This is the story of 2 Nazi brothers and how their petty rivalry led to the creation of two multi-billion dollar shoe brands worn all over the world. It also features ESPIONAGE, and BRIBERY, and me doing a TERRIBLE GERMAN ACCENT and MISPRONOUNCING THE NAMES OF GERMAN CITIES and THE ADVICE I WOULD HAVE GIVEN RICHARD SIMMONS IN 1980. Women will love it because it's about shoes. Men will love it because it contains many sports anecdotes. And ultimately nobody will love it because you can't be everything to everyone and I talk too fast and don't give the jokes room to breathe. email: thisactuallyhappenedshow@gmail.com

This is the story of 2 Nazi brothers and how their petty rivalry led to the creation of two multi-billion dollar shoe brands worn all over the world. It also features ESPIONAGE, and BRIBERY, and me doing a TERRIBLE GERMAN ACCENT and MISPRONOUNCING THE NAMES OF GERMAN CITIES and THE ADVICE I WOULD HAVE GIVEN RICHARD SIMMONS IN 1980. Women will love it because it's about shoes. Men will love it because it contains many sports anecdotes. And ultimately nobody will love it because you can't be everything to everyone and I talk too fast and don't give the jokes room to breathe. email: thisactuallyhappenedshow@gmail.com

All Day I Dream About....Shoes

Trigger Warning: This episode discusses black magick, the occult, a historical semi-fictional HJ, multiple explosions and a celebrity cameo. Contact: thisactuallyhappenedshow@gmail.com

Trigger Warning: This episode discusses black magick, the occult, a historical semi-fictional HJ, multiple explosions and a celebrity cameo. Contact: thisactuallyhappenedshow@gmail.com

Kaboom

This one ends in a riot. email: thisactuallyhappenedshow@gmail.com

This one ends in a riot. email: thisactuallyhappenedshow@gmail.com

Ten Cent Beer Night

Buried treasure. A leader on horseback. Men in positions of senior leadership forced to cross dress for the entertainment of their subordinates...Rubber butts? This is the story of Tupperware. Email: <a href= "mailto:ThisActuallyHappenedShow@gmail.com">ThisActuallyHappenedShow@gmail.com</a> Instagram: ChadMcKenzie7

Buried treasure. A leader on horseback. Men in positions of senior leadership forced to cross dress for the entertainment of their subordinates...Rubber butts? This is the story of Tupperware. Email: ThisActuallyHappenedShow@gmail.com Instagram: ChadMcKenzie7

Buried treasure. A leader on horseback. Men in positions of senior leadership forced to cross dress for the entertainment of their subordinates...Rubber butts? This is the story of Tupperware. Email: <a href="mailto:ThisActuallyHappenedShow@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">ThisActuallyHappenedShow@gmail.com</a> Instagram: ChadMcKenzie7

Fine Art for 39 Cents

If there is one thing unemployed people like to do is get drunk. This is the story of how The Great Depression, Prohibition, a little bath tub hooch and a lot of horsepower collided to produce one of the most boring spectacles on Earth - NASCAR.

If there is one thing unemployed people like to do is get drunk. This is the story of how The Great Depression, Prohibition, a little bath tub hooch and a lot of horsepower collided to produce one of the most boring spectacles on Earth - NASCAR.

How Drug Dealers created America's Most Popular Sport

Until 2013 Pope Celestine V was the only man in history to surrender his position. He was a man of great faith, bold decisions, and gnarly feet.

Until 2013 Pope Celestine V was the only man in history to surrender his position. He was a man of great faith, bold decisions, and gnarly feet.

Episode 3: Take This Job and Shove It

They didn't have Xbox back in the 1700's so a bunch of guys set out to figure out the distance from the Earth to the Sun by sailing off to various points on the globe and watching the Transit of Venus. Most of them were very successful. This is not their story.

They didn't have Xbox back in the 1700's so a bunch of guys set out to figure out the distance from the Earth to the Sun by sailing off to various points on the globe and watching the Transit of Venus. Most of them were very successful. This is not their story.

Episode 2: The Transit of Venus or LG and the No Good, Very Bad Decade

When your family is betrayed and your daughters are kidnapped revenge is in order. It also helps if you are what some might refer to as a "dictator."

When your family is betrayed and your daughters are kidnapped revenge is in order. It also helps if you are what some might refer to as a "dictator."

A story about revenge

The greatest adventures rarely start out intentionally. They begin with a simple idea. They are debated. Inevitably someone will say it's impossible, it can't be done, and whoever attempts it will surely perish from the effort. Once the impossibility has been decided there always seems to be one man - one dumb man, who sets out to defy the odds (usually to impress a girl) and will risk his life to do so (and hopes that she's watching). 

The best stories aren't always fiction. Before we begin I would remind you - this actually happened.

Education

History

The greatest adventures rarely start out intentionally. They begin with a simple idea. They are debated. Inevitably someone will say it's impossible, it can't be done, and whoever attempts it will surely perish from the effort. Once the impossibility has been decided there always seems to be one man - one dumb man, who sets out to defy the odds (usually to impress a girl) and will risk his life to do so (and hopes that she's watching). The best stories aren't always fiction. Before we begin I would remind you - this actually happened.

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