Did you run out of food on your sea voyage? No worries. It is totally fine to eat your fellow sailors. It's the CUSTOM OF THE SEA! 
Today's episode, the sinking of the whaling ship the Essex, the real history that inspired Moby-Dick.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sea Snack

From famous founders to capitalist cooks, from sex scandals to the dirtiest blues song, AMERICAN FILTH dives into the filthier side of American history: uncovering people who society has largely excluded from the history books because they were too unconventional, provocative, seedy, dirty, trashy…. Or just plain filthy. And sure, some of these folks made great contributions to history. But that’s not the part of their lives AMERICAN FILTH is interested in. This podcast is here for the drama, the spice, and general tomfoolery. The weekly series of brisk episodes plunges face-first into the dirtiest events and people in the annals of American history.

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Society & Culture

Anthony Comstock strikes again! This time going after notorious abortionist Madame Restell. 
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Unpregnanted! Comstock Part 2

Big follower of Christ/mail snoop Anthony Comstock rails against obscenity and gets a law named after him passed in 1873! One thing he hates in particular? Birth control!!
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Boo Birth Control!!! Comstock Part 1

Has America already had a gay president??? Or was he just a fussy, prissy, well-dressed guy?? James Buchanan lived with the same man for decades in Washington, and many people find that pretty sus! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

First Gay President??? Bedfellows Headfellows Part 3

Men continue to sleep in the same bed and maybe...give a little head. This time the couple in question shared a bed for four years. But yeah! Maybe they were just roommates! Or is Abraham Lincoln actually a little bit gay?  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

GAY-braham Lincoln??? Bedfellows Headfellows Part 2

Some South Carolinian politicians in the 1820s did a lot more than sleeping. Just ask their fleshen poles.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sea Snack

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