Transatlantic History Ramblings

INTERVIEW BEGINS AT: 20:00 We are so thrilled to be joined by the ever amazing and entertaining Ash Pryce and this time he brings along his lovely and charming (and brilliant) wife Theresa Dewa and we get to talk about the Fox sisters, their life, death, confessions, retractions and legacy. We also discuss fake mediums/spiritualists and hucksters off all kinds, Is it all bunk? Who knows for sure,...

INTERVIEW BEGINS AT:  24:05 Long before the 100 million dollar cookie cutter super hero films that flood the market place now, the Superhero movie crazy caught the imaginations of children (and adults) across America, and then the world in the 1930's. Darrin McDonald, A.K.A YouTube star FizzFop1 joins us to discuss the history and origins of the superheroes rise to pop culture icons and the b...

INTERVIEW BEGINS AT:  21:00 Elizabeth I and Catherine de Medici, two of the most powerful women in European History, both brilliant, bold, powerful and complex, two. women who shaped the 16th century and changed history. We are thrilled to welcome the great Dr. Estelle Paranque, assistant professor in history at NCH at Northeastern (London campus) and author of the new book Blood, Fire and Go...

INTERVIEW BEGINS AT:  26:00 With congressional hearings being all over the news, we decided to look back on a historical hearing, when the one and only Harry Houdini was testifying before the U.S Congress to attempt to add an amendment to a bill that would help make being a fake psychic/medium illegal. The one and only Houdini Historian and show friend John Cox joins us to take a nice deep di...

INTERVIEW BEGINS AT: 20:00 Detroit Michigan, 1970's,: The Original Sheik (Ed Farhat) terrorized wrestling fans and fellow wrestlers, he was viscous, nasty, mysterious, and we all believed deadly, but in reality, he was the boss of one of the most successful wrestling promotions of all time, Big Time Wrestling. A young man from Ohio, a wrestling enthusiast, would manage to get behind the curtain an...

INTERVIEW BEGINS AT:  28:00 A story of an early photographer who after personal tragedy leaves his portrait business and enters the word of post-mortem photography, becomes an outcast but is able to at long last find redemtion in a most poigniant way. E S Blake is a successful comedian, TV and Screen Writer, soon to be feature film director and now an author of one of the best historical fict...

INTERVIEW BEGINS AT:  15:30 Do you hear things that go bump in the night? Are you afraid of ghosts? Do you think no-one will believe you? Fear no more, because we at Transatlantic History Ramblings will listen to you, as well as have our ghost experts Kurt "The Strange Sessions" Konecny and Neil Storey, they join us to talk all things weird and spooky, and this episode, Kurt tells us some of...

INTERVIEW BEGINS AT: 27:30 We are beyond thrilled to have Dr. Colleen Darnell, the one and only Vintage Egyptologist, The Theda Bara of Burial Chambers, the Garbo of Giza join us to discuss all things Egyptology Dr. Darnell has been seen on Documentary series such as    Lost Treasures of Egypt , and Tutankhamun with Dan Snow  and her books include The Ancient Egyptian Netherworld Bo...

INTERVIEW BEGINS AT: 25:30 In 1897 Bram Stoker unleashed the stuff of nightmares to generations, and the world of film forever put his creation in our collective conscious. From the earliest days of film the Vampire appeared, but it wasn't until 1922 with the release of Nosferatu (and its's subsequent legal battles) that Stokers character graced the screen. Then 1931 and a relatively unknown Bela...

INTERVIEW BEGINS AT: 26:40 It's called the American past time, a beloved summer game enjoyed by millions for generations, yet, something seems just not as great. the players are bigger and better than ever. The stadiums more luxurious than a palace, and people still flock to see games, and root root root for the home team....but...... Ed Achorn, historian, journalist, author of The Summer of Beer...

INTERVIEW BEGINS AT: 22:00 For centuries there have been reports of large hairy man like creatures that roam the wilderness, but what is it? Is it real? why are there so many hoaxs? How can we tell the truth when there are so many who lie? Luckily there are a few reputable people in this field of study, and none more so then William Jevning. Author or books such as In Search of the Unknown, Notes...

INTERVIEW BEGINS AT: THE BEGINING  26:45 ***Please note that as this was the first day with a new microphone, I had not adjusted the sound before I had to record...this will be fixed by next episode.. so sorry*** If the words Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, Galaga, Dig Dug etc. make you instantly smile , then chances are you spent many of your formative years in a classic video game arcade. For years t...

INTERVIEW BEGINS AT: THE BEGINING 22:00 We are thrilled to be joined today by one of America's great novelists, the multi award winning, NY Times Bestselling author Karen Joy Fowler to discuss the release of her latest masterpiece Booth, a riveting historical fiction novel about Lincoln Assassin John Wilkes Booth, and the Booth family. We get to discuss the new book, as well as her past works, and...

INTERVIEW BEGINS AT: THE BEGINING 20:35 If Feb 3rd 1959 is the day the music died, then it can be argued that Rock-n-Roll was born on May 27th 1957, when the single That'll Be The Day by The Crickets was released. In 2 short years a young man from Lubbock Texas changed the face of music, how it was recorded and how it was marketed forever, Now 63 years after his untimely death at the age of only 2...

INTERVIEW BEGINS AT: THE BEGINING 31:45 In 1856 a seventy year old tollgate keeper and his nine year old grandson were brutally murdered, the man convicted of this crime would be the last man publicly hanged in Leicestershire , but who was the man who came to be known as Peppermint Billy. The amazing Joanne Vigor-Mungovin returns to discuss the man, the crime and it's legacy. We also dive a bit in...

INTERVIEW BEGINS AT: THE BEGINING 25:00 Miracle cure? Health Fad? Or just a coldblooded heartless scam to make money resulting in nearly 20 deaths, the legacy of Linda Hazzard is dark and shocking and sadly, is one where history could easily repeat itself thanks to disinformation and blind trust. Amber and Kristy of the amazing Old Timey Crimey podcast join us once again to discuss this most bizar...

***SPECIAL EPISODE*** This is a special episode of Transatlantic History Ramblings. We get so much feedback on our "paranormal" episodes we asked you, the listeners to send us in your own personal paranormal encounter, and our panel will read your story, discuss our takes on it and perhaps give some advice or comfort or skepticism (in Brian's case). This is the first of what we hope will be a seri...

INTERVIEW BEGINS AT:  25:00 Discovery + recently ran a documentary about an alleged Abraham Lincoln Deathbed photograph. This find has split the history world, is it real,? is it a hoax?, is it "mistaken identity"? The answer is..... We don't know for sure, but Brian and Lauren along with the legend Neil Storey discuss our views on this possibly game changing historical photograph. We also di...

INTERVIEW BEGINS AT:  30:50 (Due to weather and internet issues, there is some sound quality issues, and serious echo... please forgive us, and blame the internet.. but still try to enjoy the show!!) It's no secret that we love horror films, so anytime we can talk with a horror historian we jump at the chance, and we were so lucky to have the legendary writer, director, author, historian and...

INTERVIEW BEGINS AT: 25:50 To this day ask anyone who the greatest showman the world has ever seen was and chances are they will say P T Barnum. And much like much of what Barnum is famous for, the truth isn't always what it seems. Who was this master showman, businessman, promoter, entertainer, and historical legend? We at Transatlantic History Ramblings bring you the answers thanks to the amazin...

Episode 102: Transatlantic Holiday Ramblings with Kurt Konecny, Susan Campbell Bartoletti and Jeremy King, It's the holiday season, so we thought we would light a nice cozy fire, pour some drinks and have a holiday rambling round table discussion about traditions, movies, music, the good the bad and the annoying aspects of the holiday season, so friends all gathered around and we just hit record,...

INTERVIEW BEGINS AT:  21:00 Dating back to 1793, the circus has been a part of American tradition, and in 1825, when the concept of the tent circus turned this artform into a traveling show, where folks from miles around would travel for the "greatest show"...in their town, for a brief but exhilarating time every year, And so it was, year after year, for generations, the circus was the time o...

INTERVIEW BEGINS AT:  35:20 On May 14th 1882 on Pound Gap near the border of Kentucky and Virginia, 5 people were "ambushed" and murdered on one of the strangest, and most notorious crimes in the history of Appalachia. Why were these people killed, who killed them, was it robbery? Revenge? Vendetta? Who benefited from the crime, and who was punished. Questions, conspiracies', legends and myth...

INTERVIEW BEGINS AT:  21:30 Phony Spirit Mediums, Conan Doyle , HOUDINI!! sounds like something right up our ally, this new novel based on a true story is certainly an instant classic, and it's author certain to be Britain's next great novelist, and we got him for you ramblers! A J West is a name already well known to our UK listeners, as he is an award winning BBC Journalist, historian, writ...

INTERVIEW BEGINS AT: 16:00 Once was not enough, so back by popular demand, we continue or discussion of the kind of Marxism we should all agree is good.. Noah Diamond is back for part two of Marx Brother fun, history, legends, myths, truths, sort of truths, probably not truths, and so weird it just may be truth.... So kick back, enjoy and please rate and share the show..let's keep the audience gro...