This week we're in Chicago for C2E2 as we deep dive into what led to the confrontation of German and Irish immigrants vs the Chicago Police Department in 1855 and how 2 renegade tricksters managed to tank Dow Chemical's stock by giving a fake interview to the BBC. A listener email shares their Filipino family's own personal story of crossing paths with the Aswang.

Episode Tabs:

The Lager Beer Riot: Chicago’s ‘First North Side War’

https://brewedculture.org/2017/05/04/the-lager-beer-riot-chicagos-first-north-side-war/

Meet the Yes Men Who Hoax the World

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/dec/13/mondaymediasection5

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Atomic Gardening

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_gardening

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This week we're joined by special guest Murahd Shawki as we deep dive into people who are questioned by police for exercising their First Amendment right to video record in public spaces like a Taco Bell parking lot, how El Adobe in San Juan Capistrano came to be Richard Nixon's favorite Mexican restaurant despite only serving continental cuisine, and how a shaggy sheepdog named Auditor won the hearts of miners in Butte, Montana. A listener email tells us how Vanuatu tribes are mourning the death of their god Prince Phillip.

Episode Tabs:

Driver ARRESTED Over Ridiculous Taco Bell Dispute

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNm2TN0kums

14 US Presidents And Their Favorite Restaurants

https://www.tastingtable.com/1717213/us-presidents-favorite-restaurants/

Montana Tech Professor Memorializes Berkeley Pit dog

https://www.montanaliving.com/blogs/people/76403205-montana-tech-professor-memorializes-berkeley-pit-dog

Listener Tabs:

Prince Philip: The Vanuatu Tribes Mourning The Death Of Their 'God'

Swept Away the Musical

https://sweptawaymusical.com

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This week we deep dive into the strange phenomenon of people who falsely claim to be descended from Native American or First Nation ancestors and the absolutely unhinged on and off field antics of Baseball Hall of Famer Rube Waddell. A listener email explains how the only copilot in NASCAR history was a rhesus monkey named Jocko Flocko.

Episode Tabs:

Who can Identify as a Native American?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBQPks1zb3A

Rube Waddell

https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/rube-waddell/

Listener Tabs:

Racing for peanuts: The legend of Jocko Flocko

https://accesswdun.com/article/2020/5/900527/racing-for-peanuts-the-legend-of-jocko-flocko

How McCutchen summons 'The Power of Anthrocon'

https://www.mlb.com/news/pirates-andrew-mccutchen-summons-the-power-of-anthrocon

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It's Nowruz again so this week we deep dive into how the legend of Siavash may have influenced Persians to jump over fire on Red Wednesday and how a proposed U.S. state would span the southern Oregon and Northern California region. A listener email explains how Disney perfected a hue of green for their trashcans as to become almost invisible to park goers.

Episode Tabs:

Chaharshanbe Suri: A Fire-jumping Festival

https://welcometoiran.com/chaharshanbe-suri-fire-jumping-festival/

State of Jefferson

https://www.ijpr.org/state-of-jefferson

500 Open Bingos

https://mfbc.us/m/vq2j24f

Listener Tabs:

I Just Learned A Cool Fact About Disneyland And Disney World That Adds A Whole 'Nother Layer To The Parks

https://www.cinemablend.com/theme-parks/cool-fact-disneyland-disney-world-go-away-green-trash-can-attractions 

Bill's Bees

https://www.billsbees.com/

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This week we're joined by special guest J. L. Westover as we deep dive into the mechanics of a capitalist gameshow of yesteryear, how Australian jewel beetles mistakenly bang discarded beer bottles, and that time the CIA tried to trick a Filipino communist guerrilla movement into thinking vampires were real. A listener email tells us how a Finnish pizza restaurant clapped back at Silvio Berlusconi by making an award winning spite pizza.

Episode Tabs:

How to Become a Fan of the Supermarket Sweep TV Game Show

https://www.wikihow-fun.com/Become-a-Fan-of-the-Supermarket-Sweep-TV-Game-Show

Nature Mimics: Why Bugs Mate With Beer Bottles

https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2011/11/nature-mimics-why-bugs-mate-with-beer-bottles/

False Fang: When the CIA Staged a Vampire Attack

https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/cia-philippines-vampire-attack

Listener Tabs:

Brother To Canberra's Notorious Penis Owl Erected In Northern Serbia

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-16/phallic-owl-statue-erected-in-serbia/10504392

The Pizza Berlusconi Battle: How Finland Beat Italy At Pizza

https://veryfinnishproblems.com/blogs/news/pizza-berlusconi

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This week we conclude the Stone of Destiny heist and deep dive into the various stories of ship boys named Richard Parker who were eaten at sea. A listener email tells us about the time the UK Royal Air Force airdropped cats into a remote part of Malaysia to help deal with the rat problem.

Episode Tabs:

The Students Who Stole The Stone Of Destiny

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-63130942

Cannibalism at Sea: The Starving Victorian Sailors Who Ate a Cabin Boy

https://www.historyextra.com/period/victorian/cannibalism-at-sea-sailors-ate-the-cabin-boy/

Listener Tabs:

Operation: Cat Drop

https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19600309-1.2.56

For 600 Years The Voynich Manuscript Has Remained A Mystery. Now We Think It’s Partly About Sex

https://theconversation.com/for-600-years-the-voynich-manuscript-has-remained-a-mystery-now-we-think-its-partly-about-sex-227157 

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This week we deep dive into how a shortcut meant to save time while programming spawned a love affair with cheat codes and how a group of college students decided to steal an ancient symbol of Scottish kings back from the English. A listener email reveals the multicultural history of Groundhog Day.

Episode Tabs:

Game Breaking: How Cheat Codes Changed Video Games Forever

https://www.popularmechanics.com/culture/gaming/a33650224/cheat-code-history/

The Students Who Stole The Stone Of Destiny

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-63130942

Listener Tabs:

The History Of Groundhog Day Is More Complex Than You May Think

https://thehill.com/changing-america/enrichment/arts-culture/3840820-the-history-of-groundhog-day-is-more-complex-than-you-may-think/

Donegal Farmer Uncovers 22kg Slab Of Ancient Bog Butter

https://www.irishnews.com/news/ireland/donegal-farmer-uncovers-22kg-slab-of-ancient-bog-butter-YUJKZVXG6NH43G3SBZ3DAUDCHI/

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This week we deep dive into Naser al-Din Shah Qajar's published diary of his 1873 European tour and learn about bigger and better houses of spite. A listener email reveals how a sexy Abe Lincoln statue broke everyone's brains.

Episode Tabs:

Nasir Al-Din Shah And The Art Of Indifference https://new.bidoun.org/articles/redolent-delusions

Spite Buildings: When Human Grudges Get Architectural

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/jun/21/spite-buildings-when-human-grudges-get-architectural-in-pictures

Listener Tabs:

‘Honest Abs’: The story behind that shirtless Lincoln statue flirting with the Internet

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/02/21/honest-abs-story-behind-that-shirtless-lincoln-statue-flirting-with-internet/

Clever Hans And His Effects: Karl Krall And The Origins Of Experimental Parapsychology In Germany

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1369848614000855

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This week we deep dive into how Billionaire James Crocker built a fence around a German immigrant's home in San Francisco and how legendary arson investigator John Orr's passion project doubled as a confession for some of California's worst fires. A listener email explains how the first ever women’s college basketball game was played at Smith College in 1893.

Episode Tabs:

The Man Who Built a 40-Foot Spite Fence Around His Neighbor’s Home

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/94298/crocker-spite-fence-san-francisco

He Was Both Fire Captain And Prolific Arsonist. His Novel Put Him In Prison.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-29/john-orr-glendale-fire-captain-prolific-arsonist

Listener Tabs:

Stone of Blarney, Meet Head of Lenin

https://lasvegassun.com/blogs/kats-report/2015/jul/10/stone-blarney-meet-head-lenin/

March 22, 1893: First Women’s Collegiate Basketball Game

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/first-womens-collegiate-basketball-game/

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This week we learn how the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 gave birth to the city's most honest gambler and how Mark Twain's feud with the United States Postal Service lasted a lifetime. A listener email tells us the story of Mike the Headless Chicken.

Episode Tabs:

The Irish American Gangster Whose Family Rose from Chicago's Ashes

https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/big-jim-oleary-chicago-crime-boss

Mark Twain Had a Lifelong Feud with the United States Postal Service

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/mark-twain-had-a-lifelong-feud-with-the-united-states-postal-service

Listener Tabs:

How to Tame a Fox (and Build a Dog)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31374512-how-to-tame-a-fox-and-build-a-dog

Mike the Headless Chicken

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_the_Headless_Chicken

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