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Softcore History — 312 episodes

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Major League Wife Swap

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The Man Who Inspired Saving Private Ryan's Gnarliest Moments

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How The Green Mountain Boys Broke Benedict Arnold

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The Time We Almost Nuked The Moon

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UFO Files: The Hatfields and McGoblins

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The Horny Emperor Who Loved To Cosplay

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This is What Happens When A Woman Takes Power

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The American That Made Hating The Pope Cool

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The Horniest Soldiers In American History

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How The Navy Got Its... Reputation

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The Worst Person To Ever Live Bracket

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New Orleans' Murderous Hooker

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The Starting 9 For Hell’s Baseball Team

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This Is Sparta!

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The Pacific Theater Was A Nightmare

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The King Of Louisiana

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The Japanese Ate A Lot of People In WW2

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The Devil Worshipping American Intelligence Officer

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The Greatest Aerial Combat Win Ever

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America's Shady History With Saudi Arabia

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The Meanest Mormon in History

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The Man Who Wrongly Thought He Could Fly

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Left Handers Are The Most Oppressed People In Human History

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The Last Viking

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The Spy Who Shagged BP

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The Eggnog Riot

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The Worst Company Christmas Party in History

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Flying Drunk At Pearl Harbor

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Who Was The Best General Of All Time?

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The Geriatric Masshole Who Murdered Redcoats

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The Pilgrims Actually Helped the Indians…To Murder

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The Porn Star Kamikaze Pilot

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The Giant Who Helped Win The American Revolution

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Animal Cruelty Was Beer Pong For 1600s Germany

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Europe's Vampire Hysteria

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The Ghost Kings of England

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The Cult That Inspired David Koresh

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The Butcher of Plainfield Ed Gein

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The Bloody Benders

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The Amelia Earhart Files

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The History of Panty Raids

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Women's Health Started With Poo And Slavery

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The Great Northern War

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England’s War on the Poor

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45

The Harlem Hellfighters

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How Jamaica Accidentally Changed World History

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Softcore History Theater | Two People Arguing About History | FREE Patreon Preview

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The Confederacy's Drag Queen Hero

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Roman History Expert Answers Our Dumb Questions

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The Invincible Cowboy Mercenary Oil Baron

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The Manly History Of Makeup

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Epstein's Lady's Daddy

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Rome’s Worst Serial Killer Was A Woman

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The Carny Days Of Professional Wrestling

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The Prophecy of the Coke-Addled Pope

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The Original "No Kings" Protest

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The Kennedy Who Should’ve Been President

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The High Priestess of Anarchy

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The Sword Wielding Lunatic Of WWII

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Boys Have Always Been Boys

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The Black Lawman Who Arrested The Entire Wild West

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Russia's Coolest Tyrant

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Are The Wright Brothers Underrated?

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The Worst National Security Self-Own Ever

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China's Worst Trade War Loss

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Tariffs Didn’t NOT Cause the Civil War

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The Scrappy Sled Dog That Captivated Our Nation

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Who Really Built the Pyramids?

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The Irish Invaded Canada?

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The Most Irish Thing That Ever Happened

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The Dark Magic Of Aleister Crowley

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Reading Is Bad For Women

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Jack the Ripper Caught, Justice Not Served

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When The Mormons Declared War On The Country

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The Manliest Thing Any Man Has Ever Done

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Operation Iraqi Freedom

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Fly Me To The North Pole, Balloon Man

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The Anti-Social Drunks Who Changed American History

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When The Pope Went Full Goblin Mode

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Original History Sketches Episode 1 -- FREE PATREON PREVIEW

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Rome’s “Real Man” Propaganda Sounds Just Like Ours

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Blow Smoke Up Your Ass

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The Father Of History

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America's Coolest War Crime

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The Poison King

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The Ugly Duckling Had a Trash Personality

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The Leper King Baldwin

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The Vice President Married A Slave?

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The Unhinged Life Of Teddy Roosevelt

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The Hungarian Sex Vampire

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The Mafia Ghosts That Haunted Al Capone

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Emperor Frankenstein And The Philosopher's Stone

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Andrew Jackson Met The Real Blair Witch

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The Trust Fund Ghosts of St. Louis

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The Curious Case Of The Missing Lighthouse Keepers

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Can Germans Use The N-Word?

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The Bearded Queen Egypt Erased

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The Man Who Lived Every Basic Bro's Dream Life

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The Rise Of The Last Lion

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The Founding Father of Organized Crime

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The Civil War's Cocktail Hour

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Abe Lincoln's Favorite Hate Read

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The Real Game Of Thrones

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Would You Eat Hippo? - FREE PATREON PREVIEW

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Every Time A President Personally Killed Someone

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People Will Watch Anything They Can Bet On

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The Time Polygamists Took On The Holy Roman Empire

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Rome Refused To Quit

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Communists Killed the Whales

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Do We Owe France An Apology?

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Kamikaze Puppies, Monkey Bombs, and Unfortunately So Much More

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The Hobo King Of America

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Is Setting Your Kid On Fire A Dealbreaker?

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The Big Dumb Conspiracy Iceberg

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A Land Of Giants - FREE PATREON PREVIEW

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Was Yasuke The First And Only Black Samurai?

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China's History-Based Plan For World Domination

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A Brief History of Humans Eating Oysters

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Drowning In Alcohol

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Never Meet Your (Communist) Heroes

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The Man Who Made Baby Boomers Insufferable

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The Worst Man To Ever Live

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Modern History's First Great Sex Cult

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The Most Haunted Beach In America

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Turning Criminals Into A Hit Squad? What Could Go Wrong!

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A Brief History of Butt Medicine

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The Fall Of Rome Is Why You Have A "Landlord"

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The Donner Party's Descent Into Cannibalism

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The Mother of Mexicans

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How Humans Became Wheat Puppets

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The Nepo Baby Who Possibly Stole An Election

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Making Animals Answer For Their Crimes

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The History of Pirate Mardi Gras

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Harry Houdini's War With The Afterlife

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This Pope Hated The Second Amendment

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The Demon Bear Who Terrorized Japan

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Who Is The Better Father?

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Christmas Is For Settling Scores

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The Worst Botched Executions In History

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Kissinger Kept You Safe (And Put Everyone Else In Danger)

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Diary Of A 16th Century Executioner

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Did Osama bin Laden Have A Point? (No.)

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The Drug-Fueled Cults Christianity Stole From

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The Order Of Assassins

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The Real Witches Shakespeare Ripped Off

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You Won't Believe This 10-Year-Old Girl's Body Count

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The Villisca Axe Murders

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Gaza Has Never Belonged To Anyone Who Lives There

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The Witch Who Deserved Her Trial

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How To Train Your Demon

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The Violent Life And Dejected Death Of Geronimo

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How Hollywood Killed Your Dad’s Favorite Comedian

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The Emo Christians Who Thought God Was A Poser

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The Brutally Metal Deaths Of Catholic Saints

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No One Will Remember You

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Venetians Loved Touching Tips

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The California Water Wars

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Too Rich To Be Gay

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The Great American Bar Tab

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Rome's Greatest Enemy

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The Unluckiest D-Day Paratroopers With Saving Private Ryan Star Max Martini

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The Serial Killer Who Thought He Was A Cowboy

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Two Dumb Reasons The American Revolution Happened

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Oppenheimer Was A Real Weird Dude

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The Real Indiana Jones Was Good Will Hunting Meets Jurassic Park

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The Time Love Lost

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The Pennsylvania Tsunami That Was Armed And On Fire

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The Other Book of Mormon

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This Episode Could Get Us Excommunicated (Seriously)

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The Troll Who Won World War 2

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Guess The Dead Language - Free Patreon Preview

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The Time Dracula Saved Jesus

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When A Fruit Became God

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The King Who Beat Off Sea Men

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Boston’s Streets Ran Brown With Blood

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Get Back To Work, Peasant

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China Definitely Isn’t Apologizing For This

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Mostly Hostile Riots

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History’s Worst Tailgate

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New Orleans Is Littered With Irish Bones

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St. Patrick Is A Liar And A Murderer

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The Tiny War Hero Dog Who Stole America’s Heart

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Ancient Arabia’s Inter-Dimensional Fire Beings You Could Bone

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The Land Of Trashy Brawls

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The Sex King

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The Jester Who Got Too Serious

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Make America Drunk Again

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The Korea Axe Murder Incident And Operation Paul Bunyan

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The Sex Cult Reject Who Assassinated A President

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Stop Hiking in Russia

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A Short History of Shrinkage

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They’ve Found Santa’s Tomb

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The Warlord Who Bullied Gods

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The Grocery Store That Won The Cold War

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The Most Sl*t-Shamed Woman In History

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Dogfights, A War Hero Pigeon, And An Australian Berserker

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Dolphins, Acid, And Handies

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The Yelp Reviews of 18th Century London Prostitutes

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The Failed Farmer Who Blew Up An Elementary School

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Whiskey, Aliens, and A Two-Faced Man

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The Woman Who Apologized Herself To Death With Jessie Wiseman

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Halloween Pranks Use To Just Be Terrorism

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The Real Curses Of Classic Horror Films

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Catholic Witches And Their Shadow Demon Sex Cult

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The Money Problems Of The Founding Fathers

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The Oldest Man On Death Row

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We Never Really Wanted Actual News

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The Worst Crusade Ever

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How Florida Made America

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The Hardcore Jewish Kingdom You Never Heard Of

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The Titanic Was On Fire With Jessie Wiseman

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Planes, Trains, and Automobiles All Hate This Guy

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Hitler And The Pope

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Out For The Duel

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Visit Antarctica! Eat Dogs And Die

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Do You Want To Build A Snowman?

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Smoke ’Em If You Got ’Em

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The Inventor Of Mommy Issues

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Ghost Party

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Don’t Fall In Love In The Wild West

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Thank You Sirhan May I Have Another?

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The Lost City of Wieners

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New York Clowns vs. Canadian Firefighters

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The US Navy’s Dumbest Boat

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Rosie The Riveter Could Never

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Wastin’ Away Again In Slave-a-ritaville

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Easter Is Stolen IP

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The Worst Way Any Japanese Soldier Died During WW2

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Thank God Native Americans Killed Everything That Used To Live Here

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Classic Hollywood’s ”Unsolved” Murders

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The Cancelled Goat Ball Doctor

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Russia: The Bridesmaid of Europe

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China’s Hooker Pirate Queen

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The Pope Blessed Murder In Florence

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Ancient Egypt Was #AntiWork

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The Helen Keller 9/11 Connection With Jessie Wiseman

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Africa’s Nerd Holocaust

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The Media Has Always Sucked With Guest Producer Jack Mandaville

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Snitches Get Meathooks

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Did The UNABOMBER Have A Point?

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Too German To Live

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Did Socrates Even Lift?

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Make Christmas Great Again

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Creepy Christmas Tradition Origins

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Music: No Poors Allowed

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The Gods Must Be Horny

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Never Let The Truth Get In The Way Of A Good Disney Movie

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Field Of Nightmares

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Drinking And Driving Killed JFK... Kind Of

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The Bisexual STD-Riddled Rockstar Poet

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Tweens Are Not to Be Trusted

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Not Another Gruesome German Murder

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The Serial Killing Perverted Vampire With Jessie Wiseman

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Cranking Ghosts In Gettysburg

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Colonialism Was Tasty

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Soviet Karate Sniper Assassin

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Chariots of Ire, Stadiums of Blood

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Most Of Football’s History Is Just Murder

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Talking Occultism With Jack Mandaville

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She’d Do Anything...For The Story

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You Expect Me To Fly This Elevator?

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The History Of Pets

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John Paul Jones: Sinking British Ships And Invading Russian Lips

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The Worst Olympics Ever

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The Inept Train Robber Who Became A Must See Corpse

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There Will Be Blood Feuds

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Pregnant? Stop Being Such A Witch About It

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The One-Eyed Canadian Berserker Who Liberated A Controlled City

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The Original Jaime Lannister

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No One Cares About Lesbians

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The Unkillable Irish Hobo

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The Murdering Elephant That Made Hollywood Happen

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The Most Overrated Civilizations In History With Jack Mandaville

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The Comically Bad Assassination Of Franz Ferdinand

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P.T. Barnum’s Circus Of Dead Elephants, Boiling Whales, and Monkey Mermaids

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The Time New York City Tried To Kill All Doctors For Being Creeps

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The Luckiest Moron To Ever Live

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Most Of History’s Leaders Were Wasted

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Ancient Birth Control Was A Little Dicey

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East India Company: Drugs, Pirates, And Corporate Bailouts

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The Countess Who Bathed In Virgin Blood

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The Worst Year In Human History

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The Spy Who Sold Soviets Secrets For Stacks And Snatch

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Night Witches vs.

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Punting On Black History Month

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Behind The Lens With The Tuskegee Airmen, Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, And Shaft

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Three Heroes Describe Surviving The Texas Freeze

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The Black Pirate Who Threw A No-No On LSD

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Enron Was Ahead Of Its Time

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America Used to Think Catholics Were Wizard Worshipping Slaves

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The CIA Has A Bit Of A Drug Problem

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That Other Time They Stormed The Capitol

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Russia’s First Queen Tricked A Lot of People Into Getting Murdered

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The Rasputin Episode

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John Dillinger: The Bank Robbing Shortstop Who Stole America’s Heart

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Hanukkah Can Kick Rocks, Jewish Mardi Gras - Purim - Is Where It’s At

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Saturnalia: The Roman Christmas

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Viking Jesus Ragnar Lothbrok

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John Smith’s Mercenary Pirate Life Before Pocahontas

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Pompeii’s Graffiti Proves Ancient Rome Had Twitter And Yelp For Brothels

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Catapulting Messengers And Comedic Relief War Dwarfs: A History Of Jesters

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The Time A Presidential Candidate Died Mid-Election

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New Orleans’ Most Evil Citizen Was A Bipolar Cougar

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The Witch Who Was Actually Pretty Rad Other Than The Infant Sacrifices

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The KGB Is Great At Framing Aliens For Mass Murder

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H.H. Holmes Built A Murder Castle In Chicago Because The 19th Century Had No Rules

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The Civil War Was Won By A Hooker Loving Murderer And A Cosmo Columnist

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Was The 1518 Dancing Plague Caused By A Tween Ghost?

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The Mad Hatter That Avenged Abe Lincoln

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The First Joke Ever Recorded, Temple Orgies, And Con Men In Ancient Sumer

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The Time A Rotting Corpse Was Put On Trial By The Pope

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The Tennessee Vampire Who Conquered Latin America

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