episode we jump into D-Day, and Operation Overlord. Events covered: The battle for Pointe du Hoc the Battle of Merville Gun Battery the capture of the Caen canal and Orne river bridges. T Operation Houndsworth…
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Marvin Hamlisch, Hat Tricks & World War II
Joe is joined by Artstar, Gruff and Pilot Baboo to discuss June of 1944 and events leading up to D-Day! Topics covered include: World War II Historical Events Blimp History and Modern Uses Marvin Hamlisch: A Life in Music Asperger's and McGuire's Achievements World War II Deception Tactics
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Lena Baker, Charlie Chaplin & The Castle Warden Fire
April & May 1944: Lena Baker, Charlie Chaplin & The Castle Warden Fire Joe is joined by Steve from the Gruff & Loud Show and the Debra Jo Ruppiverse to discuss April and May of 1944. Stories include The first and last woman to ever be executed in the electric chair in Georgia, A haunted castle...
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A Conversation with Roger Newman, author of the novel, BOYS
Author Roger Newman joins Artstar and Joe to discuss his novel, BOYS. Imagine a young boy whose family is killed by the Ku Klux Klan during the Great Depression and is raised by the farmer whose farm he hides on, alongside the farmer’s son. The two boys—one Black, one White— come to view…
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Serial Killer Marcel Petiot & George Junius Stinney Jr. (March 1944, ep. 239)
Episode 239. Amy and Joe jump into March 1944. WW2 is going strong, a soldier survives a jump from a plane without a parachute, Bob Hope hosts the Oscars, a Jewish Mobster who invented Murder Inc. dies, a child is executed after being wrongfully convicted of murder, and Amy covers a French serial...
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Episode 238: Jeep Show – A Trouper at the Battle of the Bulge
Joe interviews author Robert B. O’Connor about his World War 2 based book: Jeep Show, as well as some other topics such as soccer, baseball, cigars and weed! Robert B. O’Connor is the author of the WWII novel Jeep Show – A Trouper at the Battle of the Bulge (https://jeepshowbook.com/) and the...
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Episode 237: The Lynching of Willie James Howard
Amy is back to tell us all about the tragedy of the lynching of Willie James Howard. Plus: Birthdays galore with Bonnie Franklin, Angela Davis, Joe Frazier and Stockard Channing. We love all of you.
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Friend Check: Addy Kapur
Addy Kapur episode: Recorded December of 2024. Addy Kapur is a software developer, a photographer, a father, a husband, a native Delhiite, a comedian and a cook. Listen as we get to know Addy Kapur who met Joe in 2019 at the Queen City Comedy Experience Festival while photographing the Nate...
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The Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler Incident: December 1943 with Artstar and Hunter Brame
Episode 235: The Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler Incident w/ Artstar and Hunter Brame Hunter shares the tale of The Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler incident, while John Denver and Ben Kingsley are born. Hunter also gives us some in-depth Hitler knowledge. Artstar is a real man.
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The Hopevale Martyrs: November & December 1943 with Artstar and Hunter Brame
he Hopevale Martyrs: November & December 1943 with Artstar and Hunter Brame The mighty Artstar tells us about the Hopevale Martyrs, while Joe overviews Sam Shepard, Keith Richards, Joni Mitchell and Jim Morrison being born, U.S. Marine Sergeant Herbert J. Thomas, An unusual game involving the…
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Friend Check#9: A Drummer, A Girl-Dad & A Retirement Expert
Adam Cufr episode: Recorded September of 2024. Friendcheck #9, Episode 233. Adam Cufr is a father, a husband, a drummer, a veteran and a Retirement Income Certified Professional Listen as we get to know Adam Cufr, an upstanding gent who happened to go to high school with Gruff and Joe. Listen as…
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1943: Huntz Hall: Don't Kill Your Friends
Episode 232: 1943: Huntz Hall: Don't Kill Your Friends. Joe is joined by the very rev Gary Hall, son of legendary comedian Huntz Hall of Bowery Boys & Dead End Kids fame to discuss Huntz Hall in the 40's. Including his WW2 training video, Don’t Kill Your Friends. We also discuss his friendship…
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Friend Check#8: Gruff: A True Friend, A Stoner & a former Prince Albert Haver
A True Friend, A Stoner & a former Prince Albert Haver The Gruff episode: Recorded August of 2024. (Friendcheck #8, American Timelines # 231) Steve Bishop aka Gruff from the Gruff & Loud Show is an Ohioan, a Stoner, a Damn Good Friend, and once had a Prince Albert. Before we move any further down...
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1943: The Mysterious Murder of David Bacon
Amy’s back to jump back into 1943 and the mysterious murder of a somewhat famous actor. Did he get stabbed with a stiletto? Why was he in a bathing suit? Plus: Robert Dinero's birthday, Mussolini escapes, Kennedy is a hero, an airshow tragedy in St. Louis, and more! Part of the Queen City Podcast...
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Friend Check#7: A Pharma Consultant Who Grew Up On a Farm (Adam Bianchi)
A Pharma Consultant Who Grew Up On a Farm Adam Bianchi episode: Recorded July of 2024. (Friendcheck #7, American Timelines # 229) Adam Bianchi is a father, a husband, a farm-boy, a Spring Valley Viking, a UNC Tarheel, and a Pharma Consultant! Listen as we get to know Adam Bianchi who may have…
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1943: Unit 731
1943: Unit 731 (Episode 228-May to July) Amy’s back to jump back into 1943 with Joe. Amy tells us about the Japanese Unit 731 during World War 2 and all of the awful torture they became famous for while Joe covers the following timeline topics: Mussolini resigning, Sharon Gless and Mick Jagger...
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Badass Women Pilots from WW2 with Pilot Babboo (Episode 227)
Hunter Brame aka Pilot Babboo is back to school Joe about awesome lady pilots in WW2. We talk Nancy Harkness Love, Jacqueline Cochran, the Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS), Women’s Airforce Service Pilots (WASPS) and so much more. art of the Queen City Podcast Network:...
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1943: Who put Bella in the Wych Elm? (Episode 226)
1943: Who put Bella in the Wych Elm? (Episode 226-Jan to Apr) Amy’s back to jump into 1943 with Joe. Amy tells us about a woman found dead in a tree, while Joe covers the following timeline topics: The invention of Nachos & Duct Tape The Birthdays of George Harrison, Janis Joplin, Joe Pesci &...
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Friend Check: A People Development Consultant-Foodie Podcaster: Abby Elfman
Friend Check: A People Development Consultant-Foodie Podcaster: Abby Elfman (Episode 225) Recorded August of 2023. Abby Elfman is a podcaster, an Atascocita Eagle, a UT San Antonio Roadrunner, a voice actor, an improviser and a People Development Consultant! Listen as we get to know Abby Elfman…
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Biography 1942: Dewey Beard (Ep 224)
Hunter Brame returns to assist Joe in discussing Dewey Beard, a native who was forced off of his land on multiple occasions, and was part of some notable historical moments in US history. We talk Wounded Knee, Battle of Little Big Horn, General Custar’s smokin’ hot wife, Libbie Custar and their...
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Biography 1942: Audie Murphy (Real Life Captain America)
Joe is joined by Hunter Brame, WW2 Buff, pilot and beard and glasses wearer to do a biography episode about Audie Murphy, the real life Captain America. We planned to talk Dewey Beard too, but we ran out of time. Enjoy. Part of the Queen City Podcast Network: www.queencitypodcastnetwork.com....
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Friend Check: An Architect Usher: Aaron Moody (Episode 222)
Friend Check: An Architect Usher: Aaron Moody (Episode 222) Aaron Moody episode: Recorded March of 2023. Aaron Moody is an architect and a volunteer usher at a performing arts center, and he volunteers at the Queen City Comedy Experience Festival to help things run smoothly, along with his wife...
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1942: The Phantom Barber & The Oregon State Hospital Poisoning (Episode 221)
1942: The Phantom Barber & The Oregon State Hospital Poisoning (Episode 221) Amy’s back to jump into 1942 with Joe. Amy tells the tale of the Phantom Barber, while Joe covers the following timeline topics: • World War 2 rationing effects on candy, rubber, coffee, chocolate, Nutella • Anne Frank’s...
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Friend Check: A Guy We Went To Middle School With (Ep 220)
A guy we went to middle School with. Aaron Crane episode: Recorded March of 2023. Aaron Crane is a father, a husband, a Vice President of Operations, a Miami University Redhawk, a son of an elementary school teacher, and a guy we went to middle school with. We haven’t spoken to him since 8th…
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Friend Check: A Fellow Actor From College (Ep 219)
Friend Check: Aaron Sinclair (Episode 217) This episode is the third of a series of episodes called Friend Check. Listen while Joe goes through his Facebook Friends list and "checks" in with each person that is willing to record an hour long conversation along with co-host Gruff. Who are these...
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A Pearl Harbor Conspiracy Theory (ep 218)
Joe is joined by Gruff from the Gruff & Loud show to take a deep dive on Pearl Harbor and a particular conspiracy theory about a cryptic warning hidden in an ad for a dice game.
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Friend Check: A Comedian I Met At A Comedy Festival: AJ Foster (ep 217)
This episode is the second of a series of episodes called Friend Check. Listen while Joe goes through his Facebook Friends list and "checks" in with each person that is willing to record an hour long conversation along with co-host Gruff. Who are these people? Why are we Facebook Friends? Are we...
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Friend Check: An Improviser From Connecticut (Ep 213)
This episode is the first of a series of episodes called Friend Check. Listen while Joe goes through his Facebook Friends list and "checks" in with each person that is willing to record an hour long conversation. Who are these people? Why are we Facebook Friends? Are we ACTUALLY friends? Should…
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Episode 216: 1941 Insanity Pleas & The Gentleman Killer
Episode 216: 1941 Insanity Pleas & The Gentleman Killer America’s favorite jerks continue into the1940’s! This episode: 1941. Amy tells us about The Gentleman Killer of 1941, also known as the aspirin killer, while Joe covers an array of old timey happenings including: • Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy •...
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Episode 215: 1940: William Johansen, Toni Jo Henry & The Ghosts of Alcatraz
Episode 215: 1940 William Johansen, Toni Jo Henry & The Ghosts of Alcatraz. Amy & Joe jump into season 6 of American Timelines, the 1940’s! This episode: 1940. Amy tells us about Serial Killer William Johansen. Joe tells Amy about the Christian Front, Ghosts on Alcatraz, The Murder of Laura Law,...
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Walker Family Murders, A Mob Hit, & a Cattle Truck Crashes Into A Bus: December of 1959 (Ep 214)
The last episode of Season 5! Amy tells the story of the Walker Family Murders. Is it connected to the Clutter Family Murders? You decide! Plus, Joe tells us about an awful bus vs. cattle truck accident, a mob hit, a comedy troupe forming, a plane crash with a sole survivor, a rhesus monkey in...
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Episode 212: November of 1959
Episode 212: Clutter Family Murders & Judd Nelson: November of 1959 On this penultimate episode of season 5, Amy covers the Clutter Family Murders. Perry Edward Smith · Richard Hickock were two heartless robbers who had rough childhoods. That’s no excuse for what they did in the same month that...
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Episode 211: September & October of 1959
Episode 211: Bonanza & A School Bombing: September & October of 1959 Amy tells us all about Paul Harold Orgeron, a disgruntled tile setter who becomes a school bomber, while Bonanza, The Twilight Zone, Quick Draw McGraw & The Untouchables all premier, Weird Al, Dave Coulier and Marie Osmond are...
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Episode 210: July & August of 1959
Episode 210: The 40 Minute Free Fall & The 3 Christs: July & August of 1959 Amy tells us all about Psychologist Milton Rokeach’s Three Christs experiment in 1959, where he gets three gents who all think they’re Jesus to live together. Meanwhile, The Vietnam War began, Al Sharpton started…
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Episode 209: June of 1959
Episode 209: The Alabama Torso Murders, George Reeves & More Scottish Timelines: June of 1959 Our beloved Scottish pals Daniel & Nathaniel return for another edition of Scottish Timelines. They are fresh from their new comedy group At Least 4 Prats on Youtube and ready to share some Scottish…
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Episode 208: The Lynching of Mack Charles Parker: April/May of 1959
Amy & Joe are back with another episode about 1959! Amy tells the story of a tragic lynching of an innocent black man, and Joe fills in the timeline with birthdays, a tragic rape, a UFO conspiracy, burglars, baseball, some plane crashes and more! Part of the Queen City Podcast Network:...
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Episode 207: Feb/March of 1959
Episode 207: Feb/March of 1959 Amy covers the day the music died because she is a Don McLean superfan. Joe tells us all about the world record for longest flight set in 1959. Speaking of records, we have a radio record, breath-holding record, and a phone booth stuffing record! Also Flavor Flav…
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Episode 206: The Dyatlov Pass incident & The Murder of A Little Rascal: January of 1959
Episode 206: The Dyatlov Pass incident & The Murder of A Little Rascal: January of 1959 Amy sheds some light on a mysterious death of a group of mountain hikers in 1959, while Joe reveals the harrowing details of the murder of Alfalfa from the Little Rascals. Plus: Jody Watley & Susanna Hoffs are...
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Episode 205: The Martin Family Disappearance, A School Fire & A Suicide Bombing of a Cult: November and December of 1958
This week, a family mysteriously disappears in Portland, Multiple people die on TV/Movie sets, Star Wars & Bewitched Inspirado, A tragic school fire are all events covered. PLUS: A Cult Leader is Murdered by Suicide Bombers and Jamie Lee Curtis is born! Part of the Queen City Podcast Network:...
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Episode 204: The Candlestick Murder, MLK Gets Stabbed, & A New Pope: September and October of 1958
This week, Amy tells us all about the Candlestick Murder, while Joe tells us of Martin Luther King Jr. getting a letter opener plunged into his chest. Plus: The World Series, A New Pope, Joan Jett, An International Incident & The Great Neil deGrasse Tyson! Also: Tons more awful racism, after all,...
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Episode 203: The Glamour Girl Slayer & Plane Crashes Galore: July and August of 1958
Episode 203: The Glamour Girl Slayer & Plane Crashes Galore: July and August of 1958 Onion Futures Act, Superstar Birthdays, Tons of Plane Crashes, Lemming & Cartoonist Suicides, and the Glamour Girl Slayer are all covered in this thrilling episode of American Timelines! Part of the Queen City...
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Amy & Joe discuss true crime & pop culture and crazy events through history year by year. Amy takes a deep dive on something creepy while Joe tells us about wacky stuff that happened. Amy likes murder, Joe likes old sitcoms, and they podcast to escape the monotony of adulthood.
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Amy & Joe discuss true crime & pop culture and crazy events through history year by year. Amy takes a deep dive on something creepy while Joe tells us about wacky stuff that happened. Amy likes murder, Joe likes old sitcoms, and they podcast to escape the monotony of adulthood.
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