Sometimes the events covered in Unhinged History are as zany as they are unexpected. Other times, things get dark.

This week, Theresa shares the life of Charles Sumner, the senator who was beaten for giving an abolitionist speech. This attack would polarize the country and start it on the path toward the Civil War.

Angie apparently didn’t get the memo that Theresa was telling such a tale, because she takes us further into the darkness when she covers the Theresienstadt Ghetto. This WWII camp was established by the Nazis and, at one point, camouflaged as a “spa town” for older Jewish citizens.

This episode pairs with:

The Wide Awakes: How fashion led to Civil War

Josef Mencik – The Knight of Strakonice