Fantastic History

Ep.20 – The Principality of Sealand // Judith Love Cohen

It's our first double header episode! First, Clay shares the story of the incredible micronation of Sealand. Located just off the coast of Suffolk in Great Britain, Sealand sits on a 1-acre platform and has existed there for over 50 years. Next, Sarah shares the incredible story of Judith Love Cohen. Starting her life as a little girl who loved dancing and mathematics, she grew into one of the most accomplished aerospace engineers in American history!

It's our first double header episode! First, Clay shares the story of the incredible micronation of Sealand. Located just off the coast of Suffolk in Great Britain, Sealand sits on a 1-acre platform and has existed there for over 50 years. Next, Sarah shares the incredible story of Judith Love Cohen. Starting her life as a little girl who loved dancing and mathematics, she grew into one of the most accomplished aerospace engineers in American history!

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Ep.19 – Sarah Rector Drinks Your Milkshake

This week, Sarah takes Clay on a journey to the oil fields of Oklahoma in 1911 where an unlikely heroine began her incredible journey. The amazing life story of Sarah Rector is a rags to riches tale in every sense of the word, with twists and turns and good triumphing over evil.

This week, Sarah takes Clay on a journey to the oil fields of Oklahoma in 1911 where an unlikely heroine began her incredible journey. The amazing life story of Sarah Rector is a rags to riches tale in every sense of the word, with twists and turns and good triumphing over evil.

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Ep.18 – Bizarre Disappearances: Blair Adams and David Glenn Lewis

It's a double-decker true crime episode!

It's a double-decker true crime episode! This week I share not one, but TWO stories of people who disappeared under bizarre circumstances and met tragic fates. Both men lived fairly normal lives, but something happened that cause them to vanish, only to later show up dead with no good explanation as to how or why.

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Ep.17 – The Children of the Night: Real-Life Vampires

For as long as there have been storytellers, there have been vampire stories. Join us this week as Sarah shares some of those stories with Clay, including the first recorded vampires in England, a vampire pandemic in nineteenth century America, and various vampiric myths and legends from all around the world!

For as long as there have been storytellers, there have been vampire stories. Join us this week as Sarah shares some of those stories with Clay, including the first recorded vampires in England, a vampire pandemic in nineteenth century America, and various vampiric myths and legends from all around the world!

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Ep.16 – America's Hoarders: The Collyer Brothers

Today we discuss America’s most infamous hoarders - Homer and Langley Collyer. Long before television shows brought compulsive hoarding into the limelight were the Collyer brothers, who amassed an incredible collection of stuff in their four-story Harlem brownstone throughout the 1930s and 40s. But it was the manner in which they died that shocked the nation and solidified their names in newspapers and stories for decades to come.

Today we discuss America’s most infamous hoarders - Homer and Langley Collyer. Long before television shows brought compulsive hoarding into the limelight were the Collyer brothers, who amassed an incredible collection of stuff in their four-story Harlem brownstone throughout the 1930s and 40s. But it was the manner in which they died that shocked the nation and solidified their names in newspapers and stories for decades to come.

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  • "Stuff: compulsive hoarding and the meaning of things" by Frost, Randy O
  • "Weird New York: your travel guide to New York's local legends and best kept secrets" by Gethard, Chris

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Ep.15 – The Duality of Man: Arthur Conan Doyle and the SPR

What happens when a brilliant man of science has a brush with the metaphysical?

What happens when a brilliant man of science has a brush with the metaphysical? More than just the legendary creator of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was also a prominent champion of the Victorian spiritualist movement. Join us as Sarah discusses his experiences with seances, phantoms, and even fairies.

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Ep.14 – The 9th Planet that Never Existed: The Story of Vulcan

In 2006, the International Astronomical Union demoted Pluto to a dwarf planet. This was pretty humiliating for Pluto to lose its designation as the 9th planet, but what if I told you that Pluto was not the first 9th planet? Eighty years

In 2006, the International Astronomical Union demoted Pluto to a dwarf planet. This was pretty humiliating for Pluto to lose its designation as the 9th planet, but what if I told you that Pluto was not the first 9th planet? Eighty years prior to Pluto's discovery, astronomers thought they had discovered the 9th planet of our solar system. The discovery was held as a triumph, but why have you never heard of this planet before? Let Clay share the incredible story with you.

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Source: "The Hunt For Vulcan: And How Albert Einstein Destroyed A Planet, Discovered Relativity, And Deciphered The Universe" by Thomas Levenson

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Ep.13 – When the Pine Leaves Turn Yellow: Woman Chief

Before there was Captain Marvel, Xena, or even Eowyn there was Woman Chief. This week Sarah regales Clay with the story of a White Clay turned Crow Two-Spirit warrior who never met a glass ceiling she couldn’t shatter. Part incredible true tale, part enduring myth, and all badass - this is the story of Woman Chief.

Before there was Captain Marvel, Xena, or even Eowyn there was Woman Chief. This week Sarah regales Clay with the story of a White Clay turned Crow Two-Spirit warrior who never met a glass ceiling she couldn’t shatter. Part incredible true tale, part enduring myth, and all badass - this is the story of Woman Chief.

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Ep.12 – The Dreadnaught Hoax & Other Pranks of Horace de Vere Cole

Who doesn’t love a good prank? Well Horace de Vere Cole didn’t just love pranks - he lived for them. In the early 1900s, Cole managed to pull successful hoaxes on Cambridge and the British Royal Navy, but although they are his most famous antics, there are many more that are contributed to him that I have the pleasure to tell you and Sarah about this week.

Who doesn’t love a good prank? Well  Horace de Vere Cole didn’t just love pranks - he lived for them. In the early 1900s, Cole managed to pull successful hoaxes on Cambridge and the British Royal Navy, but although they are his most famous antics, there are many more that are contributed to him that I have the pleasure to tell you and Sarah about this week.

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Ep.11 – John Dillinger, Part Two

In Part Two of Sarah’s John Dillinger deep dive, hear how a baseball player from small town Indiana earned his place as the FBI’s first ever Public Enemy Number One; the thrilling tale of the shoot out at Little Bohemia; the true story behind Dillinger’s most enduring legend; and how Clark Gable lured Dillinger to his doom.

In Part Two of Sarah’s John Dillinger deep dive, hear how a baseball player from small town Indiana earned his place as the FBI’s first ever Public Enemy Number One; the thrilling tale of the shoot out at Little Bohemia; the true story behind Dillinger’s most enduring legend; and how Clark Gable lured Dillinger to his doom. 

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