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Random History
by The Nvg8r
Join The Nvg8r as he teaches you about lesser known events and people throughout history.I'd like to dedicate this show to my incredible wife, without whom I'd be lost.-Nvg8rThis show is an Argos101 production.
Episodes
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Battle on Skates and the Green Beret that was shot over 30 times
Today we're plunging into one of Europe's longest, strangest, and most consequential conflicts: the Eighty Years' War, or the Dutch Revolt. From 1568 to 1648, a ragtag coalition of merchants, sailors, farmers, and Calvinist firebrands fought the mightiest empire on Earth – Habsburg Spain – for...
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The Yugoslav underground and Colonel Killer Kane
Today we're diving into one of World War II's most audacious rescue operations: how the Yugoslav underground, led by General Draža Mihailović and his Chetnik forces, hid, protected, and guided hundreds of downed American airmen back to safety despite being deep in Nazi-occupied territory. This is...
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The Island that Exploded and The Real GI Joe Francis Currey
For the main story, we're charting a course straight into one of the loudest, deadliest, and most colorful disasters in human history: the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa in the Sunda Strait of modern Indonesea. For our true hero segment, we are going to examine one of the most amazing heroes of the...
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Another Christmas Miracle Crossing the Delaware and Thomas Custer
Thoughout history, mankind has always tried to harness nature. To use it to our advantage. On Christmas Eve 1776, General George Washington took advantage of Nature in a last ditch gamble to save our infant country. Inspiring one of the most iconic images of the Revolution, and added several…
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The Candy Bomber and Thomas J Hudner
Today we're soaring into one of the sweetest stories from the early Cold War era. Picture this: a city divided, a superpower standoff, and one pilot who turned a humanitarian crisis into a candy-coated act of kindness. We're talking about the Candy Bomber from the Berlin Airlift.
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The Plane That Ended World War II and Charlie Kirk
One of the last episodes I did in Season One was on the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Today, we begin Season Two, and I thought we could start by exploring another pivotal—and controversial—plane in aviation history: another B-29 Superfortress, this one named Bockscar. This wasn't…
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The Wright Brothers and Ernest Evans
Let’s step back in time... It’s the late 19th century, and the world is buzzing with new tech. Bicycles are the hot new thing, electricity is lighting up cities, and people are starting to dream big—like, flying big. Enter Wilbur and Orville Wright, born in 1867 and 1871, respectively, to a...
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The Church That Survived the Atomic Bomb
Today, we’re diving into a story that sounds like it’s straight out of a Hollywood blockbuster, but it’s 100% real. We’re talking about a church in Hiroshima, Japan, that stood tall against the unimaginable force of the atomic bomb dropped on 6 August 1945. Not only did the building survive, but…
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The Limping Lady (Virginia Hall) and William Carney
In Episode 11, I told you the story of one of America’s greatest code breakers of World War 2, Elizabeth Smith. Today we’re stepping into the other side of the intelligence game; the more shadowy world of espionage, to uncover the incredible story of Virginia Hall, an American woman who became…
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D-Day and its heroes
Today is 6 June 2025; the 81st anniversary of the Normandy Invasion. Code named Overlord, it was faced with all kinds of security headaches. One general let slip the date the invasion was to take place. He was sent home after being busted down in rank to Lt. Col. A London newspaper printed…
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The Navajo Code Talkers and the Arizona Balloon Buster
Several years ago, there was a Nicholas Cage movie out about a group of men who had a dramatic impact on the course of the Pacific Theater during the second World War. Unfortunately, Windtalkers, focused on Nicholas Cage’s character, rather than on the actual heroes, the Navajo Code Talkers who...
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Wojtek the Army Bear and Daniel Daly
In today’s episode, we’re diving into one of those stories…and to be honest, it sounds like it’s straight out of a Pixar movie—but as I said… it is real. Picture this: World War II, chaos everywhere, soldiers fighting for their lives, and in the middle of it all… a bear. Not just any bear, but a...
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Dancing Plague and Willie Johnston
Now, I know what you're thinking: "Dancing? Could be fun!" And, well, under normal circumstances and for certain people, it is fun. But imagine, if you will, an historical event where hundreds, even thousands, of people were seized by an uncontrollable urge… to dance. And I don't mean a casual...
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The Emu War and Charles McGee
Today’s episode deviates a little from my usual stories—while it is a bizarre event, it is a bit more well known than my previous topics.
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Pidgeon Guided Bombs and Josephine Baker
I have taught Psychology for the past 12 years or so. It is an introductory class, so we cover many of the theorists and topics that you would expect; DeCartres, Pavlov, Freud, Jung, and Watson. One of the most important theorists we cover in this class is B.F. Skinner. There have been all kinds…
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Bazooka Charlie and Don Ross
They say that necessity is the mother of invention. During the Second World War, there were many times that this proverb rang very true; inventions like synthetic rubber, the jeep, the atomic bomb, and even duct tape were all developed to meet the needs of the war effort. There were a few other...
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Tunguska Event and Leonard Funk
I normally do not put a lot of stock in conspiracy theories. However, lately I have been re-evaluating that position—in fact I am working on an episode dedicated to them. One of these conspiracy theories is that of an immense release of energy in the Siberian Tundra in 1908. In today’s episode I...
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The Christmas Truce and John R Fox
Several years ago, I stumbled upon a video of an extended commercial from the Sainsbury company in Britain that portrayed an event I had heard of but really didn’t know anything about. It portrayed the Christmas Truce of 1914 in World War One. There was also a “making of” type video linked to it....
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Pontiac's war and Witold Pilecki
When I was in high school, one of the best classes I took was an elective history class called Ohio History. One of our required readings was a book by Allan W Eckert, called The Frontiersman because it centered around the founding of Ohio as first a territory, then a state. The book was one of a...
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The Man Who Fell To Earth and Maynard Smith
Both subjects today were B-17 ball turret gunners in World War II. The first story is truly one you would think was made up, but it is 100% true. The man was thrown from his stricken plane, fell 20,000 feet, crashed through a glass roof and lived to tell the tale. The True Hero for today, was the...
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The Ghosts of Pearl Harbor
In this episode of Random History we explore the paranormal of Pearl Harbor.
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The Real Avengers and Corporal Tibor Rubin
One of the most successful movie franchises of all time has to be the Marvel Avengers series. The movies are iconic. There are so many memorable lines and scenes in the series. Most people do not know of the real avengers, however. These men did not fight aliens or try to undo “the snap” …these…
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The Bloody 100th and Gale Cleven
Apple TV is currently running a miniseries called Masters of the Air. This program depicts the exploits of the 100th Bomb Group of the 8th Air Force (also known as the “Bloody 100th”) during World War II. I have watched several episodes of the series, and the flying and action sequences are...
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Three Mile Island and Louis Slotin
When I was in middle school, there was an accident at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power plant near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. About the same time, there was a movie that came out called, “The China Syndrome.” In fact, I looked it up…the movie came out 10 or 12 days after the incident. People…
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The Ghost Plane and 2nd Lt. Joseph R. Sarnosky
The Navigator dives into the story of the Ghost plane, a B-17 that landed itself without a crew. Find sources, scripts, request a topic and more: https://randhist.bio.link
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Random History Presents: The Raven
This episode contains music that we are licensed to use, licensing documents are available on request.
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Curse of the 0 Presidencies and Alan Shepard
In today’s episode, you will hear the of a legend of a curse that dates back to 1811, although its first victim did not pass until 1841. It is the curse of the Zero Presidencies, and some say it is responsible for the deaths of seven president. In today’s True Hero segment, I will be speaking of...
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Elizabeth Smith Friedman and Henry Ware Lawton
Not long ago, a friend of mine suggested I write about the great aunt of one of our mutual friends… he said that she was “one of the pivotal code breakers of World War II [and] from our area.” Once I got her name, I began to research her—This episode will give you a glimpse of her life. Today’s...
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The USS Pueblo and Gus Grissom
Your Nvg8r takes you through the history of the USS Pueblo and Gus Grissom. All show links can be found here: https://randhist.bio.link
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Johnny Appleseed and Neil Armstrong
In a previous episode I mentioned that the wife of Colonel Jesse Atwood was a distant relative of John Chapman, better known to people as Johnny Appleseed. He was, by all accounts, a rather eccentric frontiersman that traveled throughout Ohio and Indiana (often depicted with a cooking pot for a...
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Idioms and Cpt Eddie Rickenbacker
Every year that I taught World History, I would spend some time talking about the origins of various things; songs, sayings (or idioms), names of places, and surnames. The look on students’ faces when they realize that a song and game they played as little kids, talks about dying from the plague,...
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Colonel Jesse Atwood and Navy Lieutenant Vincent Capodanno
This episode is a gift for my wife and her family. My wife has done extensive genealogical research on our families. Her family goes back to the Mayflower, while mine are more recent immigrants coming over in the 1880s. Both our families have had many members through the generations serve in the...
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The Night Witches and John Levitow
It was pointed out to me that I tend to do a lot of stories on aviators. That is true, and today is no exception. I myself was an aviator in my younger days, and to be honest, since about 3rd grade, that is all I wanted to do. I looked up to these men and women. I read every book I could find on...
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The Great Molasses Flood of 1919 and Desmond Doss
In this episode, we will hear about an unusual man-made disaster that, like all man-made disasters, could have been avoided if common sense and decency had only prevailed. We have seen countless industrial accidents caused by corporations cutting corners or allowing greed to get in the way of…
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Robert Smalls and Daniel Inouye
In this episode, we will hear about one of the most inspiring and daring escapes in history. The story of Robert Smalls is one that should have been made into a movie long ago. The man stole a Confederate gunboat and sailed it, full of runaway slaves, to freedom. He would later become one of the...
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Castle Itter and Mary Walker
In this episode, we will discuss a World War II battle which took place in the final days of the war. It found units of the US Army teaming up with members of the German Wehrmarcht, Austrian Resistance, and a handful of French prisoners of war, to defeat a Nazi SS unit. In our True Heroes…
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The Pardo Push and James Stockdale
In this episode, I am going to tell you the story of Bob Pardo. His is undoubtedly a name your history teacher did not bring up, but after hearing this story, you may be surprised how far servicemen and women will go to save a comrade in arms. You can find the episode transcripts by visiting the...
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The USS Barb, Admiral Eugene B. Fluckey, and Admiral Jeremiah Denton
In this episode The Navigator talks about the Submarine that sank a train and her commander, and Admiral Jeremiah Denton. You can find the episode transcripts by visiting the random history subreddit r/RandomHistory (This episode's audio was remastered on 09.27.24)
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Join The Nvg8r as he teaches you about lesser known events and people throughout history.I'd like to dedicate this show to my incredible wife, without whom I'd be lost.-Nvg8rThis show is an Argos101 production.
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