History Dweebs - A look at True Crime, Murders, Serial Killers and the Darkside of History

By Tim Scott, Charles Walters and Brandy HerrmannComedy Comedy Interviews

History Dweebs - A look at True Crime, Murders, Serial Killers and the Darkside of History episodes

February 14, 2015 The Strange Case of Typhoid Mary
Mary Mallon, better known as Typhoid Mary, was the first person in the United States identified as an asymptomatic carrier of the pathogen associated with typhoid fever. She was presumed to have infected 51 people, three of whom died, over the course of her career as a cook. She was twice forcibly isolated by public health authorities and died after a total of nearly three decades in isolation.
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50 min
February 10, 2015 Elizabeth "Bessie" Coleman
Join the Dweebs as we discuss the courageous and tragic life of the first African American lady pilot.
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25 min
February 08, 2015 Dr. Jonas Salk and the first Polio vaccine (Short)
A Short Podcast - The Colonel discusses (incoherently at times) the heroic Dr. Jonas Salk and the the first Polio vaccaine.
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19 min
February 06, 2015 Get Your Freak On! The History of Freak Shows!
Join the Dweebs as we discuss the history of Circus Freak Shows and some of it's most colorful characters.
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49 min
February 01, 2015 The Axeman of New Orleans Part II: Revealing The Killer
From The Spring 1918 to The Fall of 1919, a serial Killer terrorized the city of New Orleans. People were brutally attacked in their beds by an axe wielding maniac. The killer taunted police by writing letters to local newspapers. Little is known of the Axe Man other than he killed 8 people in a one year crime spree and he had a fondness for jazz music. The murders remained unsolved....until now.
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30 min
January 23, 2015 The Axe Man of New Orleans Part One - The Murders
From The Spring 1918 to The Fall of 1919, a serial Killer terrorized the city of New Orleans. People were brutally attacked in their beds by an axe wielding maniac. The killer taunted police by writing letters to local newspapers. Little is known of the Axe Man other than he killed 8 people in a one year crime spree and he had a fondness for jazz music. The murders remained unsolved....until now.
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42 min