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Distorted History Podcast

I'm a history teacher and musician and every other week I cover a topic from American history ranging from the important to the cultural to the weird and unusual. Also once a month I produce a bonus episode focusing on the creation on a piece of music be it a modern rock album to classical music or the lore of video game.

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In 1872 the news of the discovery of a bonanza of diamonds and other precious gems somewhere in the western territories excites the nations. As many have visions of another gold rush just this time with diamonds. Yet for one young scientist this news is potentially career threatening. This is where that story begins.

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Klan leader DC Stephenson commits a crime so heinous that not even all his power and influence can help him escape justice. His downfall then becomes the first domino to topple as the 1920s klan falls out of favor and fades into irrelevance.

Content warning: includes brief descriptions of incidents of sexual assault. For any who don't feel comfortable with such content (times inexact due to ads)
First happens at the start of the second section (roughly 20 minutes or so in) and lasts for 2 min and 45 seconds
Second starts about 30 seconds into the 3rd section (roughly 46 of so minutes in) and lasts for 7 min and 5 seconds

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The now former singer of Black Sabbath Ozzy Osborne attempts to carry on and with some help releases a pair of solo albums before tragedy strikes claiming the life of young star guitarist Randy Rhodes

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The klan looks to expand its power by incorporating women into its ranks and also by pushing their '100 percent American' agenda through politics. One of the most successful at these political games was DC Stephenson opperating out of Indiana.

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As the klan ties itself to the evangelical movement it experiences both explosive growth and also internal scheming as it begins to shift gears to focus on politics.

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Ozzy's issues reach a point that he's fired from Black Sabbath. The band though carries on and finds a new singer in Ronnie James Dio. Who helps to revitalize the band. Leading to them to release their best and most successful record in years.

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The 1920s klan is notable for targeting immigrants seeking to take over the government through electing loyal politicians and for being a pyramid scheme style grift.

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The original klan is finally brought down thanks largely to the efforts of one cavalry officer and his men. Unfortunately the klan's ultimate goal is still realized.

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As the Klan spreads all throughout the states of the former Confederacy it unleashes a reign of terror on all who stand in their way.

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The story behind the final two Black Sabbath albums with the original line up.

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The ku klux klan is one of the most violent, vile and unfortunately probably most influential organizations in American history. It is then important to examine its history and its motivations.

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With the people of Central America rising up against him William Walker completes his villain arc. Yet even in defeat he refuses to give up.

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After completing their most ambitious album yet Black Sabbath discover that they'd been betrayed by their own managed. This sabotage and the resulting legal troubles will prove to have an impact not only on their next album but on the band as a whole.

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After having his transit company stripped of its contracts and property by the upstart filibuster William Walker. Cornelius Vanderbilt one of the richest men in the United States makes it his mission to destroy Walker and everything that he has build in Nicaragua.

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William Walker fresh off his failure to conquer and create a new republic out of two Mexican states leaps at the chance to try again. This time by heading down to Nicaragua after being invited by one side of an on going civil war to join their fight by leading a force of filibusters.

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Feeling the pressure to surpass the somewhat disappointing Vol. 4 Black Sabbath contends with a serious case of writers block and some not so supernatural shenanigans in a spooky English castle.

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Seemingly determined to make a name for himself and play the hero. William Walker attempts to lead an invasion of the Mexican states of Baja California and Sonora in the name of creating his own republic and saving the people there from the attacks of the Apache.

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William Walker would go down in history as the man who looked to take over the country of Nicaragua only to be defeated by the combined forces of 5 Central American Republics. In this episode we look at the early beginnings of Walker's life to see what inspired such outlandish acts. While also looking at the phenomenon of filibusters: individuals who would lead private military campaigns to take over foreign countries and/or join active rebellions in other nations.

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I look back at the story behind Black Sabbath's 4th album Vol. 4 and how it helped to lead to the eventual breakup of the band's original line up.

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As the city of Tulsa devolved into a violent race riot the white mob soon turned their attention to the prosperous African American district of Greenwood aka Black Wall Street.

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The Greenwood district in Tulsa Oklahoma was a thriving Black community. In 1921 though this community which had earned the nickname Black Wall Street would be burned down in possibly the worst 'race riot' in American history.

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What if any impact will the investigations into the Red Cross relief camps have? Meanwhile many African Americans who survived the flood and those relief camps decide they can no longer live in the south after all they have experienced. In doing so they take their culture including their music with them.

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The 4 former conquistadors turned castaways turned 'slaves' escape and find a new life as healers as they continue their journey to the Spanish controlled lands of Mexico.

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After failing to conquer Florida the would be conquistadors set sail in hastily built rafts hoping to reach the safety of a Spanish outpost in Mexico. Their journey however doesn't go quite as planned and the survivors find themselves in a very unexpected position.

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Red Cross relief camps throughout the flooded region in general tended to have issues when it came to seeing to the needs of African American refugees. The situation in Greenville however is particularly bad as Black refugees there are practically returned to a state of enslavement.

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Spanish conquistador Cabeza de Vaca would be among the first Europeans to see and travel through the regions that would one day become the American southwest and northern Mexico. This however was not a purposeful journey but instead the result a series of disastrous mishaps. Starting with an expedition to conquer the lands of the Gulf Coast region starting in Florida.

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With the arrival of the survivors of the Forlorn Hope expedition word was finally out about the desperate situation the Donner party was in. Yet even these rescue efforts could not save them from their terrible fate.

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Now trapped in the mountains without enough food to get through the winter the members of the Donner party attempt to go and get help. This expedition designed to bring back aid however would come to be known as the Forlorn Hope as it becomes one of the main reasons why this story gets passed down through history.

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While much of the mainstream white press has nothing but praise for the relief efforts being led by presidential hopeful Herbert Hoover there is an ugly reality just underneath the surface. Nowhere is that reality uglier than in Greenville Mississippi. Yet before we get into the virtual return of slavery in the city we first look at the history of Greenville and why what happens there is both surprising and inevitable.

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With Hastings supposed short cut proving to be anything but the Donner Party desperately try to make it across the Sierra Nevadas before winter sets in. Luck however is not on their side and the soon become trapped in the mountains.

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During their journey to California the various families that would make up the Donner Party make a fateful choice to leave behind the well traveled and proven trail to take the so called Hastings Cutoff. Doing so because it promised to shave some 200 miles off their journey but somethings are too good to be true.

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We deviate from the main thrust of our narrative to talk about the life and music of blues musician Robert Hicks aka BBQ Bob. Then we look at the curious case of New Orleans the richest city in the south. Where the city's bankers and businessmen in an effort to protect their own wealth and power sought to have a levee destroyed thereby flooding another community.

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The ultimate fate of the Donner party is a well known one but this week we see the beginnings of their fateful journey and the reasons why they left their homes to start over in California.

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Following the brave act of resistance by William Parker and the others in Christiana Pennsylvania the national press dubs it a riot. Meanwhile even as those directly involved make a run for it others are arrested and put on trial.

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As performer's around the country rally to raise money to aid those affected by the flood the Empress of the Blues Bessie Smith's 'Back Water Blues' become the sound track of this disaster.

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The Gorsuch posse find more than they bargained for as they arrive in Christiana Pennsylvania. As they learn that not only do people not want to be enslaved but that they're willing to fight for their hard won freedom.

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With the future of the United States balanced upon a knife's edge due to the question of slavery the Compromise of 1850 hold's the promise of easing those tensions. Yet part of that Compromise the new fugitive slave act only serves to bring the country closer to civil war as southern slaveholders look to recapture the people who had fled to the north seeking freedom. This series then focuses on some of the clashes that resulted from this law like the one that happened in Christiana Pennsylvania between slave holder Edward Gorsuch and the enslaved men who had fled from his farm in Maryland.

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After a pair of shark attacks along the Jersey shore a large shark was swimming up the Matawan Creek. Where despite efforts to raise the alarm a young boy's life could be claimed by the wayward shark. The traedy though was not yet over.

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In this episode following the levee collapse at Mounds Landing and the flooding of Greenville Mississippi the nation finally takes notice of the ongoing disaster in their midst. Meanwhile I also look at the life of blues musician Big Bill Broonzy and his song about the 1927 flood Southern Flood blues.

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After the first officially recorded shark attack in American history people continued to flock to the Jersey shore. With many openly dismissing that any danger whatsoever existed. Soon though the region would be thrown into a panic as more fell victim to the 'shark plague.'

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As thousands flocked to the Jersey shore in the summer of 1916 none could anticipate the horrors that awaited them. At least in part because no one at the time believed that sharks were dangerous. Indeed never before in American history was their an officially recorded incident of a shark attacking a person. That however would change when over the span of 12 days 5 people would be attacked by a shark or sharks.

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The Mississippi River could no longer be contained as even the vaunted federal levees started to fail.
The nation as a whole though would not fully take notice of this unfolding disaster until the events at the Mounds Landing levee on the morning of the 21st of April 1927. As the destruction unleashed at this sight would prove to be impossible to ignore

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As the strike spreads into the mid-west the cities of St. Louis and Chicago see massive demonstrations that look to shut down not just thie railroads but all their industries and businesses.

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As blood of workers ran through the streets of Baltimore and Pittsburgh. Blood that was shed by soldiers of the government at the behest of the railroad corporations the great strike of 1877 continued to spread to states like New York and Ohio.

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As the federal levees along the Mississippi are barely holding some are forced to labor and put their lives on the line to try and hold the rising waters back. A subject which legendary bluesman Lonnie Johnson covers in one of the 2 songs he penned about this disaster.

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Events which started in the small railroad community of Martinsburg West Virginia soon begin to spread as railroad workers all around the country are insnpired by their actions. The response by the railroad corporations and their allies in the government however soon result in violence

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The year 1877 saw workers across the country rise up in defiance as a massive strike effort swept across the nation.

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Unusual weather starting in the summer of 1926 pours a huge amount of water in the Mississippi valley. This soon leads to flooding displacing people from their homes and the creation of blues songs illustrating these experiences.

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After years of back and forth the feud between paleontologists Edward Drinker Cope and OC Marsh erupts onto the front page of one of the most widely read newspapers in the nation.

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The bitter feud between paleontologists OC Marsh and Edward Drinker Cope enters its most famous phase as they compete over a treasure trove of never before seen massive dinosaur bones.

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A rivalry over who should have control over the Mississippi results in more decisions being made that would make the 1927 flood all but inevitable.

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As both paleontologists Edward Drinker Cope and OC Marsh head west to discover fossils their once friendly rivalry begins to take a decidedly ugly turn.

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Paleontologists OC Marsh and Edward Drinker Cope started out seemingly as friends. Men who were exploring a whole new area of scientific study However the pair soon would become the bitterest of rivals.

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The Mississippi flood of 1927 may be little remembered today but it left a tremendous impact on American history and American culture. Which is illustrated by the fact that some 50 Blues songs were written about the flood and its impact. Through this series I will use some of these Blues songs to illustrate life in this disaster. Yet first we have to examine the causes of this disaster which as it turns out are very much man made.

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Nat Turner tries desperately to hold his rebellion together and over throw slavery but time is quickly running out.

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With his rebellion now underway Nat Turner and his co-conspirators look to grow their army as they seek to kill every slave holder they can find and ultimately put an end to the vile system for good.

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On this month's Sound Stories we revisit the world of nu-metal with one of the most notable bands to come out of that era, Slipknot and their massively successful debut album.

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Nat Turner an enslaved man who believed he had been inspired by God was responsible for the largest, bloodiest and most successful slave revolt in US history. This is the story of that revolt.

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We come to the end of this series as the Americans look to start a war with the remaining hunting bands of the Lakota so they could claim the Black Hills and all the gold the contained while also forcing the last of the Lakota onto reservations. Taking a lead role in this conflict is none other than George Armstrong Custer and his 7th cavalry. Things however do not go quite as planned.

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While the Lakota seemed to have been victorious in Red Cloud's War the Americans had no interest in leaving them alone. Indeed as a financial panic wrecks the US economy government forces focus on rumors of potential gold deposits in the Black Hills. Lands sacred to the Lakota that according to their treaty with the US belonged to the tribe.

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The story of cavalry officer George Armstrong Custer his time in the Civil War and how he became effectively the country's most famous 'Indian Fighter.'

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I look at the history of Zeal & Ardor a band that mixes heavy metal, the blues, various folk traditions like folk songs and a alternative history narrative involving slave rebellions and the devil to create something new and interesting.

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As the Americans struggle to defend the Bozeman trail Red Cloud's alliance remains determined to drive them out of the Powder River Country. These efforts led in part by Crazy Horse result in a massive victory for the Lakota and their allies.

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As the Americans continue to press into the Powder River country, the last great hunting ground left to the Lakota people, Red Cloud of the Oglala forges a powerful alliance determined to cast the Americans out.

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In the wake of the so called Grattan Massacre the Americans come in force against the Lakota forcing yet another treaty upon them. The conflict between the two cultures however is only just beginning.

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Jane's Addiction are credited as one of the major founders of the 90s alt. rock movement. At the same time they are also a band with a tumultuous history of frequent break ups including the most recent on stage incident between singer Perry Farrell and guitarist Dave Navarro. This episode then examines the seeds of the band's disfunction from the group's founding to its first break up.

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The Battle of the Little Big Horn also known as Custer's Last Stand and the Battle of the Greasy Grass was the greatest victory of the Lakota Sioux over the American army. It was also a victory that spelled the end of their freedom. Before we get there though we start with some of the earliest encounters between the Americans and the Lakota Sioux and the life of one of their great leaders Sitting Bull.

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Lizzie Borden goes to court in what the pressed deemed the "TRIAL OF THE CENTURY."

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Australian rockers AC/DC seemed poised for big things following teh success of their hit album 'Highway to Hell.' Then tragedy struck with the sudden unexpected death of their lead singer Bon Scott. Where other bands have fallen apart or just kind of faded away in teh face of such a loss AC/DC would release the highest selling rock album of all time.

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The investigation into the murders of Andrew and Abby Borden begins and the cops very quickly begin to focus on Lizzie as the culprit.

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The case of Lizzie Borden remains one of the most interesting and controversial historical true crime stories. Despite being found not guilty of the crime popular knowledge holds that Lizzie was guilty of giving her mother '40 whacks.' What is the truth?

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This week I conclude my mini-series on TOOL focusing on the upheavals and creative process around the band's landmark album Lateralus.

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With America becoming FAR too dangerous for the likes of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid the pair look to relocate to some place safer. Yet their dreams of settling down and living the queit life are disturbed due to a crime they in all likelihood did not commit. An unfortunate series of events that sets them back on the outlaw trail. A trail that ultimately leads to their demise.

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How does a normal outlaw get turned into a legendary almost folk hero?
This episode also covers the heights of Butch and Sundance's outlaw careers and their time with the Wild Bunch.

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In what started out as an examination of Tool's album Lateralus I ended up telling a slightly longer more interconnected story. This is the first of the 2 parts of that story. As I cover the origins of the band, a story that somehow involves 3 little pigs, up through the creation of their album AEnima.

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After taking their first steps on the outlaw trail, independent from one another. Both Butch and Sundance each make attempts to avoid such a life before finally embracing their destiny. (4 part series)

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I begin my examination of the lives of famous cowboy outlaws Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid by focusing on their early lives and first forrays into crime. Part 1 of a 4 part series.

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In the wake of an uncertain time for Soundgarden with the departure of their bassist and the loss of a close friend of singer Chris Cornell the band creates one of their most memorable albums.

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Elizabeth had won her freedom and even successfully argued her own sanity in a court room. She was not done fighting however. She would not be satisfied until her children were returned to her and she'd insured that others would not have to endure what she had. 4 part series

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After her eventual release from the asylum Elizabeth Packard still has to prove her own sanity in an effort to stop her husband from having her institutionalized again. 4 part series

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In this final episode in my series on the history of heavy metal we move into the 90s to examine the Seattle scene that finally brought an end to the glam metal movement as well as emergent extreme metal scene.

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Elizabeth's life in the asylum after her husband follows through on his threat.
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In 1976 the Canadian band Rush hadn't really found theri identity yet. In fact they were very much in danger of being dropped by their record label after the disappointing failure of their 3rd album Carress of Steel. The pressure was on then to create an album specifically designed to be commercially successful. What they created instead took everyone by surprise.

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A woman is threatened with being sent to an insane asylum simply for speaking her mind.
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Titanic's trip to New York ends in infamy but the story of his slow kind of sad downward spiral is just beginning.

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The story behind the short lived Seattle area super group consisting of members of Alice in Chains, Screaming Trees and Pearl Jam.

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The tale of a traveling gambler's rise to legendary status in the early 19 hundreds.

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America in the 1980s saw the rise of two very distinct variations of heavy metal.

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Will the victims of the events in Attica ever receive any kind of justice from the state.

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Metallica were riding high of off the success of their 3rd album Master of Puppets. Yet it was at that moment that they suffered an inimaginable tragedy when their friend, bass player, and guiding force Cliff Burton died suddenly in a bus accident in Europe. This is the story of how Metallica picked up the pieces and pressed on creating in the process their heaviest album ever.

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On Governor Rockefeller's orders rather than continue negotiations New York state police lead the assault on Attica's D year. An assault the leads to the deaths of 29 inmates and 10 hostages. Yet despite the state troopers being responsible for each and everyone of these deaths initial reports claim otherwise as the state of New York attempts to cover up what happened in Attica.

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With Commissioner Oswald failing to alleviate the growing tensions in Attica events lead to an unplanned and spontaneous riot on the 9th of September 1971. Yet following the initial violence and chaos of the riot a number of prisoners take advantage of the situation and organize a protest of sorts to try and force the state of New York to improve the conditions of its prisons.

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I once again return to my history of heavy metal with new research into the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. While Black Sabbath provide the initial rough blue prints for heavy metal these bands would expand on those themes and really begin to codify what heavy metal was.

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As we begin our journey into the Attica prison rebellion we get to see that the inmates in Attica were far from alone in their discontent in relation to the degrading, oppressive and unsanitary conditions of America's and especially New York state's prisons.

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Our history of Led Zeppelin comes to an end as the band reunites to record yet another album and there are even talks of touring America. Yet before those plans could be realized tragedy strikes yet again ending the band permanently.

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The hurricane strikes Galveston with little warning flooding the entire city and wreaking unimaginable destruction.

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I once again return to one of my favorite subjects as I go back to the begin to examine the origins of heavy metal in this new recording complete with additional research.

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The story behind the deadliest natural disaster in American history.

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With Robert Plant recovered from his injuries Led Zeppelin return to the road. While the crowds are still there Led Zeppelin's myriad of issues begin catching up to them.

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With the Canadian border within reach the Nez Perce flight comes to an end.

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Now on the run the Nez Perce flee their homelands hoping that in time they might be allowed to return. The American military however isn't interested in waiting and so they chase the rogue bands over hill and valley.

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Dark clouds really begin circling Led Zeppelin as singer Robert Plant and his family experience a devastating car crash

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Tensions resulting from the Steal Treaty reach a boiling point. Yet as much as the heads of the various Nez Perce bands do not want an actual war with the Americans they find themselves in such a conflict nonetheless.

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The story of the modern Native American Rights movement including the occupation of Alcatraz, the Trail of Broken Treaties, and the Occupation of Wounded Knee.

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The relationship that was first forged between the Nez Perce and the Lewis and Clark expedition begins to shatter and crack as an increasing number of white American settlers invade their lands.

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With Houses of the Holy being met by mixed reviews Led Zeppelin head back to the drawing board.

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The life of the Nez Perce and their first encounters with white people and their culture

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The fallout of the Wounded Knee massacre include murder, trials, and the sad life of one of its survivors known as Lost Bird.

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The Salem witch trials finally come to an end after one final fatal session of the court of Oyer and Terminer and the people of New England are left to try to understand what just happened

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Led Zeppelin following the monumental success of their 4th album are now faced with the task of producing its follow up.

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The Court of Oyer and Terminer continues to claim lives.

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In 1890 250-300 Lakota Sioux, mostly women and children were killed by American soldiers. At the time this event was called a battle and even hailed as a great victory. This so called last battle of the Indian Wars however has since been labeled a massacre. I revisit this tragic tale with a new recording and some additional research.

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The accusations of witch craft continue to ramp up until the situation in Salem reaches a boiling point and the witch trials begin in earnest.

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After Fans were disappointed with their 3rd album Led Zeppelin look to save their reputation and their careers with an ambitious new effort.

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The on going King Williams War only adds more fuel to the witch panic taking place in Salem.

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A new and expanded recording of my episode on the Satanic Panic of the 1980s examining its causes, the people behind it, and those caught up in its destruction.

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Within the divided community of Salem lay the seeds of the one of the most infamous incidents in American history.

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After a pair of successful albums Led Zeppelin looks to expand their range.

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With the mastermind of the mutiny now dead what becomes of the surviving members of the crew of the Globe?

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The story of what's been called America's greatest hoax and the man behind it.
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Samuel Comstock's bloody plans come to fruition.

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Led Zeppelin looks to build upon their break out success.

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The strange life of Samuel Comstock. A man who wants to be a pirate king.

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A brand new recording with a slightly reworked script of this podcast's first episode in which I examine the 'colorful' history of the Pinkerton Detective Agency.

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In this final episode in this series we examine the numerous lies told as the government tries to cover up their actions even as the families and survivors of the campus shootings seek justice.

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Mississippi cops shoot up a woman's dorm on the historically Black Jackson State campus.

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After crafting their first album Led Zeppelin sets off to conquer America.

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The national guard kill 4 unarmed students in Ohio.

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Unrest on the Kent State campus in Ohio following Nixon's announcement expanding the war in Vietnam.

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Jimmy Page looks to form a new band after the Yardbirds come apart.

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The final victims of the 'conspiracy.'

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The scope of the plot grows larger as more and more accused begin to 'confess' to save their own lives.

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Beck and Page provide the Yardbirds with a dynamic duo on guitar but the honeymoon does not last long.

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The trials and executions of those accused of being a part of this supposed slave uprising begin.

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A series of fires in colonial New York leads to fears that members of their large enslaved population might be involved.

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The search for allies in their fight leads the silk workers of Paterson and the IWW to embrace the artists of Greenwich village.

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Jimmy Page's connections in the London studio world continue to prove fruitful as he's connected with an exciting new band who call themselves the Yardbirds.

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With no quick end between the silk workers and their employers in sight the question of how to sustain the striking workers during this stand off becomes vitally important.

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Faced with unreasonable demands from their employers the silk workers of Paterson New Jersey decide that they have no other choice but to go on strike. Then to aid in this effort this normally divide group of immigrant laborers from various countries turned to the IWW based upon their success in similar conditions in Lawrence.

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Young Jimmy Page finds even more opportunities to make a living in the music business as he starts off on the path of being a studio musician.

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Paterson New Jersey in the early 19 hundreds was one of the main producers of silk in the United States and the home of multiple different immigrant groups. When it came time for these immigrant workers to go on strike they were going to need some help. Preferably from those experienced with bringing such varied groups together. As luck would have it though the IWW had that experience in another mill town a bit of the ways up the coast in Lawrence Massachusetts.

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Annie's 'adventures' in Asia and the final leg across America.

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Young Jimmy Page takes his first steps into the world of the music business.

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Now determined to make her way around the world Annie makes some changes.

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While they are common place to day when bicycles were first invented they promised to change the world, for women in particular and one woman looked to use one to ride all the way around the world.

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The story behind the creation of System of a Down's break out 2nd album and its unexpected follow up album.

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The end of the Seminole Wars and what this means for the Seminoles and their Black allies.

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The Second Seminole War continues to rage on as Osceola, the Seminoles, and the free Blacks residing in Florida continue to resist the American attempts to conquer them and force them to move west of the Mississippi.

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The originators of heavy metal really cement their legacy with their 3rd album.

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The Second Seminole war officially begins as Osceola and other prominent Seminoles lead attacks against the American forces in Florida.

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Following the events of the first Seminole War America now 'owns' the Florida territory. Tensions though soon begin to rise between these new comers and the Seminoles living in the region.

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The story of Living Colour their debut album Vivid and their hit song Cult of Personality

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Early conflicts between the Native Americans of Florida and the colonizing forces from Europe.

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Mina Crandon Vs. Harry Houdini

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The death and legacy of Jimi Hendrix

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Spirit Photography

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The complicated history of radical and Spiritualist presidential candidate Victoria Woodhull.

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Chaffing under the management of Michael Jeffery the grind of touring really wears down Hendrix.

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The origins of Spiritualism and its connection to radical politics

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The legacy of Emmett Till and his family's ongoing search for justice.

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Jimi looks to expand his horizons, forms a new band, and plays a surprisingly important festival in upstate New York.

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The men responsible for the lynching of Emmett Till are put on trial for their crimes.

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Emmett Till's mother Mamie refuses to let her son's death go unnoticed.

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A 14 year old African American youth from Chicago heads south to Mississippi to spend some time with his relatives only to be brutally murdered.

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The Jimi Hendrix Experience release their 3rd album but with success comes problems.

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The life and times of young Emmett Till and his mother Mamie.

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With the fires put out the rebuilding process begins.

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Trying to capitalize on the career making performance at the Monterey Pop Festival the Jimi Hendrix Experience goes on multiple grueling tours and release a 2nd album.

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The fight against the massive blaze continues.

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The fires that had been spawned by the quake grow while the city's fire department struggle to keep up. Meanwhile military forces enter the city intent on 'helping' to restore order.

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Jimi takes the next steps in his journey as he creates his first album and then heads to America where yet another opportunity awaits.

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A Spanish outpost goes from a small village to a thriving city in a short amount of time only to be struck down by a powerful earthquake in the early morning hours of the 18th of April 1906.

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A second bloody conflict between the coal miners of West Virginia and the mine operators had begun and it would only get worse from here.

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Jimi arrives in London for the first time.

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Following the end of the first world war the West Virginia coal miners along with millions of other workers across America hope to have their patriotic sacrifices rewarded.

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West Virginia's first mine war come's to a close following the deadly attack on the Holly Grove tent village. While a tentative peace takes hold in West Virginia a new conflict brews overseas.

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Now free of the army Jimi tries to make his dream of making music for a living a reality. While at the same time having to come to terms with being a black man living and performing in the Jim Crow South.

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Demands by West Virginia coal miners to receive a living wage and to have their 1st amendment rights recognized are met by violence.

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A city loses its mind.

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Jimi falls in love with his guitar and joins the army.

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The events that led up to the Zoot Suit Riots

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Only one of the 3 lifeboats from the Hornet still remain yet their chances of seeing land again seem as slim as ever.

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After a fire destroys their ship the men of the Hornet are left stranded in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

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I once again begin an extended deep dive into a legendary musical figure. In this month's episode we start off by examining the childhood of the man who would one day be considered one of the greatest guitarists to ever live.

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A clipper ship's totally uneventful journey from New York to California. Nothing bad happens at all. Ignore the title.

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Unable to put a stop to Indian Removal time is up for the Cherokee and many of the other eastern tribes and they lose far more than their lands in the process.

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The story behind the creation of what for many is THE grunge album.

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The election of Andrew Jackson and his allies resulted in the passage of the Indian Removal Act. However the Cherokee were not about to give up their homelands without a fight.

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Despite the so called '5 Civilized Tribes' essentially doing what the Americans claimed they wanted them to do pressure continued to mount to force them off their lands and move them west of the Mississippi.

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The story behind the formation of Pearl Jam and their debut album.

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Early interactions between the Native American tribe of the American south east and the European invaders.

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Who is behind the Osage Reign of Terror and will they ever face justice?

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The story behind the creation of Alice in Chain's best selling but also most disturbing album.

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A series of brutal but mysterious murders terrorize a Native American community.

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The survivors of the Amistad and their abolitionist allies continue to battle in America's court system for freedom and justice.

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The survivors of the Amistad had won their freedom from the Spanish slavers through blood and strength of arms. Yet here they were now imprisoned in American jails faced with yet another battle for their freedom. This time though they had some allies.

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The story behind the creation of Jethro Tull's 1971 breakthrough album Aqualung.

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A group of Africans captured and sold into the cruel Atlantic slave trade seize an opportunity to fight for their freedom.

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The Lincoln County War itself might be over but Billy the Kid isn't done crafting his legend.

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The history behind the creation of Soundgarden's best selling album.

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More perish as the 'war' in Lincoln county continues but even a seemingly climatic 5 day battle in the town of Lincoln can not bring an end to the killing.

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A business and political rivalry had resulted in the apparent murder of John Henry Tunstall. This death though was not an end to the violence in Lincoln County it was the spark that started a virtual war in the region and among those who participated in this conflict was a man who would go down in history as Billy the Kid.

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This month I examine the creation of what's arguably the quintessential thrash metal album, Metallica's Master of Puppets.

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The Wild West is kind of a romanticized almost legendary era in American history. It was a time of larger than life figures. Cowboys and outlaws. Lawmen and gun fighters. Now how truly violent and wild the wild west was is debatable but there was at least one region that more than earned its reputation for violence and that was Lincoln County New Mexico.

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Look we all know this story is not going to end well for old Ponzi. See how the house of cards he had built finally came tumbling down.

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Pink Floyd breaks up then reforms and is then sued.

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Charles Ponzi's last name is now synonymous with fraud but that wasn't always true. There was a time when the name Ponzi was the toast of Boston? This is the story of his rise to fame and fortune.

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As revolutions and world wars rage across the globe Rose continues to fight for the working class no matter what the personal consequences might be for herself or her marriage.

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New York City's garment workers had returned to work after their massive strike that had achieved mixed results. The issues with the city's garment industry however went far beyond long hours and poor pay. Many of the city's buildings and factories were incredibly dangerous as would soon be all to clearly illustrated.

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Rose and her new millionaire husband become prominent figures as they fight for the working class.

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Pink Floyd had unexpectedly reached unparalleled heights of success with Dark Side of the Moon. That success though came at a cost and would nearly break the band. Yet in the midst of all this internal chaos they would still managed to create two more memorable albums.

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Roger Waters had increasingly taken more and more control over the direction of Pink Floyd. This trend reaches its logical conclusion with the creation of the critically acclaimed The Wall and the less so enthusiastically received Final Cut.

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Rose Pastor Stokes during her life time was one of the most written and talked about figures in America. She was a captivating public speaker, had a life story out of a fairy tale, and would be described after her death as an eloquent beautiful radiant flame like woman who fought for quote “A world in which there will be no unemployment, hunger, insecurity or war.”

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There was a time when big money televised quiz shows dominated American air waves. Then rumors started to swirl that maybe these contests weren't exactly on the up and up.

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How the now iconic band first became iconic. They finally move past Syd Barrett's influence by penning an album that was in part inspired by his descent into madness.

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How is it allowed to carry on for 40 years? And how does it finally all come crashing down?

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The origins of the infamous syphilis experiment

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Syd Barrett's downward spiral completes as he's basically thrown out of the band he created. Without him though Pink Floyd is in need of a direction and it will take them a bit of a time to find it.

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Train crashes moments of immense destruction and tragedy or entertainment? Or both?

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Come with me as I explore the origins of this iconic band and its original madcap singer.

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George Washington De Long's polar expedition had failed spectacularly. Now the crew of the Jeanette are in a desperate race to try and return to civilization. Will any make it out alive?

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James Gordon Bennett Jr the wealthy heir of the New York Herald empire decides to boost his paper's readership by sponsoring an expedition to be the first to reach the North Pole. For this job he chooses the eager yet totally inexperienced George Washington De Long to lead a crew of equally inexperienced arctic explorers. What could go wrong?

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Come with me as I tell you the story surrounding the creation of one of the most beautifully heavy albums I have ever heard.

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Fed up with life on the San Carlos reservation and rumors that the Americans were coming to hang them for their crimes Geronimo and other so called 'renegade' Apache fled the reservation causing chaos.

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With Chricahua and the Warm Spring Apache forced off of the reservations they were actually willing to live on its only a matter of time before the conflict resumes.

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In this episode I look at the tumultuous history of one of the Grunge eras forgotten bands.

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Former Union army general George Crook is sent to Arizona to solve the so called 'Apache problem.'

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Cochise's encounter with a young American army officer leads to a years long conflict.

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Charles Ives was an innovative and uniquely American composer.

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An incredibly long and bloody conflict begins as European settlers move in the lands of the Apache tribe. Massacres and revenge inspired raids abound.

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One of America's most famous writers takes a stab at trying to solve the mystery of who murdered Mary Rogers. The truth? Comes out. The impact this case had on American society.

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In this month's bonus episode I deep dive into an album about a murderous cult as I examine the story behind Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats' 2013 album Mind Control.

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The apparent brutal murder of a beautiful young woman who had become famous as the beautiful cigar girl in New York city sparks a media frenzy. Who is responsible for this fiendish act? Will the police even bother to investigate? Is there any detail too disturbing or invasive for the press to print?

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The story of Elizabeth Van Lew and her allies in Richmond continues. We rejoin the story of the captured Union soldiers as they try to escape from Libby prison and we learn why not even the Confederate White House was safe from Union spies.

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In this weeks episode I examine the story of one of the most famous opening nights in the history of music.

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Richmond may have been the capitol of the Confederate states that rebelled against the US government but that doesn't mean everyone in that city supported the cause. Unbeknownst to the leaders of the Confederacy there were spies in their midst.

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I examine the long history of barbecue.

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In this bonus episode I examine the story behind Corrosion of Conformity's break through 1994 album Deliverance.

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Following King's assassination it was left to Ralph Abernathy and the rest of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to carry out his Poor People's Campaign. That would be easier said than done. Between his loss of leadership and the FBI, the federal government, and even the news media arrayed against them their fight would be an up hill battle.

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In the late 1960s Martin Luther King's Jr's focused moved beyond more traditional Civil Rights issues and instead focusing increasingly on the problem of poverty in America. To bring attention to the plight of America's poor of all colors King planned another march on Washington DC but this new focus and his opposition to the Vietnam war only made him more enemies.

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A tale of love, obsession and madness both real and imagined.

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On the shores of the Great Lakes one of America's largest cities is in flames. What if anything can be done to stop the relentless spread of the fire and what will the citizens of Chicago do in the aftermath of this unprecedented disaster?

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In 1871 one of America's greatest cities almost completely burned to the ground. How could this happen in general and especially how could it happen in what was considered one of if not the most modern city in the country?

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This month's sound stories deals with both the story of the creation Mastodon's epic album Crack the Skye and the insane story the album itself tells. Which means this episode features everything from drunken escapades, to Rasputin, to potential brain damage, and astral projection.

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America has a LONG history of racial violence. In the light of recent events I examine the outburst of race riots in 1919 that has been called the Red Summer which led to the birth of the Civil Rights Movement.

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Tempers between England and her colonies continue to flare until the reach a boiling point in the port city of Boston. This political conflict will lead to a massacre, a tea party, and ultimately a revolution.

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The East India company is granted unprecedented power by the government of England and soon becomes one of the richest and most powerful forces in the world. They even become the de facto rulers of countries like Bengal which results in millions of deaths.

Seeing the continued support for the East India company from the English parliament some in American colonies fear they may be next. These fears are only increased as England for the first time tries to take an active role in the every day lives of her colonists.

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I return to the world and lore of the Dishonored series as we visit the frightening continent of Pandyssia and the threats that almost bring down the Empire.

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The American Protective League returns this week. After fighting the 'bane' of labor Unions the league now turns their ever vigilant gaze to new foes. Like...immigrants...and people who dare to criticize the American government. Yep nothing wrong here.

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As America enters the first world war a group of like minded patriots ally themselves with the government to root out the greatest danger this country has ever known...labor unions. What could go wrong?

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For this bonus episode I dive into the Lore of the Dishonored series of video games. In the first of two lorecasts on this subject I examine the religion of the Overseers and their hated enemy the Outsider.

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Potentially the best bank robber in the country learns about millions of dollars being stashed away in a small California bank by a rampantly corrupt President.

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We follow the Blues as it moves out of the rural South and into the Northern cities. In this episode I focus on the impact that the Great Depression, post World War 2 America, and the urban environment would have on the Blues.

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For this bonus episode I deep dive into the deceptively dark In Absentia by progressive rock/metal band Porcupine Tree.

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I resume my examination of the history of the blues and focus on the Mississippi Delta and some of the musicians who helped make the region famous.

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In this episode I trace the origins and early history of the blues.

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In this month's bonus episode I dive back into the world of Dark Souls. We saw how the age of fire began and now we see how it comes to an end.

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This week I examine the strange story of the so called Leatherwood God. A strange man enters a religious revival and proclaims himself the true messiah and practically takes over a town.

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In part 2 of my examination of prominent American Socialist leader Eugene V Debs I examine his life after being imprisoned as a result of the failed Pullman Strike, his multiple runs as the presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America, and his imprisonment for his opposition to America's involvement in the first World War.

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In this week's Sound Stories I do a deep dive into one of my favorite bands history.

Clutch for the uninitiated are often times called stoner rock and have a penchant for strange and unusual lyrics.

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Part one of my examination of the life and times of Eugene V. Debs. In this episode I focus on his early beginnings as a leader in various labor movements and wrap up with his involvement in the 1894 Pullman strike.

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I examine the life and legacy of Emperor Norton the first Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.

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A pilot takes off from a New York airfield heading for California and ends up in Ireland? What's the story of this unbelievable incident? Is it the biggest blunder in aviation history or something else all together?

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My series on Wounded comes to a close with an examination of the stand off at Wounded Knee and other modern Native American movements.

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On this week's bonus episode I talk about the story surrounding the creation of what has become one of my favorite albums the Purple album by Baroness.

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This week my examination of the massacre at Wounded Knee continues as I examine the aftermath which includes multiple deaths a trial and the tragic life of one of the survivors a baby girl named Lost Bird.

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The first of a 3 part series covering the so called 'last battle of the Indian wars' and its aftermath. This episode covers the long series of events that would lead to the deaths of some 250 - 300 Sioux, mainly women and children, near Wounded knee Creek.

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I discuss the background of the recording of the Alice in Chains album Jar of Flies.

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Learn all about the discovery of the Cardiff Giant and why its known as the greatest hoax in American History.

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What were the driving forces behind the Satanic Panic in American in the 1980s? Who was responsible? Why did it happen? And what did it cost?

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What happened in the 1919 World Series to get 8 men banned from Major League Baseball for life?

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On this bonus episode I deep dive into the in game history of the World of Horizon Zero Dawn.

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Not everyone in the South was into the whole Confederacy idea.

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Football has become America's biggest sport but where did it come from and how did it get where it is today?

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A corrupt administration. The fossil fuel industry. And a nearly pathological hatred for the environment and those who wanted to protect it. What could go wrong?

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Learn more about one of the early and one of the most famous earlier female reporters, Nellie Bly. Join me as I find out more about the trailblazing woman's life and her famous stories like her exposé on insane asylums and her attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days.

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In my second lorecast episode I examine the Lore of the first Dark Souls game.

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The 90s sees the end of glam and thrash metal as grunge and extreme metal take form.

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Inspired by the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, American bands would form two distinctive forms of metal. Meanwhile threats of nuclear war and an actual culture war in America impact the music industry.

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After Black Sabbath what happens to heavy metal? Who follows in their footsteps and what historic events influence their music?

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Fifty eight years before the Central Park 5 case, nine young African American boys aged 13 to 20 were accused of raping two white women on a train in Alabama. This is the story of those young men and their trials as they fought for their lives.

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The story of a red umbrella and one man's obsession to find the source of the Mississippi.

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The origins of heavy metal music are explored. Where did it first come from and what influenced its creation?

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In this special bonus episode I explore how Yharnam became the beast plagued nightmare you explore in Bloodborne.

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The origin of the myth of the Lost Cause and the short comings of Reconstruction are one and the same.

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What made the US ban alcohol? What made them bring it back? And how did women play a role in all aspects of this story from bringing it about, to enforcing it, rebelling against it, and even ensuring its end?

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What do IQ tests, SATs, and standardized testing in general have to do with one of the darkest chapters in history?

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Johwn Brown was a religious man who despised slavery. How did this one man and his small group of followers help to push the United States in a bloody Civil War?

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What is slave power and how did the South use it to decide the course of young nation?

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What is the real story behind the villains Red Dead Redemption 2.

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