Transatlantic History Ramblings

INTERVIEW BEGINS AT  16:00 Mary Pearcey has been called many things, murder, scorned lover,  mad woman and even Jill the Ripper by some, however Mary and her story are a bit more complex. Luckily Prof. Sarah Beth Hopton put the time and research into bringing her story to the world in her fascinating book Woman at the Devil's Door: The Extraordinary True Story of Mary Pearcey and the Ham...

INTERVIEW BEGINS AT 18:00 When we had Edward Achorn on, Brian mentioned two of his favorite books of all time were written by Ed, The Summer of Beer and Whiskey and Fifty-Nine in 84', and Brian insisted he come back and talk about these two masterpieces about 19th century Baseball . These books tell two dramatically different stories, but each are mind blowing and almost beyond belief . The Summer...

INTERVIEW BEGINS AT 20:00 We are indeed humbled to be joined tonight by Yankee Quill award winner and Pulitzer finalist Edward Achorn, author of the amazing new book Every Drop Of Blood, all about the second inauguration of President Lincoln. Achorn has a unique ability to paint such a vivid picture of the past that his books are considered must reads in ;literary circles the world over. In his la...

INTERVIEW BEGINS AT 18:50 In 1988 a 14 year old Brian read the book called Jack the Ripper: The Uncensored Facts: A Documented History of the Whitechapel Murders of 1888. From that day on a new "Ripperologist" was born. Beyond that, a flame was ignited that very day, the desire to want to become a writer,. 30 years later I am lucky enough to have fulfilled that dream, on top of that, I have been a...

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away at the age of 87. This remarkable woman was a inspiration and a voice for all people who were oppressed or discriminated against and her legacy will live on for generations to come. As a tribute, we gathered a group of our  Transatlantic History Ramblings family members who loaned their voices to honor this amazing woman in her own words. Featuring Laur...

INTERVIEW BEGINS AT 14:35 In the 1950's the United States of America's freedom was under attack. This attack was from within. A Republican senator from Wisconsin was elected in 1947, and life as we knew it was about to change. Joseph McCarthy was obsessed with the "red scare", that communists had infiltrated America and it's way of life and he saw it as his "duty" to expose this threat, by any mea...

INTERVIEW BEGINS AT  24:50 This has been one of our most requested topics, and we are thrilled to be joined by journalist, author, and a journalism professor at NYU Brooke Kroeger, winner of  the Independent Publisher Book Award for History (U.S.). Nellie Bly was a truly remarkable person, her accomplishments and impact on society of too numerous to even start to list. Much has been writ...

The listener should suspend disbelief for the sake of enjoyment. No mutants or aliens were harmed in the making of this Podcast Who are the only ones brave enough to bring us the truth about Batboy, P'Lod the Alien. Bigfoot, The Lake Erie Monster and countless other stories the "Mainstream Media" is afraid to report...that's right The Weekly World News.:  The World's Only Reliable News!! Desc...

INTERVIEW BEGINS AT 19:45 Hollywood may be all about comic books now, but the fascination goes back much farther and it's history and ups and downs are the true stuff of legends. Podcast host extraordinaire Alex Grand joins us with his encyclopedic knowledge off all things comics to explain why these "cheap kids books" are historically important and relevant! https://comicbookhistorians.com/ By th...

INTERVIEW BEGINS AT  13:15 They say every performers dream is to die on stage, well, there are actually several who have! Jeff Abraham and Burt Kearns join us to discuss their new book The Show Won't Go On: The Most Shocking, Bizarre, and Historic Deaths of Performers Onstage. Morbid? Maybe, Interesting and bizarre? HELL YEAH!!. So take a moment to remember these performers while listening to...

INTERVIEW BEGINS AT 16:45 Listen up ramblers... the debate may rage on, but tonight we bring you more #ProPlanetPluto discussion with PLUTO itself, or it's diaries "ghost writer" Kathleen Fields. This hilarious book looks at how Pluto see's itself, and it's feelings about all the debate. Enjoy and remember  #ProPlanetPluto and check out the amazing Pluto Diaries website at https://www.theplut...

INTERVIEW BEGINS AT 6:50 We are thrilled to welcome back the one and only Neil Story to the show. As is always the case when Neil comes around we start off with some good laughs, in bad taste of course, but that leads us into a very serious discussion. Tonight we honor and remember those involved in WWII, specifically the Battle of Singapore, and the following conflicts. Some of the most horrific...

INTERVIEW BEGINS AT 18:00 Wotjek may not be a household name, but he damn well should be. Listen in on the true story of this Polish Army Bear who served with the 22nd Artillery Supply Company. During the Battle of Monte Cassino, in Italy in 1944. Yes he was part of the company!! Wotjek survived the war and remained close to his fellow 22nd Artillery Supply Company comrades the rest of his days. N...

INTERVIEW BEGINS AT 18:55 If unsolved murder mysteries are your bag than you'll love the true story of the New Orleans Axeman, the early 20th century serial killer who vanished as mysteriously as he appeared,  We are so pleased by be joined by Dr. Miriam Davis, the author of the brilliant Axeman of New Orleans: The True Story. Dr. Davis is a PhD in history and she lectures for Smithsonian Jou...

INTERVIEW BEGINS AT 21:00  Welcome to another episode. Tonight we take a serious look at comedy. Traditionally, comedy has always been an important tool used by oppressed people, without laughter you can't survive it, or so the saying goes. Jewish tradition has taken that to new heights and extended it to the world stages. The Stage, Screen and TV have always been dominated by Jewish comedy,...

INTERVIEW BEGINS AT 23:30 We are pleased to welcome prize winning and best selling author Douglas Smith to the show to discuss his brilliant and powerful RASPUTIN Faith, Power, and the Twilight of the Romanovs. This is the definitive story of one of histories most enigmatic figures.  Rasputin has been called everything from Mad Monk, Mystic, Drunk, Pervert, Con-Man and just about any other ne...

INTERVIEW BEGINS AT 12:20 In 1902 Jack London went "undercover" to life among the poorest of the poor in the East end of London, he documented this thru his groundbreaking book People of the Abyss and thru a series of photographs of said location. How much has the East End changed in 118 years? Well now we can actually compare. Brilliant photographer Andrew Firth brings us his latest work Pictures...

INTERVIEW BEGINS AT 11:28 Dacre Stoker is the great grand-nephew of Bram Stoker and the international best-selling co-author of Dracula the Un-Dead (Dutton, 2009), the official Stoker family endorsed sequel to Dracula. Dacre is also the co-editor (with Elizabeth Miller) of The Lost Journal of Bram Stoker: The Dublin Years (Robson Press, 2012). His latest novel, Dracul, a prequel to Dracula, releas...

INTERVIEW BEGINS AT  18:00 Welcome to part 3 of our look at the life, career and legend of the great Harry Houdini. . We are joined once again by John Cox of www.wildabouthoudini.com Houdini scholar and life long fan of the master. We strip away some of the legend, to expose the truth, which is, in reality,even more fascinating and impressive than the lore....   Tonight we discuss what s...

Episode 33: Houdini! The Man, His Life and Legend Part 2: The Superstar INTERVIEW BEGINS AT 9:45 Welcome to part 2 of our look at the life, career and legend of the great Harry Houdini. Tonight we get into where Houdini goes from dime museum/sideshow magician to international star. Houdini was not only a master escape artist and illusionist, but a master of media manipulation and self promotion. H...

INTERVIEW BEGINS AT 18:10 There have been very few people who we can say were larger than life. Legends in their own time, and when that time passes their legend doesn't fade, it continues to grow. Harry Houdini is one such person. John Cox is a life long Houdini fan who has become known far and wide as "The man to talk to if you need anything on Houdini" his blog www. WildAboutHoudini.com is a mu...

Welcome back author, researcher and friend of the show Michael Hawley to discuss the arrest of Francis Tumblety for being a Lincoln Assassin conspirator. Yes Good old Dr. T was involved there as well!! As we have said.. this guy was EVERYWHERE. This is not the third part of the Tumblety trilogy, but a stand alone episode, we hope you enjoy... All of our episodes are listed as explicit due to langu...

Interview Begins at 13:30 Welcome to a very special episode of Transatlantic History Ramblings. Tonight Mark Stevens joins us to discuss The Broadmoor Asylum. Mark is an archivist who is actually in charge of the Broadmoor documents and he penned the fantastic and fascinating Broadmoor Revealed: Victorian Crime and the Lunatic Asylum. The criminals, the mentally ill and often times the just mispla...

Interview begins at 18:50 Welcome to another episode, tonight we welcome H G Wells society member and webmaster Charles Keller to discuss the legacy and work of H.G Wells. Most people know Wells thanks to his best selling (and often adapted into films) Sci Fi novels, but Wells was far more. A man ahead of his time in many ways. We discuss his beliefs, his passions and his writing in this fun conve...

Welcome to a global episode, three time zones at one time. We are so pleased to be joined by the world renowned Prof Jack Weatherford to discuss Genghis Khan, the man who built the largest empire the world has ever know.  Prof Weatherford dispelled many myths about the Mongolian empire in his most famous work Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World. Khan was in reality a far more prog...