They Hid What Podcast

Whether you hate it or love it, the Coca Cola Company has quite the back story.

The very first movie star. 

Let us not forget, there were three other people in the presidential box on the night Abraham Lincoln was shot. Two of those people met terrible ends.

This week I talk about the history of one of the most prominent residential schools in the United States. 

It shall, henceforth, be called The Six Grandfathers (as it should be).

Hansel & Gretel, Rapunzel and, the zombie herself, Snow White! 

Did you know the real story of Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood? I sure didn't. 

Let's swaddle this story us and hear about what the incubator babies went on to do! 

Learn all about how baby incubators came to be from Germany, to Paris to Chicago. 

 It's all fun and games until it isn't. Let's learn about Chung Ling Soo, Balabrega and The Great Lafayette. 

600 African American men were tricked into participating in a "study" that never intended to have their best interest in mind. 

How many more are down there???

The Man. The Myth. The Curly Wigged, Harp Playing Legend. 

You know 'em. You hate 'em. Let's break it all down. 

Pass "Go", collect $200 and learn all about this classic board game (created by a woman). 

Part three of our Fire Series. I had never heard of this story!! Check out Heart Starts Pounding podcast who put me onto the case. 

Part two of our Fire Series. 492 people perished in a fire that was 1000% preventable.

Part one of our Fire Series. 13 firefighters lost their lives when a roof collapsed.

Why do we bob for apples? Why is candy corn a thing? Where did the name "Halloween" come from? Give this episode a listen to find out!

The Queen of Crime led a fascinating life! So many events of her life inspired some of her most famous works. 

Known Choctaw Code Talkers:  Albert Billy (October 8, 1885– May 29, 1959). Billy, a full blood ChoctawMitchell Bobb (January 7, 1895-December 1921)Victor Brown (1896–1966)Ben Carterby (December 11, 1891 – February 6, 1953). Carterby was a full blood Choctaw roll number 2045Benjamin Franklin Colbert (September 15, 1900 - January 1964. He was the youngest Code Talker.George Edwin Davenport (April 28, 1887 - April 17, 1950). George was the half brother to Joseph Davenport.Joseph Harvey Davenport  (Feb 22, 1892 - April 23, 1923)Jonas Durant (1886-1925)James (Jimpson) Morrison Edwards (October 6, 1898 – October 13, 1962)Tobias William Frazier (August 7, 1892– November 22, 1975). A full blood Choctaw roll number 1823Benjamin Wilburn Hampton (May 31, 1892 - unknown) A full blood Choctaw roll number 10617Noel Johnson  (August 25, 1894, killed in France.Otis Wilson Leader (March 6, 1882 - March 26, 1961) A Choctaw by blood roll number 13606Solomon Bond Louis (April 22, 1898 – February 15, 1972). Louis, a full blood ChoctawPete Maytubby (September 26, 1892 - 1964) A full blood Chickasaw roll number 4685Joseph Oklahombi (May 1, 1895 – April 13, 1960). Robert Taylor (January 13, 1894 - unknown) A full blood Choctaw roll number 916)Charles Walter Veach (May 18, 1884 – October 13, 1966). Choctaw by Blood roll #10021 Calvin Wilson Calvin (June 25, 1894 - unknown)Jeff Wilson (1896 - unknown)

The man that created the restaurant chain.

This is a tragic case of deja vu.... 

We say them, but where did these phrases come from? 

On October 16, 1968 he won a silver medal but his actions did much more than just that. 

48 people lost their lives just because one guy didn't want to pay his taxes.  Victims:  STUDENTS Arnold Victor Bauerle, age 8, 3rd grade Henry Bergan, age 14, 6th grade Herman Bergan, age 11, 4th grade Emilie Marian Bromundt, age 11, 5th grade Robert F. Bromundt, age 12, 5th grade Floyd Edwin Burnett, age 12, 6th grade Russell Chapman, age 8, 4th grade  Forrest Robert “Bobby” Cochran, age 8, 3rd grade G. Cleo Clayton, age 8, 2nd grade Ralph Albert Cushman, age 7, 3rd grade Earl Edwin Ewing, age 11, 6th grade Katherine Onalee Foote, age 10, 6th grade Marjorie Fritz, age 9, 4th grade Carlyle Walter Geisenhaver, age 9, 4th grade George Hall, Jr., age 8, 3rd grade Willa Marie Hall, age 11, 5th grade Iola Irene Hart, age 12, 6th grade Percy Eugene Hart, age 11, 3rd grade Vivian Oletta Hart, age 8, 3rd grade Galen Lyle Harte, age 12, 6th grade LaVere Robert Harte, age 9, 4th grade Stanley Horace Harte, age 12, 6th grade Francis Otte Hoeppner, age 13, 6th grade Cecil Lorn Hunter, age 13, 6th grade Doris Elaine Johns, age 8, 3rd grade Thelma Irene McDonald, age 8, 3rd grade Clarence Wendell McFarren, age 13, 6th grade James Emerson Medcoff, age 8, 4th grade Emma Amelia Nickols, age 13, 6th grade Richard Dibble Richardson, age 12, 6th grade Elsie Mildred Robb, age 12, 6th grade Pauline Mae Shirts, age 10, 5th grade Hazel Iva Weatherby, age 20, teacher Elizabeth Jane Witchell, age 10, 5th grade Lucile June Witchell, age 9, 5th grade Harold LeMoyne Woodman, age 8, 3rd grade George Orval Zimmerman, age 10, 3rd grade Lloyd Zimmerman, age 12, 5th gradeADULTSEmory C. Huyck, Superintendent Blanche Elizabeth Harte, age 30, teacher Hazel L. Weatherby, teacher Nelson McFarren, age 74, retired farmer Glenn O. Smith, age 33, postmaster Andrew Kehoe, perpetrator Ellen "Nellie" Price Kehoe, victimAS A RESULT Beatrice Gibbs, age 10, 4th grade (died after hip surgery)  Richard Fritz, age 8, died a year later of myocarditis (thought to be directly caused by an infection from his injuries)

Have you heard of any of Edinburgh's dark history??? You will now.

Ooo is this lady sneaky and possibly a lesser known serial killer! 

Let's meet the real women behind the stories.

Did you ever think that you could be faced with a flood of something other than water? The three cities discussed in this episode had to face a fate such as that. 

The Devil Made Me Do It, Snedeker hauntings and some more gross facts about these two.  Be sure to read Jude Doyle's article about the Conjuring series!  https://judedoyle.medium.com/lets-kill-off-the-conjuring-a0b9eaa38e0e 

We all know their names, we've all seen the movies. But do you know the truth?Please check out these awesome creators on YouTube!  Beardo Gets Scared The Side Eye Guy Better Off Red Truth or Demons Podcast  

Did you know that the King's mistress held an official title in European courts?? Be sure to read Sex with Kings by Eleanor Herman

Ever heard of it? Neither had I and there is a reason for that. 

Mummification was a practice used after the person died, but could you imagine taking steps while still living to become a mummy? 

The entire reason child actors have any right to their earnings is based off of one man: Jackie Coogan. 

Ahh the Kennedys. Has a more American family ever existed? And what is more American than a dysfunctional family full of secrets? Poor Rose Marie was essentially hidden from her siblings for almost twenty years and was barely spoken of. But why? 

Nine elementary school girls all lost their lives simply because the floor of a poorly constructed building gave out.