In this episode Suzie checks out the turbulent history of the saxaphone and Trevor sees what exactly Mary Anning sold.

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REFERENCES

Aldophe Sax and the Saxaphone

Adolphe Sax and Cie 2019, ‘Antoine-Joseph Sax - Inventor of the Saxophone’  https://www.adolphesax.be/en/adolphe-sax/

Encyclopaedia Brittanica 2020, ‘Adolphe Sax’ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Antoine-Joseph-Sax

Kelsey-Sugg A 2020, ‘It was banned by the Nazis, Stalin and the Vatican. This is the surprising history of the saxophone’ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-25/saxophone-history-of-musical-instrument-brutal-and-beautiful/11960922

Stover S 2020, ‘Adolphe Sax’ https://www.allmusic.com/artist/adolphe-sax-mn0001661571/biography

The Instrument Place 2019, ‘History of the Saxophone’ https://www.theinstrumentplace.com/history-of-the-saxophone

Mary Anning

The forgotten history behind the world’s most famous tongue twister - Vintage News (24 Jan 2018)

Mary Anning inspired 'she sells sea shells' — but she was actually a legendary fossil hunter - ABC Radio National (6 May 2019)

Mary Anning - Famous Scientists 

Mary Anning (1799-1847) - University of Berkeley 

Mary Anning - Lyme Regis Museum 

The untold tale of the woman who dug up ancient sea monsters - The Guardian (17 Mar 2019)

Mary Anning, the fossil finder - Charles Dickens (1865)

Ammonite (2020) - IMDB

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The word history in the opening theme has been extracted from…

History Never Repeats – Split Enz (1981)

History Repeating – Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey (1998)

Flame Trees – Cold Chisel (1984)

You’re History – Shakespeare’s Sister (1989)

Centuries – Fall Out Boy (2015)

Fade out – Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty

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In this episode Suzie visits a remarkable woman and Trevor gets down with a disco fizzler.

WHAT THE HISTORY?

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Sources:

GENTLEMAN JACK

History Extra 2019, ‘The Real ‘Gentleman Jack’: The Secret Life of Anne Lister, Britain’s First ‘Modern Lesbian’’ https://www.historyextra.com/period/victorian/anne-lister-real-gentleman-jack-diary-code-history-secret-life-britain-first-modern-lesbian/

Mancini M 2019, ‘The True Story Behind Gentleman Jack: 10 Facts About Anne Lister https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/581234/gentleman-jack-anne-lister-facts

Newton G 2019, ‘Ann Walker: what happened to Anne Lister's lover and 'wife', portrayed by Sophie Rundle in Gentleman Jack’ https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/ann-walker-anne-lister-lover-wife-actress-sophie-rundle-gentleman-jack-what-happened-499067

Woods R 2019, ‘The Life and Loves of Anne Lister’ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/the_life_and_loves_of_anne_lister

DISCO DAZZLER

Jim Shooter’s ‘Dazzler’ Movie Pitch, Starring Rodney Dangerfield and KISS, Is Completely Insane - Comics Alliance 

The Debut of the Dazzler - Jim Shooter (4 July 2011)

The weird and wild history of Dazzler - Syfy Wire (10 July 2018)

‘Dark Phoenix': Why Dazzler Took 40 Years to Get to the Big Screen - The Wrap (6 June 2019)

Dazzler's Dark Phoenix Cameo Explained - Screen Rant (18 June 2019)

Read the insane Dazzler script starring Cher and Robin Williams - Gizmodo (12 July 2011)

Looking back at the (seriously weird) lost X-Men movie - Digital Spy (9 June 2019)

The Incredible Hulk Returns (1988) - IMDB

Howard the Duck (1986) - IMDB

Dark Phoenix (2019) - IMDB

X-Men Vol 1 130 - Marvel Fandom

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The word history in the opening theme has been extracted from…

History Never Repeats – Split Enz (1981)

History Repeating – Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey (1998)

Flame Trees – Cold Chisel (1984)

You’re History – Shakespeare’s Sister (1989)

Centuries – Fall Out Boy (2015)

Fade out – Gentleman Jack - O'Hooley and Tidow

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In this episode Suzie goes on a lunar adventure and Trevor examines a treaty that was very long in the making.

WHAT THE HISTORY?

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Sources:

THE GREAT MOON HOAX

Breitman D 2016, ‘Today in science: Great Moon Hoax’ https://earthsky.org/human-world/great-moon-hoax-august-25-1835

History.com 2018, ‘The Great Moon Hoax’ https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-great-moon-hoax

The Museum of Hoaxes 2015, ‘The Great Moon Hoax’ http://hoaxes.org/archive/permalink/the_great_moon_hoax

Wills M 2017, ‘How the Sun Conned the World With “The Great Moon Hoax”’ https://daily.jstor.org/how-the-sun-conned-the-world-with-the-moon-hoax/

Zielinski S 2015, ‘The Great Moon Hoax Was Simply a Sign of Its Time’ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/great-moon-hoax-was-simply-sign-its-time-180955761/

ATHENS AND SPARTA PEACE TREATY

Peace between Athens and Sparta: an agreement signed only in 1996 - Random Times (4 Dec 2018)

Athens, Sparta sign peace pact - UPI (12 Mar 1996)

Sparta vs. Athens: The War that Lasted 2,500 Years - The Vintage News (29 Aug 2018)

Spartan Battles - Lengends and Chronicles

Peloponnesian War - history.com (29 Oct 2009)

Sparta Versus Athens - Warfare History Network (27 Oct 2018)

The Peloponnesian War - ancientgreece.com

Other stuff:

The word history in the opening theme has been extracted from...

History Never Repeats - Split Enz (1981)

History Repeating - Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey (1998)

Flame Trees - Cold Chisel (1984)

You're History - Shakespeare's Sister (1989)

Centuries - Fall Out Boy (2015)

Fade out - Man on the Moon - REM and Batman TV Show Theme

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In this episode Suzie examines a medical oddity and Trevor recounts a particularly amazing coincidence.

WHAT THE HISTORY?

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Sources:

PHINEAS GAGE

Center for NeuroSkills 2019, ‘Frontal Lobes’  https://www.neuroskills.com/brain-injury/frontal-lobes.php

Cherry K 2018, ‘Phineas Gage's Brain Injury - His Injury Led to New Discoveries in Neuroscience’  https://www.verywellmind.com/phineas-gage-2795244

Costandi M 2010, ‘Phineas Gage and the effect of an iron bar through the head on personality’ https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2010/nov/05/phineas-gage-head-personality

Haas L 2001, ‘Phineas Gage and the science of brain localisation’, Journal of Neurology, Neuroscience and Psychiatry, Vol. 71, Issue 6 https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/71/6/761

Harvard Brain Tour 2016, ‘The Improbable Tale of Phineas Gage’ http://braintour.harvard.edu/archives/portfolio-items/phineas-gage

Mcmillian M 2008, ‘Phineas Gage – Unravelling the myth’, The British Psychological Society, The Psychologist, Vol. 21, pp. 838-831 http://thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-21/edition-9/phineas-gage-unravelling-myth

National Post 2015, ‘How Phineas Gage survived a horrific brain injury to become one of the most famous names in medical history’ https://nationalpost.com/news/how-phineas-gage-survived-a-horrific-brain-injury-to-become-one-of-the-most-famous-names-in-medical-history

The University of Akron 2019, ‘The Phineas Gage story’ https://www.uakron.edu/gage/story.dot

Today I Found Out 2019, ‘The Remarkable Tale of Phineas Gage’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw0zbyQVCEc

Twomey S 2010, ‘Phineas Gage: Neuroscience’s Most Famous Patient’ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/phineas-gage-neurosciences-most-famous-patient-11390067/

Warren Museum at Harvard University School of Medicine n.d., ‘Phineas Gage 1823-1860’  http://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/exhibits?page=4

EDWIN BOOTH AND ROBERT LINCOLN

John Wilkes Booth’s Brother Saved Abraham Lincoln’s Son’s Life Shortly Before Lincoln Was Assassinated - Today I Found Out (Nov 1, 2010)

John Wilkes Booth's Brother Saved Abe Lincoln's Son - Mental Floss (Mar 22, 2017)

Edwin Booth, John Wilkes Booth’s brother, saved the life of Robert Lincoln, on a train platform - The Vintage News (Jan 23, 2017)

John Wilkes Booth’s Brother Saved Abe Lincoln’s Son - KnowledgeNuts (Nov 2, 2013)

You Thought Abe Lincoln Had Bad Luck? Meet His Son, Robert - Did You Know Facts

Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination - history.com (Oct 27, 2009)

Other stuff:

The word history in the opening theme has been extracted from...

History Never Repeats - Split Enz (1981)

History Repeating - Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey (1998)

Flame Trees - Cold Chisel (1984)

You're History - Shakespeare's Sister (1989)

Centuries - Fall Out Boy (2015)

Fade out - Teen Angst (What The World Needs Now) - Cracker

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In our 50th episode Suzie finds a famous disease in an unexpected place and Trevor looks at a terrible tragedy from the past that inspired something great.  What the history?

Content warning: Murder (11:57 - 12:40) and suicide (12:59 - 13:11)

WHAT THE HISTORY?

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Sources:

THE PLAGUE IN QUEENSLAND

Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention 2018, ‘History of the Plague’ https://www.cdc.gov/plague/history/index.html

Crockford T

2018, ‘From disasters and plagues to celebrations: How Brisbane came to love

its river’ https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/from-disasters-and-plagues-to-celebrations-how-brisbane-came-to-love-its-river-20181115-p50gc4.html

Dawson C

2011, ‘Brisbane's Lost Plague Cemetery’ https://www.fosbc.com/2017/03/plague-cemetery.html

Encyclopaedia

Britannica 2019, ‘Alexandre Yersin’ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexandre-Yersin

Fraser Coast

Libraries 2011, ‘Black Death in Maryborough 1905’ http://fclibrarieslocalstudies.blogspot.com/2011/08/black-death-in-maryborough-1905.html

Gerard C

n.d., ’Bubonic Plague in Woolloongabba in 1900’ http://kangaroopointhistory.com.au/first-brisbane-case-of-bubonic-plague-in-hawthorne-street-27-april-1900/

History.com

2019, ‘6 Devastating Plagues’                       https://www.history.com/news/6-devastating-plagues

Queensland

Government – Queensland Health 2019, ‘Plague’ https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cdcg/index/plague

Rockhampton

Morning Bulletin 1922, ‘Plague Rat Caught in Brisbane’ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/54029850

The Brisbane

Courier 1903, ‘The Closing of Colmslie Hospital’ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/19220913

State

Library of Queensland 2008 and 1900, ‘Black Death in Queensland’ and ‘Bubonic

plague in Hawthorne Street, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Queensland, 1900‘                                                            

http://blogs.slq.qld.gov.au/jol/2008/09/12/black-death-in-queensland/

and  https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/153915275?q&versionId=167820089

CAROLYN WASILEWSKI

Death of Suspect Complicates Probe In Murder of Girl, 14 - The Dispatch Nov 12 1954 (Google News)

Baltimore Police Hunt Girl's Slayer - Reading Eagle Nov 10 1954 (Google News)

Drape Grilled in Murder - The Baltimore Sun Nov 28 1954 (newspapers.com)

Slaying of student remains mystery; Homicide: In 1954, Carolyn Wasilewski stepped out in curlers to meet a girlfriend. She never came back. - The Baltimore Sun Mar 18 2000

Backstory: Cry-Baby and John Waters' Journey to Broadway - Broadway Buzz Apr 3 2008

Unsolved murder of 14-year-old girl remains a mystery after more than 60 years - Life! Death! Prizes! Jun 14 2017

Ten Off-Screen, Off-the-Wall Facts about John Waters - New Orleans Museum of Art Aug 1 2017

Cry-Baby (1990) - imdb.com

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The word history in the opening theme has been extracted from...

History Never Repeats - Split Enz (1981)

History Repeating - Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey (1998)

Flame Trees - Cold Chisel (1984)

You're History - Shakespeare's Sister (1989)

Centuries - Fall Out Boy (2015)

Fade out - Fifty Years - Uncanny X-Men

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In this episode Suzie visits the most ancient modern city around and Trevor explores the murkier depths of cyber space.  What the history?

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MILTON KEYNES

Destination Milton Keynes 2019, ‘101 Facts about MK’ http://www.destinationmiltonkeynes.co.uk/About-us/101-Facts-about-MK

Jeffries S 2017, ‘50 reasons to love Milton Keynes (what, only 50?)’ https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/jan/20/50-reasons-love-milton-keynes-concrete-cows-wd-40

Masters B 2015, ‘Living the dream in Milton Keynes – why it’s my kind of town’ https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/feb/10/living-the-dream-in-milton-keynes-why-its-my-kind-of-town

MKInspire 2012, ‘About Milton Keynes’                                       http://www.mkinspire.org.uk/

MK Heritage – Two Villages Archive Trust n.d, ‘Milton Keynes and Broughton Villages’ http://www.mkheritage.org.uk/tva/ and Olney & District Historical Society 2018 ‘Olney High Street Heritage Trail http://www.mkheritage.org.uk/odhs/olney-high-street-history/

Royal Museums Greenwich n.d., ‘Equinoxes and Solstices’ https://www.rmg.co.uk/discover/explore/equinoxes-and-solstices

Sian and Jackie 2013, ‘Milton Keynes – A Modern Temple to the Sun’ http://sianandjackie.blogspot.com/

Society X 2012, ‘The Milton Keynes Midsummer Leyline’ https://5ocietyx.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/the-milton-keynes-midsummer-ley-line-2/ and http://5ocietyx.com/MK-Midsummer-leyline-microsite/MK.htm

The Parks Trust – Milton Keynes 2019, ‘Campbell Park’ https://www.theparkstrust.com/parks/campbell-park

Willis J 2013, ‘There’s Something Mysterious About Milton Keynes’, The Spooky Isles                                                                                          https://www.spookyisles.com/2013/08/theres-something-mysterious-about-milton-keynes/

THE WANK WORM

Hack to the future - The Age (25 May 2003)

When NASA Got WANKed - Real Clear Science (12 January 2019)

WANK Worm - University of Hamburg

Galileo - NASA Science - Solar System Exploration

Other stuff:

The word history in the opening theme has been extracted from...

History Never Repeats - Split Enz (1981)

History Repeating - Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey (1998)

Flame Trees - Cold Chisel (1984)

You're History - Shakespeare's Sister (1989)

Centuries - Fall Out Boy (2015)

Fade out - Blossom and Blood - Midnight Oil

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For our 2018 finale Suzie and Trevor look to the past for visions of the future.  What the history?

WHAT THE HISTORY?

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Sources:

SUZIE'S TALES OF THE FUTURE

Donoughue P 2018, ‘Amy Shark, 5 Seconds of Summer biggest winners at ARIA Awards, as Gurrumul, Kasey Chambers are honoured’, ABC News https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-28/arias-2018-highlights-and-winners-from-the-show/10558198

Larsen E 1960, ‘The Everyday Encyclopaedia for Every Boy and Girl – The Future and You – Predictions Based on Facts of Today’ chapter, Spring Books, London, pp. 293, 296, 298, 300

Parekah R 2012, ‘How Much of The Jetsons' Futuristic World Has Become a Reality?’  https://adage.com/article/media/jetsons-world-a-reality/237394/

Zealins E, Ransom R, Leavitt T et al 2016, ‘The role of stem cells in limb regeneration’, Organogenesis, 2016 Jan; 12(1): 16–27. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4882123/

TREVOR'S TALES OF THE FUTURE

London a Hundred Years Hence (1857) - Public Domain Review

The Great Smog of 1952 - history.com

Copter Cops - Modern Mechanix Blog

Audi is starting to test its ‘all-electric flying and self-driving car’ - Electrek

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The word history in the opening theme has been extracted from...

History Never Repeats - Split Enz (1981)

History Repeating - Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey (1998)

Flame Trees - Cold Chisel (1984)

You're History - Shakespeare's Sister (1989)

Centuries - Fall Out Boy (2015)

Fade out: In the year 2525 - Zager & Evans (1969)

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In this episode Suzie goes in search of the Resurrection Man and Trevor tells the shocking tale of Walter Summerford.  What the history?

WHAT THE HISTORY?

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Sources:

THE RESURRECTION MEN

Bay N, Bay B 2010, ‘Greek anatomist Herophilus: the father of anatomy’, Anatomy and Cell Biology Journal, v. 43 (4); 2010 Dec, pp. 280-283 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3026179/

Hypno C 2018, ‘The Resurrection Men – Body Snatching in 19th Century Britain’                                                         https://owlcation.com/humanities/resurrectionists-body-snatching-in-19th-century-britain

Levinson D n.d ‘Body Snatching’  https://www.britannica.com/topic/body-snatching#ref1179705

Ravilious K 2013, ‘Haunt of the Resurrection Men’, Archaeology Magazine,  https://www.archaeology.org/issues/89-1305/features/737-royal-london-hospital-burials

Ruxton D 2017, ‘‘The Irish Times’ 19th century guide to digging up a dead body’ https://www.irishtimes.com/news/offbeat/the-irish-times-19th-century-guide-to-digging-up-a-dead-body-1.2953684

Skulls in the Stars 2013, ‘The Resurrection Men: When people would kill to get into cemeteries’ https://skullsinthestars.com/2013/01/23/the-resurrection-men-when-people-would-kill-to-get-into-cemeteries/

The Proceedings of the Old Bailey 1831, ‘John Bishop, Thomas Williams, James May. Killing: murder’ Old Bailey Online https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?id=t18311201-17-defend279&div=t18311201-17

WALTER SUMMERFORD

Paying a Divine Debt: The Unfortunate Story of Walter Summerford - Swale Life

Walter Summerford: Everything comes in threes, no wait fours? - The Folklorist

The British officer who was struck by lightning four separate times - The Vintage News

Did you know that a man named Walter Summerford was struck by lightning 3 times - This Will Blow Your Mind

Other stuff:

The word history in the opening theme has been extracted from...

History Never Repeats - Split Enz (1981)

History Repeating - Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey (1998)

Flame Trees - Cold Chisel (1984)

You're History - Shakespeare's Sister (1989)

Centuries - Fall Out Boy (2015)

Fade out - Shock Treatment (Shock Treatment OST)

All music used under fair use provisions.

In this spooky episode Suzie follows the exploits of William Brodie and Trevor analyses the strange life of Charles the VI of France.  What the history?

WHAT THE HISTORY?

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Sources:

WILLIAM BRODIE

Brocklehurst S 2015, ‘The Real Jekyll & Hyde? The Deacon Brodie story’, BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-31018496

Holland S 2018, ‘My British Adventures!’

Johnson B n.d, ‘Deacon Brodie’, Historic UK https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofScotland/Deacon-William-Brodie/

Radeska T 2017, ‘Gambler William Brodie, Edinburgh’s “real” Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, had keys to every rich family’s house’, The Vintage News https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/11/25/william-brodie-edinburghs-real-dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde/

Royal Mile.com n.d, ‘Brodie’s Close’ http://www.royal-mile.com/closes/close-brodies.html

Scotland’s Pubs and Bars – A Story to Tell 2014, ‘Deacon Brodies Tavern – A story of Architecture, History and Literature’ https://www.scotlandspubsandbars.co.uk/location/deacon-brodies-tavern/

The National Archives n.d, ‘History of HM Customs and Excise and predecessors’ http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C15703

Undiscovered Scotland 2018, ‘Deacon Brodie’ https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/b/deaconbrodie.html

Young A 2013, ‘Deacon Brodie: The Real-Life Jekyll and Hyde’, Picture Britain – One Girl’s Journey http://www.picturebritain.com/2013/02/deacon-brodie.html

CHARLES VI

The "Glass Delusion" Was The Most Popular Madness Of The Middle Ages - Gizmodo (18 Sep 2014)

Charles VI Of France – The King Who Was Made Of Glass - Ancient Pages (22 Jan 2016)

Charles VI of France - New World Encyclopedia (6 Feb 2017)

The French King Who Believed He Was Made of Glass - JSTOR Daily (29 Mar 2018)

Charles VI of France - Biography.com (2 Apr 2014)

History’s Nutcases: Charles VI - History Things (5 Jun 2016)

Other stuff:

The word history in the opening theme has been extracted from...

History Never Repeats - Split Enz (1981)

History Repeating - Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey (1998)

Flame Trees - Cold Chisel (1984)

You're History - Shakespeare's Sister (1989)

Centuries - Fall Out Boy (2015)

Fade out - Dr Heckyl and Mr Jive - Men At Work (1983)

All music used under fair use provisions.