History Boiz

In 1565, a rag-tag group of fanatical knights stood against the full weight of the Sultan's army on a rock in the middle of the Mediterranean. Join us for the epic story of the siege of Malta!

Soapy Smith, sometimes called the "Uncrowned King of Skagway", was a notorious con man and grifter in the waning years of the American "wild" west. Join us as we try to separate myth and legend from reality!

Join us as we finish up our two part series on THE KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH! We pick back up where we left off before, crossing the Chilkoot Trail, the golden staircase, and follow those who made it all the way to Dawson, and the even fewer who struck it rich.

In 1896, gold was discovered in the remote region of the Yukon, the Klondike. An estimated 100,000 people from all over the globe flocked to the gold fields, but few would actually make it there. Join us for our 50th episode on Klondike Gold Rush!

Join us this week as we tell the story of a true American hero, an enslaved man and spy, James Armistead Lafayette! Without him, the battle of Yorktown may have never happened. Don't miss this one! Donate to Colonial Williamsburg and the preservation of history here: https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/ Get Scarlet Ingstad's book, "The Indispensable Spy: The Story of James Armistead", all proceed...

Join us this week for part 2 of the Marquis de Lafayette, the hero of two worlds, as he navigates the complexities of the French Revolution, spends time in jail, meets Napoleon Bonaparte, and finally visits his favorite place where in the whole wide world!

One of the most remarkable people to ever live, Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette, or more simply, the Marquis de Lafayette, was a main player in 3 revolutions and authored one of the most important documents ever written. Close friends with the American framers, and a member of King Louis XVI's court. Join us for part one of the crazy life of America's favorite...

And we're back for season 2 of HistoryBoiz! Join us this week as we discuss the life and legend of the Roman hero, Cincinnatus! Inspiration to numerous world leaders throughout the ages and of course, the city of Cincinnati is named after him, so who was he? Crack open a cheap beer and laugh with us, it's so good to be back!

Referred to as the Schoolhouse Blizzard, or the Children's Blizzard, the Blizzard of 1888 hit without any warning. Many were trapped in white out conditions and those that weren't immediately trapped had dire decisions to make themselves. Crack open a cheap beer, and join us for our December special! Happy Holidays!

For our November special, we the two back to back elections of 1872 and 1876, both equally bonkers. Horace Greeley, Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, Samuel Tilden, and a few people you may recognize from episodes past!

We saved this one for the last installment for our SPOOOOKY month, strap in for the dark and harrowing story of the shipwreck Essex, one of the inspirations for Moby Dick. You won't want to miss this one!

Join us this week for another spooky tale, this time we go to a remote island in the Pacific Ocean, Clipperton Island. A story of a mad lighthouse keeper declaring himself king, and the survivors that endured unspeakable hardship.

Join us this week as we continue our spooky series for Dr. Linda Burfield Hazzard, the quack doctor that championed a cure all treatment of fasting, starving several of her patients to death. This is some local history for the HistoryBoiz, as this story took place in and around Seattle, WA in the early 20th century. So crack open a cheap beer and be scared, but not too scared, because you'll laugh...

Join us this week as we continue our spooky season with the Blood Countess herself, Elizabeth of Bathory! The crimes against humanity that she committed were unbelievable...or were they? Let's crack open a cheap beer and figure it out together!

Eliot Ness was the most famous federal agent in American history. Battling notorious gangsters in prohibition era Chicago, and chasing a mad serial killer, his legend has outgrown him. Join us this week as we get to the bottom of who Eliot Ness really was!

Mata Hari was an exotic dancer, considered to be a man-eating double agent during WWI for years. Crack open the cheapest beer you can find, and join us as we separate cover-up from myth from legend from truth.

This week the boiz talk about the most eccentric (Greek) philosopher of all time, Diogenes of Sinope AKA Diogenes the Cynic. Crack open a cheap beer and get ready to laugh, this one is bonkers!

This week we wrap up our two part series on the hero of the Puerto Rican independence movement, PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS! Fair warning though, this one is heavy.

Pedro Albizu Campos spoke 6 languages fluently, was the first Puerto Rican to graduate from Harvard, served in WWI, and fought for Puerto Rican independence from the United States. Part one of our two part series will focus on the background of Puerto Rico and the ties to the United States along with the early career of Pedro Albizu Campos.

Join us in the land of the ice and snow with the midnight sun, where the hot springs flow! We'll talk about the Norse discovery of Greenland and the first Europeans to set foot on North America.

I'M SPARTACUS! We are all aware of the legend of the gladiator turned leader of the largest slave revolt in Roman history, but how much do we know of the real Spartacus?

Buckle up for this one! The strangest and most bizarre battle of WWII where a group of disillusioned Wehrmacht soldiers work with a rag-tag group of Americans to rescue French VIP prisoners from a castle that is being besieged by fanatical Waffen SS troops. Trust us, this fan suggested story gets a lot weirder.

This week, we bring you one of the least reported and most covered up stories in American history, The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 and the brutal destruction of Black Wall Street. Presented by special guests, TJ and Shoddy.

This time we talk about the West's favorite incompetent and ruthless communist dictator, Nicolae Ceausescu of Romania! Complete with overt propaganda, secret police, North Korea style stadium shows, cult of personalities, and a popular uprising to depose the authoritarian monster, you won't want to miss this one!

In part two of our two part series on the Australian bushranger Ned Kelly, we talk about a family that has had enough, a drunk cop's word against a family, two bank heists, murder most foul, and a last stand of the Kelly Gang in their terrifying suits of home made armor!