American Filth

I know this will be hard to imagine, but the man who is considered the father of the American freak show wasn't the greatest of guys. He was actually a pile of American Filth if you can believe it. This episode, we're talking about PT Barnum and his origin story of exploitation and racism!!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Whoa! It's the live episode but in regular format. America wins its independence with the help of a gay Prussian. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's our recording of American Filth Live! Featuring a gay Prussian who changed the course of the Revolutionary War.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Two days before the end of the Constitutional Convention, the delegates, including George Washington, got hammered.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sometimes when Puritans are oppressing you, a Quaker, you gotta pull the girls out.  Come to American Filth Live this Saturday in Atlanta! Tickets here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our 29th president had a habit of cheating on his wife. And one of his affairs left behind 1000 pages of smutty letters.  Come to American Filth Live! June 29th in Atlanta. Tickets here .  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The son of Francis Scott Key was a womanizer and then womanized a woman whose husband would not stand being cuckolded! Come to American Filth Live on June 29th in Atlanta. Tickets here .   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew Jackson had a bad bird...but did you know that pets often take on the personalities of their owners??? Frick! Come to American Filth Live! It's in Atlanta on 6/29 at 8 p.m. Tickets are available at this link: https://dynamiceldorado.fourthwalltickets.com/shows/american-filth-live .  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feminist scholar Ida Craddock taught sex education to young couples. She had a lot of experience and expertise to pass on because of her own intellectual and sexual relationship with her husband who was a ghost. But Comstock came calling after she published some pamphlets.  Come to American Filth Live on June 29th in Atlanta! Click here for tickets . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informa...

Anthony Comstock strikes again! This time going after notorious abortionist Madame Restell.  Get your tickets to American Filth Live here !  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Big follower of Christ/mail snoop Anthony Comstock rails against obscenity and gets a law named after him passed in 1873! One thing he hates in particular? Birth control!! Come to American Filth Live! Tickets here .  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Has America already had a gay president??? Or was he just a fussy, prissy, well-dressed guy?? James Buchanan lived with the same man for decades in Washington, and many people find that pretty sus! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Men continue to sleep in the same bed and maybe...give a little head. This time the couple in question shared a bed for four years. But yeah! Maybe they were just roommates! Or is Abraham Lincoln actually a little bit gay?  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Some South Carolinian politicians in the 1820s did a lot more than sleeping. Just ask their fleshen poles.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Religious group? Sex cult? Polyamorous filth? Silverware manufacturer? The Oneida Community had it all.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the 1910s, Buda Godman turned heads in New York. She was young, hot, and everyone wanted to get to know her. But who cares about being a 1910s influencer? So boring! Buda dove into a life of crime instead.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mae West brings Sex to Broadway but also...gay people??  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wow, a true crime story!! Did this man kill his wife and daughter in 1845? Or did he kill EVEN MORE PEOPLE?? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Touching yourself too much? Have you tried eating some cereal?? John Harvey Kellogg was a chastity crusader who could solve any horned up feelings you have. Come learn how to abstain and get those hands out your own pants!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 1873, a woman finds a husband from a newspaper ad. But turns out... he sucks.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In a small colonial settlement in Virginia in 1629, an indentured servant is confusing the heck out of everyone. Some people swear the servant is a dude named Thomas. But others are like, no, she's a lady named Thomasine!  Follow along with the podcast on Instagram .  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Did you know we have gross presidents??? Well, President Grover Cleveland, aka Steve Cleve, was one of the grossest.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stephanie St. Clair ran Harlem's underground. But she came up against police and other mobsters, and one or twice, she shot her boyfriends.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

To get you in the mood for Valentine's Day, let's indulge in some of the filthiest lyrics ever written. And yes, they are from the 1920s and 30s. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When the haters* get you down, douse 'em in some tar and stick on some feathers.  *Britain  Follow American Filth on INSTAGRAM ! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.