Horrible History

Join Emily and Rachel as they recap the first 11 of 22 favorite moments from the Horrible History 2022 season. 

Listen in and hear our commentary intermixed as we listen together live! Patrons can check out the video that includes all of our funny faces, laughs, and added commentary that didn't make the cut. 

Here's what DID make the cut:

1. 61 - New York, NY & Clarksville, TN (Andrew Jackson: Ghost Hunter) - FEBRUARY 03, 2022
2. 78 - Guangdong, China & Lima, Peru (Death by Five Machete Chops) - JUNE 09, 2022
3. Where in the World - In Space (Do Boobs Float in Space?) - March 16, 2022
4. 58 - Las Vegas, NV & Columbus, OH (We're Back Bitches!) JANUARY 13, 2022
5. Terrible Today - El Paso, TX & Wyoming - FEBRUARY 22, 2022
6. 75 - Galveston, TX & St. Petersburg, Russia (Suck on that, Baby!) - MAY 19, 2022
7. Happy Hour with Horrible History - Aileen Wurnous (It’s My Chin Chocolate!) - June 29, 2022
8. Terrible Today - Germany & Salt Lake City, UT - MAY 10, 2022
9. 73 - Salem, OR & Hamilton, OH (We Don't Talk about Brudos) - APRIL 28, 2022
10. 68 - Oakland, CA & Bar Harbor, ME (A Beef Jerky Catch 22) - MARCH 24, 2022
11. 71 - Exeter, England & Seward, NE (Foiled Again!) - APRIL 14, 2022

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Trigger Warning: sexual assault, physical abuse, torture, claustrophobia 

First, Emily shares the story of "The Girl in the Box" - Colleen Stan, who survived 7 years of torture and capture. Then, Rachel tells us about the ultimate dick-swinging contest between Henry VIII of England François I of France. 

Sources: 

• All That's Interesting
• Crime Investigations
• Distractify
• News.com
• People v. Hooker Case File 
• Smithsonian Magazine
• Historic UK
• Trip Advisor
• Wanderlog
• The Travel Magazine
• HRP

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Trigger Warnings: Child Abuse, Sexual Assault, Sexual Assault of a Minor

First, Rachel shares the horrific tale of John Wayne Gacy, the killer clown. Then, Emily takes on a lighter story and shares information about the Champawat Tiger, a tigress that killed 463 people in the early 1900s. 

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Sources: 

• Medium
• Vice
• All That's Interesting
• Wicked We
• IMDB
• Find a Grave
• Wikipedia
• Sword and Scale
• Nonprofit Sector News
• Biography
• Grunge
• Newsweek
• Spotify
• Spotify
• Peacock TV
• Amazon
• AETV
• Chicago Tribute
• Mysterious Chicago

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Trigger Warning(s) - rape, substance abuse, mental illness, cannibalism, sexual assault, suicidal ideation, murder and dismemberment with graphic details, necrophilia, sexual assault of a child, stories involving unjust treatment of people of color

First, Emily heads to Milwaukee, WI to tell the longest, most horrific story she's ever told... the Milwaukee Monster, Jeffrey Dahmer. Then Rachel shares a tremendously interesting story of Ötzi, a glacier mummy from the Copper Age, who, thanks to extraordinary circumstances, has been preserved down to the present day.

Hopefully, you're horrified...

Sources: 

• AETV - Steven Hicks
• Crime Museum
• All That's Interesting 
• Ranker
• The Chronicle 
• Practical Pie
• Crime Reads
• Time Graphics
• Time Graphics 2
• Time Graphics 3
• Course Hero
• Reappropriate
• IMBD
• Course Hero 2
• Reams of Stories
• The Jeffrey Dahmer Files, Documentary on Netflix
• Conversations with a Killer, Documentary on Netflix 
• Our Plant Based World
• Cafe Monika
• Iceman

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Beautiful, wonderful friends of Horrible History - we are both happy and sad to announce that we have decided to sunset the podcast. Please listen to this short episode to hear more about why, find out about timing for our finale episode and learn more about a merch sale!

• To submit a recommendation for our FINALE (Submissions close September 30)
• To order your final pieces of Horrible History merch at 50% off (Sale through September 30) 

We love you so much and hope you understand our decision. We are looking forward to one, mega, finale episode in October! 

Love, Emily & Rachel 

Hi friends! Thanks for bearing with us as we took a little break last week to deal with life. We're back today with Episode 80! First, Rachel talks about Natalie Wood, beloved Hollywood starlet whose death has never truly been solved. Oh, and PS, Christopher Walken was there. Then Emily shares the history of the Bethlehem Royal Hospital an insane asylum that was so horrific it created a new term for mayhem. 

Trigger Warnings: Rape, Police Brutality, Suicide 

Sources: 

• Britannica 
• Biography
• All That's Interesting
• Love Catalina
• Visit Catalina Island
• Trip Advisor
• Wikipedia 
• La Times

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We're back from our Summer Hiatus and once again Emily and Rachel have the same brain. First, Emily goes to Rome, Italy to cover one of the first independent female artists - Artemisia Gentileschi - a woman who was wronged by a man and then spent her life trying to elevate women in art. Then, Rachel heads to the Louvre in Paris to tell us about all of the times when the Mona Lisa was attacked. 

Trigger Warnings: Rape 

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Our final episode of Terrible Today for Summer Hiatus. Here are a few reasons to listen:

Reasons to Listen: 

• Just a little light treason
• Sex tips if you've got the pox 
• We're too cynical to be influencers
• The feminists are winning! 
• Kids don't discriminate about toilets
• A fartrepreneur follow up 

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Today's episode of Happy Hour covers four unsolved mysteries of science. First, Mary Reeser, a woman who seemed to spontaneously combust; then, a man from the nonexistent country of Taured; next, 5,000 birds that committed suicide on New Year's Eve; and finally a story of reincarnation. What do you believe? 

Trigger Warning: Suicide

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Week two of our Summer Hiatus -- and lots of strange happenings around the world! Here are a few reasons to listen this week:

Reasons to Listen: 

• Baby names are hard
• We put the "candy" in cannabis
• The worst neighbors
• Extreme bottomless brunch
• The self-named Scandal Queen
• Fleshlight wants people to be afraid of how horny they are

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