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Disturbing History

Disturbing History

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 The past isn’t always dead. Sometimes, it’s just been buried... and it’s time to dig it up. Disturbing History is a weekly podcast that dives headfirst into the strange, spooky, and little-known stories that history tried to forget. From secret societies and sinister folklore to lost colonies, unsolved mysteries, and events too dark for your high school textbook — this is where the shadowy corners of the past finally get their time in the spotlight.

Hosted by author, investigator, and storyteller Brian King-Sharp, each episode is a deep, immersive journey into the stories that disturb us — and the ones we have to disturb to uncover the truth. So if you're drawn to the uncomfortable, obsessed with the unexplained, or just can’t shake the feeling that some things never should’ve been buried…

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  • DH Ep:24 The Inheritance: JFK Assassination Truth

    DH Ep:24 The Inheritance: JFK Assassination Truth
    Jul 11 2025
    On this episode of Disturbing History, we dive deep into one of the most extraordinary and suppressed stories connected to the JFK assassination that you've probably never heard of. While millions of Americans can recite the basic facts of November 22, 1963, virtually none know the name Christopher Fulton or the incredible price he paid for possessing physical evidence that could have rewritten history.

    Christopher Fulton was a successful construction magnate living the Canadian dream when he acquired what seemed like a simple piece of Kennedy memorabilia—a gold Cartier watch that had belonged to President Kennedy. What he didn't know was that this timepiece had been torn from JFK's bloodied wrist at Parkland Hospital and contained microscopic traces of mercury that would serve as smoking-gun evidence of the real assassination plot. This wasn't just any vintage watch; it was the key to unlocking one of the most explosive coverups in American history. Through a complex chain of custody involving Kennedy's personal secretary Evelyn Lincoln and collector Robert L. White, Fulton found himself in possession of not just the watch, but secret Oval Office recordings, documents, and other physical evidence that Bobby Kennedy had deliberately kept from falling into government hands after his brother's murder.

    The materials painted a picture of conspiracy that reached the highest levels of government and revealed Kennedy's awareness of plots against his life in the days leading up to Dallas.When Fulton's research led to a secret meeting with JFK Jr., who had plans to acquire the evidence and finally expose his father's killers, the intelligence community struck back with devastating force.

    Fulton was labeled a threat to national security, placed on the FBI's most wanted list, and imprisoned for nearly a decade on sealed federal charges. His multimillion-dollar business empire was systematically dismantled, his family was destroyed, and his very existence was nearly erased from the historical record. We explore how the 1998 Guernsey's auction of Kennedy memorabilia became a battleground between the Kennedy family, federal authorities, and collectors, revealing the government's willingness to use legal pressure to reclaim assassination evidence.

    We examine the broader implications of Fulton's story and how it demonstrates that the Kennedy assassination conspiracy didn't end in Dallas in 1963, but continues to operate today, adapting its methods of suppression for each new generation.This episode reveals the chilling efficiency of a system designed to make inconvenient witnesses disappear from public consciousness while maintaining the illusion of open debate about the assassination.

    We ask the disturbing question: if they were willing to destroy Christopher Fulton so completely, how many other voices have been silenced? How many potential witnesses have been eliminated, discredited, or simply erased from history? While the sanitized version of the Kennedy assassination remains acceptable public discourse, the stories of those who got too close to the real truth have been systematically suppressed.

    Christopher Fulton's survival and willingness to tell his story represents a rare crack in the machine of institutional silence, offering us a glimpse into the true cost of challenging power in America. This is the story they never wanted you to know existed, and exactly why we do this show—because sometimes those who truly disturb history come closest to the truth.
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    55 mins
  • DH Ep:23 The Tulsa Massacre

    DH Ep:23 The Tulsa Massacre
    Jul 7 2025
    In this searing episode of Disturbing History, we uncover the devastating truth behind the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre—one of the deadliest and most systematically buried atrocities in American history.

    This isn't just a story about racial violence. It's about the rise and deliberate destruction of Black Wall Street, a thriving African American community in Tulsa’s Greenwood District, built from the ground up by formerly enslaved people and their descendants. We explore how Greenwood became an extraordinary economic powerhouse, home to hundreds of Black-owned businesses, luxury homes, and professional services. But its success drew deadly envy.

    On May 31, 1921, fueled by a false accusation and a white mob’s rage, a coordinated attack—backed by police, the National Guard, and even private aircraft—unleashed fire and terror on Greenwood. Within 24 hours, the district was reduced to ashes. This wasn’t a riot. It was a military-style assault, complete with aerial bombings and mass internment of Black residents. While official records claimed only 39 deaths, survivors and researchers estimate the toll was in the hundreds. The trauma didn’t end with the destruction. The city, media, and insurance companies orchestrated a cover-up so effective that the massacre vanished from textbooks and public memory for nearly 80 years.

    We track the slow rediscovery of this buried truth—through survivors’ voices, modern archaeological efforts to locate mass graves, and renewed calls for justice and reparations. The massacre's impact still ripples through generations, symbolizing not just what was lost but what was stolen.This episode challenges listeners to confront America’s historical amnesia and reckon with the systems that erase inconvenient truths. It's a tribute to those who built Black Wall Street and those who perished defending it—a story that demands to be remembered.
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    1 hr and 28 mins
  • DH Ep:22 Lincoln's Body Double?

    DH Ep:22 Lincoln's Body Double?
    Jul 2 2025
    In this episode, we uncover the remarkable true story of Ward Hill Lamon, the rough-edged Virginia lawyer who became Abraham Lincoln’s closest friend and self-declared bodyguard. Lamon wasn’t just a loyal companion—he helped shape the very idea of presidential security in America long before it became an institution.

    From their unlikely bond as law partners traveling the Illinois circuit to the life-threatening Baltimore Plot of 1861, this episode traces Lamon’s obsessive commitment to protecting Lincoln at all costs—and how his absence on one critical night changed everything.We explore the conspiracy that nearly ended Lincoln’s life before his presidency even began and the behind-the-scenes power struggle between Lamon and detective Allan Pinkerton.

    We also dive into Lamon’s colorful exploits during the Civil War, including his oversized weapons stash, questionable military titles, and direct confrontations with Confederate forces.But Lamon’s legacy doesn’t end on the battlefield. His role in one of the strangest political controversies of the time—the so-called Antietam “banjo incident”—sparked national outrage and shaped public perception of Lincoln during the 1864 election.

    We also examine Lamon’s later attempts to defend Lincoln’s memory through a biography that was so explosive, Lincoln’s own son tried to erase it from history.Throughout the episode, we separate fact from folklore, analyzing famous dreams, ghostwritten confessions, and the myths that surround both Lamon and Lincoln to this day. And in the end, we return to that fateful night at Ford’s Theatre—the one time Lamon wasn’t at Lincoln’s side—and ask the haunting question: if he had been, would history have turned out differently?

    This is the story of a bodyguard who broke every rule, a friendship that defied convention, and a legacy still shaped by absence.
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    1 hr and 17 mins

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