Halfwit History

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Hosts Jonathan & Kiley talk about the history of the upcoming week, but a long time ago (and sometimes not so long ago). Occasionally, they even know what they are talking about! Join them in exploring topics like Space Monkeys, Teleportation, Viking Battles, Death Poems, and more!
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96 - The Disappearance of the Earl of Lucan

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11/08/22 • 55 min

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This week Kiley could have had had it all, wealth, fame, fortune, but instead she developed a gambling addiction and became weirdly focused on ruining my life. Wait no that's our subject for today, Richard John Bingham. Though he did disappear.... I should sleep with one eye open...
Topic: Richard John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan, Murderer and Figurative.

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89 - The Brinks Robbery

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01/17/22 • 41 min

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This week Kiley cut a car into tiny pieces after the Crime of the Century in our old stomping grounds of Boston!
Topic: Anthony "Fats" Pino and the multi million dollar Brinks Robbery of 1950.

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12 - Mountains & Monsters

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08/20/19 • 54 min

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This week Kiley creeps to the edge of the water to catch a cryptid, and Jonathan takes a trip to Italy where a festival is ruined by the force of 100,000 bombs.
Topics: The Loch Ness Monster, Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius and the Destruction of Pompeii.

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53 - The Pied Piper

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06/22/20 • 33 min

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This week Kiley is lured to a far away place by a musician in fancy clothing. To her credit, he could have been a pirate.
Topic: The True Story of the Pied Piper of Hamlin Germany.

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49 - Axis Sally

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05/31/20 • 31 min

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Kiley takes a look at a time when women used radio for evil, in a rare trip for us back to WWII.
Topic: Mildred Gillars and Rita Zucca's alias Axis Sally, the women who spread Nazi propaganda and fear over the airwaves of World War II.

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46 - Sun's Nemesis

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05/19/20 • 32 min

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This week Jonathan travels far, far away, in search of the death star that kills dinosaurs every 26 million years, and will some day come for us!
Topic: The Theory of the Dwarf Star Nemesis.

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3 - Great Scotts!

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06/17/19 • 59 min

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Kiley takes a deep dive into the mysteries of Scotland while Jonathan tackles the paranormal with a Werewolf sighting! Bilbo takes his first step into a career as a foley artist...
Topics: The Exorcism of Bill Ramsey the Werewolf of Southend By Sea, The Battle of Bannockburn in the First War of Scottish Independence.

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40 - Braille Fish

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03/02/20 • 44 min

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This week Kiley raises up old letters about the founding of an important school, while Jonathan raises his thumb, much unlike a pile of bricks.
Topics: The Founding of Perkins School for the Blind, The 42nd Anniversary of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.
Podcast Spotlight: Ransack History.

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81- P.T. Barnum

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07/05/21 • 52 min

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This week Kiley buys a ticket to the original "Greatest Show" and is reminded of a horrifying night as a girl scout camping in a museum. And that's probably the least horrific part of the episode.
Topic: The life of P.T. Barnum and his many opportunistic endeavors.

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