Unhinged History

Sometimes Angie and Theresa share a special mind-meld where the topics have a surprising theme. This week, the theme is "sorta/kinda."
Theresa starts off by telling the tale of Frederick Thomas Lynwood, the Muffin Man, London's first serial killer. In typical Theresa fashion, she catches down facts and ruins this delightful clickbait. Come for the creepy tale, and stay for all of the ways it could never be true.
Angie picks up the torch and continues the theme with the story of La Voisin, the most renowned poisoner of her time. This French fortune teller was doing everything she could to keep her family afloat, including but not limited to "inheritance powders" and black masses ...but does her forced confession make her guilty?
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Angie takes over the whole episode this week, with the tale of Roberto Cofresí. This part is Robin Hood, mostly a pirate, hailing from Puerto Rico. He’d start his career after the golden age of pirates, but doesn’t let that stop him. Sit back and learn his historical basis before delving into his ghost stories persisting to this day.

This story pairs well with:
Jean Lafitte

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Sometimes, instead of finding resources and ignoring pronunciation guides, Theresa and Angie interview some really awesome people who do the work for them.
This week, they interview Jason Bell, a Fulbright professor and historian. Jason's new book, titled Operation Sparrow, covers the little-known mission of sending three commandos behind enemy lines in Hungary during WWII, with the express mission to negotiate Hungary's surrender to the Allies.
Once they arrive, though, things change, and they find themselves attempting to convince the Third Reich of alternate locations for the D-Day invasion.
So of course, this story hooks both Theresa and Angie. It's got spies. Explosions. At one point, they take over a prison.
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This week is full of DYK sidebars, and we are not sorry even a little bit.

Theresa kicks things off with the story of Mexico’s first Black president, Vicente Guerrero. Did she mention he was the second president in the country’s history?! Buckle in as she shares the very short presidency of Guerrero, who would still make his mark when he abolished slavery and established the possibility for a second underground railroad headed south of the border.

Angie can’t wait to celebrate Fall. So she kicks off Spooky season early with a tale of the Eddy Brothers. These psychic brothers hailed from Chittenden and were hometown heroes. But many view these mediums as frauds who merely took advantage of the Spiritualism movement. Who’s to say?

This story pairs well with:
General Antonio López de Santa Anna and how he lost his legs during the Pastry War of 1838
The Fox Sisters

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Sometimes the two unhinged hosts bring you stories you’ve never heard. Other times, we tell you stories you've likely heard. Today, we’re probably doing both.

Angie kicks things off with her retelling of a very chaotic year in Rome. It’s the year the empire had five emperors and held an auction… for the emperorship? Throne? It was a whole thing.

Meanwhile, Theresa is still on her survivor kick. Last week she shared the story of the man who survived both atomic bombs in Japan, and today she shares the tale of Violet Jessop, who survived the sinking of the Titanic and two other shipwrecks before it.

This story pairs well with:
Tsutomu Yamaguchi - the twice-bombed man
Pope Pius II (He wrote a dirty book)

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