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The Blackbird of Chernobyl
October 19, 2026 · 1 hr 12 minToday we talk about a modern cryptid story claiming that a large, dark, winged humanoid creature—similar to West Virginia's Mothman—was spotted by workers and residents near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant shortly before the April 26…
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The Stabbing Ghost | The Amherst Mystery
October 12, 2026 · 1 hr 14 minIt's Nova Scotia, Canada. 1878. An 18-year-old girl named Esther Cox has a traumatic experience. Soon after, a poltergeist starts tormenting her. Dozens of witnesses watch over the course of months as she's stabbed with pins and knives…
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Lizzie Borden Had An Axe
October 5, 2026 · 1 hr 27 minThe unsolved murders of Andrew Borden and his wife Abby Gray in 1892 have become a bit of American myth and legend. Andrew's daughter Lizzie was the only suspect in the vicious hatchet killings in Fall River, Massachusetts but was…
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Will America Fall Like Rome? (ft. Jeremy Ryan Slate)
September 28, 2026 · 1 hr 30 minHost of "The Roman Pattern" Jeremy Ryan Slate joins the show to talk about the parallels he sees between Rome's fall and America's current place in history. Subscribe to the Softcore History Patreo…
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Combat Of The Thirty
September 21, 2026 · 53 minAfter a Duke refuses to clearly name an heir on his deathbed, a family feud breaks out in Brittany in the midst of the 100 year war. It all culminated into a tournament between the rivaling factions where a 30 on 30 battle royal took place…
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The Time An Immigrant Took The President's Job
September 14, 2026 · 1 hr 20 minKyle Bandujo, host of the "From Phenom to Farm" and "Big Screen Sports" podcasts, joins the show to discuss the illiterate Polish immigrant who President Grover Cleveland paid to take his place in the Civil War after our (then future)…
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The Original Lindsay Clancy
September 7, 2026 · 58 minConstance Fisher was a 20th century mother and paranoid schizophrenic who drowned her three children on two separate occasions. You didn't read that wrong. She repeated the same murder on another set of three kids -- killing six in total…
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David and the Goliath-Sized Pile of Foreskin
August 31, 2026 · 1 hr 7 minOne of the most famous stories of the Old Testament is David's slaying of the Philistine giant Goliath. But, that's not even the most impressive thing David did. After taking down Goliath David, at the behest of King Saul, killed and…
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Germany Bombed The Statue of Liberty?
August 24, 2026 · 1 hr 4 minJack Mandaville joins the show to talk about a forgotten terrorist attack on American soil that helped push the US into war. Subscribe to the Softcore History Patreon for hundreds of hours of extra history…
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Modern Serial Killers Have Nothing On The Middle Ages
August 16, 2026 · 1 hr 0 minForget Jeffrey Dahmer and Ted Bundy. Forget Jack the Ripper. One serial killer in 16th-century Germany was so prolific and horrifying that he puts all our modern true crime subject matter to shame. Peter Niers confessed to taking the lives…
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The Orphan Who Became A Globetrotting Mining Tycoon And US President
August 10, 2026 · 1 hr 19 minHerbert Hoover is remembered as a total bozo whose term in office is defined by the Great Depression. But, Herbie lived an insanely eventful and rewarding life before and after his time at the White House that included stops in Australia…
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TV’s Greatest Pervert
August 3, 2026 · 1 hr 4 minBob Crane was known best for his titular role on the sitcom Hogan’s Heroes. But behind the scenes the man was a s*x addicted freak who filmed nearly every one of his conquests, carried personal p*rn on him at all times, and had nearly…
About the show
A podcast for the casual fan of history. The Wikipedia reader. The kids who grew up with a dad who watched the same 10 hours of World War II specials on The History Channel. Join Dan Regester, Rob Fox, and a weekly guest as they tastefully insert themselves into the past. The only thing we don’t show is our research.