Episodes
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Cadaver Synod: The Time a Dead Pope was Put on Trial
Pope Formosus would have been an unimportant pope in a string of politically appointed, corrupt popes during the turbulent and violent papacy of the Holy Roman Empire, had one of his successors not been so angry at his political alliances. This successor, Pope Stephen VI, demanded that the body…
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Jack Churchill: The Sword-Wielding World War 2 Hero
Jack Churchill was a World War 2 commando who became famous for bringing a sword, a longbow, and bagpipes to amphibious invasions.
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Black Bart: The Gentleman Bandit
Charles Boles, better known as Black Bart, was a stagecoach robber who operated on the West Coast in the 1870s and '80s. He pulled off 20+ robberies despite being scared of horses and never firing a shot. He wrote poems to taunt investigators and was pursued by two of the finest detectives in the...
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Robert Liston: The Deadliest Surgery in History
Robert Liston, the 'fastest knife in West End,' was an early surgical innovator who developed new techniques and equipment in surgery. He trained many surgeons and was the first surgeon to perform surgery on a patient who'd received modern anesthesia. Despite these accomplishments, he's…
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Shinichiro Azuma: The Kobe Child Murderer
When two children were brutally murdered in Kobe as part of a string of attacks, the media seized on letters the killer sent to police and newspapers. They didn't expect that the murderer was a child himself, who was inspired by the Zodiac killer and hoped to emulate him. The fourth and final…
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Marc Dutroux: Belgium's Epstein
Marc Dutroux was a Belgian pedophile and serial killer who, along with his wife, kidnapped and murdered several victims after being arrested for similar crimes that went largely unpunished. The investigation and trial were so bungled that some suspected that Dutroux was protected by law...
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Issei Sagawa: The Cannibal Celebrity
Part 1 "even though it's technically uploded second"of our new series, 'Crime and No Punishment,' where we discuss people who got basically no punishment for horrific crimes. Issei Sagawa was a loser who had some very weird obsessions. Content Warning: Cannibalism, Sexual Assault, Necrophilia,...
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Vincent Li: The Canadian Bus Cannibal
Vincent Weiguang Li sat down on a bus next to a sleeping man named Tim McLean. Vincent stabbed him to death, beheaded him, and started eating him as people fled the bus in fear. We discuss this case and the mental collapse that led into it. Part one (two) of our new series, Crime, No...
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Amish Anthology Part 2: Killers and Cult Leaders
CW: Contains descriptions of violence, sexual assault, child abuse, torture, and more. Listener discretion is advised.In the second part of our Amish Anthology, we discuss the Amish Stud killer, someone who may have been the first Amish serial killer, and an Amish cult leader who was investigated...
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Amish Anthology Part 1: The First Amish Murderer
This week on Misfit History we go through the history of the Amish, starting from their Anabaptist origin and their founder, Jakob Ammann. We discussion their journey to America and the first Amish person to be convicted of manslaughter, Edward Gingerich. Content Warning: This episode contains...
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Hedy Lamarr: The Hollywood Star who became the Mother of Wi-Fi
Born Hedwig Kiesler in Vienna in 1914, Hedy Lamarr became the star of the most controversial film in the world while only a teenager. She escaped her abusive arms dealer husband and came to America, where she became one of the most famous actresses in the world. However, her acting career was…
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Lionel ‘Sos’ Cohen: The Man Who Outlived War
Wing Commander Lionel Cohen, better known by his nickname Sos, was a man addicted to adventure. He joined the military and traveled to Africa while just a teenager. He worked as a miner, spy, stockbroker, pilot, cavalry officer, security guard, and more. He fought in four wars for several…
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The Von Stauffenbergs: The Family that Resisted Hitler Part 2
The von Stauffenberg family, a Swabian aristocratic lineage, produced two of the most remarkable figures of the German resistance: Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg and his sister-in-law, Melitta von Stauffenberg, nee Schiller. While Claus became the primary architect of the military resistance,...
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The Von Stauffenbergs: The Family that Resisted Hitler Part 1 The Backstory
The von Stauffenberg family, a Swabian aristocratic lineage, produced two of the most remarkable figures of the German resistance: Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg and his sister-in-law, Melitta von Stauffenberg, nee Schiller. While Claus became the primary architect of the military resistance,...
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Belle Starr The bandit queen of the wild west.
Myra Maybelle Shirley, better known as, Belle Starr was a notorious figure of the American Old West, famously dubbed the "Bandit Queen" by sensationalist press. While many stories of her exploits were exaggerated by dime novels, she was entrenched in the outlaw culture of the 19th century,...
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