Horrible History

Today’s episode features stories from Germany & Beijing, China.  

Reasons to Listen this Week:

• An 8-year-old alibi 
• Stupid criminals: court edition 
• Stolen fish sticks
• Square-dancing grannies
• Spontaneous cow combustion
• Senior citizen scammers  

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Sources: 

• Napa Valley Register
•  AP News
•  Local 10 News
• China Justice Observer 
• SCMP
• Weird Asian News 

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It's spooky season! Prepare yourself for a whole month of creeptastic stories. This week, Rachel goes full psycho and shares the horrific story of the Vampire of Dusseldorf, Peter Kürten. Then, Emily shares the horrible past of the Ming Dynasty, especially the reign of Yongle, a man who had 9,000 concubines and killed thousands of them ruthlessly. Those concubines now haunt the Forbidden City in Beijing with a vengeance. Hopefully, you're horrified.

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Sources:

• Hotels.com 
• Murderpedia - Peter Kurten
• Biography.com
• All That's Interesting
• Daily Mail 
• The Little House of Horrors
• Ancient Origins
   
• Grunge
• Visit Beijing
• Global Times
• INF News
  
  

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Today’s episode features stories from Memphis, TN and crimes invovling food! 

Reasons to Listen this Week:

• A giant wheel of cheese
• A real life curious George
• An ass-load of chickpeas 
• Bargain liquor
• Pilfered pizza
• Out of lemonade? Call 911! 

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Sources: 

• WREG Memphis
• Journal Times
• Washington Post
• The Takeout
• My Northwest 
• OC Register
• The Smoking Gun

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First Rachel shares the true story of Machine Gun Kelly - the gangster bank robber, not the rapper. Then Emily shares the unbelievable story of Tarrare, the insatiable glutton who ate literally everything. Hopefully, you're horrified.

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Sources:

• Old Ominick 
• Trip Advisor 
• Civil Rights Museum 
• Biography 
• FBI.gov
• Alcatraz History 
• Wikipedia 
• All That's Interesting
• BBC
• Ripley's
  
  

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Today’s episode features stories from Houston, TX and Italy! 

Reasons to Listen this Week:

• Genetically modified spider monkeys
• Ancient fast food
• Stupid (tweeting) criminals
• Working hard or hardly working?
• A mafia cooking show
• Amber Alert for the son of Chucky (the doll)

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Sources: 

• 9 News
• 9 News
• 9 News
• NYTimes
• Click 2 Houston
• Chron
  
  

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First Emily tells us about the gruesome Icebox Murders in 1965 and shares the possible conspiracies about the killer (did he also kill JFK!?). Then, Rachel heads to medieval times to talk about baaaad bitch, Joanna of Naples . Hopefully, you're horrified.

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Sources:

• Trip Advisor
• Business Insider 
• Long Reads
• Medicine Net
• Wikipedia
• Houstonia
• All That's Interesting
• Grunge
• Houston Museum of Natural Science
• Houston Museum of Funeral History

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Today’s episode features stories from Florida and Vegas! 

Reasons to Listen this Week:

• A real-life version of The Hangover
• Disruptive pancakes
• An $8000 bar tab
• A man tazered for twerking 
• A peeing pastor
• And a Florida woman free to fart where she wants

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Sources: 

• The Sun
• LAD Bible 
• Fox 2 Detroit 
• Local 10 News
• Orlando Weekly 
• The Smoking Gun
   

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First Rachel takes us on a heartbreaking adventure to Lakeland, Florida to talk about the death of Mrs. Betty Albritton at her farmhouse in Polk County under mysterious circumstances. Then, Emily heads to 30 miles outside of Las Vegas, Nevada to cover all of the horrible history that has unfolded during the building and operation of the Hoover Dam. Hopefully, you're horrified.

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Sources:

• Review Journal 
• Ripley's Believe It or Not 
• DOZR
• Hoover Dam Notes
• History.com
• Interesting Engineering
• Library of Congress
• Reference.com
• The Vintage News
• Ranker
• Peace River Valley Blog
• The Ledger
• Kidnapping Murder & Mayhem
• Visit Central Florida
• Silver Moon Drive In 
• Spontaneous Consumption
  
  

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Today’s episode features stories from Iceland and Arizona! 

Reasons to Listen this Week:

• Caught red-handed in an arcade game
• Screaming into the Icelandic forest
• A stay-at-home dentist
• Icelandic names
• Who you gonna call? Floyd Mayweather!
• Icelandic fornicators 

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Sources: 

• ABC 15
• ABC 15
• ABC 15
• Iceland Monitor
•  NPR
• Reykjavik Grapevine
   

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Today we're heading to Scottsdale, Arizona to hear about the life and death of Bob Crane, an actor best known for his role in Hogan's Heroes. Then, Emily heads to Reykjavik, Iceland to talk about the Reykjavik Confessions - a listener suggestion! Hopefully, you're horrified.

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Sources:

• Entertainment Weekly
• Arizona Central 
• Film Daily 
• Butterfly Wonderland 
• Trip Advisor
• Luxe Beat Magazine
• LDV Winery
• Wikipedia - Iceland
• Road Affair
• Iceland Air Hotels
• BBC 
• The Guardian 
• Retrospect Journal 

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