Category: History
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Ep 208: Haunted Irish Castles
Welcome to Season 7, kicked off with a fun trip to some haunted Irish castles! Lively legends, gruesome ghosts and harrowing history fill the ruined halls of haunted Irish castles, and Flora plays tour guide through 5 spooky spots. Not all Keeps sport frightening tales, but their history is fun and full of ghastly deeds…
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Ep 207: The Mad Gasser of Mattoon
Shut the windows and change your mask filters, the Mad Gasser of Mattoon is prowling the podcast! A WWII-era midwestern mystery, the Mad Gasser of Mattoon held a small town in a gaseous grip of fear for 2 weeks with no explanation and few suspects. Panic took hold as locals tried to figure out what…
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Ep 206: Ancient Nuclear War
Evidence faces some slim pickens as Flora fights in the war room of ancient nuclear war claims! A claim that prehistoric cultures wiped out life on the planet through ancient nuclear war has been floating around the internet and TV shows, but is it real or pseudo-history? David examines the evidence presented for the claim,…
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Ep 205: Lost Cosmonauts
Check your struts and chutes, Flora is blasting off straight into the heart of the lost cosmonaut conspiracy theory! A conspiracy involving soviet coverup of terrible atrocities, the lost cosmonaut theory deals with purported evidence of death after death in the race for space supremacy. Cries into the abyss, a faltering hearbeat, and airbrushed photos…
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Ep 202: Trolls
David and Dave brave the Scandinavian nighttime to skinny dip in the mythology of trolls! A creature of Norse folklore, the troll has morphed throughout the ages from supernatural figures to ugly giants but endures as a staple of fantasy literature. They have been around in stories since the earliest sagas and remain respected not…
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Ep 200: The Sphinx part 2
The second half of the 200th episode is nigh and dives deep into the theories of how the Sphinx came to be. Flora and Stecco juggle some rather outlandish origin theories for how the Sphinx was built and who built it, including ties to Atlantis, aliens, and pre-history. They also examine the claim that the…
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Ep 200: The Sphinx part 1
The double hildo is upon us, and the Davids celebrate with a massive 2-part episode on the Sphinx! Buried in equal parts sand and questions, the Sphinx is a huge ancient monument in Egypt with a history as obscure as a corn dog in a sandstorm. In part 1, the boys describe its current state…
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Ep 196: Haunted Dolls, Live
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Guest host Mark Soloff of Blastropodcast joins Flora to kick off Blurry Photober with a live show all about haunted dolls! Human figures that are said to be possessed or cursed, haunted dolls have a built-in creepiness that transcends the many stories about them. Flora and Soloff discuss what might make dolls haunted, the history…
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Ep 195: Mad Roman Emperors
Lace up your sandals and sharpen your gladius, David and Dave are taking you on a crazy whirlwind history lesson all about mad Roman emperors! Drinking, fornicating, spending, killing, and Jupiter-knows what else, are hallmarks of the mad Roman emperors, but were they as bad as history says? The boys take an closer look at…
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Ep 191: Lost Desert Cities with Ken Hite
Ken Hite and the boys kick up a righteous haboob talking about lost desert cities in this episode! Buried in sand, swallowed by sinkholes, or destroyed by divine powers, the middle and near-east is supposedly full of lost desert cities, some of which may hide hordes of treasure and other goodies. Ken joins to discuss…
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BullStone 29: Monsters Among Us, July 2017
Flora and Stecco welcome the host of the Monsters Among Us podcast, Derek Hayes, to talk crazy July news! Monsters Among Us showcases cryptid encounters from witnesses, and host Derek Hayes joins with some strange scuttlebutt from July. Cool archaeology, wacky paranormal furniture, and potential pest solutions abound in this month’s articles. Plus potential Gobekli…
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Ep 189: Animals of War
Blurry Photos cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war in an episode all about the interesting and atrocious use of animals of war. Used for millennia in all manner of warfare, animals of war have shown countless examples of historical missteps, weird experiments, and the worst of humanity. People have done terrible things…
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Ep 186: Killer Fog
It’s a murky topic, but David and Dave put on the low beams and wade through the thick haze to talk about killer fog! An unusual confluence of man-made and meteorological phenomenon, killer fog has a breathtaking history both in science and the paranormal. From blankets of murderous mists that have held entire cities in…
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BullStone 27: Mad Scientist Podcast, May 2017
May’s weird news was hot and heavy with science, so what better way to discuss it than with The Mad Scientist Podcast! Dr Chris Cogswell from The Mad Scientist Podcast joins the Davids in a strange news roundtable with a sciency slant. Ancient human fossils found, Dino-bots with gas, and Marilyn Monroe conspiracies highlight this…
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Ep 185: Baalbek
Time to grab every crane you can find as Dave and David tackle the ancient megalithic stone structures of Baalbek! An ancient site dating back maybe to pre-history, Baalbek is a Lebanese temple complex with ruins that some say are built on an alien ship port. The boys go over the action-packed history of the…
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Ep 182: Gnosticism
Flora and Stecco bust open the jar of religious history as they discuss Gnosticism! An early sect of Christianity, Gnosticism was constantly controversial with its focus on secret knowledge and salvation from within. It grew and evolved for centuries before being snuffed out by orthodox Christianity, but modern findings have shed new light on just…
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BullStone 25: Gettin’ Strange plus BullPhone, March 2017
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Get ready for a heap of fun from down under as Blurry Photos welcomes the first BullPhone guest! David and Dave discuss fun cryptid news with Emma from Queensland in this inaugural BullPhone. Thylacines, yowies, giant pigs, and crazy cryptid hunters abound. Plus hacking with sound waves, ancient Egyptian cannabis, signals in space, and proving…
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Ep 178: Scottish Cannibals
Season 6 begins with a bloody bang, as Blurry Photos take a look at Scottish cannibals! Scotland’s history is even bloodier than advertised with such harrowing Scottish cannibals as Sawney Bean and Christie Cleek looming over it. But how much of the infamous cannibals’ legends are true? Join David and Dave as they explore the history…
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BP Bonus: Cahokia Redux
The break is quickly coming to an end, but Dave and David have a couple more tricks up their sleeves – like a return to Cahokia! The boys welcome Dr Maggie Rallo, a current medical doctor who worked as an archaeologist excavating Cahokia. Maggie talks about her time digging up bones and artifacts around the…
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Ep 177: Ergotism
The end of Season 5 is upon us, and the Davids end in a sickly bang as they discuss Ergotism! A dangerous and deadly disease, Ergotism ravaged medieval countrysides and has been pegged as a culprit in a number of famous historical events. The boys look at the history of the disease, including where it…
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Ep 175: Creepy Clowns
David and Dave juggle reality and perception as they devote a whole episode to creepy clowns! A relatively recent trend, creepy clowns have been ingrained in pop culture as disturbing breaks in what should be a joyful reality. The boys of Blurry Photos discuss the history of clowns, including where the turning point of comic-to-creepy might…
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Ep 167: Pliny the Elder
The time has come for the Roman showman himself, Pliny the Elder! A moderately-known figure from Roman history, Pliny the Elder led a fascinating life and often comes up in Forteana because of his writings. The boys of Blurry Photos go over his life and accomplishments, including his most famous work, Natural History. Was he…
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Ep 163: Demonology
The sigils are etched and the circle is protecting as Dave and David summon an episode about demonology! The study of demons etc., demonology stretches as far back as recorded history, but how credible is it in practice and lore? The boys look at the etymology of demons, a few cultures and demons in their…
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BullStone 21: The Eastern Border, September 2016
Flora and Stecco have a real treat for you, as they welcome the host of The Eastern Border Podcast, Kristaps Andrejsons to BullStone! A podcast about the politics and the history of eastern Europe, The Eastern Border is a Dark Myths comrade and Kristaps has plenty of interesting stories from September. Topics are hot, covering everything…
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Ep 155: Angkor Wat
Grab a handkerchief for the sweat and watch your step for snakes, Blurry Photos are taking you to the jungle and Angkor Wat! The largest religious complex in the world, Angkor Wat is a marvel of engineering and architecture in the Cambodian jungle but is often overlooked in history books. The Davids hack their way…
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Ep 154: Josef Mengele
The Davids put a microscope on one of history’s most notorious dealers of evil, Josef Mengele. Known for his time as a doctor at Auschwitz during WWII, Josef Mengele came to be called the Angel of Death for his role in atrocious experiments and control of people’s fates. Blurry Photos examine his life, including education,…
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BullStone 18: Rumor Flies, June 2016
Blurry Photos keeps a New Orleans trend going welcoming Ryan and Josh from the Rumor Flies podcast to BullStone! Rumor Flies seeks to dispel common “mythconceptions” of popular legends, myths, and rumors, and Ryan and Josh join the boys to talk about weird June news. After an introduction to them and some New Orleans discussion, topics…
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Ep 151: The Axeman of New Orleans
Leave the lights on and make sure some jazz is playing, the Axeman of New Orleans is striking Blurry Photos! A horrific true crime account of an early 20th century serial killer, the Axeman of New Orleans terrorized the folks of the Big Easy yet his identity remains a mystery. Flora and Stecco put on detective…
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Episode 149: The Codex Gigas
Grab your gloves and good luck charms as Blurry Photos dive into the Codex Gigas! Commonly called “The Devil’s Bible,” the Codex Gigas is a legendary medieval manuscript that’s huge, old, and… cursed? Flora and Stecco take a look at its interesting history as well as its contents and design. The real fun lies in…
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Episode 148: The Winchester Mystery House
Time to build a mystery with Blurry Photos as Flora and Stecco take a tour of the Winchester Mystery House! An immense complex of twisting halls and odd architecture, the Winchester Mystery House was the strange conceptualization of the reclusive heiress Sarah Winchester. It now stands as a tourist attraction, but during its construction it…