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January 05, 2020 The Tichborne Identity and Monsieur Potato
Suzie examines the strange case of the Tichborne Claimant and Trevor shares the story of an unsung hero, Antoine-Augustin Parmentier.
WHAT THE HISTORY?
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Sources:
THE TICHBORNE CLAIMANT
The State Library of New South Wales 2011, The Tichborne case: a Victorian melodrama. Viewed 27th October 2016 http://www2.sl.nsw.gov.au/archive/discover_collections/history_nation/justice/felons/tichborne/index.html
Wikipedia 2016, Tichborne case. Viewed 28th October 2016 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tichborne_case
PS check out the movie The Tichborne Claimant released in 1998 and directed by David Yates…if you can find this movie, let us know!!!!!
ANTIONE-AUGUSTIN PARMENTIER
Antoine Augustin Parmentier (Geni.com)
A pharmacist famous for his potatoes (The Pharmaceutical Journal)
The French and Their Acceptance of the Potato (The Historic Foodie's Blog)
Spud Sunday: Vive La Spud (The Daily Spud)
Antoine-Augustin Parmentier (Wikipedia)
POTATOES PARMENTIER
800g of Potatoes
Salt for parboiling said potatoes
2 cloves of lightly crushed garlic
3 separate tablespoons of melted butter
2 tablespoons of chopped parsley
2 tablespoons of chopped coriander
2 tablespoons of chopped mint
Half a teaspoon of lemon zest
A squeeze of lemon juice (you can work out how lemony you want it)
Coarse salt (again, depends on how salty you like it)
Freshly ground black pepper (up to you)
Preheat your oven to 200 degrees celsius, scrub the potatoes but do not peel them, chop them into approx 1cm cubes then rinse them in cold water.
Put the potatoes in a saucepan with 2 ¼ cups of water, 1 ½ teaspoons of salt and the garlic cloves. Bring to a boil over a medium-high heat, then lower the heat and let them simmer for 2 minutes. Drain them, remove the garlic and return the potatoes to the saucepan then let them sit (off the heat) covered by a tea towel for about 5 minutes to let them dry out.
Toss the potato cubes in 2 tablespoons of butter and then spread the cubes in a single layer onto baking trays. Roast them in the oven for 30 minutes or until golden and crispy. Give the trays a shake about half way through.
Once the potatoes are cooked, mix the parsley, coriander and mint with the remaining butter and the lemon zest and toss the potatoes with the mixture.
Add the coarse salt, the black pepper and lemon juice to your preferred taste and then serve
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.
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January 05, 2020 Pope Looks Like a Lady and The Naughty Night Trap
Suzie delves into the mystery of Pope Joan and Trevor geeks it up with some video game history featuring Night Trap.
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Sources:
POPE JOAN
Biography.com 2016, ‘Pope Joan’ http://www.biography.com/people/pope-joan-279083
Encyclopedia Britannica Inc. 2016, ‘Pope Joan’ https://www.britannica.com/topic/Pope-Joan#ref178500
Martin of Opava or Troppau 1278, ‘Chronicon Pontificum et Imperatorum’ http://www.textmanuscripts.com/tm-assets/tm-descriptions/tm0117-description.pdf
Squires N 2010, ‘Pope Joan film sparks Roman Catholic Church row’, The Telegraph
Wikipedia 2016, ‘Pope Joan’ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Joan
Books and Movies About, featuring and characterising Pope Joan
Pope Joan (aka Die Papstin)– 2009, directed by Sonke Wortmann, adapted from the novel of the same name, written in 1996 by Donna Woolfolk Cross
Pope Joan – 1972, directed by Michael Anderson, re-released in 2009 under the title of She….Who Would Be Pope
Papstin Johanna – 1813 play written by Ludwig Achim von Arnim
Pausin Johanna – 1986 monodrama written by Cees van der Pluijm
Top Girls – 1982 play written by Caryl Churchill
The Myth of Pope Joan – 2001 written by Alain Boureau
NIGHT TRAP
Night Trap - www.hardcoregaming101.net
Night Trap: a closer look at one of the most controversial games ever made - www.denofgeek.com
Night Trap ReVamped - www.kickstarter.com
History of the ESRB - www.esrb.org
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.
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January 05, 2020 What The Halloween?
In this very special spooky episode we bring you ghostly tales and gruesome horror!
Suzie shares the tale of Fisher's Ghost and Trevor visits the mansion of Delphine Lalaurie.
WHAT THE HISTORY?
**WARNING - This episode of the podcast contains graphic descriptions of very nasty stuff that happened to people. If you do not wish to hear this bit, or have younger listeners, we highly recommend you skip from 11 minutes 43 seconds to 16 minutes 55 seconds.
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Sources:
FISHER'S GHOST
Campbelltown City Council n.d, ‘Festival of Fishers Ghost’ http://www.campbelltown.nsw.gov.au/RFG/FishersGhost/
Gilbert R 2002, ‘Fishers Ghost, Australia’s Most Famous Ghost’, Australian Ghost Hunters Society http://www.castleofspirits.com/website/old/Australianghosthunters/fishersghost.html
Wikipedia 2016, ‘Fishers Ghost’ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisher%27s_ghost
THE MANSION OF DELPHINE LALAURIE
Delphine LaLaurie (Wikipedia) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphine_LaLaurie
This Day in History - A torture chamber is uncovered by arson (The History Channel) - http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-torture-chamber-is-uncovered-by-arson
MISTRESS OF DEATH: THE HAUNTED HISTORY OF MADAME LALAURIE (Prairie Ghosts) - https://www.prairieghosts.com/lalaurie.html
MADAME DELPHINE LALAURIE: THE MOST EVIL WOMAN IN NEW ORLEANS (The Lineup) - http://www.the-line-up.com/madame-lalaurie-evil-woman-new-orleans/
THE TWISTED TALE OF DELPHINE LALAURIE AND HER HOUSE OF HORRORS (Today I Found Out) - http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/09/twisted-tale-delphine-lalaurie-house-horrors/
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.
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January 05, 2020 Hope This Isn’t Cursed and Genghis Khan Eco Warrior
Suzie explores the curse of the Hope diamond and Trevor checks Ghengis Khan's environmental record.
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Sources:
THE HOPE DIAMOND
Gizmodo, 2016 ‘6 Pieces of Real Life Cursed Jewelry That Could Destroy’ - http://io9.gizmodo.com/6-pieces-of-real-life-cursed-jewelry-that-could-destroy-1449245621
Mental Floss Inc., 2016 ‘8 Supposedly Cursed Gems’ - http://mentalfloss.com/article/68465/8-supposedly-cursed-gems
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History 2016, ‘The Hope Diamond - http://www.si.edu/encyclopedia_si/nmnh/hope.htm
Wikipedia 2016, ‘Hope Diamond’ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope_Diamond
**The Smithsonian link has a lot of books and information on the Hope Diamond listed for future reading**
GHENGIS KHAN - ECO WARRIOR
Coupled climate–carbon simulations indicate minor global effects of wars and epidemics on atmospheric CO2 between AD 800 and 1850 - The Holocene August 2011 vol. 21 no. 5 843-851
Genghis Han killed so many people, that it was actually good for the environment, new study claims - ZME Science 26 May 2014
The Mongol Empire - www.allempires.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)
All music used under fair use provisions.
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January 05, 2020 The Money Pit and World War Poo
Suzie explores the Money Pit of Oak Island, Canada and Trevor checks out North African camel dung during World War II.
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Sources:
MONEY PIT
D’Arcy O’Connor 2004, The Secret Treasure of Oak Island: The Amazing True
Story of a Centuries‐Old Treasure Hunt, Globe Pequot Press
Lionel Fanthorpe, The Oak Island Mystery
Graham Harris, Oak Island and its Lost Treasure
The Museum of UnNatural Mystery, 1998 - http://www.unmuseum.org/oakisl.htm
Oak Island Treasure - http://www.oakislandtreasure.co.uk/
WORLD WAR II CAMEL DUNG
The Bacillus Subtilis Story - http://www.rense.com/general4/bac.htm
7 Creative Uses for Poop - http://mentalfloss.com/article/23998/7-creative-uses-poop
German Soldiers Forced to Eat Poop - https://www.warhistoryonline.com/featured/german-soldiers-eat-poop.html
10 Interesting Facts about WWII - http://www.replicaweaponry.com/replica_collector_blog/10-interesting-facts-about-world-war-2/
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.
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March 21, 2019 Mooning Bats and the Peaceful Pause
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 v
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March 21, 2019 Mooning Bats and the Peaceful Pause
In this episode Suzie goes on a lunar adventure and Trevor examines a treaty that was very long in the making.
WHAT THE HISTORY?
Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast, or find us on iTunes, Spotify or Stitcher. You can check out enhanced podcasts at Rufus Project TV. Also chat with us over on Facebook or Twitter #wthpod.
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
All music used under fair use provisions.
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February 28, 2019 Holey Gage and Saving Lincoln
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’
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February 28, 2019 Holey Gage and Saving Lincoln
In this episode Suzie examines a medical oddity and Trevor recounts a particularly amazing coincidence.
WHAT THE HISTORY?
Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast, or find us on iTunes, Spotify or Stitcher. You can check out enhanced podcasts at Rufus Project TV. Also chat with us over on Facebook or Twitter #wthpod.
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
All music used under fair use provisions.
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February 16, 2019 Bubonic Brissie and Tragic Inspiration
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
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