American Timelines

Episode 154:  American Timelines 1952, Part 5:  Guiding Light, UFOs and the Murder on Crater Lake with Terra Kelly.  Author and The First Lady of the Queen City Podcast Network, Terra Kelly joins us to tell us about the origins of Guiding Light.  Amy thrills us with a murder on Crater Lake, and Joe creeps us all out with a UFO story that sound eerily familiar to today’s events. Season 5, Episode 3...

Episode 153:  American Timelines 1952, Part 4:  The Killer Aunt and the Birth of T.   Amy tells us a chilling story of possibly the worst aunt ever, while Joe talks about the first plane to land on the north pole, An iconic I Love Lucy episode, and the greatest birthday of all time.  Season 5, Episode 29, of American Timelines! Part of the Queen City Podcast Network: www.queencitypodcastnetwork.co...

Episode 152:  American Timelines 1952, Part 3:  Phog Allen, Serial Killer John Straffen & The First Rock Concert with the Chuff Daddy, Don Garrett.   Chuff Daddy tells us about the NCAA tournament in 1952 featuring Phog Allen, Amy tells us about a child murderer with special needs and Joe tells the story of the first Rock and Roll concert.  PLUS:   Don Loves Dick Button, Birthdays, Tornadoes, Stri...

Episode 151:  American Timelines 1952, Part 2:  Ralph Merkle’s Birthday & The Nightmare on Holton Street with Jenny Kabool.  Jenny tells us about a minor defeat of the KKK in rural North Carolina and Amy tells us about the Nightmare on Holton Street.  PLUS:   Emmett Ashford, The Winter Olympics, BB King, Queen Elizabeth, Jackie Robinson, Dick Button.  Season 5, Episode 27, of American Timelines! P...

Episode 150:  American Timelines 1952, Part 1:  A Sinking Ship, Polio & A Murder Most Texan with Amy’s Mom: Mary Monfort.  Mary tells us everything we could want to know about Polio, while Amy tells us of a Texas Murder, and Joe rambles on about a sinking ship.  Plus:  Joe Louis changes golf forever, Ted Williams gets drafted, & Guess The Death and Birthday!  Season 5, Episode 26, of American Time...

Episode 149:  American Timelines 1951, Part 12:  The Moore Murders & Dragnet with Landis Wade from The Charlotte Reader’s Podcast.  Landis tells us all about the premiere of Dragnet on television and Amy talks about the murder of Harry and Harriett Moore.  Plus:  A Plane Crash, A Mine Explosion and Bloody Christmas!  Season 5, Episode 25, of American Timelines! Part of the Queen City Podcast Netwo...

Episode 148:  American Timelines 1951, Part 11:  Flight To Mars & The Groveland Four with Taylor Fraser from The Foreward Podcast.  Taylor joins us to discuss the awful sci fi film Flight To Mars.  Amy tells us about the tragic story of the Groveland Four, and Joe falls down a rabbit hole featuring the Boston Yanks, Lou Ferigno and Beverly D’Angelo.  Plus, an Alabama Train Wreck. Season 5, Episode...

Episode 147:  American Timelines 1951, Part 10:  Pip Pip Hamlin:  An English Serial Killer, Buffalo Soldiers and Harry Hamlin’s Birth with Zwölf Hammerstein (Rich Helland).  Season 5, Episode 24, of American Timelines! Part of the Queen City Podcast Network: www.queencitypodcastnetwork.com. Credits Include:  Lehmann, H., 1927, 9 Years Among the Indians, 1870-1879, Von Boeckmann-Jones Company, Roll...

Episode 146:  American Timelines 1951, Part 9:  Florence Chadwick & The Ann Arbor Mallet Murder with Perrine DeShield of the 1st Gens Podcast .  Perrine covers another kickass woman,  while Amy tells about  a murder in Ann Arbor, the home of the Michigan Wolverines .  Plus:  A Streetcar Named Desire & Sir Hugh Beaver’s Book of World Records!    Season 5, Episode 23, of American Timelines! Part of...

Ooops!  April Fool's.  This isn't American Timelines, it's a show called "We're All Screwed"  If you like it, subscribe to their sweet podcast!   Today’s episode we go down the dark tik tok hole of hotties. From  the intoxicating and soothing Hannahbreadtok to the sexy officer_eudy.... but if you came here for True Crime then we will follow it up around the 21 min mark with the right breast obsess...

Episode 145:  American Timelines 1951, Part 8:  The Lubbock Lights, Mass Hallucinations & The Smallest Baseball Player .   Were the Lubbock Lights a UFO?  Were mass hallucinations  in France caused by bad bread or a CIA experiment?   Who is the smallest Baseball Player Ever?  Plus:  Another old man claims to be an outlaw.   Season 5, Episode 22, of American Timelines! Part of the Queen City Podcas...

Episode 144:  American Timelines 1951, Part 7:  Spontaneous Human Combustion with Harry Bauer.  Amy tells us all about spontaneous human combustion starting with Mary Reeser.  Also:  Joe Dimaggio Feuds with Casey Stengel, the Cicero Race Riot of 1951, the problematic Oliver Twist Film, and some great birthdays!  Season 5, Episode 21, of American Timelines! Part of the Queen City Podcast Network: w...

Episode 143:  American Timelines 1951, Part 6:  Whatchoo Talkin’ Bout Murderer? with Mark Rhodes.  Amy’s murderer this week is named Arnold Jackson.  Kickass musician Mark Rhodes has a new album out called Long Time Coming and you should listen to it:  https://markrhodesmusic.bandcamp.com/album/long-time-coming .  Season 5, Episode 20, of American Timelines! Part of the Queen City Podcast Network:...

Episode 142:  American Timelines 1951, Part 5:  The Thing & A Lean Faced Ill-Tempered Hard Man with Kitty Janvrin from the Grand Project.  Amy tells us of a possible mass-killing Carny:  William Henry Redmond,  while Kitty tells us about the first ever Sci-fi movie:  TheThing (From Another World).  Season 5, Episode 19, of American Timelines! Part of the Queen City Podcast Network: www.queencitypo...

Episode 141:  American Timelines 1951, Part 4:  Rocket 88 & The Lonely Hearts Killers with Brian Baltosiewich founder of the Queen City Podcast Network.  Amy tells us about the story of murderous couple Raymond Fernandez & Martha Beck, while Balto tells us about arguably the first ever rock and roll record:  Rocket 88.  Bill Mlkvy scores 73 points in a game while in dental school, The Kefauver Com...

Episode 140:  American Timelines 1951, Part 3:  A Gorgeous Killer & Kickass Mary Winston Jackson with Joe’s Mom, Lynne Zymaris.    Amy tells us about an Australian Female Killer while Mom talks about the super genius Mary Winston Jackson who was portrayed in the movie Hidden Figures.  Also:  a College Basketball point shaving scheme, a train derailment and Henrietta Lacks advances medical technolo...

Episode 139:  American Timelines 1951, Part 2:  Scottish Timelines Part 2 with Nathaniel and Daniel from WHO THE F*CK IS…? .  The boys join us to discuss a pharmacist who hypnotized his customers, Daniel dying in the Battle of the Somme, The Gunnister Man, A Sausage Heist, and even a birthday:  Painter Jack Vatriano!  Season 5, Episode 16, of American Timelines! Part of the Queen City Podcast Netw...

Joe sat down with Kathryn Tubby Johnston, the first girl to ever play little league baseball in 1950, and her husband CY.   For the full interview, check out The Grand Project.

Episode 137:  American Timelines 1951, Part 1:  A Russian Comedian, A Country Singer & A Yeti  with Adal Rifai from Hey Riddle Riddle & Hello From The Magic Tavern.  Adal joins us this week to debate the merits of Cryptozoos, Birthdays, Salvadore Dali & tattooing seventh graders.  Season 5, Episode 14, of American Timelines! Part of the Queen City Podcast Network: www.queencitypodcastnetwork.com....

Episode 136:  American Timelines 1950, Part 13:  A Murder of an Unarmed Black Man & The First Female Rabbi  with Joni Deutsch from Amplifier.  NPR’s Joni Deutsch joins us to lend a little legitimacy to the podcast to talk Judaism, Women’s Rights, Civil Rights, Murder, Fake Snow, Atomic Bombs, Birthdays, Football and Space Patrol.  Season 5, Episode 13, of American Timelines! Part of the Queen City...

Episode 135:  American Timelines 1950, Part 12:  An Attempted Assassination & A Train Wreck  with Artstar from The Nerd Skool Pod.  ArtStar joins us to talk about a deadly train crash the day before Thanksgiving.  Amy tells us of the time Puerto Rican nationalists attempted to assassinate president Truman.  Plus:  Gay Rights, NAMBLA, Grover Cleveland Alexander, and the Dead Sea Scrolls.  Season 5,...

Episode 134:  American Timelines 1950, Part 11:  The Bennington Triangle & A Decapitation with Matt Truman from The Matt Truman Ego Trip.  The great Matt Truman joins us to talk Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty, the 1950’s, the Beat Generation and Covid Symptoms.  Season 5, Episode 11, of American Timelines! Part of the Queen City Podcast Network: www.queencitypodcastnetwork.com. Credits Include:  Greenpo...

Episode 133:  American Timelines 1950, Part 10:  Black Sunday & The Vampire Mission with Brenda from Horrifying History Podcast.  This week we’re joined by Brenda Ganske with Horrifying History to talk about spooky military operations.  Amy covers Dark Sunday when it got dark in the middle of the day.  PLUS:  The Bermuda Triangle, Game Shows, Comic Strips, a Crime Murder and John Crabb gets commit...

Episode 132:  American Timelines 1950, Part 9:  Althea Gibson & The Dusza Family Murders with Tiffany Bryant Jackson from The Nerd Skool Podcast.  TBJ brings the black girl magic, Amy finds out what a wrecker is, and Joe rambles about film noir and communism on Season 5, Episode 8, of American Timelines! Part of the Queen City Podcast Network: www.queencitypodcastnetwork.com. Credits Include:  Eas...

Episode 131:  American Timelines 1950, Part 8:  Bernie Doyle & The Rosenbergs with Andy from The Nerd Skool Podcast.  This week, Andy covers last minute for Matt Truman and stayed up all night studying the story of a guy who was sniped at a baseball game in 1950.  Amy tells us about the Rosenbergs, and Joe fills the gaps with a governor being menaced in a prison, a guy driving around the world and...