Killer History

This week on Killer History, Haley leads a story about Nat Turner rising up against slaveholders and organizing a rebellion that cared the living bejesus out of all the southern whites. Lauren rounds out the episode talking about the conservation efforts of Susan Hansch and Save Our Coast.

This week on Killer History, Lauren leads us on the tale of Maianna de Leyva Marino, an Italian nun from the 1500's and things get really interesting really fast, lest we say... hot and steamy. Make sure you've eaten after you listen to this one! Haley rounds out the episode by telling the story of Amber Hagerman and the creation of the Amber Alert.

This week on Killer History, Lauren fills us in on the details of two young, wealthy Irishmen who have an insatiable thirst for speed and heroics, which eventually leads to one's downfall, and then all the spooky goings on around the place of his death. It's a very strong and detailed ghost story that you don't want to miss.

No HERstory this week as we ran short on time and schedules got crazy, but look out for a great episode next week!

This week on Killer History, Haley pulls a fast one on us and doesn't talk about he totally fake, overglorified, and debunked Bermuda Triangle, but instead tells us about the chilling mysteries of the Bennington Triangle located in Vermont, near the Massachusetts border. Lauren rounds out the episode by telling us all the lifelong achievements of famous long distance runner, Tegla Loroupe.

This week on Killer History, Lauren starts things off extra spooky by detailing the legend of the Greenbrier Ghost, AKA Elva Zona Heaster, which takes place in post Civil War West Virginia, so you know it's gonna get strange. Then Haley's HERstory gets completely hijacked by Josh's love of Bartolome de la Casas and The Oatmeal, but ten Haley informs us about the amazing indigenous peoples activist work of Winona LaDuke.