Wining About Herstory

The ladies are kicking off a spooky season so big that it takes THREE gals to make it happen! Joined by Joy Scaglione of the Bite Sized Crime podcast, we're talking true crime, chronic anxiety, and Robert Stack's trench coat. Joy shares the story of a hometown horror- in 2006, 14-year-old Elizabeth Shoaf was kidnapped while getting off the school bus and held captive in a bunker. Determined to survive, Elizabeth worked to manipulate her captor and find a way to escape. Settle in for that Unsolved Mysteries marathon and break out the hand-drawn crime scene diagrams, because we're wining about herstory!

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It's the most HORRIBLE TIME of the year! The ladies are dipping their toes in the dark waters of the spooky and unexplained this week with two truly terrifying tales. First, Emily shares the story of Mercy Lena Brown. When a mysterious illness ravaged the Brown family, the townsfolk of Exeter, Rhode Island, suspected a vampire was preying on the family- and the vampire was closer than anyone suspected. Then, Kelley tells the tale of Riina, a warrior woman of the Samoan Islands who, when two women were abducted by dude-bro ghosts, defied all expectations by rescuing them with her killer thighs. Question suspicious tonics and don't let weird dudes with whispering hair tell you what to do because we're wining about herstory!

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The ladies may not know where or when they are, but they know it's time for some herstory! First, Kelley covers Martha Bernal, a Mexican American woman who took her experiences facing discrimination along with her career in psychology to pioneer a whole new field of mental health study and care. Then, Emily tells the story of Anna Coleman Ladd. As an artist during WWI, Anna was looking for a way to support injured soldiers, leading her to begin crafting some shockingly realistic masks. Grab your favorite salty blonde and don't hide your Kamala reaction faces, because we're wining about herstory!

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Drugged up dogs, corporate evil, and copious amounts of birthday cake! Emily tells the story of Ellie De Castro who set out on a mission to find out who Nellie E. Brown, the namesake of her father's elementary school, was. The simple question took an international team two years to answer and was far from what anyone expected. Then, Kelley tells the story of Berta Cáceres, a Lenca woman in Honduras fighting to protect the environment and her ancestral lands. But when corporate greed and government corruption come together, the results are tragic. Grab your decanter of mystery whisky and keep the hope alive, because we're wining about herstory!

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Same shit, different way! Kelley tells the story of Penelope Barker, a woman living in the American Colonies who capitalized on several husbands' (unintentional) deaths to raise her status, make her own money, and start the first women's led political movement! Then, Emily tells the story Phyllis Lumley, the woman behind the viral 1950s television clip who raised seven children with no arms and, most impressive, didn't need anyone to light her own cigarette. Described as 'A Mother in a Million,' was Phyllis really so different from other women of her time? Grab a bag of mini donuts and persist like the horror you are, because we're wining about herstory!

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The Ladies are BACK! AGAIN! For the 238th time! First, Emily celebrates the Olympics by covering Olympian Matilda 'Lida' Scott Howell, who found love and success through archery, making history at the first Olympic Games to be held in the U.S. Then, Kelley tells the story of Susan Ahn Cuddy, a Korean American woman who proved just what a woman could do during WWII when she was given a chance and a big, big, BIG gun. Grab your chocolate medal and strap into a flight simulator, because we're wining about herstory! (AGAIN!)

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We are Gerbil Money Pit and we are here to rock your faces off! First, Kelley tells the story of Penta who, to avoid her pervy brother, cut off her hands, gave birth to a dog, and attended the world's worst pity party. Then, Emily covers Elizabeth 'Baby Doe' Tabor, an ambitious young woman whose meteoric rise and fall is still legendary in Colorado- but what is the truth about this alleged homewrecker/sex worker/gold digger/socialite? Plug in your sauna because we're wining about herstory!

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This week's episode is sponsored by unmitigated nonsense! Emily covers Sarah Kidder who wasn't kidding around when she became the first woman President of a (questionably named) railroad! Then, Kelley tells the story of Helen Gardener (the artist formally known as Alice Chenoweth) who was a writer, activist, and intellectual, but DEFINTELY NOT a feminist. Go out there and make your moms proud because we're wining about herstory!

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The ladies are here to drink and validate your beautiful self! Kelley tells the story of Laura Bridgman, a disabled woman who redefined what people thought a blind and deaf person could accomplish. Then, Emily covers Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir, a far traveling Viking woman who had bad luck with husbands, but great fortune with traveling the world. Grab a pocket of Oreos and your favorite Karen because we're wining about herstory!

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Swarthy fireman, gaslighting cohosts, and looks that could kill! Emily shares the story of Kate the ghost, a hard working gal who got caught up in men's bullshit and now haunts the location of her greatest tragedy. Then, Kelley tells the story of Eliza Suggs who, despite suffering from brittle bone syndrome, brought short girl energy to everything in her life, including speaking, writing, and telling nosey bitches to mind their own business. Bitch when are you going to start talking because we're wining about herstory!

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