American Filth

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American Filth episodes

May 15, 2024 Boo Birth Control!!! Comstock Part 1
Big follower of Christ/mail snoop Anthony Comstock rails against obscenity and gets a law named after him passed in 1873! One thing he hates in particular? Birth control!!

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37 min
May 08, 2024 First Gay President??? Bedfellows Headfellows Part 3
Has America already had a gay president??? Or was he just a fussy, prissy, well-dressed guy?? James Buchanan lived with the same man for decades in Washington, and many people find that pretty sus!
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34 min
May 01, 2024 GAY-braham Lincoln??? Bedfellows Headfellows Part 2
Men continue to sleep in the same bed and maybe...give a little head. This time the couple in question shared a bed for four years. But yeah! Maybe they were just roommates! Or is Abraham Lincoln actually a little bit gay?
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32 min
April 24, 2024 Southern Politicians Get Spicy! Bedfellows Headfellows Part 1
Some South Carolinian politicians in the 1820s did a lot more than sleeping. Just ask their fleshen poles.
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23 min
April 17, 2024 Oneid(ON'T MIND IF YOU BANG MY WIFE)a
Religious group? Sex cult? Polyamorous filth? Silverware manufacturer? The Oneida Community had it all.
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33 min
April 10, 2024 Hot Socialite Turns Expert Blackmailer
In the 1910s, Buda Godman turned heads in New York. She was young, hot, and everyone wanted to get to know her. But who cares about being a 1910s influencer? So boring! Buda dove into a life of crime instead.
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24 min
April 03, 2024 Sex! (It's a play)
Mae West brings Sex to Broadway but also...gay people??
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27 min
March 27, 2024 The Not-So-Genius Killer
Wow, a true crime story!! Did this man kill his wife and daughter in 1845? Or did he kill EVEN MORE PEOPLE??
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34 min
March 20, 2024 How To Stop Touching Yourself (The Solitary Vice) with Kellogg!
Touching yourself too much? Have you tried eating some cereal?? John Harvey Kellogg was a chastity crusader who could solve any horned up feelings you have. Come learn how to abstain and get those hands out your own pants!
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36 min
March 13, 2024 19th-Century Tinder Leads To VERY Bad Match
In 1873, a woman finds a husband from a newspaper ad. But turns out... he sucks.
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28 min

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From famous founders to capitalist cooks, from sex scandals to the dirtiest blues song, AMERICAN FILTH dives into the filthier side of American history: uncovering people who society has largely…