What The History

In this Mother's (or is it Mothers') Day related episode Suzie examines how the humble tulip nearly wrecked a country and Trevor discusses how Anna Jarvis, the creator of Mother's Day, felt about Mother's Day.

WHAT THE HISTORY?

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THE TULIP BULB BUBBLE

Beattie A 2017, Market Crashes: The Tulip and Bulb Craze, Investopedia.com http://www.investopedia.com/features/crashes/crashes2.asp

Colombo J 2012, The Dutch “Tulip Mania” Bubble (aka Tulipmania), http://www.thebubblebubble.com/tulip-mania/

Sooke A 2016, Tulip Mania: The flowers that cost more than houses, BBC Culture http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160419-tulip-mania-the-flowers-that-cost-more-than-houses

ANNA JARVIS

Mother's Day's Dark History - National Geographic

The Mother's Day Church - Scenic USA

Mother's Day - Wikipedia

Women Who Made a Difference by Carol Crowe-Carraco - Google Books

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

Tiptoe Through The Tulips - Tiny Tim (1968)

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In this delayed episode Suzie dives into the Great Western Schism and Trevor spends some time with Claude Ruggieri.

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THE GREAT WESTERN SCHISM

Knight K 2012, ‘Western Schism’, New Advent, Catholic Encyclopaedia http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13539a.htm

Oakley F 1990, ‘1378 The Great Papal Schism’, Christianity Today, Christian History http://www.christianitytoday.com/history/issues/issue-28/1378-great-papal-schism.html

CLAUDE RUGGIERI

One small step for livestock…One giant shortcut for the practical historian - The Practical Historian

Who the heck is Claude Ruggieri? - The Rocketry Blog

Ruggieri, Claude (fl. early 19th century) - Encyclopedia of Science

Rockets By Steven Otfinoski - Google Books

History - The Chemistry of Fireworks

The Sad Story of Laika, the First Dog Launched Into Orbit - Time

The Secret History Of The First Cat In Space - Gizmodo Australia

Yuri Gagarin: First Man in Space | The Greatest Moments in Flight - Space.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

Rocket Man - Elton John (1972)

Bleating Sheep - http://www.orangefreesounds.com/bleating-sheep/ (creative commons)

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In this mould breaker episode Suzie recaps the "career" of Maurice Flitcroft and Trevor examines the phenomena surrounding Franz Liszt.

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MAURICE FLITCROFT

Golf Europe 2017, A History of Golf since 1497 http://www.golfeurope.com/almanac/history/history1.htm

Kindred D 2007, The Great Pretender, Golf Digest http://www.golfdigest.com/story/kindred_gd0707

Montague J 2010, Maurice Flitcroft: The world's worst golfer http://edition.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/golf/07/16/maurice.flitcroft.worst.golfer/

Murray S 2008, The Guardian, Crazy golfer https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2008/sep/19/golf.rydercup

The Telegraph 2007, Obituaries: Maurice Flitcroft http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1547158/Maurice-Flitcroft.html

FRANZ LISZT

Lisztomania The Franz Liszt Compendium

Franz Liszt - Biography.com

Franz Liszt The Virtuoso Years, 1811–1847 - Cornell Press

How Franz Liszt Became The World's First Rock Star - NPR.com

Lisztomania (1975) - IMDB

Lisztomania (song) - Wikipedia

Phoenix - Lisztomania - YouTube

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 - Lisztomania - Phoenix (2009)

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In this mysterious episode Suzie examines the mystery of the Mary Celeste and Trevor plays around with the arcade mystery of Polybius.

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Sources:

THE MARY CELESTE

History.com n.d, What happened to the Mary Celeste? http://www.history.com/news/ask-history/what-happened-to-the-mary-celeste

Smithsonian.com 2007, Abandoned Ship: The Mary Celeste http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/abandoned-ship-the-mary-celeste-174488104/?page=1

The Mary Celeste – Fact Not Fiction, n.d. http://www.maryceleste.net/part1.htm

POLYBIUS

The Golden Age Arcade Historian - All in for a Quarter

Polybius: The story behind the world's most mysterious arcade cabinet - Eurogamer

The Urban Legend of the Government’s Mind-Controlling Arcade Game - Atlas Obscura

Polybius - Know Your Meme

THE POLYBIUS CONSPIRACY - Kickstarter

1981 in video gaming - Wikipedia

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)

All music used under fair use provisions.

This episode Suzie examines the dancing plagues of 1374 and 1518 and Trevor sweetens the podcast with The Honey War of 1839.

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THE DANCING PLAGUE

Andrews E 2015, What was the dancing plague of 1518? http://www.history.com/news/ask-history/what-was-the-dancing-plague-of-1518

Cogitz 2009, The Dancing Plague of 1518

https://cogitz.wordpress.com/2009/09/02/the-dancing-plague-of-1518/

Waller J 2009, Dancing Plagues and Mass Hysteria, The Psychologist, The British Psychological Society, July 2009, Vol. 22, pp. 644-647 http://thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-22/edition-7/dancing-plagues-and-mass-hysteria

Reference.com 2017, What are the symptoms of Saint Vitus Dance disease?, https://www.reference.com/health/symptoms-saint-vitus-dance-disease-a9c2fb709c4f3f21

Renlightenment 2012, Episode 37 ‘The Dancing Plague’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBCJU13SAoA

You Tube 2013, Buffy the Vampire Slayer – Once More With Feeling – ‘Something to Sing About’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8uH26GlWeo

You Tube 2015: 24th June 1374 Dance Plague breaks out in Aachen, Germany, History Pod https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aXRna3yZpo

THE HONEY WAR

5 Lesser Known (Completely Ridiculous) American Civil Wars - Cracked

The Honey War Boundary Dispute - The History Engine

THE IOWA-MISSOURI BOUNDARY WAR - Iowa History Project

Honey War - Wikipdepia

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)

All music used under fair use provisions.

This episode Suzie discusses the career of Robert Coates and Trevor rocks out with Doctor in Distress

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ROBERT COATES

Reader’s Digest 1988, Strange Stories, Amazing Facts, Reader’s Digest Services Pty Ltd, Surry Hills, p. 500

Strange Company 2014, Robert Coates: The Greatest of Bad Actors - http://strangeco.blogspot.com.au/2014/03/robert-coates-greatest-of-bad-actors.html

DOCTOR IN DISTRESS

Doctor in Distress - TARDIS Wikia

Doctor in Distress - YouTube

Who Cares?: The Story of “Doctor in Distress” – The Worst Little “Cause Rock” Single of Them All - Confessions of a Pop Culture Addict

Ian Levine - Wikipedia

Charity Songs - The Top 13

Extract from Doctor In Distress by Who Cares (1985) used under fair use provisions

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)

All music used under fair use provisions.

This episode Suzie examines the Cadaver Synod and Trevor delves into a bit of Australian history with the Emu War

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THE CADAVER SYNOD

Encyclopaedia Britannica 2007, ‘Formosus’ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Formosus#ref916569

Harper E 2014, ‘The Cadaver Synod: When a Pope's Corpse Was Put on Trial’ http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/morbid-monday-cadaver-synod

Sullivan K 2016, ‘Cadaver Synod: The Exhumed Corpse of Pope Formosus That Was Put on Trial’ http://www.ancient-origins.net/history-important-events/cadaver-synod-exhumed-corpse-pope-formosus-was-put-trial-007104?nopaging=1

Publications for Further Reading

There are a few publications which mention the Cadaver Synod, check them out!

‘The Bad Popes’ by E R Chamberlain (1969)

‘Keepers of the Keys of Heaven: A History of the Papacy’ Roger Collins (2004)

‘The Ring and the Book’ Robert Browning (n.d)

‘The Cadaver Synod: Strangest Trial in History’ Donald E Wilkes Jr (2001)

THE EMU WAR

SETTLEMENT OF RETURNED SOLDIERS AND SAILORS 1914-18 - Australian Bureau of Statistics

Emu - The Animal Facts

Looking back: Australia's Emu Wars - Australian Geographic

How we lost the "Emu War" - Emu Gigs

The five funniest moments in Australian history - ABC News (Australia)

Emu War - Wikipedia

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)

All music used under fair use provisions.

For our first podcast of 2017 Suzie discusses Disco Demolition Night and Trevor discovers the importance of badgers in historical findings.

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DISCO DEMOLITION NIGHT

The Night Disco Died - Chicago Magazine

Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park in Chicago 1979 - YouTube

Disco Demolition Night - Wikipedia

BADGERS

Bronze Age burial near Stonehenge discovered by badger - www.bbc.com

Badger Digs Up Medieval Treasure in Germany - Speigel Online

CENTURIES-OLD SKELETON OF GIRL FOUND ON ALBERTA FARM - New Historian

Badger Facts - Animal Facts Encyclopedia

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)

All music used under fair use provisions.

Suzie explores the Winchester Mystery House (tm) and Trevor examines the Whiskey War.

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THE WINCHESTER MYSTERY HOUSE (tm)

Wagner R, 2016 ‘The Truth About Sarah Winchester’ http://thetruthaboutsarahwinchester.com/

Wagner R, 2016 ‘The Truth About The Winchester House’ http://thetruthaboutthewinchesterhouse.com/

Winchester Mystery House ™, 2016. http://www.winchestermysteryhouse.com/

Wikipedia, 2016 ‘Winchester Mystery House’ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Mystery_House

THE WHISKEY WAR

Hans Off! Canada And Denmark's Arctic Dispute - www.worldatlas.com

Canada and Denmark keep relations warm in Arctic island dispute - www.thestar.com

Canada, Denmark Wage "Whisky War" Over This Tiny Uninhabited Island - www.elitereaders.com

University student anoints himself “prince” of Hans Island - Nunatsiaq News

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)

All music used under fair use provisions.

Suzie celebrates The Victims Ball and Trevor finds a strange tale of a missing woman in Iceland.

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THE VICTIMS BALL

History.com n.d, ‘8 Things You May Not Know About The Guillotine’ http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/8-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-guillotine

Schechter R 1998, Gothic Thermidor: The Bals des victimes, the Fantastic, and the Production of Historical Knowledge in Post-Terror France, No. 61, Special Issue: Practices of Enlightenment (Winter, 1998), University of California Press, p. 78 https://www.jstor.org/stable/2902948?seq=1#fndtn-page_scan_tab_contents

Wikipedia 2016, ‘Bals des Victimes’ and ‘Jean-Paul Marat’ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bals_des_victimes and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Paul_Marat

Versailles Gossip, n.d, ‘Womens Fashions Under the Influence of Guillotine’ https://versaillesgossip.wordpress.com/2012/09/03/womens-fashions-under-the-influence-of-guillotine/

WOMAN SEARCHES FOR HERSELF IN ICELAND

Report: Missing tourist in Iceland joins search for herself - NBC News

Lost Woman Looks for Herself in Iceland’s Highlands - Iceland Review On Line

Kon­an fund­in - tók þátt í leit­inni að sjálfri sér - www.mbl.is (via Google Translate)