What The History

In this episode Suzie visits with Izzy and Moe and Trevor explores a flat Earth. What the history? Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast, or find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Amazon Podcasts.  You can chat with us on our Facebook page or just send an email to podcast@rufusproject.com. For earlier access to episodes and even more great features become an awesome friend at the Rufus Project Presents Patreon Page! REFERENCES IZZY AND MOE Abbott K 2012, ‘Prohibition’s Premier Hooch Hounds’ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/prohibitions-premier-hooch-hounds-16963599/ Hanson D 2021, ‘Izzy Einstein and Moe Smith: Famous Prohibition Agents’ https://www.alcoholproblemsandsolutions.org/izzy-einstein-and-moe-smith/ Maeder J 2017, ‘Rumhounds Izzy Einstein and Moe Smith turned Prohibition arrests into comedy’ https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/rumhounds-izzy-moe-turned-prohibition-arrests-comedy-article-1.787185 Time Magazine 1925, ‘PROHIBITION: Izzy and Moe’ http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,928717,00.html The History Guy 2017, ‘Izzy Einstein and Moe Smith, Prohibition Agents’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xcl_HrmtgIk THE FLAT EARTH SOCIETY Neil DeGrasse Tyson Gets Into A Rap Battle With B.o.B Over Flat Earth Theory (NPR 26 Jan 2016) Why some still believe the flat Earth conspiracy (MPR News 14 Feb 2022) ‘Mad’ Mike Hughes’ Last Ride: Inside a Flat-Earther’s Doomed Mission (Rolling Stone 15 February 2022 The Flat Earth (Donald E Simanek 2006) This Month in Physics History (APS Physics June 2006) Eratosthenes (World History Encyclopedia 3 March 2022) When Sailors from Ancient Egypt Discovered the World is Not Flat, No One Listened (Ancient Origins 21 Sep 2018) The Curious History of The International Flat Earth Society (Smithsonian Magazine 29 Jn 2016) Do they really think the earth is flat? (BBC News 4 August 2008) Flat wrong: the misunderstood history of flat Earth theories (The Conversation 29 Jan 2016) Are flat-earthers being serious? (Live Science 17 December 2021) THE FLAT EARTH THEORY (Chapter 4: Metaphysics, Introduction to Philosophy, an online textbook by Philip A Pecorino Ph.D.) Documenting the Existence of "The International Flat Earth Society" (The TalkOrigins Archive, 1993) Other stuff: The word history in the opening theme has been extracted from… History Never Repeats – Split Enz (1981) History Repeating – Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey (1998) Flame Trees – Cold Chisel (1984) You’re History – Shakespeare’s Sister (1989) Centuries – Fall Out Boy (2015) Fade out – From Flat to Fact - Ellect (Featuring Neil deGrasse Tyson) All music used under fair use provisions.

In this episode Suzie checks out the Nottingham Cheese Riot and Trevor finds out what he can about Charlotte Badger. What the history? Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast, or find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Amazon Podcasts.  You can chat with us on our Facebook page, join fellow What the Historians in our Facebook group or just send an email to podcast@rufusproject.com. For earlier access to episodes and even more great features become an awesome friend at the Rufus Project Presents Patreon Page! REFERENCES NOTTINGHAM CHEESE RIOT Breese C 2017, ‘Cheese riots and dragoons: The complete history of Nottingham Goose Fair’ https://nottstv.com/cheese-riots-and-dragoons-the-complete-history-of-nottingham-goose-fair-2016/ Patowary K 2020, ‘The Nottingham Cheese Riot of 1766’ https://www.amusingplanet.com/2020/11/the-nottingham-cheese-riot-of-1766.html Rossen J 2021, ‘Revenge of the Curds: Remembering the Great Nottingham Cheese Riot of 1766’ https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/649200/nottingham-cheese-riot-of-1766 Visit Nottinghamshire 2021, ‘The Fantastic History of Goose Fair’ https://www.visit-nottinghamshire.co.uk/blog/read/2019/09/the-fantastic-history-of-goose-fair-b5961 Yarnspinner V 2011, ‘Damn his Charity, we’ll have the Cheese for nought! Nottingham’s Great Cheese Riot & other 1766 Food Riots’ https://peopleshistreh.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/cheeseriotsebook.pdf CHARLOTTE BADGER Story: Badger, Charlotte - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand (1990) Who is Charlotte Badger? - Quiet Mutiny Charlotte Badger - Rejected Princesses The first woman settler? - New Zealand History (8 Apr 2016) Pirate Mystery: the story of Charlotte Badger - Radio National New Zealand (19 Mar 2018) Other stuff: The word history in the opening theme has been extracted from… History Never Repeats – Split Enz (1981) History Repeating – Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey (1998) Flame Trees – Cold Chisel (1984) You’re History – Shakespeare’s Sister (1989) Centuries – Fall Out Boy (2015) Fade out – Cheese - Tim Minchin All music used under fair use provisions.

Join Suzie and Trevor as they delve into two darker bits of history for our annual Halloween special! Content warning: Description of domestic violence and murder from 18:40 to 19:06. What the history? Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast, or find us on your favourite podcast app. You can chat with us on our Facebook page or just send an email to podcast@rufusproject.com. For earlier access to episodes and even more great features become an awesome friend at the Rufus Project Presents Patreon Page! REFERENCES THE GUNPOWDER PLOT Hewitt, L 2021, ‘Gunpowder Treason and Plot 1605’ https://www.historicmysteries.com/gunpowder-plot/ History.com Editors 2019, ‘Gunpowder Plot’ https://www.history.com/topics/british-history/gunpowder-plot History Extra 2015, ‘Guy Fawke and the Gunpowder Plot: Everything You Need to Know’ https://www.historyextra.com/period/stuart/guy-fawkes-gunpowder-plot-facts-bonfire-night/ The National Archives, n.d., ‘Gunpowder Plot’ https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/gunpowder-plot/#background Trueman, C 2015, ‘English Catholics 1603 to 1606’ https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/stuart-england/english-catholics-1603-to-1606/ UK Parliament 2021, ‘Frequently Asked Questions: The Gunpowder Plot’ https://www.parliament.uk/about/faqs/house-of-commons-faqs/gunpowder-plot/ and ‘Thanksgiving Act’ https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/evolutionofparliament/parliamentaryauthority/the-gunpowder-plot-of-1605/collections/thanksgiving-act/ THE GREENBRIER GHOST How a Ghost's Evidence Convicted a Murderer - Huffington Post 19/2/16 The Unbelievable Story of The Greenbrier Ghost, Who Helped Solve Her Own Murder - Dusty Old Thing Greenbrier Ghost: the deceased who had her husband condemned for murder - Random-Times 9/6/19 Greenbrier Ghost, Zona Heaster Shue - Greenbrier Valley The Greenbrier Ghost - Appalachian History 23/1/18 The full tale of West Virginia's remarkable Greenbrier Ghost - West Virginia Explorer Magazine 14/9/21 HOW A GHOST’S EVIDENCE CONVICTED A MURDERER - Dying Words 13/2/16 Other stuff: The word history in the opening theme has been extracted from… History Never Repeats – Split Enz (1981) History Repeating – Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey (1998) Flame Trees – Cold Chisel (1984) You’re History – Shakespeare’s Sister (1989) Centuries – Fall Out Boy (2015) All music used under fair use provisions.

In this episode Suzie examines the remarkable life of Jack Sheppard and Trevor recounts the downfall of Skylab. What the History? Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast, or find us on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.  Follow us on Instagram for daily history facts. You can chat with us on our Facebook page, join fellow What the Historians in our Facebook group or just send an email to podcast@rufusproject.com. For earlier access to episodes and even more great features become an awesome friend at the Rufus Project Presents Patreon Page! REFERENCES JOHN SHEPPARD History Collection n.d., ‘Jack Sheppard’ https://historycollection.com/money-life-5-famous-highwaymen-lived-fast-died-young/5/ Johnson B, n.d., ‘The Amazing Escapes of Jack Sheppard’ https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/The-Amazing-Escapes-of-Jack-Sheppard/ National Portrait Gallery 2020, ‘Portrait of John Sheppard’ https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp04091/john-sheppard Old Bailey Online 1724,Joseph Sheppard, Theft > housebreaking, Theft > housebreaking, Theft > burglary, 12th August 1724’ https://web.archive.org/web/20120105154748/http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?ref=t17240812-52 Original manuscript: https://web.archive.org/web/20131206005442/http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/images.jsp?doc=172408120007 Spitalfields Life 2020, ‘Jack Sheppard, Highwayman’ https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/01/18/jack-sheppard-highwayman/ The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica 2020, ‘Jack Sheppard’ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jack-Sheppard-English-criminal The Ex Classics Website n.d., ‘The Newgate Calendar - Jack Sheppard’ https://www.exclassics.com/newgate/ng173.htm SKYLAB The Day Skylab Crashed to Earth - history.com (11/7/2012) Skylab - NASA 40 Years Ago, NASA's Skylab Space Station Fell to Earth - space.com (11/7/2019) NASA's Skylab met its demise in Australia more than 40 years ago — but was it really an accident? - ABC News (31/5/2020) When Skylab fell to earth - ABC Local (9/7/2009) Balladonia, Skylab crash site in Australia: How a fallen space station caused mayhem in the outback - traveller.com.au (20/8/2020) Great Balls Of Fire! - Perth Observatory (11/7/2019) Dogs in Space - imdb.com The Ballad Of Balladonia Night - Family - youtube Other stuff: The word history in the opening theme has been extracted from… History Never Repeats – Split Enz (1981) History Repeating – Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey (1998) Flame Trees – Cold Chisel (1984) You’re History – Shakespeare’s Sister (1989) Centuries – Fall Out Boy (2015) Fade out – The Ballad of Balladonia Night - Family All music used under fair use provisions.

In this episode Suzie finds out why the artichoke caused a kerfuffle and Trevor reads some very unfortunate typos in one of the world's most famous books. What the History? Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast, or find us on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.  Follow us on Instagram for daily history facts. You can chat with us on our Facebook page, join fellow What the Historians in our Facebook group or just send an email to wthpod@rufusproject.com. For earlier access to episodes and even more great features become an awesome friend at the Rufus Project Presents Patreon Page! REFERENCES THE ARTICHOKE WARS Food Passages n.d., ‘The Artichoke Wars’ http://www.foodpassages.com/jottings-by-joel/jottings/the-artichoke-wars/ Lum L 2020, ‘Exploring Artichokes’ https://delishably.com/vegetable-dishes/Exploring-Artichokes Smith N 2018, ‘When Marilyn Monroe Reigned as California’s Artichoke Queen’ https://medium.californiasun.co/when-marilyn-monroe-reigned-as-californias-artichoke-queen-3017ce58c1a5 Stradley L 2021, ‘Artichokes History’ https://whatscookingamerica.net/History/ArtichokeHistory.htm The Kitchen Project n.d., ‘The History of Artichokes’ http://www.kitchenproject.com/history/Artichoke/index.htm BIBLE TYPESETTING ERRORS Good Omens - neilgaiman.com The 10 worst typos in the Bible - The Guardian 22 Oct 2015 History’s Worst Biblical Misprints - history.com 29 Aug 2018 Printing errors in the Bible - didyouknow.org  The Bible Museum’s ‘Wicked Bible’: Thou Shalt Commit Adultery - The Washington Post 19 Nov 2017 The ‘Wicked Bible’ Exists Thanks to a 17th Century Typo - Gizmodo 15 Feb 2021 Other stuff: The word history in the opening theme has been extracted from… History Never Repeats – Split Enz (1981) History Repeating – Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey (1998) Flame Trees – Cold Chisel (1984) You’re History – Shakespeare’s Sister (1989) Centuries – Fall Out Boy (2015) Fade out – On The Bible - Deuce All music used under fair use provisions.

In this special Halloween episode Suzie visits Glamis Castle and Trevor checks out a vase with a difference. What the History? Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast, or find us on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.  Follow us on Instagram for daily history facts. You can chat with us on our Facebook page, join fellow What the Historians in our Facebook group or just send an email to wthpod@rufusproject.com. For earlier access to episodes and even more great features become an awesome friend at the Rufus Project Presents Patreon Page! REFERENCES GLAMIS CASTLE Castle Ghosts of Scotland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSAW2wMUDWs Dash M 2012, ‘The Monster of Glamis’ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-monster-of-glamis-92015626/ Dunning B 2011, ‘The Monster of Glamis’ https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4276 Glamis Castle n.d., https://www.glamis-castle.co.uk/ Haunted Rooms 2020, ‘Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland’  https://www.hauntedrooms.co.uk/glamis-castle-angus-scotland Magical Europe 2019, ‘Glamis Castle Considered The Most Haunted Castle in Scotland’ https://magical-europe.com/2019/09/01/glamis-castle-considered-the-most-haunted-castle-in-scotland/ Royal Central 2015, ‘Ghosts of Glamis: Tales from Glamis Castle’ https://royalcentral.co.uk/features/insight/ghosts-of-glamis-ghastly-tales-from-glamis-castle-52672/ Sullivan K 2019, ‘The Dark Secret Behind the Hidden Room of Glamis Castle’ https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-europe/dark-secret-behind-hidden-room-glamis-castle-006821 The Douglas Archives 2020, ‘Lady Janet Douglas of Glamis’ http://douglashistory.co.uk/history/ladyjanetdouglas.htm THE BASANO VASE The Curious and Deadly Tale of the Basano Vase - Gypsy Corner (12 March 2018)  The Bizarre Story Of The Curse Of Basano Vase - Planet Today (29 September 2020) Other stuff: The word history in the opening theme has been extracted from… History Never Repeats – Split Enz (1981) History Repeating – Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey (1998) Flame Trees – Cold Chisel (1984) You’re History – Shakespeare’s Sister (1989) Centuries – Fall Out Boy (2015) Fade out – Things That Go Bump In The Night (Public Domain) All music used under fair use provisions.

In this episode Suzie looks into deadly clothes and Trevor finds Hippos in a unlikely place. What the History? Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast, or find us on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.  Follow us on Instagram for daily history facts. You can chat with us on our Facebook page, join fellow What the Historians in our Facebook group or just send an email to wthpod@rufusproject.com. For earlier access to episodes and even more great features become an awesome friend at the Rufus Project Presents Patreon Page! REFERENCES CRAPE CLOTHING Australian Museum 2018, ‘Mourning - Victoria Era’ https://australianmuseum.net.au/about/history/exhibitions/death-the-last-taboo/mourning-victorian-era/ Calberg A 2012, ‘19th Century Widower etiquette, Victorian era,  Antebellum                                                                        https://ladyamcal.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/19th-century-widower-etiquette-victorian-era-antebellum/ Grace’s Guide to British Industrial History 2018, ‘Courtaulds’ https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Courtaulds Sears J 2018, ‘Wearing a 19th-Century Mourning Veil Could Result in — Twist — Death’                                                                           https://www.racked.com/2018/3/29/17156818/19th-century-mourning-veil Today I Found Out 2016, ‘Why Do People Wear Black for Mourning’ http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2016/11/people-wear-black-mourning/ United Nations of Roma Victrix 2019, ‘The Clothing of Ancient Romans’ https://www.unrv.com/clothing.php University of Michigan, The Dietetic and hygienic gazette. v.14 1898, p. 260 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015076525693;view=1up;seq=296 SOUTH AMERICAN HIPPOS Pablo Escobar - Encyclopedia Britannica Pablo Escobar’s hippos: A growing problem - BBC News (26 June 2014) Pablo Escobar's 'cocaine hippos' may be helping river ecosystems in Colombia - Live Science (30 March 2020) Could Pablo Escobar's escaped hippos help the environment? - National Geographic (31 January 2020) Pablo Escobar’s Hippos Fill a Hole Left Since Ice Age Extinctions - The New York Times (26 March 2020) Pablo Escobar’s Hippos Have A Big Impact On Colombian Lakes - Forbes (30 January 2020) Other stuff: The word history in the opening theme has been extracted from… History Never Repeats – Split Enz (1981) History Repeating – Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey (1998) Flame Trees – Cold Chisel (1984) You’re History – Shakespeare’s Sister (1989) Centuries – Fall Out Boy (2015) Fade out – I Want A Hippopotamus for Christmas (Public Domain) All music used under fair use provisions.

In this episode Suzie looks into the Sin Eaters and Trevor visits Disneyland on its opening day. What the History? Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast, or find us on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.  Follow us on Instagram for daily history facts. You can chat with us on our Facebook page, join fellow What the Historians in our Facebook group or just send an email to wthpod@rufusproject.com. For earlier access to episodes and even more great features become an awesome friend at the Rufus Project Presents Patreon Page! REFERENCES The Sin Eaters Sharia M 2017, ‘History’s Worst Job: Village Sin Eater’ http://omgfacts.com/historys-worst-job-village-sin-eater/ Valjak D 2018, ‘The Macabre Story of Sin-Eaters’ https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/08/06/sin-eaters/ Zarrelli N 2017, ‘The Worst Freelance Gig in History Was Being the Village Sin Eater’ https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-worst-paid-freelance-gig-in-history-was-being-the-village-sin-eater Disneyland's Opening Day Disneyland’s Disastrous Opening Day - History.com (17 July 2015) 10 Things to Know About Disneyland’s Opening Day in 1955 - Mickey Is Life (4 December 2018) 10 Things That Went Disastrously Wrong on Disneyland’s Opening Day - Mental Floss (17 July 2018) Um, Disneyland's Opening Day In 1955 Sounds Like It Was A Dystopian Hell - Buzz Feed (17 October 2017) Tour The Legendary Danish Amusement Park That Inspired Disneyland - Business Insider Australia (4 December 2012) Other stuff: The word history in the opening theme has been extracted from… History Never Repeats – Split Enz (1981) History Repeating – Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey (1998) Flame Trees – Cold Chisel (1984) You’re History – Shakespeare’s Sister (1989) Centuries – Fall Out Boy (2015) Fade out – Mickey Mouse March - Andrew WK (2009) All music used under fair use provisions.

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In this episode Suzie examines the work of the alleged worst poet in history and Trevor finds one of the stranger impacts of Rasputin's legacy. What the History? Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast, or find us on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.  Follow us on Instagram for daily history facts. You can chat with us on our Facebook page, join fellow What the Historians in our Facebook group or just send an email to wthpod@rufusproject.com. For earlier access to episodes and even more great features become an awesome friend at the Rufus Project Presents Patreon Page! REFERENCES William McGonagall Abrahams M 2011, ‘Cheesy poems get a new audience’ https://www.theguardian.com/education/2011/mar/07/improbable-research-william-mcgonagall BBC News 2019, 'Worst poet' outsells boy wizard http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/tayside_and_central/7402920.stm Bort E 2011,’Review: Poet McGonagall’ https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/pdfplus/10.3366/scot.2012.0034 Hunt C 2020, ‘McGonagall Online’ https://www.mcgonagall-online.org.uk/ Interesting Literature 2020, ‘Five Fascinating Facts about William McGonagall’ https://interestingliterature.com/2015/09/five-fascinating-facts-about-william-mcgonagall/ Johnson B n.d., ‘William McGonagall - The Bard of Dundee’ https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofScotland/William-McGonagall-The-bard-of-Dundee/ McSmith A 2008, ‘The story of William McGonagall, the worst poet in the history of the English language’ https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/the-story-of-william-mcgonagall-the-worst-poet-in-the-history-of-the-english-language-829993.html Patowary K 2019, ‘The Tay Bridge Disaster And The World’s Worst Poem’ https://www.amusingplanet.com/2018/11/the-tay-bridge-disaster-and-worlds.html Poetry Foundation 2020, ‘Knight of the White Elephant of Burmah William McGonagall’ https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/william-mcgonagall Rasuputin and Felix Yusupov Poisoned, shot and beaten: why cyanide alone may have failed to kill Rasputin - The Guardian 13 Jan 2017 How Rasputin Initiated the ‘All Persons Fictitious’ Disclaimer in Movies - The Vintage News 4 Mar 2019 The Shocking Story of Rasputin the Mad Monk - 13th Floor 2 Jan 2017The Strange Reason Nearly Every Film Ends by Saying It’s Fiction (You Guessed It: Rasputin!) - Slate 26 Aug 2016 Other stuff: The word history in the opening theme has been extracted from… History Never Repeats – Split Enz (1981) History Repeating – Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey (1998) Flame Trees – Cold Chisel (1984) You’re History – Shakespeare’s Sister (1989) Centuries – Fall Out Boy (2015) Fade out – Rasputin - Boney M All music used under fair use provisions.

In this episode Suzie checks out the turbulent history of the saxaphone and Trevor sees what exactly Mary Anning sold. What the History? Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast, or find us on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.  You can chat with us on our Facebook page, join fellow What the Historians in our Facebook group or just send an email to wthpod@rufusproject.com. For earlier access to episodes and even more great features become an awesome friend at the Rufus Project Presents Patreon Page! REFERENCES Aldophe Sax and the Saxaphone Adolphe Sax and Cie 2019, ‘Antoine-Joseph Sax - Inventor of the Saxophone’  https://www.adolphesax.be/en/adolphe-sax/ Encyclopaedia Brittanica 2020, ‘Adolphe Sax’ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Antoine-Joseph-Sax Kelsey-Sugg A 2020, ‘It was banned by the Nazis, Stalin and the Vatican. This is the surprising history of the saxophone’ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-25/saxophone-history-of-musical-instrument-brutal-and-beautiful/11960922 Stover S 2020, ‘Adolphe Sax’ https://www.allmusic.com/artist/adolphe-sax-mn0001661571/biography The Instrument Place 2019, ‘History of the Saxophone’ https://www.theinstrumentplace.com/history-of-the-saxophone Mary Anning The forgotten history behind the world’s most famous tongue twister - Vintage News (24 Jan 2018) Mary Anning inspired 'she sells sea shells' — but she was actually a legendary fossil hunter - ABC Radio National (6 May 2019) Mary Anning - Famous Scientists  Mary Anning (1799-1847) - University of Berkeley  Mary Anning - Lyme Regis Museum  The untold tale of the woman who dug up ancient sea monsters - The Guardian (17 Mar 2019) Mary Anning, the fossil finder - Charles Dickens (1865) Ammonite (2020) - IMDB Other stuff: The word history in the opening theme has been extracted from… History Never Repeats – Split Enz (1981) History Repeating – Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey (1998) Flame Trees – Cold Chisel (1984) You’re History – Shakespeare’s Sister (1989) Centuries – Fall Out Boy (2015) Fade out – Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty All music used under fair use provisions.

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In this episode Suzie visits a remarkable woman and Trevor gets down with a disco fizzler. WHAT THE HISTORY? Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast, or find us on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.  You can chat with us on our Facebook page, join fellow What the Historians in our Facebook group or just send an email to wthpod@rufusproject.com. Sources: GENTLEMAN JACK History Extra 2019, ‘The Real ‘Gentleman Jack’: The Secret Life of Anne Lister, Britain’s First ‘Modern Lesbian’’ https://www.historyextra.com/period/victorian/anne-lister-real-gentleman-jack-diary-code-history-secret-life-britain-first-modern-lesbian/ Mancini M 2019, ‘The True Story Behind Gentleman Jack: 10 Facts About Anne Lister https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/581234/gentleman-jack-anne-lister-facts Newton G 2019, ‘Ann Walker: what happened to Anne Lister's lover and 'wife', portrayed by Sophie Rundle in Gentleman Jack’ https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/ann-walker-anne-lister-lover-wife-actress-sophie-rundle-gentleman-jack-what-happened-499067 Woods R 2019, ‘The Life and Loves of Anne Lister’ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/the_life_and_loves_of_anne_lister DISCO DAZZLER Jim Shooter’s ‘Dazzler’ Movie Pitch, Starring Rodney Dangerfield and KISS, Is Completely Insane - Comics Alliance  The Debut of the Dazzler - Jim Shooter (4 July 2011) The weird and wild history of Dazzler - Syfy Wire (10 July 2018) ‘Dark Phoenix': Why Dazzler Took 40 Years to Get to the Big Screen - The Wrap (6 June 2019) Dazzler's Dark Phoenix Cameo Explained - Screen Rant (18 June 2019) Read the insane Dazzler script starring Cher and Robin Williams - Gizmodo (12 July 2011) Looking back at the (seriously weird) lost X-Men movie - Digital Spy (9 June 2019) The Incredible Hulk Returns (1988) - IMDB Howard the Duck (1986) - IMDB Dark Phoenix (2019) - IMDB X-Men Vol 1 130 - Marvel Fandom Other stuff: The word history in the opening theme has been extracted from… History Never Repeats – Split Enz (1981) History Repeating – Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey (1998) Flame Trees – Cold Chisel (1984) You’re History – Shakespeare’s Sister (1989) Centuries – Fall Out Boy (2015) Fade out – Gentleman Jack - O'Hooley and Tidow All music used under fair use provisions.

In this episode Suzie goes on a lunar adventure and Trevor examines a treaty that was very long in the making. WHAT THE HISTORY? Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast, or find us on iTunes, Spotify or Stitcher.  You can check out enhanced podcasts at Rufus Project TV.  Also chat with us over on Facebook or Twitter #wthpod. Sources: THE GREAT MOON HOAX Breitman D 2016, ‘Today in science: Great Moon Hoax’ https://earthsky.org/human-world/great-moon-hoax-august-25-1835 History.com 2018, ‘The Great Moon Hoax’ https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-great-moon-hoax The Museum of Hoaxes 2015, ‘The Great Moon Hoax’ http://hoaxes.org/archive/permalink/the_great_moon_hoax Wills M 2017, ‘How the Sun Conned the World With “The Great Moon Hoax”’ https://daily.jstor.org/how-the-sun-conned-the-world-with-the-moon-hoax/ Zielinski S 2015, ‘The Great Moon Hoax Was Simply a Sign of Its Time’ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/great-moon-hoax-was-simply-sign-its-time-180955761/ ATHENS AND SPARTA PEACE TREATY Peace between Athens and Sparta: an agreement signed only in 1996 - Random Times (4 Dec 2018) Athens, Sparta sign peace pact - UPI (12 Mar 1996) Sparta vs. Athens: The War that Lasted 2,500 Years - The Vintage News (29 Aug 2018) Spartan Battles - Lengends and Chronicles Peloponnesian War - history.com (29 Oct 2009) Sparta Versus Athens - Warfare History Network (27 Oct 2018) The Peloponnesian War - ancientgreece.com Other stuff: The word history in the opening theme has been extracted from... History Never Repeats - Split Enz (1981) History Repeating - Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey (1998) Flame Trees - Cold Chisel (1984) You're History - Shakespeare's Sister (1989) Centuries - Fall Out Boy (2015) Fade out - Man on the Moon - REM and Batman TV Show Theme All music used under fair use provisions.

In this episode Suzie examines a medical oddity and Trevor recounts a particularly amazing coincidence. WHAT THE HISTORY? Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast, or find us on iTunes, Spotify or Stitcher.  You can check out enhanced podcasts at Rufus Project TV.  Also chat with us over on Facebook or Twitter #wthpod. Sources: PHINEAS GAGE Center for NeuroSkills 2019, ‘Frontal Lobes’  https://www.neuroskills.com/brain-injury/frontal-lobes.php Cherry K 2018, ‘Phineas Gage's Brain Injury - His Injury Led to New Discoveries in Neuroscience’  https://www.verywellmind.com/phineas-gage-2795244 Costandi M 2010, ‘Phineas Gage and the effect of an iron bar through the head on personality’ https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2010/nov/05/phineas-gage-head-personality Haas L 2001, ‘Phineas Gage and the science of brain localisation’, Journal of Neurology, Neuroscience and Psychiatry, Vol. 71, Issue 6 https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/71/6/761 Harvard Brain Tour 2016, ‘The Improbable Tale of Phineas Gage’ http://braintour.harvard.edu/archives/portfolio-items/phineas-gage Mcmillian M 2008, ‘Phineas Gage – Unravelling the myth’, The British Psychological Society, The Psychologist, Vol. 21, pp. 838-831 http://thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-21/edition-9/phineas-gage-unravelling-myth National Post 2015, ‘How Phineas Gage survived a horrific brain injury to become one of the most famous names in medical history’ https://nationalpost.com/news/how-phineas-gage-survived-a-horrific-brain-injury-to-become-one-of-the-most-famous-names-in-medical-history The University of Akron 2019, ‘The Phineas Gage story’ https://www.uakron.edu/gage/story.dot Today I Found Out 2019, ‘The Remarkable Tale of Phineas Gage’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw0zbyQVCEc Twomey S 2010, ‘Phineas Gage: Neuroscience’s Most Famous Patient’ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/phineas-gage-neurosciences-most-famous-patient-11390067/ Warren Museum at Harvard University School of Medicine n.d., ‘Phineas Gage 1823-1860’  http://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/exhibits?page=4 EDWIN BOOTH AND ROBERT LINCOLN John Wilkes Booth’s Brother Saved Abraham Lincoln’s Son’s Life Shortly Before Lincoln Was Assassinated - Today I Found Out (Nov 1, 2010) John Wilkes Booth's Brother Saved Abe Lincoln's Son - Mental Floss (Mar 22, 2017) Edwin Booth, John Wilkes Booth’s brother, saved the life of Robert Lincoln, on a train platform - The Vintage News (Jan 23, 2017) John Wilkes Booth’s Brother Saved Abe Lincoln’s Son - KnowledgeNuts (Nov 2, 2013) You Thought Abe Lincoln Had Bad Luck? Meet His Son, Robert - Did You Know Facts Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination - history.com (Oct 27, 2009) Other stuff: The word history in the opening theme has been extracted from... History Never Repeats - Split Enz (1981) History Repeating - Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey (1998) Flame Trees - Cold Chisel (1984) You're History - Shakespeare's Sister (1989) Centuries - Fall Out Boy (2015) Fade out - Teen Angst (What The World Needs Now) - Cracker All music used under fair use provisions.

In our 50th episode Suzie finds a famous disease in an unexpected place and Trevor looks at a terrible tragedy from the past that inspired something great.  What the history? Content warning: Murder (11:57 - 12:40) and suicide (12:59 - 13:11) WHAT THE HISTORY? Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast, or find us on iTunes, Spotify or Stitcher.  You can check out enhanced podcasts at Rufus Project TV.  Also chat with us over on Facebook or Twitter #wthpod. Sources: THE PLAGUE IN QUEENSLAND Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018, ‘History of the Plague’ https://www.cdc.gov/plague/history/index.html Crockford T 2018, ‘From disasters and plagues to celebrations: How Brisbane came to love its river’ https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/from-disasters-and-plagues-to-celebrations-how-brisbane-came-to-love-its-river-20181115-p50gc4.html Dawson C 2011, ‘Brisbane's Lost Plague Cemetery’ https://www.fosbc.com/2017/03/plague-cemetery.html Encyclopaedia Britannica 2019, ‘Alexandre Yersin’ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexandre-Yersin Fraser Coast Libraries 2011, ‘Black Death in Maryborough 1905’ http://fclibrarieslocalstudies.blogspot.com/2011/08/black-death-in-maryborough-1905.html Gerard C n.d., ’Bubonic Plague in Woolloongabba in 1900’ http://kangaroopointhistory.com.au/first-brisbane-case-of-bubonic-plague-in-hawthorne-street-27-april-1900/ History.com 2019, ‘6 Devastating Plagues’                       https://www.history.com/news/6-devastating-plagues Queensland Government – Queensland Health 2019, ‘Plague’ https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cdcg/index/plague Rockhampton Morning Bulletin 1922, ‘Plague Rat Caught in Brisbane’ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/54029850 The Brisbane Courier 1903, ‘The Closing of Colmslie Hospital’ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/19220913 State Library of Queensland 2008 and 1900, ‘Black Death in Queensland’ and ‘Bubonic plague in Hawthorne Street, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Queensland, 1900‘                                                             http://blogs.slq.qld.gov.au/jol/2008/09/12/black-death-in-queensland/ and  https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/153915275?q&versionId=167820089 CAROLYN WASILEWSKI Death of Suspect Complicates Probe In Murder of Girl, 14 - The Dispatch Nov 12 1954 (Google News) Baltimore Police Hunt Girl's Slayer - Reading Eagle Nov 10 1954 (Google News) Drape Grilled in Murder - The Baltimore Sun Nov 28 1954 (newspapers.com) Slaying of student remains mystery; Homicide: In 1954, Carolyn Wasilewski stepped out in curlers to meet a girlfriend. She never came back. - The Baltimore Sun Mar 18 2000 Backstory: Cry-Baby and John Waters' Journey to Broadway - Broadway Buzz Apr 3 2008 Unsolved murder of 14-year-old girl remains a mystery after more than 60 years - Life! Death! Prizes! Jun 14 2017 Ten Off-Screen, Off-the-Wall Facts about John Waters - New Orleans Museum of Art Aug 1 2017 Cry-Baby (1990) - imdb.com Other stuff: The word history in the opening theme has been extracted from... History Never Repeats - Split Enz (1981) History Repeating - Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey (1998) Flame Trees - Cold Chisel (1984) You're History - Shakespeare's Sister (1989) Centuries - Fall Out Boy (2015) Fade out - Fifty Years - Uncanny X-Men All music used under fair use provisions.

In this episode Suzie visits the most ancient modern city around and Trevor explores the murkier depths of cyber space.  What the history? WHAT THE HISTORY? Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast, or find us on iTunes, Spotify or Stitcher.  You can check out enhanced podcasts at Rufus Project TV.  Also chat with us over on Facebook or Twitter #wthpod. Sources: MILTON KEYNES Destination Milton Keynes 2019, ‘101 Facts about MK’ http://www.destinationmiltonkeynes.co.uk/About-us/101-Facts-about-MK Jeffries S 2017, ‘50 reasons to love Milton Keynes (what, only 50?)’ https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/jan/20/50-reasons-love-milton-keynes-concrete-cows-wd-40 Masters B 2015, ‘Living the dream in Milton Keynes – why it’s my kind of town’ https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/feb/10/living-the-dream-in-milton-keynes-why-its-my-kind-of-town MKInspire 2012, ‘About Milton Keynes’                                       http://www.mkinspire.org.uk/ MK Heritage – Two Villages Archive Trust n.d, ‘Milton Keynes and Broughton Villages’ http://www.mkheritage.org.uk/tva/ and Olney & District Historical Society 2018 ‘Olney High Street Heritage Trail http://www.mkheritage.org.uk/odhs/olney-high-street-history/ Royal Museums Greenwich n.d., ‘Equinoxes and Solstices’ https://www.rmg.co.uk/discover/explore/equinoxes-and-solstices Sian and Jackie 2013, ‘Milton Keynes – A Modern Temple to the Sun’ http://sianandjackie.blogspot.com/ Society X 2012, ‘The Milton Keynes Midsummer Leyline’ https://5ocietyx.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/the-milton-keynes-midsummer-ley-line-2/ and http://5ocietyx.com/MK-Midsummer-leyline-microsite/MK.htm The Parks Trust – Milton Keynes 2019, ‘Campbell Park’ https://www.theparkstrust.com/parks/campbell-park Willis J 2013, ‘There’s Something Mysterious About Milton Keynes’, The Spooky Isles                                                                                          https://www.spookyisles.com/2013/08/theres-something-mysterious-about-milton-keynes/ THE WANK WORM Hack to the future - The Age (25 May 2003) When NASA Got WANKed - Real Clear Science (12 January 2019) WANK Worm - University of Hamburg Galileo - NASA Science - Solar System Exploration Other stuff: The word history in the opening theme has been extracted from... History Never Repeats - Split Enz (1981) History Repeating - Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey (1998) Flame Trees - Cold Chisel (1984) You're History - Shakespeare's Sister (1989) Centuries - Fall Out Boy (2015) Fade out - Blossom and Blood - Midnight Oil All music used under fair use provisions.

For our 2018 finale Suzie and Trevor look to the past for visions of the future.  What the history? WHAT THE HISTORY? Help us keep an eye on The Gävle Goat Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast, or find us on iTunes, Spotify or Stitcher.  You can check out enhanced podcasts on The Rufus Project YouTube Channel and Rufus Project TV.  Also chat with us over on Facebook or Twitter #wthpod. Sources: SUZIE'S TALES OF THE FUTURE Donoughue P 2018, ‘Amy Shark, 5 Seconds of Summer biggest winners at ARIA Awards, as Gurrumul, Kasey Chambers are honoured’, ABC News https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-28/arias-2018-highlights-and-winners-from-the-show/10558198 Larsen E 1960, ‘The Everyday Encyclopaedia for Every Boy and Girl – The Future and You – Predictions Based on Facts of Today’ chapter, Spring Books, London, pp. 293, 296, 298, 300 Parekah R 2012, ‘How Much of The Jetsons' Futuristic World Has Become a Reality?’  https://adage.com/article/media/jetsons-world-a-reality/237394/ Zealins E, Ransom R, Leavitt T et al 2016, ‘The role of stem cells in limb regeneration’, Organogenesis, 2016 Jan; 12(1): 16–27. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4882123/ TREVOR'S TALES OF THE FUTURE London a Hundred Years Hence (1857) - Public Domain Review The Great Smog of 1952 - history.com Copter Cops - Modern Mechanix Blog Audi is starting to test its ‘all-electric flying and self-driving car’ - Electrek Other stuff: The word history in the opening theme has been extracted from... History Never Repeats - Split Enz (1981) History Repeating - Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey (1998) Flame Trees - Cold Chisel (1984) You're History - Shakespeare's Sister (1989) Centuries - Fall Out Boy (2015) Fade out: In the year 2525 - Zager & Evans (1969) All music used under fair use provisions

In this episode Suzie goes in search of the Resurrection Man and Trevor tells the shocking tale of Walter Summerford.  What the history? WHAT THE HISTORY? Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast, or find us on iTunes, Spotify or Stitcher.  You can check out enhanced podcasts on The Rufus Project YouTube Channel and Rufus Project TV.  Also chat with us over on Facebook or Twitter #wthpod. Sources: THE RESURRECTION MEN Bay N, Bay B 2010, ‘Greek anatomist Herophilus: the father of anatomy’, Anatomy and Cell Biology Journal, v. 43 (4); 2010 Dec, pp. 280-283 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3026179/ Hypno C 2018, ‘The Resurrection Men – Body Snatching in 19th Century Britain’                                                         https://owlcation.com/humanities/resurrectionists-body-snatching-in-19th-century-britain Levinson D n.d ‘Body Snatching’  https://www.britannica.com/topic/body-snatching#ref1179705 Ravilious K 2013, ‘Haunt of the Resurrection Men’, Archaeology Magazine,  https://www.archaeology.org/issues/89-1305/features/737-royal-london-hospital-burials Ruxton D 2017, ‘‘The Irish Times’ 19th century guide to digging up a dead body’ https://www.irishtimes.com/news/offbeat/the-irish-times-19th-century-guide-to-digging-up-a-dead-body-1.2953684 Skulls in the Stars 2013, ‘The Resurrection Men: When people would kill to get into cemeteries’ https://skullsinthestars.com/2013/01/23/the-resurrection-men-when-people-would-kill-to-get-into-cemeteries/ The Proceedings of the Old Bailey 1831, ‘John Bishop, Thomas Williams, James May. Killing: murder’ Old Bailey Online https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?id=t18311201-17-defend279&div=t18311201-17 WALTER SUMMERFORD Paying a Divine Debt: The Unfortunate Story of Walter Summerford - Swale Life Walter Summerford: Everything comes in threes, no wait fours? - The Folklorist The British officer who was struck by lightning four separate times - The Vintage News Did you know that a man named Walter Summerford was struck by lightning 3 times - This Will Blow Your Mind Other stuff: The word history in the opening theme has been extracted from... History Never Repeats - Split Enz (1981) History Repeating - Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey (1998) Flame Trees - Cold Chisel (1984) You're History - Shakespeare's Sister (1989) Centuries - Fall Out Boy (2015) Fade out - Shock Treatment (Shock Treatment OST) All music used under fair use provisions.

In this spooky episode Suzie follows the exploits of William Brodie and Trevor analyses the strange life of Charles the VI of France.  What the history? WHAT THE HISTORY? Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast, or find us on iTunes, Spotify or Stitcher.  You can check out enhanced podcasts on The Rufus Project YouTube Channel and Rufus Project TV.  Also chat with us over on Facebook or Twitter #wthpod. Sources: WILLIAM BRODIE Brocklehurst S 2015, ‘The Real Jekyll & Hyde? The Deacon Brodie story’, BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-31018496 Holland S 2018, ‘My British Adventures!’ Johnson B n.d, ‘Deacon Brodie’, Historic UK https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofScotland/Deacon-William-Brodie/ Radeska T 2017, ‘Gambler William Brodie, Edinburgh’s “real” Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, had keys to every rich family’s house’, The Vintage News https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/11/25/william-brodie-edinburghs-real-dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde/ Royal Mile.com n.d, ‘Brodie’s Close’ http://www.royal-mile.com/closes/close-brodies.html Scotland’s Pubs and Bars – A Story to Tell 2014, ‘Deacon Brodies Tavern – A story of Architecture, History and Literature’ https://www.scotlandspubsandbars.co.uk/location/deacon-brodies-tavern/ The National Archives n.d, ‘History of HM Customs and Excise and predecessors’ http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C15703 Undiscovered Scotland 2018, ‘Deacon Brodie’ https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/b/deaconbrodie.html Young A 2013, ‘Deacon Brodie: The Real-Life Jekyll and Hyde’, Picture Britain – One Girl’s Journey http://www.picturebritain.com/2013/02/deacon-brodie.html CHARLES VI The "Glass Delusion" Was The Most Popular Madness Of The Middle Ages - Gizmodo (18 Sep 2014) Charles VI Of France – The King Who Was Made Of Glass - Ancient Pages (22 Jan 2016) Charles VI of France - New World Encyclopedia (6 Feb 2017) The French King Who Believed He Was Made of Glass - JSTOR Daily (29 Mar 2018) Charles VI of France - Biography.com (2 Apr 2014) History’s Nutcases: Charles VI - History Things (5 Jun 2016) Other stuff: The word history in the opening theme has been extracted from... History Never Repeats - Split Enz (1981) History Repeating - Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey (1998) Flame Trees - Cold Chisel (1984) You're History - Shakespeare's Sister (1989) Centuries - Fall Out Boy (2015) Fade out - Dr Heckyl and Mr Jive - Men At Work (1983) All music used under fair use provisions.