Horrible History

In Episode 61, Rachel talks about the Astor Place Riot which occurred on May 10, 1849 and left between 22 and 31 rioters dead, and more than 120 people injured. 

Then, Emily shares the legend of the Bell Witch, a "witch" who murdered John Bell and terrorized his family for years in Clarksville, Tennessee. 

Hopefully, you're horrified!

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Sources:

• Timeout 
• Kochi NYC
• Crown Shy NYC
• Dhamaka
• Smithsonian Magazine
• Wikipedia - History of the United States
• Wikipedia - Astor Opera House
• The Southern Weekend
• Mental Floss
• AP News
• Tennessean
• Share TN Gov

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This week on Terrible Today we are covering stories from Michigan and crazy Earthquake stories. 

Reasons to Listen: 

• Banished words
• Misunderstanding an earthquake's intentions
• A porcupine SUV
• A psychic cat
• SO many moist towlettes
• How do we poop during an earthquake?!

Sources: 

• Mix 957 
• Mix 957 
• Click on Detroit
• NW News Network
• Daily Mail
• Daily Star   
  
  
  

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In Episode 60, Emily talks about an act of God so terrible it impacted the entire world - the 1960 Valdivia, Chile Earthquake. The only earthquake to reach a 9.5 on the Richter Scale. 

Then Rachel takes us to Paradise, Michigan to talk about the tragic tale of two ships heading out on Lake Superior and only one returning. This is the story of the Edmund Fitzgerald, a ship that was lost with her entire crew of 29 men on Lake Superior on November 10, 1975. 

Hopefully, you're horrified!

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Sources:

• Air Worldwide
• SMS Tsunami Warning
• USGS - 20 Largest Earthquakes in the World 
• Tremor
• Environment and Society   
• NPR
• USGS - Science of Earthquakes 
• Trip Advisor 
• DNR State MI
• The Inn Get Some
• Shipwreck Museum
• Shipwreck Museum 
• Wikipedia 
• Wikipedia
• Awesome Mitten

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Today on Terrible Today we are covering stories from Los Angeles and New Orleans. Enjoy!

Reasons to Listen: 

• Flaming sex toys
• Pothole vigilantism 
• Traffic cop porn
• Curiosity killed the three way
• Pregnancy cravings gone wrong
• An 81 year old stripper

Sources: 

• Huffpost
• Miami New Times
• All That's Interesting
• Yahoo!
• Huffpost
• Huffpost

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In Episode 59 Rachel takes us to New Orleans, Louisiana and tells the story of Jayne Mansfield's tragic death. Then, Emily travels to Simi Valley, California and shares the insane tale of the Blackburn Cult, also known as the Divine Order of the Royal Arms of the Great Eleven. Hopefully, you're horrified!

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Sources:

• Ghost Town Pod
• Homestead Museum
• The Line Up
• LA Times
• The Great Courses Daily
• Historical Crime Detective
• LA Curbed
• Gizmodo
• LA Almanac
• Southern Trippers
• Atlas Obscura
• Cafe Du Monde
• French Quarter
• Biography
• All That's Interesting

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Today on Terrible Today we are covering stories from Ohio and Las Vegas, Nevada. Enjoy!

Reasons to Listen: 

• A kindergarten brawl
• Scooter fights
• Drunken car theft
• Crime on a budget
• A salsa stabbing
• Pigeons in tiny hats

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In today's episode, Rachel takes us to Vegas to share a listener suggestion - the horrible story of the Nevada Nuclear Testing Site that caused so much pain for people across multiple states. Then Emily heads to Columbus, Ohio to share the story of Billy Milligan, the serial rapist who had Disassociative Identity Disorder (DID) and claimed one of his other personalities perpetrated the crimes.  Hopefully, you're horrified!

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Sources:

• The Cinemaholic
• Dispatch
• Bustle
• 10 TV
• Oxygen
• Grunge
• Blurred Reality
• Dispatch
• Bootlegger Las Vegas
• The Culture Trip
• Neon Museum
• National Atomic Museum
• Atomic Heritage 
• History.com
• Atomic Heritage
• CTBTO
• Wikipedia

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This week on Happy Hour with Horrible History, Rachel takes us through three examples of folie à deux ('madness for two').  First she covers the silent twins, June and Jennifer Gibbons; then, the Ken and Barbie Killers; and finally, Ursula Eriksson and Sabina Eriksson. 

You won't be disappointed. 

Content/Trigger Warnings: Gruesome violence, sexual assault

Contact Us:

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

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

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Listen to Rachel nerd out big time over hybristophilia and then talk about the women who fell in love and married Richard Ramirez and Ted Bundy. Hopefully, you're horrified.

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

Sources: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybristophilia

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ted-bundy-charles-manson-women-14188211

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/in-excess/201310/passion-victim

https://owlcation.com/social-sciences/psyhparaphilia

https://allthatsinteresting.com/doreen-lioy

https://www.womenshealthmag.com/life/a27379040/ted-bundy-wife-carole-ann-boone/

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Please enjoy this bonus episode while Emily and Rachel are on hiatus for 2 weeks. Please note: our Patreon content is a little more fun, a little less researched and a lot more sweary. You've been warned. 

In this episode, Emily walks Rachel through a single-elimination bracket of murderers' last meals until your favorite cohosts finally decide which death row inmate had the best last meal. Spoiler: we were furious at the outcome.  Play along and let us know if you would have picked something different!

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