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Hedy Lamarr, the "Mother of WiFi"
Jan 16, 2023Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian-American Hollywood Actress from the Golden Age of cinema, yet was a technological pioneer. She began her acting career in her native Austria before emigrating to the United...
The Mysterious Murder of Jane Stanford
Jan 09, 2023Leland & Jane Stanford created a legacy of higher learning and of patronizing the arts...funded through illicit activity. When Jane Stanford died everyone believed she died of natural causes, but abou...
The 1919 Christmas Whiskey Massacre
Dec 26, 2022We have something to cheer you guys up to keep you in the festive mood...a massacre that took place over Christmas about a century ago! Ok but in all seriousness, this week explores what has been coll...
Boudica - the Celtic Warrior Queen
Dec 19, 2022Our "Weirdo" spotlight this week is on a woman who did something that most of her male contemporaries would never dream of doing! During the first century AD, the Celtic "Warrior Queen" Boudica dared ...
Olga of Kiev - Saint or Sinner?
Dec 12, 2022The "femme fatale" trope gets cranked up a notch in this week's episode. Our subject, Olga of Kiev, was a Kievan Rus' leader during the 10th century who made her enemies pay the ultimate price. Born o...
The Nuremberg Celestial Phenomenon
Dec 05, 2022On the day of April 14, 1561, strange phenomenon took place over the skies of Nuremberg, Germany that have puzzled onlookers, astronomers and historians for centuries. But the stranger thing was this ...
The Mystery at Roanoke Island
Nov 21, 2022The infamous, ill-fated English colony of Roanoke has gone down into historical lore. Before even Jamestown, the English attempted to create its first permanent colony in the Americas. But it was not ...
Ona Judge & Her Journey to Freedom
Nov 14, 2022This week, Stephanie dives into the story of Ona Judge, an enslaved woman who was "owned" by none other than the 1st President of the United States, George Washington. She escapes from the household o...
Edward the Black Prince, Hero or Villain?
Nov 07, 2022This week's episode explores a controversial English leader who brilliantly commanded armies during the Hundred Years War in the Middle Ages. Celebrated in England yet hated in France...sometimes a he...
The Pendle Witch Trials
Oct 31, 2022Happy Halloween to our Weirdo family! While you have probably heard of the Salem Witch Trials, this sort of 17th century "justice" wasn't confined to the English colonies. In this week's episode, Step...