Horrible History

This week Emily covers the insanely grotesque story of Richard Chase - the Vampire of Sacramento - who drank the blood of his victims because he thought his own blood was turning to powder. Then, Rachel tells the tragic tale of the murders of Dr. Charles Scudder and Joe Odom, a couple that hosted some crazy sex orgies in their pink room ... and then were murdered. Hopefully, you're horrified.

Content/Trigger Warnings: cannibalism, extremely gruesome content, child murder, homophobia 

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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.

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Sources:

• All That's Interesting  
• Film Daily  
• Crime Museum 
• Talk Murder 
• Autopsy of Architecture
• Find a Grave Kirby Key Phelps
• Find a Grave Joseph D Odom
• Find a Grave Charles Lee Scudder
• All That's Interesting
• Explore Georgia
• Trip Advisor

Intro Music: “Creeper” - Oliver Lyu

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Today’s episode features stories from Massachusets and London!

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

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

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: 

• Miami New Times
• Daily Mail
• Wikipedia
• Daily Mail 
• Huffington Post
• Independent 
  
  

Intro Music: “Creeper” - Oliver Lyu

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This week Rachel decides a pirate's life is NOT for her and takes us aboard the Essex to tell us the real-life story of Moby Dick... although this story includes a lot less symbolism and a lot more cannibalism.

Then, Emily tells the story of Timothy Evans - a man who killed his wife and daughter in 1949... or DID HE? You'll have to listen to find out. Hopefully, you're horrified.

Content/Trigger Warnings: cannibalism, abortion, spousal abuse

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• 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:

• Wauwi Net
• Trip Advisor
• Smithsonian Magazine
• All That's Interesting
• Express
• Medium
• Jaquo

Intro Music: “Creeper” - Oliver Lyu

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Today’s episode features stories from New Jersey!

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:
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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: 

• Patch
• New Jersey
• North Jersey 

Intro Music: “Creeper” - Oliver Lyu

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It's a big one, guys.  For our silver anniversary of episodes, both Emily and Rachel are heading to New Jersey. First, Emily covers the Hindenburg disaster of 1937 (which has nothing to do with the Lindbergh baby and everything to do with baby grand pianos). Then, drumroll please, Rachel tells the frequently referenced story of John List / Bob Clark - who seems like the most boring human alive, but is really a vanishing family annihilator. Hopefully, you're horrified. 

Content/Trigger Warnings: violence

Contact Us: 

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• 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:

• Britannica
• Smithsonian Magazine
• Trip Advisor
• Hoboken Girl
• True Crime Mama
• All That's Interesting

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 Anchorage and Buenos Aires - and there are a surprising number of weird animal stories this go-around!

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 the Show: 

• Let us know you like Horrible History.
• Buy Us a Coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/horriblehistory
• Patreon - www.patreon.com/horriblehistory 

Patrons get early access and exclusive content!

Sources: 

• Fox News
• Huffington Post 
• Business Insider
• CBS News
• Food & Wine
• BBC 

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].

This week on Horrible History, Emily reverts back to her old ways and covers another serial killer - this time Robert Hansen, "The Butcher Baker," in Anchorage, Alaska. Then Rachel covers a listener recommendation and heads to Buenos Aires, Argentina to talk about Yiya Murano, also known as "The Poisoner of Monserrat." Hopefully you're horrified.

Content/Trigger Warnings: Gruesome violence, rape, sexual abuse

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• Help this little podcast grow! $5 and up Patrons get early access, plus access to Happy Hour with Horrible History.

Sources:

• AETV
• Talk Murder With Me
• Criminal Minds Fandom
• Murderpedia
• Murderpedia
• Wikipedia
• Lonely Planet 

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 Copenhagen and Edinburgh - and they deliver!

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] 

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• Let us know you like Horrible History.
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• Patreon - www.patreon.com/horriblehistory 

Patrons get early access and exclusive content!

Sources: 

• The Local
• The Local
• Newser 

Intro Music: “Creeper” - Oliver Lyu

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This week Emily and Rachel take you on an oral vacation to Europe. First Rachel heads to Copenhagen, Denmark (her family's motherland!) to tell the tragic tale of Queen Caroline Matilda - exiled wife of King Christian the VII.  Then, Emily heads back to Edinburgh to share the story of Dr. Robert Liston, the only surgeon to hold the title of a 300% mortality rate in one surgery (math!). Plus, Emily almost makes Rachel faint by sharing some gruesome details about the state of medicine in the 1800s. Hopefully, you're horrified.

Content/Trigger Warnings: Gruesome violence, descriptive medical content 

Contact Us: 

• Instagram: @horriblehistorypod 
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• Help this little podcast grow! $5 and up Patrons get early access, plus access to Happy Hour with Horrible History.

Sources:

• All That's Interesting
• History.com
• Washington Post
• Encyclopedia
• Copenhagen Traveler
• Visit Copenhagen
• Creative Historian

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 Boston, Massachusetts and Tallahassee, Florida. 

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 the Show: 

• Let us know you like Horrible History.
• Buy Us a Coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/horriblehistory
• Patreon - www.patreon.com/horriblehistory 

Patrons get early access and exclusive content!

Sources: 

• The MA Community 
• WFLA
• WPTV

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].