Rethinking Our History

Send us Fan Mail Did too much recently and had a rough weekend so we did not get to record. Hope you guys don't mind yet another re-release from The Paranormal Lovers to get you through the week.  Come with us to Yale to take a look at one of the countries oldest collegiate societies. The Skull and Bones Society has been around since 1832. It has had many a famous and important members come t...

Send us Fan Mail We have a doozy of a story for you guys this week.  Imagine being such a hated man by a town that has seen its share of violence, that 50 people can not remember who took the shot that ended your life.  That was how it ended for Ken McElroy and we are here to tell you how we got to such a place. Skidmore has had its fair share of crime, violence, drug addiction, etc; so when the t...

Send us Fan Mail Due to us celebrating a birthday this past weekend, we did not get a chance to record new episodes for you guys, so we are re-releasing a favorite episode from each show on the opposite feed! This week we are headed back over to the EBCI rez to look at one of their most frightening legends. During a recent ghost hunt on the rez we learned about one of their shows called The Raven...

Send us Fan Mail We are back this week with part two of our look at the life of the only woman to every rule over ancient China, Wu Zetian.  It would not take long after her husbands death for Wu to make her self emperor, tradition be damn.  Now we do not know how much of the history of her life is true, or just bull shit made up by men. But if she killed even one quarter of the people she is alle...

Send us Fan Mail We are back this week with another tale out of China of a woman who stepped into a role of power no one would have expected.  Born in the early 600's Wu Zetian became a concubine to one emperor at the young age of 14. After his death, she wormed her way into the heart of his son and before long, she was making decisions for the whole of China.  We must keep in mind, however,...

Send us Fan Mail The missing person's case we have for you this week gives you a taste of what our show The Paranormal Lovers is like if you have not given it a try yet.  Know to be a little reckless while in the pilots seat, Frederick Valentich went missing on October 21st 1978. Many people believed this to be a routine crash, one that sadly took the life of a young pilot.  But soon whispers...

Send us Fan Mail This week we are looking at one badass woman. Piracy has been made to seem romantic in today's media, and honestly this woman does not help.  After the death of her first husband, Shi Yang took control of his confederation of pirates. With six fleets, hundreds of boats and thousands of men at her disposal Shi Yang grew in power over the few years she ran the fleets.  However,...

Send us Fan Mail One of our favorite podcast has a saying, "The 1800s of it all." I don't think there is a better phrase for this story, which takes place in 1816.  After a few years of volcanic eruptions, a ton of volcanic debris filled the atmosphere. After one of the largest eruptions to date, the next several months saw abnormal weather that led to famine and riots.  Not everyth...

Send us Fan Mail This week we are going to take a look at one of the greatest empires to have existed on the continent of Africa before colonizers got their dirty hands on her.  The Oyo Empire is one that may not hold much political power today, but still exist in one form or another. At the height of their reign, the Oyo empire controlled all of Yorubaland, and had authority over several surround...

Send us Fan Mail This week are headed down to the land down under to take a look at a man that had quite an interesting life, though he was thought to be dead for a good portion of it.  After being shipped to Australia when he was falsely convicted of stealing, William Buckley made due with his situation. That was, until his situation was set to change. Then he decided it was high time to escape h...

Send us Fan Mail This week we are headed to the great white north to look at a place that has been the sight of much pain and violence over the years. Out in the vast wilderness of Canada there is a stretch of Highway 16 that has been renamed the Highway of Tears. It bears this name due to the number of people, mainly indigenous women and girls, that have gone missing, or have been murdered, on or...

Send us Fan Mail We are back with the conclusion of our look at the Donner Party and the events they suffered through for months.  Soon the group found themselves trapped on a mountain side that was rapidly being covered with snow. The groups was already low on food, and the next few months would see them eating things none of them would have ever dreamed would pass their lips.  Even when rescue p...

Send us Fan Mail This week we take a look at one of the saddest events to take place during Westward Expansion.  Leaving a little latter in the year than was good for them, the Donners and Reeds took a shortcut that had been suggested by a man from Ohio. They had chances to get back on the regular trail, and did a time or two, but they always got back off and took the new route.  Things went bad b...

Send us Fan Mail We have an unsolved case for you guys this week. In 2009 a woman walking her dog came across a bone. After snapping a picture and sending a quick message, she learns it is a human bone, and calls law enforcement.  What would come out of this area in the desert of New Mexico shocked investigators, but still it remains unsolved.  11 bodies were found out in West Mesa. Most were sex...

Send us Fan Mail This week we are looking into a racially motivate event that may not have lead to the death of anyone, but definitely left it's mark on a whole community.  During WW2 officials wanted to cut back on the unnecessary use of materials that could be use in the war efforts. This included the excessive use of fabric to make clothes.  For the Mexican American population this meant g...

Send us Fan Mail Skidmore Missouri is known in the true crime community well. From his cousin Bobbie Jo loosing her life in a senseless act of violence, to Ken McElroy loosing his life in an act of violence that did make since, this town has had it's fair share of death.  So it should not come as a surprise that when 20 year old Branson Perry went missing from his home, the local police belie...

Send us Fan Mail We are back this week with our look at a man who has been regarded as the father of modern invention. Recognized for inventing the lightbulb ( which he did not invent) Edison went into many more industries after his work there.  From cement to rubber Edison tried to get a piece of any new technology that was coming out in the world, and he would sue anyone who got in his way. Even...

Send us Fan Mail This week we are looking into an industry that hits close to home. A dear friend was traumatized by the troubled teen industry, and one organization in particular was at the middle of it all.  Known as the World Wide Association of Specialty Programs and Schools this organization was created to give parents a place to send their kids when they have hit the end of their rope.  But...

Send us Fan Mail This week we are looking into the life of a man who is said to be one of the greatest inventors of all time.  Though he holds 1,093 patents to his name, very few of them were actually thing he himself created. Perks of being the boss I guess.  Thomas did start out wanting to make a name for himself as an inventor. He created a couple of things before he got his big break with the...

Send us Fan Mail Growing up in North Carolina the Trail of Tears was learned about from an early age. One thing we did not learn about were the long walks the Navajo, or the Dine people, had to endure as well.  Though they are the only nation that has been allowed to return to their lands, albeit less of them, what they endured shaped future generations.  Much like with the Cherokee they faced hor...

Send us Fan Mail We are continuing our celebration of PRIDE month by looking at a time when the US government was so concerned about Communist infiltrating the government, they went after queer folks.  We can see a direct link between the actions taken by the government, and the way people view the queer community today. Lesbians and gay men were seen as a possible threat to national security and...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to PRIDE month folks!! This week we are bringing you the life of an icon in the queer community.  While not the first trans woman to make waves, Marsha P. Johnson is a woman who fought for anyone's right to exist. She did what she had to do to make ends meet and care for those she loved.  From housing homeless trans youth, to caring for friends dying of AIDS, Marsha w...

Send us Fan Mail We are finally finishing our look at the Crusades, Holy wars fought by the papacy against, well, anyone they wanted to really.  While they might have started fighting against the Muslims for the, quote unquote, Holy Land, before long people were having petty crusades against each other and other Christian factions.  But by the 1400's a new and more powerful empire was rising,...

Send us Fan Mail This week we are headed up north to look into the missing persons case of three young brothers who went missing over Thanksgiving week, while visiting their father.  According to their father, he gave them to a shadowy underground group to save them from their mothers abuse, while there has never been any evidence abuse was taking place.  The courts did not agree an just last year...

Send us Fan Mail Life has gotten a little chaotic lately, so we have not recorded in a couple weeks, but we wanted to let yall know we are not going anywhere, just life lifeing. Enjoy this episode from The Paranormal Lovers with special guest Total Conundrum.  We have a real special episode for you guys this week. We are joined this week by the hosts of the podcast Total Conundrum Traci and Jeremy...