Overthink This! Podcast

The 1904 Olympics took place in St Louis, USA. It consisted of only a third of the events that are held today. Most of them were even closed to female competitors. Moreover, because of travel difficulties and rising tensions around the Russo-Japanese war, only 62 international athletes competed, compared to the 11,544 that participated at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. St Louis kind of bullied their way into hosting the games after Chicago originally won the bid. Its main leverage – the Louisiana Purchase Exposition World’s Fair which was being held at the very same time. The two events ended up being combined into one very, very peculiar extravaganza.

This week we jump back in time and take another, closer look, at the events that happened on September 11, 2001. We take a hard look at the conspiracies to try and uncover what we think, ACTUALLY happened. Was it staged? Was it real? Decide for yourself! 

This we we talk about Eastern Air Lines Flight 980 which was a scheduled  international flight from Asunción, Paraguay, to Miami, Florida, United  States. On January 1, 1985, while descending towards La Paz, Bolivia,  for a scheduled stopover, the Boeing 727 jetliner operating the flight  struck Mount Illimani at an altitude of 19,600 feet killing all 29  people on board. We try to decipher what happened just before the crash  and the years since. Follow us on IG @overthinkthispodcast

This week we have a wild ride in store for you. We chat about General Butt Naked, who is a former commander of forces under the wider control of Liberian warlord Roosevelt Johnson. Blahyi was known for his violence and atrocities during the First Liberian Civil War in the early 1990s. Once described as "the most evil man in the world", Blahyi said in 2008 that he killed at least 20,000 people and carried out regular human sacrifice and cannibalism of children.

Mansa Musa, was the tenth Mansa ( "sultan", "conqueror" or "emperor") of the Mali Empire, an Islamic West African state. He has been described as the wealthiest individual of the Middle Ages. We take a second to learn about his rise to power, his charity, and the most epic no hold barred adventure. 

We've got a BONUS episode for you guys. In the spirit of that god awful  debate, we put together a lighthearted voting story about the wonderful  Ebbie Tolbert. From a 1800s slave to 1920s voter, she blazed quite the  trail before her voice could be heard in our elections.

You know what's scarier than accidentally drinking rotten milk? Diving 900 feet down to rescue a fellow diver that sunk to the bottom. Imagine being at 800 feet and everything starts to break and the panic sets in. That's the deep dive (intended) Maci takes us on, in todays episode. Take a listen and give us a follow!

This week we dive into two stories that'll comb your hair and get you  ready for prom. We cover the Roanoke colonial mishap from 1583 and the  strange story from Illinois in the 1940s of a man or woman going around  gassing people in their homes...The Mad Gasser.

This week we dive into two stories that'll comb your hair and get you  ready for prom. We cover the Roanoke colonial mishap from 1583 and the  strange story from Illinois in the 1940s of a man or woman going around  gassing people in their homes...The Mad Gasser.

This week we've got a couple mysteries that have yet to be figured out.  One involves a 4 year old boy/girl found in a box in rural Pennsylvania  from 1957. The other, the Dancing Plague of 1518. We don't can't figure  out why these cannot be explained! Can you explain it!?