Backwards Body Count: Hyatt Regency Collapse
To celebrate co-host Bethany Skelton’s new Patreon On This Day series, it is a backwards Body Count week! Bethany tells Jessica the story of the Hyatt Regency Collapse.
If Fu-Go, I Go
Join us as we talk all things Fu-Go, the most metal balloons of the 20th century. Spoiler alert: It’s the Japanese balloon bomb. Check out the show notes for additional information.
Backwards Body Count: Deadly Toys
Want to play with uranium or roofie your children? Find out how here which host (this week) Bethany Skelton.
Sink the Bismarck
Host Jessica Manor and co-host Bethany Skelton talk the who, what, when, where, and why of the sinking of the Bismarck.
Criminal Subculture in the Gulag: Dr. Mark Vincent
Host Jessica Manor and co-host Bethany Skelton are joined by Dr. Mark Vincent to chat about his new book and prisoner society in the Stalinist Labour Camps, 1924-53.
Winston Churchill: A Life in the News with Richard Toye
This week host Jessica Manor is all business as she chats with Richard Toye about his upcoming book, Winston Churchill: A Life in the News.
Backwards Body Count: Tri-State Tornado
We switch it up this week with a Backwards Body Count. Co-host Bethany Skelton tells host Jessica Manor and guest Stephanie Andrews the story of the Tri-State Tornado
Henry Gunther: Not First
Host Jessica Manor and co-host Bethany Skelton discuss the last casualty of WWI and get sidetracked by postal censorship. It’s business as usual.
Peter the Great Part IV: Little Peters
This is it. We are out. Done. Host Jessica Manor and co-host Bethany Skelton conclude our exploration of Peter the Great.
Peter the Great III: Karl Number 12
Russia has yet to disappoint. Host Jessica Manor, co-host Bethany Skelton, and their guest Stephanie Andrews continue their exploration of Peter the Great.
Peter the Great Part II: Russian Blackout Curtains
Host Jessica Manor, co-host Bethany Skelton, and their guest Stephanie Andrews continue their exploration of Peter the Great. As always, Russian history delivers on the metal scale.
Peter the Great: You Stay Sober
Join host Jessica Manor, co-host Bethany Skelton, and guest Stephanie Andrews to run down the early days of Peter the Great.
Cher Ami: Hero Bird
This week Host Jessica Manor and Co-host Bethany Skelton dish about The Lost Battalion and Cher Ami.
Rasputin: Historical Forensic Files
We're quarantined, we're bored AF, and what was supposed to be short and sweet turned into a conspiracy theory that just won't die. Host Jessica Manor and Co-host Bethany Skelton get weird about Rasputin. All autopsies, hearsay, and the British, oh my.
Iroquois Theatre Fire: Backdraft 2
It’s a Reverse Body Count as Bethany sits in the host chair this week and educates Jessica. Join us for the Iroquois Theatre Fire.
Churchill, Islam, and Dr. Warren Dockter Part IV: Big Finish
Host Jessica Manor and Co-host Bethany Skelton are once again joined by Dr. Warren Dockter to finish our discussion on Churchill and Islam... and Dr. Dockter’s book of course. It’s Dr. Dockter and his book Churchill and the Islamic World: Orientalism, Empire and Diplomacy in the Middle East available on Amazon.
Tsutomu Yamaguchi: Luck Was NOT a Lady, Twice
Host Jessica Manor and Co-host Bethany Skelton talk atomic bombs and tell the story of Tsutomu Yamaguchi... who survived not one, but BOTH atomic bombs.
George Mallory: Possibly There and Never Back Again
Host Jessica Manor and co-host Bethany Skelton count just one body this week as they cover George Mallory and the extraordinary adventure to recover him.
Churchill, Islam, and Dr. Warren Dockter Part III: #BigDeal
Host Jessica Manor and Co-host Bethany Skelton are once again joined by Dr. Warren Dockter to further discuss Churchill and Islam... and Dr. Dockter’s book of course. It’s Dr. Dockter and his book Churchill and the Islamic World: Orientalism, Empire and Diplomacy in the Middle East available on Amazon. Hey, we even make it to WWII. We think.
Hitler's Drug Use Part II: Read a Book
Host Jessica Manor and co-host Bethany Skelton are joined by friend James to discuss a contributing factor to one of the biggest Body Counts of all time: Hitler's copious drug use.
Hitler's Drug Use Part I: The Berghof's Fart Room
Host Jessica Manor and co-host Bethany Skelton are joined by friend James to discuss a contributing factor to one of the biggest Body Counts of all time: Hitler's copious drug use.