American Timelines

Episode 81:  The Lonnie Zamora UFO Incident.  Lonnie Zamora sees aliens. Is Carlo Sommer a scam artist or just a lover?  Plus:  the first Ford Mustang is purchased and the longest marriage ever ends.  Season 4, Episode 23, of American Timelines! Part of the Queen City Podcast Network: www.queencitypodcastnetwork.com. Credits Include:  Popculture.us, Wikipedia, IMDB & Youtube.  Information may not...

Episode 80:  The Bystander Effect.  The Kitty Genovese murder inspired a theory that is present in virtually every psychological textbook to this day.  Plus, The Beatles iconic Ed Sullivan appearance and Steven Spielberg’s first movie and Joe and Amy try to name their “fans”.  Season 4, Episode 22, of American Timelines!   Part of the Queen City Podcast Network: www.queencitypodcastnetwork.com. Cr...

Episode 79:  The Boston Strangler or the Boston Raper?  He certainly did more than strangle.  And he attacked old ladies.  What a jerk!  The Beatles also invade the USA with 7 platinum albums in one year.  Also we hear from Louis Lasagna, George Whipple and Bobby Vinton.  Season 4, Episode 21, of American Timelines!   Part of the Queen City Podcast Network: www.queencitypodcastnetwork.com. Credits...

Episode 78:  The JFK Episode.  Conspiracy?  Just a lone gunman?  History for Jerks speculates on what really happened in 1963 when JFK was assassinated.  Do you really think we have the chops to tackle this?  We don't either.   Season 4, Episode 20, of American Timelines!   Part of the Queen City Podcast Network: www.queencitypodcastnetwork.com. Credits Include:  Popculture.us, Wikipedia, IMDB & Y...

Episode 77:  1963, part 4.  Kidnapping a Crooner's Kid.  Frank Sinatra Jr. was kidnapped!  Frank Sr. has chunks of guys like them in his stool!  Also Troll Dolls, the longest concert ever, and a young Bill Bixby on My Favorite Martian!   Season 4, Episode 19, of American Timelines!   Part of the Queen City Podcast Network: www.queencitypodcastnetwork.com. Credits Include:  Popculture.us, Wikipedia...

Episode 76:  1963, part 3.  The Career Girl Murders.  August 1963, Upper East Side of Manhattan, 2 Career Girls are murdered.  Career Girls are what you call a woman with a job in 1963.  We cover this along with the San Diego Chargers introducing dianabol to professional football, John Lennon almost killing a guy due to homophobia, and Andy Warhol making a movie of a guy sleeping.   Season 4, Epis...

Episode 75:  1963, part 2.  The Murder of an Olympian.  This episode covers the horrific murder of Olympic Skier Sonja McCaskie and the rivalry of Joan Crawford and Bette Davis, plus Jimmy Soul, Little Peggy March & Ruby & The Romantics!  Season 4, Episode 17, of American Timelines!   Part of the Queen City Podcast Network: www.queencitypodcastnetwork.com. Credits Include:  Popculture.us, Wikipedi...

Episode 74:  1963, part 1.  Patsy Cline’s Crash & A Minnesota Murder!  This episode covers the horrific murder of Carol Thompson and the tragic loss of legend Patsy Cline, plus Colt 45 malt liquor, bacon cheeseburgers, and Oscar Meyer wieners!  Season 4, Episode 16, of American Timelines!   Part of the Queen City Podcast Network: www.queencitypodcastnetwork.com. Credits Include:  Popculture.us, Wi...

Episode 73:  1962, part 5.  Season 4, Episode 15, of American Timelines!  Felix The Murderer & Yo Yo Ma.   Felix Vail gets convicted of 1962 murders many years later, while Gene Rayburn makes the ladies swoon and Lenny Bruce is arrested for using the word "schmuck".   Season 4, Episode 15, of American Timelines!

Episode 72:  1962, part 4.  Portsmouth Poltergeist & Hedy Lamarr Invents GPS!  A 1960’s poltergeist creeps out a town while the beautiful Hedy Lamarr invents a technology that would become GPS!  Season 4, Episode 14, of American Timelines!

Episode 71:  1962, part 3.  The Acid Doctor & Marilyn Monroe!  This week, we cover the sad loss of the most beautiful woman in the world, and an evil Acid Doctor Murderer.  Also, the Rolling Stones become The Rolling Stones, Pete Best gets ousted, and strip tease music takes over the Billboard chart.   Season 4, Episode 13, of American Timelines!   Part of the Queen City Podcast Network: www.queen...

Episode 70:  1962, part 2.  Alcatrizzle Fo Shizzle!  We are covering the 1962 Escape from Alcatraz, plus some plane crashes, Ray Charles, Drying Dodger Stadium with a jet engine, and the first Taco Bell.   Season 4, Episode 12, of American Timelines! Part of the Queen City Podcast Network: www.queencitypodcastnetwork.com. Credits Include:  Popculture.us, Wikipedia, IMDB & Youtube.  Information may...

Episode 69:  1962, part 1.  We're doing the Mashed Potato and the Peppermint Twist, while we wonder if Chubby Checker was a sex symbol and what Vincent Price's Sears Art Collection looked like.  Amy gives us a history lesson filled with suicide and depravity at the Cecil Hotel.   Season 4, Episode 11, of American Timelines! Part of the Queen City Podcast Network: www.queencitypodcastnetwork.com. C...

Episode 68:  1961, part 4.  Fassbender? I hardly know her!  Murder on the Ocean, Lost At Sea, What will happen?!  Plus, The Maris and Mantle homerun race, Jagger and Richards meet at a train station and the origins of The Lion Sleeps Tonight!   Season 4, Episode 10, of American Timelines! Part of the Queen City Podcast Network: www.queencitypodcastnetwork.com. Credits Include:  Popculture.us, Wiki...

Episode 67:  1961, part 3.  The Barney & Betty Hill Episode.  Aliens Are Real, Dudes.  Also, Peaches are falling from the sky, Men are willing to shock strangers, and Dan Rather puts the first radar on the news to warn of Hurrican Carla!  Season 4, Episode 9, of American Timelines! Part of the Queen City Podcast Network: www.queencitypodcastnetwork.com. Credits Include:  Popculture.us, Wikipedia,...

Episode 66:  1961, part 2.  Earl Gideon couldn’t afford a lawyer so he changed the law, Roy Orbison was running scared, a fella named Gary U.S. Bonds may have accidentally recorded a live song that topped the charts, chicken farmer, Joe Simonton eats alien pancakes made by Italian aliens all while George York and James Latham do some good ol’ fashion spree killing.  Season 4, Episode 8, of America...

Episode 65:  1961, part 1.  Amy tells us of a possible true ghost story of Betty Williams, a fast girl from the wrong side of the tracks whose world fell apart when football star Mack Herring breaks up with her.  Joe plays some commercial jingles and Ronald Reagan propaganda from 1961 and tells us about a 3 year old getting sued for wreckless op.  Season 4, Episode 7, of American Timelines! Part o...

Episode 64:  LIVE SHOW!  Recorded at Coco and the Director as part of Charlotte Shout on the Queen City Podcast Network Stage, we discuss The Andy Griffith Show mystery actor, The Minneapolis Lakers moving to Los Angeles, JFK becoming the first Catholic President,and a whole lot more while Amy takes a deep dive into the legend of the Lovers Lane Hook Man!  Season 4, Episode 6, of American Timeline...

Episode 63:  More 1960!  To Kill A Mockingbird, Chubby Checker & The Twist, Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini, Elvis and a deep dive into the movie Psycho all in one episode!  Season 4, Episode 5, of American Timelines! Part of the Queen City Podcast Network: www.queencitypodcastnetwork.com. Credits Include:  Popculture.us, Wikipedia, IMDB & Youtube.  Information may not be accurate, as it is...

Episode 62: Continuing in 1960! Amy dives deeply into the murder of Mary Burge, while Joe tells us about one of the first drummers of the Beatles quitting the band after losing his teeth in a van accident. Plus: Connie Francis, The Everly Brothers, and the delicious Arnold Palmer beverage! Season 4, Episode 4, of American Timelines!

Episode 61:  Continuing in 1960!  We discuss the first ever Hollywood Star on the Walk of Fame, The Russwoood Park Fire in Memphis, and Elvis returning from the army with a hit single.  Amy takes a deep dive into the disappearance of Texas beauty queen Irene Garza  Season 4, Episode 3, of American Timelines! Part of the Queen City Podcast Network: www.queencitypodcastnetwork.com. Credits Include: ...

Episode 60: Continuing in 1960! Tina Turner Debuts, Lucy gets a divorce, and Chuck Berry goes to jail. All of this while the Starved Rock Murders are happening. Season 4, Episode 2, of American Timelines!

Episode 59:  Welcome to the 1960’s!  Amy tells us of the mysterious disappearance of Adolph Coors, while Joe tells us about the number 1 artists Frankie Avalon, Marty Robbins and Johnny Preston.  Plus the invention of zipcodes, classifying root beer as a carcinogen and CAT SPIES!!  Season 4, Episode 1, of American Timelines! Part of the Queen City Podcast Network: www.queencitypodcastnetwork.com....

Episode 58: Bonus Episode! The Death of Elvis. Crazy stuff about Elvis' death, plus Elvis sightings to suggest he never actually died! Did the Tom Parker steal all of his money?  Was he in Home Alone after faking his death?  What about the plot to steal his dead body?  Elvis is everywhere! Season 3, Episode 31.

Episode 57:  1979, Amy winds up the tale of the Dating Game Killer, while Joe tells us of a trampling at a Who concert in Cincinnati that sparked a very special episode of WKRP, Donna Summer and Barbra Streisand collaborating, and the origin of the term “Bear” and the lesser known animals in the gay zoo.  The struggle continues. Season 3, Episode 30:  1979 Part 5! Part of the Queen City Podcast Ne...