About this podcast
Two women talk about different moments in history with a fun, casual twist.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 190 episodes
- Elizabeth Short: AKA, The Black Dahlia · 1 h 37 min · Episode 183Episode 181. On January 15th, 1947, the desiccated body of a young woman was found outside Los Angeles. The news of this gruesome murder would give way to a moniker that has…
- The Philip Experiment: How a Research Group used Psychokinesis to Create Their Own Ghost · 1 h 32 min · Episode 180Episode 180. The group behind the Philip Experiment set out to prove that psychokinesis was not only real, but could be scientifically proven. The results of this insane…
- Alfred Hitchcock: The Master of Suspense · 1 h 13 min · Episode 179Episode 179. Today's spoooooky episode is all about the Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock. He is known as one of the best directors of all time, and his skill with camera…
- Orson Welles and The War of the Worlds Broadcast · 1 h 5 min · Episode 178Episode 178. Orson Welles didn't set out to make history the night he broadcast the radio drama version of War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells, but he did. Hundreds of thousands of…
- Bonus 37: Paranormal Investigation of Fort Pulaski · 2 h 13 minEmileigh, Morgan, and friends go on a trip of a lifetime and ghost hunt Fort Pulaski in Savannah, GA! Follow us on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/illequippedhistory/ Join…
- The Radium Girls · 1 h 20 min · Episode 177Episode 177. We're starting spooky season off with a true horror story. In the early 1900s, dialpainters working for radium corporations found themselves facing a number of…
- RMS Carpathia: Hero of the Titanic and Victim of WW1 · 1 h 20 min · Episode 176Episode 176. The RMS Carpathia was on a routine trip to Croatia when it heard the cries for help from the Titanic. Without missing a beat, the Captain and crew went straight to…
- The Creation of the FDA · 1 h 32 min · Episode 175Episode 175. The Food and Drug Administration is the result of decades of advocacy and legal battles for the regulation of food and medicine in the United States. Before the Pure…
- The Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum · 1 h 16 min · Episode 174Episode 174. Although Pompeii has become the most well known Volcanic disasters that has ever happened, most people have the real story of that fateful day wrong. Emileigh and…
- The Krakatoa Eruption of 1883 · 1 h 5 min · Episode 173One fateful day in August of 1883, the world experienced a worldwide calamity like no other. The volcanic island Krakatau, or Krakatoa, erupted. The resulting shockwave…
- Dead Man's Wire: The Tony Kiritsis Hostage Situation- Part 2 · 1 h 18 min · Episode 172Episode 172. After successfully getting his hostage to his apartment, Tony Kiritsis spends the next three days demanding air time, immunity, and money. Emileigh and Morgan dive…
- Dead Man's Wire: The Tony Kiritsis Hostage Situation- Part 1 · 1 h 6 min · Episode 171Episode 171. Indianapolis became the center of attention on one fateful day in 1977 when Tony Kiritsis took Dick Hall hostage at gunpoint. The world was able to tune in and…
- John Brown: Militant Abolitionist · 1 h 12 min · Episode 170Episode 170. John Brown was a vehemently anti-slavery abolitionist who resorted to violence in order to dismantle the racist institution. His belief was that if enough people…
- Operation Dynamo: How the Little Ships Evacuated Dunkirk · 1 h 4 min · Episode 169Episode 169. The evacuation of Dunkirk was not only an incredible feat of heroism, but was one of the main reasons that the Allies hung in long enough to win World War 2. Today…
- Ofra Haza: The Madonna of the East · 1 h 2 min · Episode 168Episode 168. Ofra Haza was one of the most beloved singers of the 80s and 90s. She overcome extreme poverty and prejudice to become known on an international stage, and her voice…
- The Dunbar Armored Depot Robbery: $18.9 Million in 30 minutes · 1 h 19 min · Episode 167Episode 167. The Dunbar Armored Depot Robbery in 1997 held the title of most money stolen in a single heist for over three decades. But the robbers only got away with it for two…
- The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall · 1 h 11 min · Episode 166Episode 166. After the defeat of the Nazis in WWII, Germany was left without a government. The Allies decided to split Germany, and its capital Berlin, into 4 sections: France…
- Oscar Wilde: From Height of Influence to Downfall · 1 h 30 min · Episode 165Episode 165. As our last (and late) episode celebrating pride month, we talk about the one of the worlds greatest playwrights and authors. Oscar Wilde was known socially for his…
- Baron von Steuben: Savior at Valley Forge · 57 min · Episode 164Episode 164. Baron Friedrich von Steuben was a Prussian captain who, with few options, decided to help out the rebel American army against the British during the American…
- Ma Rainey: Mother of the Blues · 58 min · Episode 163Episode 163. Ma Rainey was not only the Mother of the Blues, but she was a fierce, outgoing, and flashy entertainer. She lived her life by her own terms and was the first woman…
