Unhinged History

Angie and Theresa's mind meld is at it again.
This week, Theresa starts things off by telling the morbid history of a PNW landmark, Mcmenamins Edgefield Hotel. It starts off as a poor farm on what is now the Oregon Zoo, and moves to Troutdale, where it became one of the most haunted places in the nation.
Angie takes up the baton of the macabre as she shares about body snatching and how it led to the Doctors' Riot of 1788. It's a dark tale centered mostly in the US, but she does touch on the history of stealing dead people to advance medicine and touches on Burke and Hare.

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Leaning hard into Spooky Month, Angie and Theresa bring some stories that are real bangers.
First off, Angie leads with the story of Evita, you know, Eva Perón. What you may not know is that this incredibly inspirational leader had a wild life after she died. Her body was specially embalmed and paraded around, buried multiple times, and that's not even the weirdest part.
Theresa must have known Angie was going to tell a wild tale, because she ups the ante. Listen to the story of Francois Duvalier, the president of Haiti, who blends voodoo and dictatorship to maintain power.

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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.
Get this book from your local independent bookshop, or support Theresa's favorite, Powell's.
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