What is history's greatest prank? There's the intimate—perching a bucket of water over the door. And the grandly ambitious—say, humiliating an entire navy. These are some good pranks indeed. But history's greatest prank was something much stranger... and much darker.

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Jahzzar – Roads that Burned our Boots

Jahzzar – Railroad’s Whiskey Co

Josh Woodward – Water in the Creek

Alialujah Choir – After All

Abunai! – Dreaming of Light

Josh Woodward – Crazy Glue

(All tracks have been modified for the podcast)