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Norman Rockwell: The Most Iconic American Artist? 9 Jan 2025 --- #art #biography #history → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: Larry's Sources: https://www.kennedy-center.org/education/resources-for-educators/classroom-resources/media-and-interactives/media/visual-arts/norman-rockwell--the-problem-we-all-live-with/ https://www.wikiart.org/en/norman-rockwell/scout-at-ships-wheel-1913 https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/doctor-and-doll/2002-02 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_from_Want#/media/File:%22Freedom_From_Want%22_-_NARA_-_513539.jpg https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2012/05/rockwell-the-war-years-2/ https://www.wbur.org/news/2015/11/09/rockwell-painting-windfall-gardner-schools https://www.artpublikamag.com/post/the-sweet-story-behind-norman-rockwell-s-hilarious-painting-the-young-lady-with-the-shiner https://www.artpublikamag.com/post/can-you-spot-all-the-errors-in-these-april-fools-covers-by-norman-rockwell https://stockbridgechamber.org/things-to-do/ https://mysticmuseumofart.org/event_program/norman-rockwells-323-saturday-evening-post-covers-tell-me-a-story/ https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-live-adventures-of-mike-bloomfield-and-al-kooper-mw0000195047 https://www.muhlenberg.edu/gallery/thepermanentcollection/tripleselfportrait/ https://www.artchive.com/artwork/the-runaway-norman-rockwell-1958/ Karl's Sources: https://www.putthison.com/illustrated-style-norman-rockwell/ https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/doctor-and-doll/2002-02 ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jimmy Doolittle: World War II's Most Famous Air Raider? #sponsored 17 Jan 2025 --- #worldwar2 #biography #history Check out Squarespace: http://squarespace.com/biographics for 10% off on your first purchase of a website/domain using the code BIOGRAPHICS. Thanks to Squarespace for the sponsorship → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: Calculated Risk: The Extraordinary Life of Jimmy Doolittle by Jonna Doolittle Hoppes, Santa Monica Press 2005 ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paul John Knowles: The Brutal Rampage of The Casanova Killer 2 Feb 2024 --- Paul John Knowles had a way with people, especially with women. His charm and good looks made people trust him and lower their guard. British journalist Sandy Fawkes described Knowles as "tall, well over six foot, broad-shouldered, narrow-hipped and as slender as a wraith" and a “cross between Robert Redford and Ryan O’Neal.” And as you will soon find out, she had a unique, personal perspective on the ruthless killer. All of this was for show, however. Beneath the confident and affable smile was hiding something dark. Ever since he was a little boy, Paul Knowles decided that rules and laws weren’t meant for him; and that he could take whatever he wanted and do whatever he pleased to anyone. His entire life was one steady escalation of brutality and sadism - from petty theft to robbery, to sex crimes, and, ultimately, to murder. A four-month-long savage killing spree left, at least, 18 people dead. In custody, Knowles showed no remorse or regrets over his actions, and, soon after, left the world the only way he knew how - in violence. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/@FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/@wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://web.archive.org/web/20090209050705/http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/predators/john_paul_knowles/3.html https://allthatsinteresting.com/paul-john-knowles https://archive.org/details/murdercasesoftwe0000fras_z6t9/page/270/mode/2up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/murdercasesoftwe0000fras_z6t9/page/272/mode/2up?view=theater https://allthatsinteresting.com/paul-john-knowles https://archive.org/details/murdercasesoftwe0000fras_z6t9/page/270/mode/2up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofse0000newt_v7k7/page/126/mode/2up?ref=ol&view=theater https://web.archive.org/web/20120107113338/http://www.ajc.com/news/cold-case-solved-girl-1266898.html https://archive.org/details/murdercasesoftwe0000fras_z6t9/page/272/mode/2up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofse0000newt_v7k7/page/126/mode/2up?ref=ol&view=theater https://archive.org/details/murdercasesoftwe0000fras_z6t9/page/272/mode/2up?view=theater https://www.newspapers.com/article/reno-gazette-journal-emmett-and-lois-joh/41257936/ https://archive.org/details/murdercasesoftwe0000fras_z6t9/page/272/mode/2up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/murdercasesoftwe0000fras_z6t9/page/272/mode/2up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofse0000newt_v7k7/page/126/mode/2up?ref=ol&view=theater https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-macon-telegraph-suspected-knowles-vi/128140662/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant/26448294/ https://archive.org/details/murdercasesoftwe0000fras_z6t9/page/272/mode/2up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofse0000newt_v7k7/page/128/mode/2up?ref=ol&view=theater https://archive.org/details/murdercasesoftwe0000fras_z6t9/page/272/mode/2up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/murdercasesoftwe0000fras_z6t9/page/272/mode/2up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/murdercasesoftwe0000fras_z6t9/page/272/mode/2up?view=theater Crime Library Michael Newton - The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers David K. Frasier - Murder Cases of the Twentieth Century Sandy Fawkes - Killing Time David Everitt - Human Monsters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kurt Vonnegut: The Misunderstood Writer 5 Mar 2024 --- The 20th century saw many American authors leave their mark on the world of American literature. One such author to succeed in leaving such a mark was Kurt Vonnegut. Kurt Vonnegut is a hard writer to pin down with a career spanning over five decades. He was prolific throughout his illustrious career, writing books that attempted to dissect and understand the world he’d grown up in and his life. As a writer, Vonnegut often approached his subject matter with satire and science fiction twists, making his work unique and sometimes challenging to decipher. Three general concepts guided much of his work: social equality, pacifism, and common decency. These were themes that worked for the audience of the time. He was a writer who made villains of sexuality, violence, war, and technology. Overshadowed by his most popular book, Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut's interesting life helps make sense of his exciting work throughout his career. This is the story of the misunderstood writer. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Check out Eric's Channel Storyrant for Storytelling Video Essays and Podcasts: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6Sk2h2WsYMxnGERAH_FbGg Check out Eric's Books and other Links: https://linktr.ee/EricMalikyte Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/webpages4/archives/vonnegutkurt.html https://indyencyclopedia.org/vonnegut-hardware-company/ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kurt-Vonnegut https://www.biblio.com/blog/2022/11/the-legacy-of-kurt-vonnegut/ https://web.archive.org/web/20141108074722/http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2007/04/kurt-vonnegut-jr-dies-84 https://cornellsun.com/2007/04/16/the-sun-remembers-kurt-vonnegut-44/ https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/kurt-vonnegut-slaughterhouse-five https://blogs.cofc.edu/vonnegut/vonneguts-life/ https://www.loc.gov/item/n79062641/kurt-vonnegut/ https://www.vonnegutlibrary.org/biography/ https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Dresden https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/how-jane-vonnegut-made-kurt-vonnegut-a-writer https://www.nytimes.com/1952/08/17/books/vonnegut-player.html https://www.britannica.com/topic/Player-Piano-novel-by-Vonnegut https://www.nanettevonnegut.com/information/ https://www.vonnegutlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/MSADA-AUGUST-Vonnegut-single-pages.pdf https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/12/books/12vonnegut.html#:~:text=In%201958%2C%20Mr.,he%20in%20a%20train%20crash. https://www.nytimes.com/1963/06/03/books/vonnegut-cradle.html https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/books/052499vonnegut-writing.html https://www.npr.org/2011/05/31/136823289/kurt-vonnegut-still-speaking-to-the-war-weary https://www.nytimes.com/1970/11/18/archives/vonnegut-has-15-nuggets-of-talent-in-harvard-class-vonnegut.html https://google.co.za/books/edition/Kurt_Vonnegut/K67OEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Kurt+Vonnegut:+A+Critical+Companion&printsec=frontcover https://www.vonnegutlibrary.org/2018/07/kurt-on-marriage/ https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2778055.Kurt_Vonnegut_Jr_ https://www.wired.com/2007/04/rip-kurt-vonneg/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

THE BONE WARS: The Most Intense Rivalry in Scientific History 21 Jan 2025 --- #biography #dinosaurs #fossils Check out Zoographics! https://www.youtube.com/@UCtqx2CoraSoa2np1wPlPl7g → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: Mark Jaffe - The Gilded Dinosaur https://web.archive.org/web/20080119125809/http://www.ansp.org/museum/leidy/paleo/bone_wars.php https://web.archive.org/web/20100101153430/http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/1971/5/1971_5_4.shtml https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/dinosaur-rivalry/ https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230119-the-dinosaur-feud-at-the-heart-of-palaeontology https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/bone-wars-paleontology-feud https://slate.com/business/2013/08/dinosaur-bone-wars-othniel-charles-marsh-edward-drinker-cope-and-their-forgotten-rival.html ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dean Martin: The King of Cool 25 Jan 2025 --- #biography #deanmartin #hollywood → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://www.cityofsteubenville.us/community/history.php https://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/tag/hotel-belmont-plaza/ https://www.normanlear.com/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/dean-martin-king-of-cool-review-1235044145/ https://ultimateclassicrock.com/rolling-stones-american-arrival/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058797/ https://www.britannica.com/topic/Rat-Pack https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/sep-keyword/dean-martin/ https://www.palmspringslife.com/dean-martin-documentary/ https://www.thevintagenews.com/2021/07/23/dean-martin-facts/ https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/20/movies/jerry-lewis-dead-celebrated-comedian-and-filmmaker.html https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/classichollywood/la-et-mn-classic-hollywood-newsletter-dean-martin-20151225-html-htmlstory.html ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Seth Bullock: The Wild West LEGEND Who Brought the LAW to DEADWOOD 28 Jan 2025 --- #biography #biographics #oldwest Check out Squarespace: http://squarespace.com/biographics for 10% off on your first purchase of a website/domain using the code BIOGRAPHICS. Thanks to Squarespace for the sponsorship. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: David A. Wolff - Seth Bullock: Black Hills Lawman https://www.southdakotamagazine.com/mr-bullock-goes-to-washington https://truewestmagazine.com/article/bullock-no-bull/ https://blackhillsvisitor.com/learn/seth-bullock/ https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/yell/cramton/sec6.htm https://www.deadwood.com/history/infamous-deadwood/seth-bullock/ Sponsor ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

JULIUS and ETHEL ROSENBERG: Soviet Spies or American Martyrs? 4 Feb 2025 --- #biography #historyfacts #sovietunion → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: Ethel Rosenberg: An American Tragedy by Anne Sebba, St. Martin’s Publishing 2021 ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Klaus Fuchs: The Nuclear Spy 8 May 2024 --- The release of the hit film Oppenheimer has led to increased public interest in the true story of the Manhattan Project, the effort of a combined team of American and British scientists to create the atomic bomb during World War II. The film accurately shows the conflicted emotions those scientists had about their work, which resulted in the development of the most destructive weapon mankind has ever known, as well as efforts from the Soviet Union to acquire the secrets of the bomb for themselves through the use of spies. The USSR’s chief spy in the Manhattan Project was also instrumental in its creation: Klaus Fuchs (Author’s Note: Pronounced FEWKS). Fuchs was considered one of the UK’s top scientific minds, and was recruited to work on the atomic bomb project almost from the very beginning of it. Exiled from his native Germany by the rise of Hitler, Fuchs was happy to work on the bomb project because he believed it was necessary to defeat the Nazis. What not even his closest friends and associates realized, however, was that Fuchs was also a devoted Communist who was passing on all the nuclear secrets he was learning to Soviet agents. Unlike other spies, Fuchs wasn’t motivated by money: he was a true believer in the effectiveness of the Communist system to heal society’s ills, and also that the Western Allies shouldn’t have a monopoly on the atomic bomb: if world peace was to be maintained, a balance of power was required. He continued passing information to the Soviets until he was caught in 1949, much to the embarrassment of the British security services, who had identified him as a possible security risk for years but done nothing about it. His information accelerated the progress of the USSR’s own bomb project, making him, potentially, one of the most consequential spies in history. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Stuff Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@UC6Sk2h2WsYMxnGERAH_FbGg OEI analog horror experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@UCsz5l0hY67TGoJR0CZiWVnA Get Echoes of Olympus Mons free by signing up to Eric's Newsletter: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Link Tree to other books and socials: https://linktr.ee/EricMalikyte Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: Atomic Spy: The Dark Lives of Klaus Fuchs by Nancy Thorndike Greenspan, Penguin Random House 2020 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christopher Plummer: Seven Decades of Excellence 4 Jan 2024 --- In 1965, the musical film The Sound of Music, adapted from the Broadway play of the same name, appeared to huge international success. The film’s popularity led it to surpass Gone With the Wind as the biggest box office hit of all time, and reaffirmed the superstardom of singer-actress Julie Andrews. It also vaulted a hitherto unknown lead actor, Christopher Plummer, into the front rank of film actors. Unknown, that is, to mainstream film audiences. By 1965, Christopher Plummer was a well known and highly regarded stage actor, having earned considerable plaudits for performances on New York’s Broadway, London’s West End, and in Shakespeare festivals and repertories in the United States, Britain, and Canada. His career, which eventually spanned over seven decades, led him to winning Best Actor Awards for theater (Tony Award), film (Academy Award), and television (Primetime Emmy Award), the so-called Triple Crown of Acting. To date, he remains the only Canadian to be thus decorated. His performances displayed a diversity seldom matched, ranging from traditional Hamlet and King Lear to the Klingon General Chang in Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country. As Chang, he observed that Shakespeare should be read in its original Klingon. On stage, film, and television he portrayed historical figures, such as the Duke of Wellington and Kaiser Wilhelm II; actors, such as John Barrymore; the billionaire J. Paul Getty, and television correspondent Mike Wallace. He also portrayed Charles Dickens, Rudyard Kipling, the Roman Emperor Commodus, the Conquistador Juan Pizarro, and many more too numerous to list. Yet he became largely known and connected with his role as Von Trapp, a role he frequently spoke of disparagingly, calling it “…a bit like flogging a dead horse”. Eventually he came to regard the film and his role in it more fondly, though he did ask The Guardian in 2018, “Don’t these people ever see another movie? Is this the only one they’ve ever seen?” Compared to his body of work the question begs an answer. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls041289415/ https://variety.com/2021/film/news/william-shatner-christopher-plummer-1234904276/ https://torontolife.com/city/christopher-plummer-the-last-great-leading-man/ https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2005/winter/von-trapps-html https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/dec/19/all-the-money-in-the-world-review-getty-kevin-spacey-christopher-plummer-ridley-scott https://apnews.com/article/christopher-plummer-dead-2bb1793ebb13dac2a6c070e80a5f3698 https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/television/2021/02/05/legendary-canadian-actor-christopher-plummer-dies-at-91.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Juan Trippe: The Story of Pan American Airways 7 Feb 2025 --- #planes #airlines #biography Check out our brand new channel, About Us, a channel all about exploring the history of businesses! https://www.youtube.com/@AboutUs-Biz → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/wilbur-wright-and-the-statue-of-liberty-180947754/ https://nifa.aero/nifa/history/ https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/107811/henry-h-arnold/ https://vault.si.com/vault/1961/09/04/sonny-whitney-a-success-in-spite-of-his-money https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2018/june/historic-aircraft-sikorsky-flying-boats https://www.clipperflyingboats.com/china-clipper https://time.com/archive/6773396/aviation-revolt-tripped/ https://www.artdeco.org/marine-air-terminal https://time.com/archive/6624093/aviation-trippes-big-bid/ https://simpleflying.com/airline-tourist-class-history/#:~:text=Pan%20Am's%20Tourist%20Class%20in,travel%2C%20leaving%20a%20lasting%20legacy. ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

King James: One Man, Three Kingdoms 5 Apr 2024 --- → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/@FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/@wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Additional Reading: James I: Scotland’s King of England by John Matusiak, The History Press 2015 Ben Adelman can be reached for comment or commissions at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Charles Bukowski: Underground Writer, Voice of the Poor and Depraved? 12 Feb 2025 --- #author #charlesbukowski #biography Check out About Us, where we talk about the history of businesses like Nintendo, Blockbuster, and soon to come, Toys "R" Us, Whetherspoons, and more! https://www.youtube.com/@AboutUs-Biz → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://huntingthemuse.net/library/why-you-should-leave-a-legacy-even-if-its-a-shit-one https://poets.org/poet/charles-bukowski https://books.google.com/books?id=Qcw1bRzDd8wC&printsec=frontcover&dq=charles+bukowski+barry+miles&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjl8oyT3sCJAxXRSkEAHf5wChEQ6AF6BAgJEAI https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/charles-bukowski https://poets.org/poet/charles-bukowski https://archive.org/details/charlesbukowski0000mile/page/62/mode/2up? https://www.openculture.com/2014/03/charles-bukowski-publishes-his-first-short.html https://bukowskiforum.com/threads/20-tanks-from-kasseldown-portfolio-1946.81/ https://www.google.co.za/books/edition/Charles_Bukowski/Qcw1bRzDd8wC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Charles+Bukowski+(2009)+Barry+Miles&pg=PT323&printsec=frontcover https://archive.org/details/charlesbukowski0000mile/page/82/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/charlesbukowski0000mile/page/85/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/charlesbukowski0000mile/page/97/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/charlesbukowski0000mile/page/106/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/charlesbukowski0000mile/page/107/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/charlesbukowski0000mile/page/111/mode/2up? https://archive.org/details/charlesbukowski0000mile/page/112/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/charlesbukowski0000mile/page/113/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/charlesbukowski0000mile/page/119/mode/2up https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-franceye21-2009jun21-story.html https://archive.org/details/charlesbukowski0000mile/page/141/mode/2up https://www.chicagotribune.com/1994/03/16/charles-bukowski-leaves-a-controversial-legacy/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_Office_(novel) https://archive.org/details/charlesbukowski0000mile/page/219/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/charlesbukowski0000mile/page/227/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/charlesbukowski0000mile/page/236/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/charlesbukowski0000mile/page/247/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/charlesbukowski0000mile/page/248/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/charlesbukowski0000mile/page/258/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/charlesbukowski0000mile/page/265/mode/2up https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/charles-bukowski https://threeroomspress.com/2020/01/the-controversial-legacy-of-charles-bukowski/ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anne Frank: The Flame the Holocaust Could not Extinguish 2 Jul 2024 --- #biography #history #worldwar2 For over two years, Frank and her family hid in a makeshift room behind a bookcase in an Amsterdam building where her father worked. The entire time there, until she was captured by the Nazis, Anne would write her thoughts and dreams into her diary, while the world outside her hidden walls went to hell. After the Second World War ended, a few helpful hands saw to it that Anne’s diary was made available to the world. It has since been a brutal reminder of what humanity can be capable of at its worst, and what humanity is at its best. Here is a single brave girl’s story of survival and fear in one of the darkest chapters in history. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Stuff: Free Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@UC6Sk2h2WsYMxnGERAH_FbGg OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@UCsz5l0hY67TGoJR0CZiWVnA Links to Other Books and Socials: https://linktr.ee/EricMalikyte J Crocket's website: https://businesshandshakes.wordpress.com/ Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://us-holocaust-museum.medium.com/german-bombs-and-us-bureaucrats-how-escape-lines-from-europe-were-cut-off-1b3e14137cc4 https://www.annefrank.org/en/anne-frank/secret-annex/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/05/16/anne-franks-hidden-diary-pages-risque-jokes-and-sex-education/ https://www.montessorieducation.com/blog/anne-frank-secret https://www.history.com/topics/holocaust/anne-frank-1 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-small-light-tells-the-story-of-miep-gies-who-hid-anne-frank-from-the-nazis-180982175/ https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/one-day-they-simply-werent-there-how-researchers-reconstructed-anne-franks-last-months https://www.annefrank.org/en/timeline/17/anne-and-margot-die-exhausted-in-the-bergen-belsen-concentration-camp/ https://www.annefrank.org/en/timeline/88/otto-receives-the-diaries/ https://www.history.co.uk/articles/anne-franks-father-the-life-of-otto-frank https://www.annefrank.org/en/anne-frank/secret-annex/ https://us-holocaust-museum.medium.com/german-bombs-and-us-bureaucrats-how-escape-lines-from-europe-were-cut-off-1b3e14137cc4 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/05/16/anne-franks-hidden-diary-pages-risque-jokes-and-sex-education/ https://www.montessorieducation.com/blog/anne-frank-secret https://www.history.com/topics/holocaust/anne-frank-1 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-small-light-tells-the-story-of-miep-gies-who-hid-anne-frank-from-the-nazis-180982175/ https://www.annefrank.org/en/timeline/17/anne-and-margot-die-exhausted-in-the-bergen-belsen-concentration-camp/ https://www.annefrank.org/en/timeline/88/otto-receives-the-diaries/ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

PAUL REVERE: The Midnight Ride that Changed History #sponsored 18 Feb 2025 --- #paulrevere #history #biography Check out Squarespace: http://squarespace.com/biographics for 10% off on your first purchase of a website/domain using the code BIOGRAPHICS. Thanks to Squarespace for the sponsorship. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: Esther Forbes - Paul Revere & the World He Lived In Charles Ferris Gettemy - The True Story of Paul Revere https://www.paulreverehouse.org/biography/ https://www.masshist.org/database/viewer.php?item_id=99&img_step=1&mode=transcript#page1 Sponsor ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jimmy Stewart: It's a Wonderful American Life 5 Jun 2024 --- James Maitland Stewart is that rare and admirable human being who could truthfully claim that everyone liked him. During his lifetime and in the years since, it was virtually impossible to find anyone recording a bad word against him, or relating an anecdote in which he appeared less than a gentleman. His distinctive drawl, coupled with his hesitant, stuttering vocal delivery made his voice instantly recognizable, and when it was heard, it was heeded. Late in his long and distinguished career, he provided the voiceover for a major soup company’s television commercials. He did not appear in the advertisements. Campbell’s reported hundreds of telephone calls to their offices, demanding to know if that was really Jimmy’s voice promoting their soup. It really was. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Stuff: Alien Video Essay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jpKTllluiY&pp=ygUJc3RvcnlyYW50 Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@UC6Sk2h2WsYMxnGERAH_FbGg Free Scifi Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Link Tree to other Books and Socials: https://linktr.ee/EricMalikyte Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://www.jimmystewartontheair.com/jimmy-stewart-for-campbells-soups/ https://www.recreationnews.com/pa---indiana-co---jimmy-stewart-museum-hardware-store-display--/image_76ba18b8-56e0-11ed-aad5-637d8419b3c9.html#:~:text=The%20Jimmy%20Stewart%20Museum%20pays,operated%20by%20the%20actor's%20father. https://charterclub.org/about/ https://www.triangleshow.com/history https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029297/ https://www.nytimes.com/1940/12/27/archives/the-screen-a-splendid-cast-adorns-the-screen-version-of-the.html https://www.themusichall.org/blog/classic-hollywood-classic-couples-james-gloria-stewart/ https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/william-joyce-capture-and-execution https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/03/14/JIMMY-STEWARTS-SON/9546384930000/ http://www.reelclassics.com/Actors/Jimmy/jimmy-poem.htm https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2017/02/16/james-jimmy-stewarts-poem-for-beau/10378653007/ https://web.archive.org/web/20190723203100/https:/www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1997-07-06-9707031555-story.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Machine Gun” Jack McGurn: Al Capone’s Most Vicious Hitman 21 Feb 2025 --- #organizedcrime #truecrime #truecrimestories → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: Richard J. Shmelter - Chicago Assassin https://stvalentinemassacre.org/jack-mcgurn/#full ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg "Pappy" Boyington: The True Story of WORLD WAR II's Black Sheep Squadron 28 Feb 2025 --- #biography #worldwar2 #history Check out Squarespace: http://squarespace.com/biographics for 10% off on your first purchase of a website/domain using the code BIOGRAPHICS. Thanks to Squarespace for the sponsorship → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: Sponsor ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dutch Schultz: The Beer Baron of the Bronx 6 Feb 2024 --- Beer, bloodshed, and buried treasure. That is the legacy left behind by one of New York’s most notorious malefactors, mobster and bootlegger Dutch Schultz. Like many other criminals, Schultz saw Prohibition as the golden ticket to a life full of riches. And he was right, although many people had to die for him to achieve his goal. He fought not one, but two bloody gang wars in order to firmly establish himself as New York’s premiere distributor of illegal hooch, the cause of (and solution to) all of life’s problems. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/@FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/@wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://www.crimelibrary.org/gangsters_outlaws/mob_bosses/schultz/index_1.html https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/dutch-schultz-is-born https://www.crimelibrary.org/gangsters_outlaws/mob_bosses/schultz/index_1.html https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:6682zm70z https://www.biography.com/crime/dutch-schultz https://www.crimelibrary.org/gangsters_outlaws/mob_bosses/schultz/index_1.html https://www.legendsofamerica.com/dutch-schultz/ https://www.crimelibrary.org/gangsters_outlaws/mob_bosses/schultz/index_1.html https://www.biography.com/crime/dutch-schultz https://www.fbi.gov/history/artifacts/brick-from-the-palace-chop-house-dutch-schultz-murder-case https://archive.org/details/killdutchmanstor00sann/page/114/mode/2up?q=noe&view=theater https://www.biography.com/crime/dutch-schultz https://archive.org/details/killdutchmanstor00sann/page/n135/mode/2up?q=noe&view=theater https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/william-kennedy-selling-landmark-leg-diamond-17824396.php https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1930/10/13/102169864.pdf https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1931/04/27/98331455.pdf https://www.fbi.gov/history/artifacts/brick-from-the-palace-chop-house-dutch-schultz-murder-case https://www.theirishstory.com/2022/02/01/vincent-mad-dog-coll-the-gangster-from-gweedore/ https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/vincent-mad-dog-coll https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1933/01/22/99287185.pdf https://www.theirishstory.com/2022/02/01/vincent-mad-dog-coll-the-gangster-from-gweedore/ https://archive.org/details/killdutchmanstor00sann/page/152/mode/2up?view=theater&q=coll https://www.crimelibrary.org/gangsters_outlaws/mob_bosses/schultz/rackets_3.html https://archive.org/details/unset0000unse_s8f3/page/46/mode/2up?view=theater&q=schultz https://www.crimelibrary.org/gangsters_outlaws/mob_bosses/schultz/rackets_4.html https://archive.org/details/unset0000unse_s8f3/page/46/mode/2up?view=theater&q=schultz https://www.crimelibrary.org/gangsters_outlaws/mob_bosses/schultz/end_6.html https://archive.org/details/killdutchmanstor00sann/page/24/mode/2up?view=theater https://www.nytimes.com/1964/03/11/archives/schultzs-killer-freed-in-treton-charles-workman-served-23-years-of.html https://www.crimelibrary.org/gangsters_outlaws/mob_bosses/schultz/1935_7.html https://nypost.com/article/searching-for-gangster-dutch-schultzs-gold/%5D https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/news/article/modern-hunt-for-dutch-schultz-treasure-catskills-16317319.php Selwyn Raab - Five Families Paul Sann - Kill the Dutchman Crime Library New York Times Archive Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Edward the Black Prince: The Greatest Warrior Prince of Medieval England #sponsored 11 Mar 2025 --- #biography #history #kings Check out http://squarespace.com/biographics to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code BIOGRAPHICS. Thanks to Squarespace for the sponsorship → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: David Green - The Black Prince Richard Barber - Life & Campaigns of the Black Prince https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/black_prince.shtml#:~:text=During%20his%20lifetime%20he%20was,black%20armour%20that%20he%20wore. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/black-prince-and-the-grande-chevauchee-of-1355/introduction/1C19D70F0A2C4A2E3494A4C3C7888313 Sponsor ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lysander: The SPARTAN who conquered ATHENS 31 Jul 2024 --- #rome #greece #ancienthistory Check out Squarespace: http://squarespace.com/biographics for 10% off on your first purchase of a website/domain using the code BIOGRAPHICS. Thanks to Squarespace for the sponsorship. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: Plutarch - The Life of Lysander Kenneth W. Harl - The Peloponnesian War Donald Kagan - The Peloponnesian War W. G. Forrest - A History of Sparta https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Lysander*.html#28 https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Lysander*.html#27 https://www.worldhistory.org/The_Thirty_Tyrants/ https://oxfordre.com/classics/display/10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.001.0001/acrefore-9780199381135-e-2044 https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Aegospotami https://archive.org/details/peloponnesianwar00dona/page/468/mode/2up?view=theater&q=lysander https://archive.org/details/peloponnesianwar00dona/page/458/mode/2up?view=theater&q=lysander https://archive.org/details/peloponnesianwar00dona/page/454/mode/2up?view=theater&q=lysander https://archive.org/details/peloponnesianwar00dona/page/448/mode/2up?view=theater&q=lysander https://archive.org/details/peloponnesianwar0000harl/page/42/mode/2up?view=theater&q=lysander https://archive.org/details/peloponnesianwar00dona/page/442/mode/2up?view=theater&q=lysander https://archive.org/details/peloponnesianwar00dona/page/440/mode/2up?view=theater&q=lysander https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Lysander*.html#22 https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/navarch https://www.livius.org/articles/concept/peloponnesian-war/sicilian-expedition/ https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Lysander*.html#2 Sponsor ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lady Jane Grey: The Tragic Nine Day Queen 9 Mar 2024 --- For nine days in 1553, Lady Jane Grey claimed the thrones of England and Ireland, an impertinence that caused her to be executed for high treason in February, 1554. Jane was a descendant of King Henry VII, a first cousin once removed of Elizabeth I, Mary I, and King Edward VI, and a grandniece of their collective father, King Henry VIII. By right of the last will and testament of King Edward VI, she was the successor to the British throne, largely because her Protestant faith made her a less disagreeable Monarch than the Catholic Mary, at least to British Protestants of the day. At first, the Privy Council of England agreed with her accession and supported her claim to the throne, but in less than two weeks, political support for Mary Tudor led to her being proclaimed Queen, and Jane’s confinement in the Tower of London as a treasonous usurper. Lady Jane’s story, like many surrounding the English monarchy of the time, is one of intrigue, treachery, betrayal, religious intolerance, fear of Spanish power, and ultimately, royally sanctioned murder. In that, it is not unlike many tales which swirl around the British Monarchy and its long and complicated history. Tales of hooded executioners, imprisonments in the Tower of London, ministers both loyal and duplicitous, secret missions, and public executions are all part of the history of the monarchy. Lady Jane’s tale is a relatively small part of that history. Yet, it is still worth telling. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://somegreymatter.com/date.htm https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Aylmer https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Lady-Jane-Grey/ https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp04043/thomas-seymour-baron-seymour https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lord-Guildford-Dudley https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2014/07/my-devise-for-the-succession/ https://www.luminarium.org/encyclopedia/thirdsuccession.htm https://www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/history-and-stories/lady-jane-grey/#gs.4cddjg https://www.historyextra.com/period/tudor/who-was-lady-jane-grey-facts-about-nine-day-queen-execution-death/ https://www.worldhistory.org/Wyatt_Rebellion/ https://cmsm.co.uk/february-12th-1554-the-execution-of-lady-jane-grey-the-nine-days-queen https://www.historytoday.com/archive/many-faces-lady-jane-grey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Anne Bonny: History's Most Infamous Female Pirate 9 Jan 2024 --- Blackbeard, Henry Every, William Kidd, Bartholomew Roberts…They were some of the most infamous pirates in history and they all had one thing in common - we’ve covered them all on Biographics. Okay, they had two things in common - they were also all men. There is no doubt that piracy was a man’s game, but exceptions did exist. In China, Ching Shih became one of the most successful pirates in history, and even here in local waters, we have Anne Bonny who gave up an easy life as the daughter of a rich plantation owner to follow her true calling, raise the black flag and sail the seven seas. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out ourother YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/@FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/@wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: Captain Charles Johnson - A General History of the Pyrates Phillip Thomas Tucker - Anne Bonny The Infamous Female Pirate https://www.postandcourier.com/news/the-true-and-false-stories-of-anne-bonny-pirate-woman-of-the-caribbean/article_e7fc1e2c-101d-11e8-90b7-9fdf20ba62f8.html https://www.nps.gov/people/anne-bonny-pirate.htm https://www.worldhistory.org/Anne_Bonny/ https://www.thoughtco.com/biography-of-anne-bonny-2136375 https://archive.org/details/generalhistoryof00john/ https://www.nps.gov/people/anne-bonny-pirate.htm https://www.worldhistory.org/Calico_Jack/ https://archive.org/details/annebonnyinfamou0000tuck/mode/2up?view=theater https://www.postandcourier.com/news/the-true-and-false-stories-of-anne-bonny-pirate-woman-of-the-caribbean/article_e7fc1e2c-101d-11e8-90b7-9fdf20ba62f8.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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April Fools Special! Leslie Nielsen: The Funniest Man in Hollywood 1 Apr 2025 --- #biography #airplane #leslienielsen → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: Leslie Nielsen and David Fisher - The Naked Truth https://walkoffame.com/leslie-nielsen/ https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/leslie-nielsen https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/629824/leslie-nielsen-actor-facts https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-11862150 https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-leslie-nielsen-20101129-story.html https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/nov/29/leslie-nielsen-obituary ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

James Monroe: The Era of Good Feeling 11 Apr 2024 --- The first four decades of what has come to be called the “American Experiment” were turbulent in the extreme. First there was a revolution to be won, despite the opposition to its goals expressed by nearly a third of the population. A failed attempt at a national government under the Articles of Confederation led to the creation of a strong federal government, creating disputes over the role of state’s rights that continue to the present day. Partisan politics created divides so wide that at one point a sitting Vice-President, Aaron Burr, killed a former Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, in an illegal duel. Though the causes of their enmity were many, at their core was a fundamental disagreement over politics. There were armed insurrections over taxes, over veteran’s benefits, over slavery. During the John Adams administration, the United States fought an undeclared naval war with France. Jefferson sent the US Navy and Marines to fight a war along the North African coast and ordered an embargo against trade with Britain that proved ruinous to American commerce. Quarrels with Britain over free trade and freedom of the seas led to another, nearly disastrous war with the British Empire. Settlers struggling into the western lands of the Northwest Territory and the southern lands found hostile tribes opposing them and a federal government unable to defend them. Then came a period of eight years of relative peace, during which American commerce thrived, the nation's borders expanded through peaceable means, and the United States gained respect on the world stage. In the wake of the tumultuous years that followed, it became known as the Era of Good Feelings. It was the period of the administration of James Monroe, fifth President of the United States, and the last of the Founders to hold that office. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/@FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/@wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://millercenter.org/president/monroe/life-before-the-presidency https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/james-monroe https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/northwest-ordinance https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/about https://www.britannica.com/event/Reign-of-Terror https://www.loc.gov/collections/meeting-of-frontiers/articles-and-essays/alaska/russian-colonization/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/12/16/monroe-doctrine-united-states-latin-america-foreign-policy-interventionism-china-gop/ https://millercenter.org/president/monroe/impact-and-legacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ida B Wells - Teacher, Protester, Anti-Lynching Crusader 7 Apr 2025 --- #history #biography #protest → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: Crusade For Justice by Ida B. Wells https://www.sas.upenn.edu/~cavitch/pdf-library/Wells_Crusade.pdf To Tell The Truth Freely by Mia Bay https://books.google.com/books?id=u1tjq-b2s10C&printsec=frontcover&dq=To+Tell+The+Truth+Freely&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjx9aH9t5SKAxULQkEAHULVAB0Q6AF6BAgMEAI  Ida: A Sword Among Lions by Paula J. Giddings https://books.google.co.za/books?id=OFRGjgtNoZ4C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Ida:+A+Sword+Among+Lions+by+Paula+J.+Giddings&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjGzs71t5SKAxUNQUEAHfW2AfoQ6AF6BAgKEAI  References https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/ida-b-wells-barnett https://blogs.memphis.edu/benhooksinstitute/2015/09/30/memphis-and-the-lynching-at-the-curve/ https://lynchingsitesmem.org/lynching/peoples-grocery-lynchings-thomas-moss-will-stewart-calvin-mcdowell https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/peoples-grocery-lynchings/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2014/01/29/negroes-and-the-gun-a-winchester-in-every-black-home/ https://wams.nyhistory.org/modernizing-america/fighting-for-social-reform/ida-b-wells/  https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederick-Douglass https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ida-B-Wells-Barnett  https://interactive.wttw.com/chicago-stories/ida-b-wells/ida-b-wells-and-chicago-black-settlement-house https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/08/16/a-proclamation-on-the-establishment-of-the-springfield-1908-race-riot-national-monument/ https://naacp.org/about/our-history#:~:text=Our%20work%20and%20our%20activists,civil%20rights%20and%20social%20justice. https://www.nps.gov/people/idabwells.htm#:~:text=Though%20she%20is%20considered%20a,Alpha%20Suffrage%20Club%20in%20Chicago. https://www.lwvchicago.org/news/ida-b-wells-suffrage-club https://www.ilsos.gov/departments/archives/online_exhibits/100_documents/1913-il-suffarge-act.html#:~:text=The%20Document%3A%20On%20June%2026,right%20to%20vote%20for%20President. https://www.nps.gov/articles/woman-suffrage-procession1913.htm https://www.vox.com/22995013/anti-lynching-act-emmett-till https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/08/08/modern-day-mississippi-lynchings/ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

William T Sherman: The First Modern General 11 May 2024 --- #civilwar #biography #ushistory William Tecumseh Sherman is forever linked with his famed March to the Sea in the late autumn of 1864. In truth, his subsequent march through South Carolina and part of North Carolina was far more destructive, a fact Sherman acknowledged in his memoirs. He commanded a regiment in the First Battle of Bull Run, a Union defeat which led to him suffering a bout of depression. Northern newspapers questioned his sanity, with one Cincinnati newspaper openly calling him insane. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Stuff: Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@UC6Sk2h2WsYMxnGERAH_FbGg OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@UCsz5l0hY67TGoJR0CZiWVnA Free cosmic horror ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Linktree to Other Books and Socials: https://linktr.ee/EricMalikyte Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/4361/4361-h/4361-h.htm http://sfmuseum.org/hist6/sherm40s.html https://www.britannica.com/topic/Louisiana-State-University-system-Louisiana https://www.battlefields.org/learn/civil-war/battles/bull-run https://www.americanheritage.com/new-sherman-letters https://www.nps.gov/shil/learn/historyculture/shiloh-history.htm https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/ulysses-s-grant-s-path-to-victory-the-1864-overland-campaign.htm https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/2014/12/02/war-is-marching-our-way/22204076007/ https://www.usace.army.mil/Media/Images/igphoto/2000746039/ https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/bennett-place-surrender https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/homestead-act https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/where-the-buffalo-no-longer-roamed-3067904/ https://www.theatlantic.com/personal/archive/2010/06/uncle-billys-racism/57886/ https://www.britannica.com/topic/Lost-Cause Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Jack Gilbert Graham: The Denver Dynamite Fiend 7 Jul 2024 --- #biography #history #crimestory In 1955, flying in an airplane was still considered a glamorous activity: men and women dressed up in their fanciest clothes before heading to the airport. In the 1950s, air travel was just starting to take off, if you’ll pardon the pun, in the US, with more routes being added, fares being lowered, and aircraft offered that were faster, more comfortable, and above all, safer than their predecessors. The very idea that anyone would want to blow one of them up was the furthest thought from anybody’s mind. And yet, that is exactly what happened on the night of November 1st, 1955, just outside of Denver, Colorado. A United Airlines plane was blown out of the sky by a bomb, sending 44 men, women, and children plummeting to their deaths. It was the first confirmed case of mid-air sabotage in US history, requiring investigators to come up with new techniques to solve the case, techniques that are still being used today. The bombing of the plane sent shockwaves around the country, and so did the identity of the perpetrator: Jack Gilbert Graham, a young man who hated his mother so much that he put a bomb in her luggage to blow her out of the sky, showing absolutely no remorse for everyone else he killed at the same time. Because of this, Colorado made sure to exact the ultimate price from him for his evil deed: death in the state’s gas chamber. This is the true story of the downing of United Airlines Flight 629, a truly groundbreaking case that created laws, changed long standing customs, and gripped a nation from start to finish. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Eric is featured in Grimdark Magazine this month! GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Free Scifi Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@UC6Sk2h2WsYMxnGERAH_FbGg Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: Mainliner Denver: The Bombing of Flight 629 by Andrew J. Field, Johnson Books 2005 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Albert Anastasia: The Lord High Executioner of the American Mob #sponsored 14 May 2025 --- #truecrimestories #themob #biography Check out http://squarespace.com/biographics to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code BIOGRAPHICS. Thanks to Squarespace for the sponsorship → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: Michael Newton - Boss of Murder, Inc.: The Criminal Life of Albert Anastasia https://www.crimelibrary.org/gangsters_outlaws/family_epics/gambino/2.html https://books.google.ro/books?id=oOnaDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=ro#v=onepage&q&f=false https://vault.fbi.gov/Albert%20Anastasia/Albert%20Anastasia%20Part%201%20of%204%20/view https://themobmuseum.org/notable_names/albert-anastasia/ https://books.google.ro/books?id=3-YCAAAAMBAJ&q=%22Albert+Anastasia%22&pg=PA44&redir_esc=y#v=snippet&q=%22Albert%20Anastasia%22&f=false Sponsor ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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John Reed: The Romantic Revolutionary #sponsored 27 May 2025 --- Get your copy of The Book: ‘The Ultimate Guide to Rebuilding a Civilization’ now at https://bit.ly/3Rdqrm5 and use code BIOGRAPHICS10 at checkout! #thebookofmyprophecies , #hungrymindsbooks, #howtorebuildcivilization #hungryminds / https://www.youtube.com/@HungryMindsArt → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: This script was created primarily through several biographies. The exact pages are linked where appropriate: John Reed by Eric Homberger https://archive.org/details/johnreed0000homb/mode/1up John Reed The Making Of A Revolutionary by Granville Hicks  https://archive.org/details/johnreedmakingof0000gran Romantic Revolutionary: A Biography of John Reed by Robert A. Rosenstone https://archive.org/details/romanticrevoluti00rose  John Reed and The Writing of Revolution by Daniel Wayne Lehman https://archive.org/details/johnreedwritingo0000lehm/mode/2up  John Reed by David C. Duke https://archive.org/details/johnreed00davi_0/mode/2up  References https://publicseminar.org/2017/11/john-reed-romantic-revolutionary/ https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Reed https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/goldman-john-reed-1887-1920/ https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/john-reed https://www.google.co.za/books/edition/John_Reed/L_HBAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=inauthor:%22Eric+Homberger%22&printsec=frontcover https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/john-reed#:~:text=John%20Reed%20(1887%2D1920),New%20York%20City%20in%201913. https://guides.loc.gov/chronicling-america-colorado-coalfield-war https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/war-in-the-coalfields-the-ludlow-massacre-and-its-impact-on-the-eight-hour-workday.htm https://www.britannica.com/event/Ludlow-Massacre http://www.saint-petersburg.com/famous-people/louise-bryant/#:~:text=The%20wife%20of%20John%20Reed,the%20subject%20of%20political%20persecution. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/wilson-america-war/#:~:text=At%20the%20start%20of%201917,a%20formal%20declaration%20of%20war. https://helenrappaport.com/russia/lenin-stalin-revolution/john-reed-writing-the-russian-revolution/ Sponsor ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jack London: The Call of Survival 12 Mar 2024 --- Jack London was arguably America’s first celebrity author. His life, though short, was one of adventure and often controversy. He was a poacher, a failed gold miner, worked in a cannery, spun jute, and rode the rails as a hobo, all before reaching the age of eighteen. He became a world-famous writer, an outspoken advocate for animal rights, workers’ rights, eugenics, socialism, and atheism. His work as a writer made him fabulously rich, and he flaunted his wealth shamelessly. A lifelong unashamed love of drinking led to his admitted addiction to alcohol, and a frank discussion of alcoholism in his memoir/novel John Barleycorn. London wrote of the titular character, a euphemism for whiskey, “He gives clear vision, and muddy dreams. He is the enemy of life, and the teacher of wisdom beyond life’s wisdom”. In his book, he gave a new term to the English lexicon, describing the drunkard, whom, stupid with drink, “…falls frequently in the gutter, and who sees, in the extremity of his ecstasy, blue mice and pink elephants”. Seeing pink elephants has been a metaphor for drunkenness ever since. London’s work was marked with a realism the reader often sensed and the writer had often experienced. His most evil character, the sadistic sea captain Wolf Larsen in The Sea Witch, was based on a seafarer he had known in his youth. The Yukon characters of White Fang and The Call of the Wild were based on people he knew during his own adventures in the north. Though he exuded a hale and hearty appearance, his health was often frail, and he was subject to several illnesses, most of them aggravated by his chronic drinking. He rose from rags to riches, though he never lost sight of the rags. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Check out Eric's Stuff: Storytelling Deep Dive Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/EricMalikyte Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/318/318-h/318-h.htm https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/heinolds-first-and-last-chance-saloon https://www.nps.gov/klgo/learn/goldrush.htm http://exhibits.lib.usu.edu/exhibits/show/jacklondon/russojapanese https://www.americanheritage.com/tr-and-nature-fakers https://americanliterature.com/author/jack-london/short-story/love-of-life https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/darwin/evolution-today/social-darwinism https://www.who.int/health-topics/yaws#tab=tab_1 https://jacklondonpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Death-of-Jack-London-Fact-and-Fiction-by-Lou-Leal-2016.pdf https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/10/28/four-legs-good Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan Palach: The Ultimate Sacrifice Against Soviet Tyranny 3 Aug 2024 --- #biography #history #biographyhistory In the first half of 1968, a window of hope and freedom opened beyond the Iron Curtain. A new government in Czechoslovakia dared to do the unthinkable in Soviet-controlled, totalitarian, Eastern Europe: abolish censorship and liberalize society. The Party leaders in Moscow would not tolerate the outrage of what became known as the “Prague Spring” and responded to societal reforms with tanks. One young man in Prague could not stand aside and bear a life under tyranny. To reawaken the consciousness of his people, he would undergo a fiery sacrifice and become a human torch. This is the story of Jan Palach, martyr of the Prague Spring. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://www.janpalach.cz/en/default/jan-palach/detstvi https://history.state.gov/milestones/1961-1968/soviet-invasion-czechoslavkia https://english.radio.cz/czech-martyr-jan-palachs-enduring-legacy-50-years-after-his-self-immolation-8141155 https://english.radio.cz/jan-zajic-story-human-torch-number-two-8137669 https://www.scribd.com/book/484438942 https://history.state.gov/milestones/1961-1968/soviet-invasion-czechoslavkia ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Maximinus Thrax: The Barbarian Emperor of Rome 16 Apr 2024 --- #rome #biography Nothing lasts forever. Today we remember the might of the Roman Empire but it could not go on endlessly. When exactly the decline began is something for historians to debate, but we can argue that the empire reached its peak in the 2nd century AD, during the reigns of the Five Good Emperors, and slowly went downhill afterward. Then, that slow decline fell off a cliff 50 years later when the end of the Severan Dynasty brought about a long period of great instability and weakness known as the Crisis of the Third Century. And this upheaval was triggered by the violent and murderous reign of a giant of a man, a Thracian barbarian known as Maximinus Thrax. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Stuff: Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@UC6Sk2h2WsYMxnGERAH_FbGg Link Tree for Books and Socials: https://linktr.ee/EricMalikyte Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: Herodian - History of the Roman Empire since the Death of Marcus Aurelius Historia Augusta Edward Gibbon - Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire https://www.worldhistory.org/Maximinus_Thrax/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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