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What The History

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What The History episodes

  • The Ultimate Drag Queen and Playing Games With History
    In this episode Suzie investigates a very strange tale regarding Queen Elizabeth I and Trevor delves into the hidden origins of Monopoly.
    WHAT THE HISTORY?
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    Sources:
    THE BISLEY BOY
    Jones N 2015, ‘Bram Stoker and the Legend of the Bisley Boy’ https://www.spookyisles.com/2015/01/bram-stoker-and-the-legend-of-the-bisley-boy/
    Stoker B 1910, ‘Famous Imposters’ https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/s/stoker/bram/famous-imposters/chapter10.html
    The Elizabeth Files 2009, ‘The Bisley Boy’ http://www.elizabethfiles.com/the-bisley-boy/3255/
    Tudor History.org n.d, ‘Elizabeth I, Queen of England’ http://tudorhistory.org/elizabeth/
    Tudor Place n.d, ‘Blanche Parry’ http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/BlancheParry.htm
    White F 2015, ‘The Secret of the Virgin King: Was Queen Elizabeth I really a man?’ https://www.historyanswers.co.uk/kings-queens/the-virgin-king-was-queen-elizabeth-i-really-a-man/
    THE LANDLORD'S GAME
    6 Facts About Lizzie Magie: Monopoly’s Lost Female Inventor - biography.com
    Elizabeth "Lizzie" Magie, Inventor of Monopoly - Mental Floss
    Monopoly was invented to demonstrate the evils of capitalism - BBC
    The secret history of Monopoly: the capitalist board game’s leftwing origins  - The Guardian
    Monopoly’s Inventor: The Progressive Who Didn’t Pass ‘Go’ - The New York Times
    Monopoly Was Designed to Teach the 99% About Income Inequality - Smithsonian Magazine
    Global MONOPOLY Celebration to Honor 75 Years of the World's Favorite Family Game Brand - Hasbro press release 25 August 2010
    Other stuff:
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    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 - Monopoly Commercial (year unknown)
    All music used under fair use provisions.
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  • The War of the Words Special
    In this episode Suzie and Trevor have a rare convergence where their stories are related.  Suzie looks into an infamous radio broadcast and Trevor checks out a controversial headline from the 1870s.
    WHAT THE HISTORY?
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    Sources:
    WAR OF THE WORLDS
    Chilton M 2016, ‘The War of the Worlds panic was a myth’, https://www.telegraph.co.uk/radio/what-to-listen-to/the-war-of-the-worlds-panic-was-a-myth/
    Cruz G 2008, ‘Orson Welles' War of the Worlds’ http://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1855120,00.html
    Emery D 2016, ‘Did the 1938 Radio Broadcast of 'War of the Worlds' Cause a Nationwide Panic?’ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/war-of-the-worlds/
    History.com 2018, ‘This Day In History – October 30 – Welles Scares Nation’ https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/welles-scares-nation
    Schwarz A 2015, ‘The Infamous “War of the Worlds” Radio Broadcast Was a Magnificent Fluke’ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/infamous-war-worlds-radio-broadcast-was-magnificent-fluke-180955180/
    The New York Times 1938, ‘Radio Listeners in Panic, Taking War Drama as Fact Many Flee Homes to Escape `Gas Raid From Mars'--Phone Calls Swamp Police at Broadcast of Wells Fantasy’ http://www.war-of-the-worlds.org/Radio/Newspapers/Oct31/NYT.html
    Welles O 1938, ‘Orson Welles - War Of The Worlds - Radio Broadcast 1938 - Complete Broadcast’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs0K4ApWl4g
    THE NEW YORK ZOO HOAX
    The Central Park Zoo Escape - The Museum of Hoaxes
    ‘A carnival of death’ on New York’s streets: The newspaper hoax that panicked a city - The Washington Post
    “A Shocking Sabbath Carnival of Death” - Slate
    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 music - The Eve of the War - Jeff Wayne (1978)
    All music used under fair use provisions.
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  • Highland Haunts and Japery Jaunts
    In this episode Suzie visits some battles that didn't know when to quit and Trevor explores the exploits of a very cheeky man.
    WHAT THE HISTORY?
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    Sources:
    HAUNTED BATTLEFIELDS
    Castelow E n.d., ‘The Battle of Killiecrankie’, Historic UK http://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryMagazine/DestinationsUK/The-Battle-of-Killiecrankie/
    Harrington J 2013, ‘Haunted Battlefields: The Ghosts of Flodden’ https://wizzley.com/battlefields-flodden-hauntings/
    Harrington J 2013, ‘Haunted Battlefields: The Ghosts of Killiecrankie’ https://wizzley.com/battlefield-killiecrankie-hauntings/
    Johnson B n.d., ‘The Battle of Flodden’, Historic UK http://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofScotland/The-Battle-of-Flodden/
    Johnson B n.d., ‘Phantom Battle of Edgehill’, Historic UK http://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Phantom-Battle-of-Edgehill/
    HORACE DE VERE COLE
    A Fool There Was - The New York Times
    King of the pranksters - the uproarious story of the Prime Minister’s brother-in-law - The Daily Mail
    Horace de Vere Cole—The Great Prankster of Britain - Historian Hut Biographies
    Horace De Vere Cole - The Inquisition
    The Pranks of Horace de Vere Cole - The Museum of Hoaxes
    William Horace de Vere Cole - Sniggle.net
    Downton Was Right About the Prankster in Neville Chamberlain's Family - Time Magazine
    Violet Crawley - Downton Abbey Wiki
    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 music - Original Prankster - The Offspring (2000)
    All music used under fair use provisions.
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  • Timely Wanderings and Lunar Wonderings
    In this episode Suzie investigates the mystery of the Moberly-Jourdain Incident and Trevor looks at the remarkable plan of John Wilkins.
    WHAT THE HISTORY?
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    Sources:
    THE MOBERLY-JOURDAIN INCIDENT
    Chateau de Versailles n.d., ‘History – The Reign of Louis XVI’ http://en.chateauversailles.fr/discover/history#the-reign-of-louis-xvi-
    Docevski B 2018, ‘The Moberly–Jourdain incident: In 1901, two female academics claimed to have experienced a timeslip into pre-revolutionary France’ https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/01/14/versailles-time-slip-3/
    McGowan K 2013, ‘The Mystery of the Versailles Time Slip - PART ONE – The Original Time Slip of 1901’ http://www.kathleenmcgowan.com/the-mystery-of-the-versailles-time-slip/
    JOHN WILKINS
    Bishop John Wilkins - University of Cambridge
    The Jacobean space programme: the life of John Wilkins - Royal Astronomical Society
    The 'jacobean space programme': Rediscovering bishop John Wilkins - Science Daily
    Cromwell's moonshot: how one Jacobean scientist tried to kick off the space race - The Independent
    The 17​th​-Century Moon Mission That Never Got Off the Ground - Atlas Obscura
    Amazing story of a 17th-century Moon mission - Sky Mania
    Oliver Cromwell’s brother-in-law wanted to organize a space exploration program in the 17th century - Vintage News
    Oliver Cromwell - History.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 music - Fly Me To The Moon - Frank Sinatra (1964)
    All music used under fair use provisions.
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  • The Tasty Shed and The Dire Digits
    In our first episode of 2018 Suzie visits the infamous Dulwich Shed and Trevor examines the founding of the Anti-Digit Dialing League.
    WHAT THE HISTORY?
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    Sources:
    THE SHED AT DULWICH
    Butler O 2017, ‘I Made My Shed the Top Rated Restaurant On TripAdvisor’ https://www.vice.com/en_au/article/434gqw/i-made-my-shed-the-top-rated-restaurant-on-tripadvisor
    THE ANTI-DIGIT DIALING LEAGUE
    The Anti-Digit Dialing League - Orange Crate Art
    Phones are for People - Orange Crate Art
    HAYAKAWA, Samuel Ichiye - Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
    The Anti-Digit Dialing League - The Village Voice Feb 14, 1963
    Bay Area Residents Fight Digit System - The Ogden Standard-Examiner Jul 24, 1962
    Now You Need an Area Code Just to Call Your Neighbors - The New York Times May 7, 2001
    Our Numbered Days: The Evolution of the Area Code - The Atlantic
    Ma Bell's Officially Recommended Exchange Names
    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 music - Call Me - Blondie (1980)
    All music used under fair use provisions.
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  • What The Christmas
    In our final episode for 2017 we get festive with people all around the world!
    WHAT THE HISTORY?
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    Sources:
    Cooper J 2017, ‘Christmas Around The World’
    Spain: https://www.whychristmas.com/cultures/spain.shtml
    The Netherlands: https://www.whychristmas.com/cultures/holland.shtml
    Ukraine: https://www.whychristmas.com/cultures/ukraine.shtml and The Christmas Spider: https://www.whychristmas.com/customs/trees.shtml#spider
    Fox News 2013, ‘35 weirdest Christmas traditions around the world’ http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2013/12/24/35-weirdest-christmas-traditions-around-world.html
    Jessop T 2016, ‘What Is the Caganer, the 'Defecating' Catalan Christmas Figurine?’ https://theculturetrip.com/europe/spain/articles/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-catalan-caganer/
    Lewis D 2016, ‘Each Christmas, Iceland’s Yule Cat Takes Fashion Policing to the Extreme’, Smithsonian.com https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/each-christmas-icelands-yule-cat-takes-fashion-policing-extreme-180961420/
    Gävle Goat
    The Unfortunate Fates of the Gavle Goat: A Timeline - Atlas Obscura
    The Yule Goat - Storey
    The Gävle Goat – A Global Christmas Symbol - Visit Gävle
    The strange legend of the Swedish Yule goat - CBC Kids
    This Colossal Goat Sculpture Is a Swedish Tradition, and Almost Every Year It Goes Up in Flames - Hyper Allergic
    Some Jerk Burned Down Sweden's Giant Christmas Goat... Again - Huffington Post
    Slovakia
    In Slovakia, Christmas Dinner Starts In The Bathtub - NPR
    If You Lived In Slovakia, You’d Have A Christmas Carp In Your Bathtub Right Now - Consumerist
    Around the World in 21 Xmas Traditions - Gap Year
    Bobalky--Ancient Slovak Christmas Bread - Myerchin
    Kiviak and 16 other Strange Food-Related Christmas Traditions from Around the World - Phatcual
    Krampusnacht
    Krampusnacht: What Is It, and How Did it Start? - History Things
    Beware the Krampus! - Thought Co
    Who Is Krampus? Explaining the Horrific Christmas Devil - National Geographic
    Kentucky For Christmas
    Why Japan Celebrates Christmas with KFC - BBC
    Why Japan Is Obsessed with Kentucky Fried Chicken on Christmas - Smithsonian
    Why is KFC a Christmas tradition in Japan? - Boing Boing
    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 music - The Season's Upon Us - Dropkick Murphys (2012)
    All music used under fair use provisions.
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  • Making a Bond and Rising Damp
    In this episode Suzie follows the career of Dusko Popov and Trevor checks out the rather wet streets of Dunwich.
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    Sources:
    DUSKO POPOV
    BBC News 2002, ‘The name's Tricycle, Agent Tricycle’ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1973962.stm
    Robinson B 2011, ‘Pearl Harbor: A Rude Awakening’, BBC History http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/pearl_harbour_01.shtml
    Desowitz B 2016, ‘The life of Serbian spy Dusko Popov, the real 007’, USA Today https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2016/06/25/into-the-lions-mouth-the-true-story-of-dusko-popov-world-war-ii-spy-patriot-and-the-real-life-inspiration-for-james-bond-book-review/86208618/
    History on the Net 2000, ‘Dusko Popov: The Triple-Agent, Real-Life James Bond Who Warned the U.S. About Pearl Harbor’ https://www.historyonthenet.com/dusko-popov-the-triple-agent-real-life-james-bond-who-warned-the-u-s-about-pearl-harbor/
    Origjanska M 2017, ‘My name is Popov, Dusko Popov: The man who inspired James Bond’ https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/10/24/my-name-is-popov-dusko-popov-the-man-who-inspired-james-bond/
    Riedel M 2016, ‘The womanizing, gambling-loving spy who inspired James Bond’, https://nypost.com/2016/06/26/the-womanizing-gambling-loving-spy-who-inspired-james-bond/
    U.S. Legal n.d., ‘Federal Mann Act’ https://prostitution.uslegal.com/federal-mann-act/
    Zimmerman D 2011, ‘Dusko Popov, Real Life James Bond, Ran Afoul of the FBI - Dusko Popov, Pearl Harbor, and J. Edgar Hoover’ https://www.defensemedianetwork.com/stories/dusko-popov-real-life-james-bond-ran-afoul-of-the-fbi/
    DUNWICH
    Dunwich underwater images show 'Britain's Atlantis' - BBC News
    Dunwich: The storms that destroyed 'lost town' - BBC News
    The streets of 'Britain's Atlantis' seen for the first time in centuries: 3D scans reveal the 'drowned' medieval town of Dunwich - The Daily Mail Australia
    Sunken city known as 'Britain's Atlantis' was swept into the sea by years of violent storms - Mirror UK
    Dunwich - The Search for Britian's Atlantis
    Britain's Atlantis: the search for our lost capital - The Independent
    Found: The Lost City of Dunwich - Britain’s Atlantis - Visit Suffolk
    THE LAST RUINS OF DUNWICH, SUFFOLK’S LOST MEDIEVAL TOWN - Flickering Lamps
    England’s Underwater Cities – Dunwich - Metal and Dust
    Secret streets of Britain's 'Atlantis' are revealed - Science Daily
    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 music - James Bond Theme (Original)
    All music used under fair use provisions.
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  • The Unsinkable Story and the Storied Detective
    In this episode Suzie looks at the strange tales of William Thomas Stead and Trevor investigates the life of Francois Eugene Vidocq!
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    Sources:
    WILIAM THOMAS STEAD
    Carter C 2012, ‘Titanic sinking foretold in fictional accounts years before disaster’, CBC News http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/titanic-sinking-foretold-in-fictional-accounts-years-before-disaster-1.1289723
    Encyclopedia Titanica 2017, ‘Mr William Thomas Stead’ https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-victim/william-thomas-stead.html
    Hasan H 2012, ‘Author ‘Predicts’ Titanic Sinking, 14 Years Earlier’ TIME Magazine http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/04/14/author-predicts-titanic-sinking-14-years-earlier/
    Stead W 1886 and 1892, ‘How the Mail Steamer went down in Mid Atlantic by a Survivor’ and ‘From the Old World to the New’ W.T. Stead Resource Site http://www.attackingthedevil.co.uk/pmg/steamer.php and http://www.attackingthedevil.co.uk/reviews/oldworld.php
    Valjak D 2017, ‘A story written in 1886 predicted the 1912 “Titanic” disaster with eerie accuracy’ https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/10/25/a-story-written-in-1886-predicted-the-1912-titanic-disaster-with-eerie-accuracy/
    FRANCOIS EUGENE VIDOCQ
    THE GREAT DETECTIVES: VIDOCQ - The Strand Magazine
    Eugène Vidocq: The Convict Who Became the Father of Modern Criminal Investigation - Owlcation
    Eugene Vidocq: The ex-convict who became the world’s first private investigator - Vintage News
    LA VIE DE MONSIEUR VIDOCQ - The Vidocq Society
    François Vidocq - Encyclopedia Britannica
    François Eugène Vidocq - Thrilling Detective
    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 music - My Heart Will Go On - Postmodern Jukebox (2015)
    All music used under fair use provisions.
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  • What The Halloween Mark 2
    In this extra gristly Halloween episode Suzie discusses the stories surrounding Countess Elizabeth Bathory and Trevor checks into H H Holmes's gruesome hotel!
    CONTENT WARNING:  We discuss some details of murder and torture in this episode.  Those who wish to avoid these details should skip from 16:25 to 17:17.
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    Sources:
    COUNTESS ELIZABETH BATHORY
    Breyer M 2012, ‘The Blood Countess: History's most prolific female serial killer’ https://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/stories/the-blood-countess-historys-most-prolific-female-serial-killer
    Cavendish R 2014, ‘Death of Countess Elizabeth Bathory’ http://www.historytoday.com/richard-cavendish/death-countess-elizabeth-bathory
    Craft K 2011, ‘Infamous Lady: The True Story of Countess Erzsébet Báthory’ http://www.infamouslady.com/about_the_countess.html
    Guinness World Records 2017, ‘Most prolific female murderer’ http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-prolific-female-murderer
    History Channel 2017, ‘This Day In History December 26th – 1610 Bathory’s torturous escapades are exposed’ http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bathorys-torturous-escapades-are-exposed
    Holloway A 2014, ‘Elizabeth Bathory – 16th century deranged serial killer or victim of betrayal?’ http://www.ancient-origins.net/history-famous-people/elizabeth-bathory-16th-century-deranged-serial-killer-or-victim-betrayal
    Medical Bag 2014, ‘The Legend of Elizabeth Báthory: The Blood Countess’ http://www.medicalbag.com/grey-matter/the-legend-of-elizabeth-bathory-the-blood-countess/article/472831/
    Sherman E 2017, ‘The Disturbing True Story Of Elizabeth Bathory, The Blood Countess’ http://all-that-is-interesting.com/elizabeth-bathory-true-story
    Unknown author 2013, ‘Guilty or Innocent? Outlining a Historical Dilemma - Erzsbet Bathory – Portrait of a Killer? https://countessebathory.wordpress.com/
    H H HOLMES
    H.H. Holmes - Biography.com
    MURDER CASTLE - History.com
    A double dose of the macabre - Michigan Today
    Top 10 Hotels That Will Scare the Daylights Out of You - How Stuff Works
    Inside The Incredibly Twisted Murder Mansion Of H.H. Holmes - All That Is Interesting
    Hotel of Horrors: The Murder Castle of Dr. H.H. Holmes - The Line Up
    Can You Visit H.H. Holmes' Hotel? The "Murder Castle" Isn't What It Used To Be - Bustle.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 music - This Is Halloween - The Nightmare Before Christmas Soundtrack (1993)
    All music used under fair use provisions.
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  • Tasty Birthday Nibbles
    In this special first birthday episode of What The History we break from tradition.  Not only do we bring you a meal sized episode, we make it out of bits and pieces that we couldn't make full episodes from.  We also take a trip down memory lane to discuss some of our favourite episodes!
    WHAT THE HISTORY?
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    Some of our favourite episodes:
    Disco Inferno and Badgering History
    Hatpin Warriors and Wonder Who's Origin This Is
    Mary Mary Quite Contagious and The Umbrella Rebel
    The Tichborne Identity and Monsieur Potato
    Vengeance on a Viking and Capers in a Canal
    The Pope who was Dead Wrong and The Birds (The Australian Cut)
    Playing A Round and Liszt Maniacs
    The Island of Death and The Island That Left
    Flower Power Failure and a Mother of a Day
    Pope-a-palooza and The Rocket Man
    The Balls of Victims and Icelandic Self Discovery
    Sources:
    SUZIE'S NIBBLES
    Rodrigues D 2016, ‘The First Strike Ever Recorded in History’ http://www.dulcerodrigues.info/historia/uk/historia_first_strike_uk.html
    Herodotus, ‘Chapter 124’, Herodotus, Histories, Edited by A D Godley Perseus Digital Library http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0126%3Abook%3D2%3Achapter%3D124
    FindLaw 2017, ‘Louisiana Prohibited Consensual Sexual Activity Laws’ http://statelaws.findlaw.com/louisiana-law/louisiana-prohibited-consensual-sexual-activity-laws.html
    Justia 2017, ‘2011 Louisiana Laws, Revised Statutes, TITLE 14 — Criminal law, RS 14:107.1 — Ritualistic acts’ http://law.justia.com/codes/louisiana/2011/rs/title14/rs14-107-1/
    Stone K 2016, ‘The 5 Pettiest Abuses Of Power In Presidential History’ http://www.cracked.com/article_24271_the-5-most-unbelievably-petty-uses-presidential-power.html
    Wikipedia 2017, ‘List of Presidents of the United States of America’ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States
    TREVOR'S NIBBLES
    The Never-Built Airport That Was Never Intended to be Used Anyway - Now I Know
    "What We Can Do To Stop Skyjacking", Herald-Journal - Jun 15, 1969 - Google News
    Elton Motello - Jet Boy Jet Girl - YouTube
    Parliament Arguing About Copper Wires In 1910 Makes For Some Amazing Reading - Gizmodo Australia
    Censor nostalgia: Historian uncovers Australia's banned books - ABC News Australia
    The Trial of Lady Chatterley - Banned
    Censorship decision - 'The Trial of Lady Chatterley' - National Archives Australia
    Censorship decision - 'The Trial of Lady Chatterley' (digitised records) - National Archives Australia
    Clay tablet; letter from Nanni to Ea-nasir complaining that the wrong grade of copper ore has been delivered - British Museum Collection Online
    This 1750 BC Babylonian Tablet Is An Ancient Customer Service Complaint - i09 Gizmodo
    The oldest known complaint letter - ABC Science
    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 music - Happy Birthday Song - Stevie Wonder (1980)
    All music used under fair use provisions.
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