Distorted History Podcast

Charles Ives was an innovative and uniquely American composer. Please Rate and Review the podcast To contact me: Email: distortedhistorypod@gmail.com Twitter @DistortedHistor https://twitter.com/DistortedHistor If you would like to support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/distortedhistory Ad free version available through Patreon subscription. Available on Spotify and through podcast aps that...

An incredibly long and bloody conflict begins as European settlers move in the lands of the Apache tribe. Massacres and revenge inspired raids abound. Please Rate and Review the podcast To contact me: Email: distortedhistorypod@gmail.com Twitter @DistortedHistor https://twitter.com/DistortedHistor If you would like to support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/distortedhistory Ad free version av...

One of America's most famous writers takes a stab at trying to solve the mystery of who murdered Mary Rogers. The truth? Comes out. The impact this case had on American society. Please Rate and Review the podcast To contact me: Email: distortedhistorypod@gmail.com Twitter @DistortedHistor https://twitter.com/DistortedHistor If you would like to support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/distorte...

In this month's bonus episode I deep dive into an album about a murderous cult as I examine the story behind Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats' 2013 album Mind Control. Please Rate and Review the podcast To contact me: Email: distortedhistorypod@gmail.com Twitter @DistortedHistor https://twitter.com/DistortedHistor If you would like to support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/distortedhistory Ad fr...

The apparent brutal murder of a beautiful young woman who had become famous as the beautiful cigar girl in New York city sparks a media frenzy. Who is responsible for this fiendish act? Will the police even bother to investigate? Is there any detail too disturbing or invasive for the press to print? Please Rate and Review the podcast To contact me: Email: distortedhistorypod@gmail.com Twitter @Dis...

The story of Elizabeth Van Lew and her allies in Richmond continues. We rejoin the story of the captured Union soldiers as they try to escape from Libby prison and we learn why not even the Confederate White House was safe from Union spies. Please Rate and Review the podcast To contact me: Email: distortedhistorypod@gmail.com Twitter @DistortedHistor https://twitter.com/DistortedHistor If you woul...

In this weeks episode I examine the story of one of the most famous opening nights in the history of music. Please Rate and Review the podcast To contact me: Email: distortedhistorypod@gmail.com Twitter @DistortedHistor https://twitter.com/DistortedHistor If you would like to support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/distortedhistory Ad free version available through Patreon subscription. Avail...

Richmond may have been the capitol of the Confederate states that rebelled against the US government but that doesn't mean everyone in that city supported the cause. Unbeknownst to the leaders of the Confederacy there were spies in their midst. Please Rate and Review the podcast To contact me: Email: distortedhistorypod@gmail.com Twitter @DistortedHistor https://twitter.com/DistortedHistor If you...

I examine the long history of barbecue. Please Rate and Review the podcast To contact me: Email: distortedhistorypod@gmail.com Twitter @DistortedHistor https://twitter.com/DistortedHistor If you would like to support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/distortedhistory Ad free version available through Patreon subscription. Available on Spotify and through podcast aps that use RSS feeds. For more...

In this bonus episode I examine the story behind Corrosion of Conformity's break through 1994 album Deliverance. Please Rate and Review the podcast To contact me: Email: distortedhistorypod@gmail.com Twitter @DistortedHistor https://twitter.com/DistortedHistor If you would like to support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/distortedhistory Ad free version available through Patreon subscription....

Following King's assassination it was left to Ralph Abernathy and the rest of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to carry out his Poor People's Campaign. That would be easier said than done. Between his loss of leadership and the FBI, the federal government, and even the news media arrayed against them their fight would be an up hill battle. Please Rate and Review the podcast To contact...

In the late 1960s Martin Luther King's Jr's focused moved beyond more traditional Civil Rights issues and instead focusing increasingly on the problem of poverty in America. To bring attention to the plight of America's poor of all colors King planned another march on Washington DC but this new focus and his opposition to the Vietnam war only made him more enemies. Please Rate and Review the podca...

A tale of love, obsession and madness both real and imagined. Please Rate and Review the podcast To contact me: Email: distortedhistorypod@gmail.com Twitter @DistortedHistor https://twitter.com/DistortedHistor If you would like to support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/distortedhistory Ad free version available through Patreon subscription. Available on Spotify and through podcast aps that u...

On the shores of the Great Lakes one of America's largest cities is in flames. What if anything can be done to stop the relentless spread of the fire and what will the citizens of Chicago do in the aftermath of this unprecedented disaster? Please Rate and Review the podcast To contact me: Email: distortedhistorypod@gmail.com Twitter @DistortedHistor https://twitter.com/DistortedHistor If you would...

In 1871 one of America's greatest cities almost completely burned to the ground. How could this happen in general and especially how could it happen in what was considered one of if not the most modern city in the country? Please Rate and Review the podcast To contact me: Email: distortedhistorypod@gmail.com Twitter @DistortedHistor https://twitter.com/DistortedHistor If you would like to support...

This month's sound stories deals with both the story of the creation Mastodon's epic album Crack the Skye and the insane story the album itself tells. Which means this episode features everything from drunken escapades, to Rasputin, to potential brain damage, and astral projection. Please Rate and Review the podcast To contact me: Email: distortedhistorypod@gmail.com Twitter @DistortedHistor https...

America has a LONG history of racial violence. In the light of recent events I examine the outburst of race riots in 1919 that has been called the Red Summer which led to the birth of the Civil Rights Movement. If you are able to and want to you can donate to one of these organizations Black Lives Matters https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_2019 NAACP Legal Defense and Education fund...

Tempers between England and her colonies continue to flare until the reach a boiling point in the port city of Boston. This political conflict will lead to a massacre, a tea party, and ultimately a revolution. Please Rate and Review the podcast To contact me: Email: distortedhistorypod@gmail.com Twitter @DistortedHistor https://twitter.com/DistortedHistor If you would like to support the podcast:...

The East India company is granted unprecedented power by the government of England and soon becomes one of the richest and most powerful forces in the world. They even become the de facto rulers of countries like Bengal which results in millions of deaths. Seeing the continued support for the East India company from the English parliament some in American colonies fear they may be next. These fear...

I return to the world and lore of the Dishonored series as we visit the frightening continent of Pandyssia and the threats that almost bring down the Empire. Please Rate and Review the podcast To contact me: Email: distortedhistorypod@gmail.com Twitter @DistortedHistor https://twitter.com/DistortedHistor If you would like to support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/distortedhistory Ad free ver...

The American Protective League returns this week. After fighting the 'bane' of labor Unions the league now turns their ever vigilant gaze to new foes. Like...immigrants...and people who dare to criticize the American government. Yep nothing wrong here. Please Rate and Review the podcast To contact me: Email: distortedhistorypod@gmail.com Twitter @DistortedHistor https://twitter.com/DistortedHistor...

As America enters the first world war a group of like minded patriots ally themselves with the government to root out the greatest danger this country has ever known...labor unions. What could go wrong? Please Rate and Review the podcast To contact me: Email: distortedhistorypod@gmail.com Twitter @DistortedHistor https://twitter.com/DistortedHistor If you would like to support the podcast: https:/...

For this bonus episode I dive into the Lore of the Dishonored series of video games. In the first of two lorecasts on this subject I examine the religion of the Overseers and their hated enemy the Outsider. Please Rate and Review the podcast To contact me: Email: distortedhistorypod@gmail.com Twitter @DistortedHistor https://twitter.com/DistortedHistor If you would like to support the podcast: htt...

Potentially the best bank robber in the country learns about millions of dollars being stashed away in a small California bank by a rampantly corrupt President. Please Rate and Review the podcast To contact me: Email: distortedhistorypod@gmail.com Twitter @DistortedHistor https://twitter.com/DistortedHistor If you would like to support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/distortedhistory Ad free...

We follow the Blues as it moves out of the rural South and into the Northern cities. In this episode I focus on the impact that the Great Depression, post World War 2 America, and the urban environment would have on the Blues. Ad free version available through Patreon subscription. Available on Spotify and through podcast aps that use RSS feeds. For more information: https://www.patreon.com/distor...