
Episode 41: The OG Plague, Wily Kids, & a Not-So-Great Pox
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01/26/20 • 86 min
This week your girls welcome Kayden from the Happy Hour Podcast to dive into the boil infested history of diseases! Kayden kicks us off with the spooky history of the OG plague then Kyna casually transitions into syphilis before devastating us with some horrible history. Finally, Nat blesses us with some pretty awful excuses to miss school or work throughout history.
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- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9IxpqhesOJneKPBZuY8KlA?view_as=subscriber
Credits:
- Artwork by Kyna Stys
- Intro & Outro Music by Camilo GP
- Hold Music by Lobo Loco-Pianoman Play Sofa Again (Copyright Free Download from Jamendo Music)
- Sound Effects from Free Music Archive, Sound Bible, Free Sound, and Fesliyan Studios
- Editing by Kyna Stys
Sources:
Kyna
- https://www.everydayhealth.com/syphilis/painful-history-odd-bug/
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3956094/
- https://jmvh.org/article/syphilis-its-early-history-and-treatment-until-penicillin-and-the-debate-on-its-origins/
- https://www.history.com/news/the-infamous-40-year-tuskegee-study
- https://www.news-medical.net/health/Syphilis-History.aspx
- https://www.ranker.com/list/historical-figures-with-syphilis/philgibbons
Nat
This week your girls welcome Kayden from the Happy Hour Podcast to dive into the boil infested history of diseases! Kayden kicks us off with the spooky history of the OG plague then Kyna casually transitions into syphilis before devastating us with some horrible history. Finally, Nat blesses us with some pretty awful excuses to miss school or work throughout history.
Listen to Kayden on your favorite platform! Twitter: @happyhistorypod Instagram: @happyhourhistorypod
Join Patreon NOW to be entered in a drawing to win a haunted history starter kit!!
Want to send us stuff like a postcard or letter? Now you can!!
P. O. Box 1141 Seguin, TX 78155-9998
- Want to be featured in our next Extra AF episode? E-mail your historical experiences, the funny/weird stories from your hometown, a family story or legend, and your true crime/paranormal experiences to [email protected]!
- We have new merch! Mason jars are here and we couldn't be more pumped! They are a Southerner's dream... https://shop.spreadshirt.com/historicalafpod/
- To get access to exclusive additional content, join Patreon today at https://www.patreon.com/HistoricalAFPod! Patreon members have early access to the podcast and enjoy benefits like book lists, bucket lists, bloopers, drunk dives, deleted scenes, and more!!
- Finally, don't forget to rate and review us on Apple Podcast, Stitcher, Facebook and, the like to help us become more visible!
Links:
- Email: [email protected]
- Website: https://historicalafpodcast.wordpress.com/
- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HistoricalAFPod
- Merch: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/historicalafpod/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HistoricalAFPod/
- Instagram: @HistoricalAFPod www.instagram.com/historicalafpod/
- Twitter: @HistoricalAFPod www.twitter.com/historicalafpod
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9IxpqhesOJneKPBZuY8KlA?view_as=subscriber
Credits:
- Artwork by Kyna Stys
- Intro & Outro Music by Camilo GP
- Hold Music by Lobo Loco-Pianoman Play Sofa Again (Copyright Free Download from Jamendo Music)
- Sound Effects from Free Music Archive, Sound Bible, Free Sound, and Fesliyan Studios
- Editing by Kyna Stys
Sources:
Kyna
- https://www.everydayhealth.com/syphilis/painful-history-odd-bug/
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3956094/
- https://jmvh.org/article/syphilis-its-early-history-and-treatment-until-penicillin-and-the-debate-on-its-origins/
- https://www.history.com/news/the-infamous-40-year-tuskegee-study
- https://www.news-medical.net/health/Syphilis-History.aspx
- https://www.ranker.com/list/historical-figures-with-syphilis/philgibbons
Nat
Previous Episode

HAFP Mini Gab 12 with an Artsy Plot Twist
Grab your gigglewater and get ready for a twisty plot twist because this week's episode is like no other!
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We have a P.O. Box now! We'd love to hear from you or see postcards from your favorite spooky or historical places!
P. O. Box 1141 Seguin, TX 78155-9998
- Want to be featured in our next Extra AF episode? E-mail your historical experiences, the funny/weird stories from your hometown, a family story or legend, and your true crime/paranormal experiences to [email protected]!
- We have new merch! Mason jars are here and we couldn't be more pumped! They are a Southerner's dream... https://shop.spreadshirt.com/historicalafpod/
- To get access to exclusive additional content, join Patreon today at https://www.patreon.com/HistoricalAFPod! Patreon members have early access to the podcast and enjoy benefits like book lists, bucket lists, bloopers, drunk dives, deleted scenes, and more!!
- Finally, don't forget to rate and review us on Apple Podcast, Stitcher, Facebook and, the like to help us become more visible!
Links:
- Email: [email protected]
- Website: https://historicalafpodcast.wordpress.com/
- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HistoricalAFPod
- Merch: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/historicalafpod/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HistoricalAFPod/
- Instagram: @HistoricalAFPod www.instagram.com/historicalafpod/
- Twitter: @HistoricalAFPod www.twitter.com/historicalafpod
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9IxpqhesOJneKPBZuY8KlA?view_as=subscriber
Credits:
- Artwork by Kyna Stys
- Intro & Outro Music by Camilo GP
- Hold Music by Lobo Loco-Pianoman Play Sofa Again (Copyright Free Download from Jamendo Music)
- Sound Effects from Free Music Archive, Sound Bible, Free Sound, and Fesliyan Studios
- Editing by Kyna Stys
Next Episode

HAFP Mini Gab 13 with Special Guest Kayden
Grab your gigglewater and get ready to dive into some history with your gals! This week Natalee and Kyna are joined by another amazing Podcast, Kayden from Happy Hour History! This week we dive into an unlikely discover and a look into the history of the railroad. We end the pod with an amazing Q & A with Kayden for yet another Mini Gab that is not so mini!
If you would like to be a Patreon member and guest host a Mini Gab, go to www.patreon.com/historicalafpod now!
We have a P.O. Box now! We'd love to hear from you or see postcards from your favorite spooky or historical places!
P. O. Box 1141 Seguin, TX 78155-9998
- Want to be featured in our next Extra AF episode? E-mail your historical experiences, the funny/weird stories from your hometown, a family story or legend, and your true crime/paranormal experiences to [email protected]!
- We have new merch! Mason jars are here and we couldn't be more pumped! They are a Southerner's dream... https://shop.spreadshirt.com/historicalafpod/
- To get access to exclusive additional content, join Patreon today at https://www.patreon.com/HistoricalAFPod! Patreon members have early access to the podcast and enjoy benefits like book lists, bucket lists, bloopers, drunk dives, deleted scenes, and more!!
- Finally, don't forget to rate and review us on Apple Podcast, Stitcher, Facebook and, the like to help us become more visible!
Links:
- Email: [email protected]
- Website: https://historicalafpodcast.wordpress.com/
- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HistoricalAFPod
- Merch: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/historicalafpod/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HistoricalAFPod/
- Instagram: @HistoricalAFPod www.instagram.com/historicalafpod/
- Twitter: @HistoricalAFPod www.twitter.com/historicalafpod
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9IxpqhesOJneKPBZuY8KlA?view_as=subscriber
Credits:
- Artwork by Kyna Stys
- Intro & Outro Music by Camilo GP
- Hold Music by Lobo Loco-Pianoman Play Sofa Again (Copyright Free Download from Jamendo Music)
- Sound Effects from Free Music Archive, Sound Bible, Free Sound, and Fesliyan Studios
- Editing by Kyna Stys
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