Historyfeels: The Podcast

On an April night in 1775 hundreds of British troops were been rallied for the express purpose of bringing to justice a pair of revolutionaries that had set the entire city of Boston on fire -   Samuel Adams and John Hancock.    These men were the architects of an almost three year long crisis that had driven the citizens of Boston into outright rebellion against their colonial masters, leading th...

This week we'll complete the trajectory of Napoleon's rise to power, focusing not as much on his military might but instead on his political savvy that culminated in his personal rubicon moment, where he took on the Revolutionary Government itself in a coup attempt that came within a hair's width of complete failure.    All the while, as the intentions of the young General from Corsica became incr...

  In the 19th century there was one man who disrupted the political order of Europe in a way that nobody had since the days of Julius Caesar - Napoleon Bonaparte. The French General turned self declared Emperor emerged at a time when the once promising French revolution had fallen into chaos and bloodshed. But Napoleon took the seeds of the revolution and transformed them into a new political orde...

In 1952 in the city of Springfield, Illinois a young college student made a discovery of something that was not supposed to exist. He uncovered the only photo of Abraham Lincoln in his coffin, which was supposed to have been destroyed decades before.  In this week's episode we will look at the dramatic history behind the photo, the story of Abraham Lincoln's Funeral Train which took the fascinatin...

Happy Halloween. Our story this week centers around the question of how one ends a Witch Hunt. In the case of the Salem Witch Trials, the cost of ending the hysteria would come through simple tactics by a few courageous men. It would cost these men dearly, but it ultimately revealed the true hysteria of the Salem Witch Trials and it would be made clear for all the members of the Massachusetts Colo...

In our episode this week, the first of a two part series, we are going to dive into one of Colonial America's most shocking and shameful histories, the Salem Withc Trials. We will show how the origin and progression of the Salem Witch Trials involved a variety of influences and factors that often aren't considered in the traditional way we explain the event.    Support the Podcast: patreon.com/his...

In the second part of our series on Amelia Earhart's life, legacy, and mysterious disappearance we are going to look at the final years of her famed career as an aviator. As she mastered the craft of long distance flying she smashed records and broke barriers at every turn.  But every achievement pushed her forward to that final great adventure which she would never return home from, her attempt t...

In this week's episode, the first of a two part series, we are going to look at Amelia Earhart, the amazing heights she reached prior to her tragic last flight, and the courage and determination she showed in the face of some astounding challenges. Everything Amelia Earhart achieved seemed to be pushing her to those final moments, circling the sky in search of Howland Island, and the mystery that...

This is the second episode of a two part seires on the end of the Viking Age. In this story we dive head first into the conflict between two rulers, Sweyn Forkbeard of the Danes and the Saxon King Ethelred as they battle for control of England.    While one of these leaders is remembered by history as a feirce warrior ahd shrewed poltical actor, the other is considered an abject failure. But great...

This is the first episode of a two part series that moves quickly to the end of the Viking age. The center of our story is on the conflict between two groups of fierce warriors, the Danes and the Anglo-Saxons, over control of the island of Britain. In our first episode we are going to look at how the established Viking culture changed and shifted due to its interaction with a new force on the worl...

Moving up the Podcast this week a few days to release this special 9/11 episode. The story of Rick Rescorla, the man who worked security at the South Tower of the World Trade Center in September of 2001. Episode on the Vikings coming in two weeks! There is a bonus episode available on Patreon: Patreon.com/historyfeels_ Email: historyfeels1986@gmail.com    

In this week's episode we are going to focus on the work at the Los Alamos National Laboratory leading up to the Trinity Test, the world's first explosion of a nuclear weapon. Support: Patreon.com/historyfeels_ Emails: Brett@historyfeels.com

In this week's episode we are going to look at the birth of the Manhattan project, and more specifically the moment where President Franklin Roosevelt made a crucial decision, similar to one that Napoleon failed to make hundreds of years before. FDR recognized the convergence of necessity and genius and chose to take a risk by trusting men who had an idea that seemed to almost everyone else like a...

In this second episode we are going to follow the classical world's Ring of Power, the body of Alexander the Great, as it was handed from ruler to ruler and Empire to Empire until it mysteriously disappeared. We will look at the effort to track down Alexander's tomb that stretched over the next 2,000 years, and where the search had left us today.   Bonus Content!: Patreon.com/historyfeels_ Email:...

It's good to be back! Thanks for bearing with us this summer as we took some time to research and plan for this fall string of episodes. We promise to maintain consistency from here on out.   In this episode we are going to start at the end of Alexander the Great's life, looking at the death of the great conqueror and how quickly his achievements in empire building came crashing down after he was...

Our story this week is going to center around the wild Sack of Panama that marked the high point of Henry Morgan's career on the seas but also proved too great of an attack for even the British Crown to fully stand behind and justify. With this historic raid, which might have been the greatest ever undertaken by a Privateer or Pirate in the entire Golden age of Sail, Henry Morgan was going to push...

In This Episode we are going to follow the rise of one of histories most famous pirates, Captain Henry Morgan. His war against the Spanish for control of the Caribbean was one that almost brought the whole Spanish Empire in the New World down to its knees. In the process, we will look at how the line between being considered a devoted patriot or a hated pirate might just depend on your perspective...

In this episode we are going to share the mystery of D.B. Cooper, what we know from those who witnessed his daring skyjacking plot, along with the many details that are still speculation. I'll also discuss whether we think Cooper might have managed to survive his dangerous jump, and of the over 800 suspects that were evaluated, which of these men could have been this phantom of the sky?   Bonus Co...

A whole group of abolitionists would stare down imprisonment for charges stemming from the day they pulled Jane Johnson from bondage on the Phildelphia dock. Johnson herself would return to the public spotlight in an amazing display of courage and nobility. In this episode, we will complete the story of two separate legal battles that happened nearly simultaneously. As Passmore Williamson and Will...

This week we tackle a more poignant topic, sharing the amazing story of an escaped enslaved woman named Jane Johnson and the man who risked everything to help her achieve her freedom, one of America's greatest abolitionists, William Still. The coming months of drama, which would be called "The Jane Johnson Affair" would become an incident that would exemplify the most heroic qualities of the aboli...

1990. Boston. It's the largest art theft in American history, and the culprits behind the heist have never been caught. In this episode we are going to dive deep into the mystery of the Isabella Gardner Museum Theft - how the thieves pulled it off, where the twists and turns of the investigation led, and finally who might have been the true mastermind behind this now iconic American crime.   Patre...

In this last episode of our Big Fix series we are going to travel into the hurricane, following the breaking of the public scandal and the multiple trials that followed. We will look at how the commissioner of baseball came to the decision to punish the players in the harshest way possible, and where it left these eight men after the dust settled.    For the eight members of the Chicago Black Sox,...

In this second episode of our Big Fix series we are going to pick up where we left off which is right at the beginning of game one, and cover the rest of the events of the 1919 World Series. We'll follow the specific way the tainted games played out and how some of the players involved developed second thoughts about the whole fix just a little too late. This group of White Sox players who are sti...

In this Series, we are going to dive deep in the scandal that led to what could have been an all time great team to national infamy as they would forever be known as the Chicago Black Sox. We're also going to look at the attempt to cover up the scandal by baseball's highest official and the amazing story of what it took to expose the crimes.  In this first episode, we're going to examine how the c...

This week we will be finishing up our Daggers of the Republic series by telling a much more compact story - focusing mainly on the first seven days after Caesar was killed, including a fascinating read out of Ceasar's will, his funeral, and the fate of his assasins.   Email: historyfeels1986@gmail.com   Patreon: patreon.com/historyfeels_