History podcast transcripts

Conspiracy Theories

A San Jose mansion built without a finished plan for decades, and the ghost story that grew around it.

Oct 21, 2026 45:56 28 min read 3 views

Conspiracy Theories

A snowbound 1846 wagon train, a survivor branded a murderer, and a trial that may have sealed his reputation.

Nov 4, 2026 52:42 32 min read 3 views

Conspiracy Theories

Freemasons, a royal prince and a disputed diary: the competing theories behind Jack the Ripper's unsolved identity.

Oct 28, 2026 53:03 30 min read 3 views

Conspiracy Theories

A 1630s French convent's possession claims ended in a priest's execution, and the true story remains widely disputed.

Oct 14, 2026 50:51 30 min read 3 views

Conspiracy Theories

A 1947 Arctic flight, a glowing underground kingdom and a claim that we live inside a hollow sphere, put to the test.

Sep 2, 2020 50:48 29 min read 23K views

Conspiracy Theories

Officially decommissioned in 1981, the Montauk Air Force Base in New York is rumored to have been the site of government experiments with time travel and mind control. Its decades-old secrets began to unravel in 1984, when engineer Preston Nichols allegedly uncovered repressed memories of their sordid research.

Sep 14, 2020 42:12 24 min read 12K views

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

The Asia-Pacific War of 1937-1945 has deep roots. It also involves a Japanese society that's been called one of the most distinctive on Earth. If there were a Japanese version of Captain America, this would be his origin story.

Jul 14, 2018 04:32:45 197 min read 12K views

You're Wrong About

Mike tells Sarah how a silly sports promotion galvanized a reactionary movement. Digressions include “Charlotte’s Web,” Jane Fonda and German-language musicals. Songs are dissected; the honor of David Bowie and late-night salad bars are defended.Huge thanks to historians Tavia Nyong'o, Eric Gonzaba, Luis-Manuel Garcia and Gillian Frank for helping Mike with this episode! Support us: http://patreon.com/yourewrongabouthttp://paypal.me/yourewrongabouthttps://www.teepublic.com/stores/youre-wrong-about?ref_id=10420Links!  Tavia Nyong'o's "I Feel Love: Disco and Its Discontents"Gillian Frank's excellent article on disco and his delightful podcastLuis-Manuel Garcia's alternate history of club culture and dissection of the gay left's opposition to discoAlice Echols' "Hot Stuff"  Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton's "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey"   Tim Lawrence's "Love Saves the Day: A History of American Dance Music Culture, 1970-1979" Peter Shapiro's "Turn the Beat Around: The Secret History of Disco"Undone did a great episode on Disco Demolition Night“The Flip Sides of 1979”“Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night,” the (fabricated) New York Magazine story that inspired “Saturday Night Fever”Tony Smith interview"Disco and The Queering of the Dance Floor"Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)

Aug 3, 2020 01:37:31 76 min read 11K views

Conspiracy Theories

The U.S. government refuses to comment on what went on at the Montauk Air Force Base. But several so-called "Montauk boys" have testified about their experiments with sex trafficking, brainwashing, and terrorism. Was Montauk a gruesome, predatory experiment? Or is the truth even more twisted than that?

Sep 16, 2020 45:43 26 min read 10K views