Horrible History

Today’s episode features stories from Mongolia and Upstate New York!

A supplement to our longer Horrible History episodes, this weekly tiny episode will focus on ridiculous, lighter crime stories from the years 1987-present. Each week we’ll share Terrible Today stories featuring news articles from the places we visited in the previous week’s main episode. 

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• Twitter: @thehorriblepod 
• Email: [email protected] 

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Patreon - www.patreon.com/horriblehistory 

For just $5 a month - the cost of one trip to the coffee shop - you can not only help this podcast grow, but also get excellent bonus content! $5 and up Patrons get early access to main episodes, access to Happy Hour with Horrible History and access to our NEW! Where In the World? segment. 

• Happy Hour with Horrible History - a palate cleanser and deeper dive into a featured topic. 
• Where In the World? - a more location-focused segment, where we share personal / listener stories about their travels to the destinations we are visiting.  

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Sources: 

• Wisconsin News
• Ithaca Journal
• New York Upstate
• Times of India
• The South African
• Global Times

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On Episode 32, Emily talks about another one of history's most ruthless rulers, Genghis Khan. Then, Rachel digs into the origin of 'bloomers' - a piece of clothing that almost derailed the women's suffrage movement - and their creator Amelia Bloomer. Hopefully, you're horrified. 

Content/Trigger Warnings: sexual assault, violence  

Contact Us:

• Instagram: @horriblehistorypod
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• Email: [email protected]

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Bonus Content:
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For just $5 a month - the cost of one trip to the coffee shop - you can not only help this podcast grow, but also get excellent bonus content! $5 and up Patrons get early access to main episodes, access to Happy Hour with Horrible History and access to our NEW! Where In the World? segment.

• Happy Hour with Horrible History - a palate cleanser and deeper dive into a featured topic.
• Where In the World? - a more location-focused segment, where we share personal / listener stories about their travels to the destinations we are visiting.

For $10 and up Patrons, access video content with your hosts, opportunities for live interaction and merch upon signing up!

Sources:

• Women's History
• All That's Interesting
• Trip Advisor
• Wikipedia - Seneca Falls Convention 
• All That's Interesting 
• Social Welfare Library
• Trip Advisor 
• Montezuma Winery
• Suffrage 2020 Illinois  
• History.com - Genghis Khan
• History.com - 10 Things to Know
• Live Science
• Discover Magazine
• Factinate.com 
• History Extra 
• Mongolia Trips
• Discovery Magazine

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Today’s episode features stories from Hungary and Stockholm, Sweden!

A supplement to our longer Horrible History episodes, this weekly tiny episode will focus on ridiculous, lighter crime stories from the years 1987-present. Each week we’ll share Terrible Today stories featuring news articles from the places we visited in the previous week’s main episode. 

Contact Us: 

• Instagram: @horriblehistorypod 
• Twitter: @thehorriblepod 
• Email: [email protected] 

Support Your Hosts: 

• Buy Us a Coffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/horriblehistory 

Bonus Content:
Patreon - www.patreon.com/horriblehistory 

For just $5 a month - the cost of one trip to the coffee shop - you can not only help this podcast grow, but also get excellent bonus content! $5 and up Patrons get early access to main episodes, access to Happy Hour with Horrible History and access to our NEW! Where In the World? segment. 

• Happy Hour with Horrible History - a palate cleanser and deeper dive into a featured topic. 
• Where In the World? - a more location-focused segment, where we share personal / listener stories about their travels to the destinations we are visiting.  

For $10 and up Patrons, access video content with your hosts, opportunities for live interaction and merch upon signing up!

Sources: 

• The Local
• Dunya News
• UPI
• Southcoast Today
• Daily News Hungary
• Matador Network
  
  

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Today’s episode features stories from St. Petersburg, Russia and Chicago, IL - including a follow-up on a previous story!

A supplement to our longer Horrible History episodes, this weekly tiny episode will focus on ridiculous, lighter crime stories from the years 1987-present. Each week we’ll share Terrible Today stories featuring news articles from the places we visited in the previous week’s main episode. 

Contact Us: 

• Instagram: @horriblehistorypod 
• Twitter: @thehorriblepod 
• Email: [email protected] 

Support Your Hosts: 

• Buy Us a Coffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/horriblehistory 

Bonus Content:
Patreon - www.patreon.com/horriblehistory 

For just $5 a month - the cost of one trip to the coffee shop - you can not only help this podcast grow, but also get excellent bonus content! $5 and up Patrons get early access to main episodes, access to Happy Hour with Horrible History and access to our NEW! Where In the World? segment. 

• Happy Hour with Horrible History - a palate cleanser and deeper dive into a featured topic. 
• Where In the World? - a more location-focused segment, where we share personal / listener stories about their travels to the destinations we are visiting.  

For $10 and up Patrons, access video content with your hosts, opportunities for live interaction and merch upon signing up!

Sources: 

• Moscow Times
•  BBC
• NDTV
• Yahoo
• Fox News

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This week Rachel takes on some of Russia's most recognizable historic figures -- the Romanovs. She also says the word "cock" about 100 times in reference to Rasputin. You've been warned. Then, Emily tells the little-known story of Paul Fronczak, a one-day-old baby stolen from a Chicago hospital. Hopefully, you're horrified.

Content/Trigger Warnings: child abuse, gruesome violence  

Contact Us:

• Instagram: @horriblehistorypod
• TikTok: @horriblehistorypod
• Email: [email protected]

Support Your Hosts:

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Bonus Content:
Patreon - www.patreon.com/horriblehistory

For just $5 a month - the cost of one trip to the coffee shop - you can not only help this podcast grow, but also get excellent bonus content! $5 and up Patrons get early access to main episodes, access to Happy Hour with Horrible History and access to our NEW! Where In the World? segment.

• Happy Hour with Horrible History - a palate cleanser and deeper dive into a featured topic.
• Where In the World? - a more location-focused segment, where we share personal / listener stories about their travels to the destinations we are visiting.

For $10 and up Patrons, access video content with your hosts, opportunities for live interaction and merch upon signing up!

Sources:

• BBC
•  The Oakland Place
• WTTW News 
• AP News 
• Detroit News 
• East Idaho News  
• Wikipedia
• Saint Petersburg
• Trip Advisor
• History.com
• History.com
• History.com
• The History Chicks Podcast
• Last Podcast on the Left
  
  

Intro Music: “Creeper” - Oliver Lyu

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Today’s episode features stories from Omaha and NYC!

A supplement to our longer Horrible History episodes, this weekly tiny episode will focus on ridiculous, lighter crime stories from the years 1987-present. Each week we’ll share Terrible Today stories featuring news articles from the places we visited in the previous week’s main episode. 

Contact Us: 

• Instagram: @horriblehistorypod 
• Twitter: @thehorriblepod 
• Email: [email protected] 

Support Your Hosts: 

• Buy Us a Coffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/horriblehistory 

Bonus Content:
Patreon - www.patreon.com/horriblehistory 

For just $5 a month - the cost of one trip to the coffee shop - you can not only help this podcast grow, but also get excellent bonus content! $5 and up Patrons get early access to main episodes, access to Happy Hour with Horrible History and access to our NEW! Where In the World? segment. 

• Happy Hour with Horrible History - a palate cleanser and deeper dive into a featured topic. 
• Where In the World? - a more location-focused segment, where we share personal / listener stories about their travels to the destinations we are visiting.  

For $10 and up Patrons, access video content with your hosts, opportunities for live interaction and merch upon signing up!

Sources: 

• Huffington Post
•  Omaha World Herald
• ABC 13 

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This week Rachel honors her upcoming / past trip to Nebraska by talking about Louise Vinciquerra, a lady criminal and bootlegger that was Omaha's baddest bitch back in the day. Then, Emily goes to New York, New York and tells the infamous story of Typhoid Mary, aka Mary Mallon, aka patient zero for Typhoid in many, many households in NYC in the early 1900s. Hopefully, you're horrified.

Content/Trigger Warnings: pedophilia, child sexual abuse  

Contact Us:

• Instagram: @horriblehistorypod
• TikTok: @horriblehistorypod
• Email: [email protected]

Support Your Hosts:

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Bonus Content:
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For just $5 a month - the cost of one trip to the coffee shop - you can not only help this podcast grow, but also get excellent bonus content! $5 and up Patrons get early access to main episodes, access to Happy Hour with Horrible History and access to our NEW! Where In the World? segment.

• Happy Hour with Horrible History - a palate cleanser and deeper dive into a featured topic.
• Where In the World? - a more location-focused segment, where we share personal / listener stories about their travels to the destinations we are visiting.

For $10 and up Patrons, access video content with your hosts, opportunities for live interaction and merch upon signing up!

Sources:

• Legends of America 
• PBS
• Ask About Ireland  
• Claddagh Design
• Biography: Mary Mallon 
• Visit Omaha
• Google
• Hastings Museum
• Joslyn Castle
• Star Herald
• YouTube
• Newspapers.com

Intro Music: “Creeper” - Oliver Lyu

Thank you so much for listening! We would greatly appreciate it if you would leave us a positive review on Apple, Audible, our website, or via email at [email protected].

Today’s episode features stories from Rome and Kingston!

A supplement to our longer Horrible History episodes, this weekly tiny episode will focus on ridiculous, lighter crime stories from the years 1987-present. Each week we’ll share Terrible Today stories featuring news articles from the places we visited in the previous week’s main episode. 

Contact Us: 

• Instagram: @horriblehistorypod 
• Twitter: @thehorriblepod 
• Email: [email protected] 

Support Your Hosts: 

• Buy Us a Coffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/horriblehistory 

Bonus Content:
Patreon - www.patreon.com/horriblehistory 

For just $5 a month - the cost of one trip to the coffee shop - you can not only help this podcast grow, but also get excellent bonus content! $5 and up Patrons get early access to main episodes, access to Happy Hour with Horrible History and access to our NEW! Where In the World? segment. 

• Happy Hour with Horrible History - a palate cleanser and deeper dive into a featured topic. 
• Where In the World? - a more location-focused segment, where we share personal / listener stories about their travels to the destinations we are visiting.  

For $10 and up Patrons, access video content with your hosts, opportunities for live interaction and merch upon signing up!

Thank you so much for listening! We would greatly appreciate it if you would leave us a positive review on Apple, Audible, our website, or via email at [email protected].

We're going back, baby - waaaay back to the BC era - when Rachel tells us about the life and death of Julius Caesar. Then, Emily covers the Maria Shipwreck and massacre - a lose-lose situation for Australian shipwreckees and aboriginals. Hopefully, you're horrified.

Content/Trigger Warnings: gruesome content, reference to suicide  

Contact Us:

• Instagram: @horriblehistorypod
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• Email: [email protected]

Support Your Hosts:

• Buy Us a Coffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/horriblehistory

Bonus Content:
Patreon - www.patreon.com/horriblehistory

For just $5 a month - the cost of one trip to the coffee shop - you can not only help this podcast grow, but also get excellent bonus content! $5 and up Patrons get early access to main episodes, access to Happy Hour with Horrible History and access to our NEW! Where In the World? segment.

• Happy Hour with Horrible History - a palate cleanser and deeper dive into a featured topic.
• Where In the World? - a more location-focused segment, where we share personal / listener stories about their travels to the destinations we are visiting.

For $10 and up Patrons, access video content with your hosts, opportunities for live interaction and merch upon signing up!

Sources:

• ABC Australia News 
• Military Wiki 
• Adelaide University 
• History.com
• Trip Advisor 
• History.com

Intro Music: “Creeper” - Oliver Lyu

Thank you so much for listening! We would greatly appreciate it if you would leave us a positive review on Apple, Audible, our website, or via email at [email protected].

Today’s episode features stories from Sacramento and Georgia!

A supplement to our longer Horrible History episodes, this weekly tiny episode will focus on ridiculous, lighter crime stories from the years 1987-present. Each week we’ll share Terrible Today stories featuring news articles from the places we visited in the previous week’s main episode. 

Contact Us: 

• Instagram: @horriblehistorypod 
• Twitter: @thehorriblepod 
• Email: [email protected] 

Support Your Hosts: 

• Buy Us a Coffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/horriblehistory 

Bonus Content:
Patreon - www.patreon.com/horriblehistory 

For just $5 a month - the cost of one trip to the coffee shop - you can not only help this podcast grow, but also get excellent bonus content! $5 and up Patrons get early access to main episodes, access to Happy Hour with Horrible History and access to our NEW! Where In the World? segment. 

• Happy Hour with Horrible History - a palate cleanser and deeper dive into a featured topic. 
• Where In the World? - a more location-focused segment, where we share personal / listener stories about their travels to the destinations we are visiting.  

For $10 and up Patrons, access video content with your hosts, opportunities for live interaction and merch upon signing up!

Sources: 

• Huffington Post
• Huffington Post
• Huffington Post
  
  

Intro Music: “Creeper” - Oliver Lyu

Thank you so much for listening! We would greatly appreciate it if you would leave us a positive review on Apple, Audible, our website, or via email at [email protected].