Ryan Socash

IT’S HISTORY

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IT’S HISTORY is a ride through history – join us in discovering the world’s most important eras, the minds that changed everything, and the most important inventions of our time through weekly tales of Urban Decay. This podcast is distributed and operated by Video Brothers Music.

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Ryan Socash

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Plague Doctor Costumes, A Terrifying Sight 01.01.2021 5:42

One of the most intriguing of the plague doctor images we've found is a painted coat of arms belonging to Theodore Zwinger III (1658-1724), a Swiss doctor and descendant of Theodore Zwinger I (1533-1588), the Swiss doctor and humanist whose Theatrum Humanae Vitae is considered, the historian Helmut Zedelmaier writes, "perhaps the most comprehensive collection of knowledge to be compiled by a singl...

When Animals Were Punished in Court 28.12.2020 9:43

In legal history, an animal trial was the criminal trial of a non-human animal. Such trials are recorded as having taken place in Europe from the thirteenth century until the eighteenth. In modern times, it is considered in most criminal justice systems that non-human persons lack moral agency and so cannot be held culpable for an act. Animals, including insects, faced the possibility of criminal...

When Chocolate was a Drug 22.12.2020 7:35

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The Lost Street Cars of New York City | The Story of American trolleys 15.12.2020 13:48

The story of New York's lost trolley network, a great American crime! Welcome to Tales of Urban Decay. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CENTRALIA 🔥 Exploring The Burning Ghost Town 08.12.2020 15:57

Long history shot = Centralia is a borough and near-ghost town in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States. Its population has dwindled from more than 1,000 residents in 1980 to 63 by 1990, to only five in 2017[9]—a result of the coal mine fire which has been burning beneath the borough since 1962. Centralia, which is part of the Bloomsburg-Berwick metropolitan area, is the least-populated mun...

Forgotten Tunnels Under Chicago - EXPLORING The History of Chicago Tunnels 04.12.2020 21:53

Below the sewers and subways of Chicago, are over 60-miles of forgotten 19th and 20th century train tunnels. This mysterious labyrinth, once connecting the majority of the city's most prominent buildings. Has sat in abandonment and disarray for the better part of a century - today, we will uncover the forgotten story of the Chicago Tunnels. Around the turn of the century, the City of Chicago was o...

BATTLE OF AGER FALERNUS - remarkable Hannibal's victory 30.01.2019 5:13

Today you will hear about how Hannibal with his army fell into an ambush and how in unusual way they got out. Will Fabius Maximus - a Roman dictator stop his plan? The Second Punic War is also full of fascinating episodes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

THEMISTOCLES - Hero from Salamina 17.01.2019 4:52

Themistocles - an Athenian politician, a prominent strategist and ... a fugitive. In this episode we will tell you the story of this extraordinary hero from Salamina who was forced to leave Athens in the last years of his life. How much does his life differ from its depiction in the movie "300: Rise of the Empire"? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices