📌 Episode Description:

Welcome to History on the Margins – the podcast where we dig into the weird, the wild, and the wonderfully overlooked corners of history. And what better way to kick things off than with a teaser episode just in time for the start of college football season?

In this episode, we take you on a fast-paced ride through the strangest stories in college sports: from teams accidentally scoring on themselves, to mascots getting straight-up kidnapped, to games interrupted by wildlife, nudity, or good old-fashioned chaos.

Think of this as a hype reel – a sampler plate of absurdities – to get your adrenaline going for a full season of ridiculous, riveting, and rarely-told history.

Whether you’re a die-hard fan or can’t tell a field goal from a foul ball, trust us: you’ve never heard college sports history quite like this.

🔊 Why Listen:

•Perfect primer for college football season

•Laugh-out-loud storytelling meets real history

•Great for sports fans, trivia buffs, and lovers of oddball facts

📅 New episodes drop soon:

Full-length episodes launch starting next week on Tuesday, September 2nd – covering everything from royal corpses on trial to deadly desserts. Subscribe now and get ready for some history that doesn’t make the textbooks.

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The Death of Hitler: What If the Story We’ve Been Told Isn’t True?

Guest:

Robert Hutchinson – investigative journalist and author of What Really Happened: The Death of Hitler

For decades, history books have confidently closed the chapter on Adolf Hitler’s final days:

April 30th, 1945.

A bunker beneath Berlin.

A suicide pact.

Case closed.

But what if the truth is messier—and far more mysterious?

In this episode of From the Void, I sit down with investigative journalist and author Robert Hutchinson to dig into the shocking inconsistencies and unanswered questions surrounding Hitler’s supposed death. Drawing from FBI files, declassified intelligence, and eyewitness contradictions, Hutchinson makes the case that the official story may not be the only story.

Did Hitler die in that bunker?

Or did he escape—vanishing into the fog of post-war chaos and Cold War politics?

We cover:

•🔎 Conflicting eyewitness accounts from the bunker

•🔥 The Soviet cover-up and suppression of forensic evidence

•📂 Declassified U.S. intelligence files suggesting Hitler sightings in South America

•🧪 Questions around the dental remains and the credibility of autopsy reports

•🚢 The role of secret U-boat activity near Argentina

•🧠 How the chaos of war—and the politics of postwar alliances—may have hidden the truth

•🕵️ Why so many high-ranking Nazis did escape, and what it tells us

Whether you’re a skeptic or a true believer in the official narrative, this conversation will challenge what you think you know—and ask why history was so quick to close the book on one of the 20th century’s darkest figures.

📘 About the Guest:

Robert Hutchinson is a veteran journalist, researcher, and author known for his work on conspiracy theories, military history, and controversial cover-ups. His book What Really Happened: The Death of Hitler explores the lingering mysteries around Hitler’s death and how disinformation and geopolitical power shaped the official story.

📚 Book: What Really Happened: The Death of Hitler

🌐 Website: roberthutchinson.com

🔗 Links & References:

•FBI Declassified Files on Hitler: vault.fbi.gov/adolf-hitler

•Argentine submarine records and postwar Nazi escape routes

•Eyewitness testimony from bunker survivors

•Reports on skull fragment DNA testing by Russian authorities

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From the Void will return with an all-new season on Monday, September 8th—just in time for fall, featuring even more strange and unusual stories, and a brand-new format to bring you more episodes, faster.

In the meantime, check out our new show:

🎧 History on the Margins — Launching Tuesday, September 2nd

Episode Overview

Dive into one of Northern Virginia’s most chilling urban legends: the Bunnyman of Clifton. Was he a mere make‑believe boogeyman, or a figure rooted in real history… and something darker? We explore the odd, twisted tales behind this ominous rabbit figure haunting the backroads of Fairfax County.

What to Expect in This Episode

•Setting the Scene: The infamous Colchester (aka Bunnyman) Bridge—a quiet span turned spine‑tingling legend hub.

•Origin Stories: From escaped asylum patients to rural vengeance, we trace the fragmented lore.

•Eyewitness Fragments: Tales of axe-wielding rabbits, shattered car windows, and midnight terror—some sensational, some chillingly specific .

•Fact vs. Folklore: Sorting the 1970s headlines (“Virginia Hopping Over ‘Bunny‑Man’”; “Axe‑wielding bunny man keeps Va. town on alert”; etc.) and whether the legend was fueled by media hysteria .

•Historic Perspective: Insights from Brian A. Conley’s research (“The Bunny Man Unmasked”) and Fairfax County’s archived investigation .

•Modern Interpretations: How the Bunnyman lives on in pop culture and podcasts—from One Strange Thing to The Curse of Bunnyman—each adding layers to the myth .

Resources & Credit Lines

•Primary sources: Newspaper reports from 1970 editions like Fort Lauderdale News, The Lowell Sun, Miami Herald .

•Research archives: Fairfax County historian‑archivist Brian A. Conley’s “The Bunny Man Unmasked”; Fairfax County Public Library resources .

•Media references: One Strange Thing – Episode 67: The Bunny (May 2, 2025) ; 1001 Heroes, Legends… – The Curse of Bunnyman (August 3, 2025) .

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Episode Summary:

In Part 2 of our compelling interview with Dr. Jeffrey Meldrum, we go deeper into the world of Bigfoot research—dissecting the controversies, modern encounters, and the future of the field.

This episode explores:

•The most compelling modern sightings and encounters

•The role of hoaxes—how they’ve hurt and strangely helped the field

•Why Dr. Meldrum believes the Patterson-Gimlin film still holds scientific merit

•How drone technology, environmental DNA (eDNA), and emerging tools could revolutionize the search

•What it would take for mainstream science to finally take Sasquatch seriously

This conversation brings science and mystery face-to-face—and asks the question: what if we’ve been overlooking something right in front of us?

Dr. Jeffrey Meldrum is one of the foremost academic researchers in the field of Bigfoot studies, with over 300 footprint casts and years of experience in primate locomotion and human evolution. In this second half of our discussion, Dr. Meldrum shares what keeps him motivated despite ridicule and resistance from the academic world.

📚 Further Resources:

•Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science (Book)

🎧 Catch Up & Connect:

If you missed Part 1, go back and listen to last week’s episode to hear how Dr. Meldrum first got involved in this field and what early evidence sparked his curiosity.

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Episode Summary:

In this fascinating two-part series, we enter the mysterious world of cryptozoology with one of its most respected voices—Dr. Jeffrey Meldrum, professor of anatomy and anthropology at Idaho State University. Known for his scientific approach to the elusive Bigfoot phenomenon, Dr. Meldrum has dedicated decades of academic research to the study of primate locomotion and unexplained footprints found throughout North America.

In Part 1, we explore:

•Dr. Meldrum’s background and how he became interested in the subject of Bigfoot

•The scientific case for Sasquatch, grounded in anatomy and primate evolution

•Key footprint discoveries, including the famous Bossburg Cripple Foot tracks

•How evidence is analyzed through a biological and biomechanical lens

•The tension between mainstream science and fringe research—and why Dr. Meldrum remains undeterred

Whether you’re a skeptic or a believer, this episode will challenge what you think you know about Bigfoot and what science can—and can’t—explain.

🔎 Guest Bio:

Dr. Jeffrey Meldrum is a professor of anatomy and anthropology at Idaho State University, where he specializes in the evolution of hominin bipedalism. He is the author of Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science, a foundational text in the academic study of Bigfoot. Dr. Meldrum’s footprint cast collection is among the largest in the world, and he is one of the few credentialed scientists to openly research the Sasquatch phenomenon.

📚 Further Reading & Resources:

•Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science by Dr. Jeff Meldrum

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If you enjoyed this episode, don’t forget to subscribe and leave a review! Part 2 of our conversation with Dr. Meldrum drops next week, where we’ll discuss alleged hoaxes, modern sightings, and what it would take to finally confirm the existence of Bigfoot.

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From the creator of From The Void comes a brand new show that unearths the strange, the overlooked, and the absurd chapters of our past. Introducing History on the Margins—a podcast about the weird side of history your textbooks left out.

In this short trailer, host John Williamson (history major, almost history teacher, and professional storyteller) gives you a sneak peek into the new show where forgotten footnotes finally take center stage. Whether it’s the time a pope put a dead pope on trial, or the day dozens of people danced themselves to death in the streets of Strasbourg, this is the podcast for anyone who’s ever said, “Wait—how is this real?”

What To Expect:

•Bizarre and lesser-known historical events

•A blend of humor and research-driven storytelling

•Episodes that range from medieval absurdities to modern oddities

•The same curious, investigative energy you love from From The Void

Early Episode Topics Include:

•The Dancing Plague of 1518

•The Cadaver Synod (yes, the one with the corpse pope)

•A deep dive into the history of bathing and why Europeans once feared soap

•Forgotten disasters, frauds, and strange inventions that changed history (or tried to)

Who’s It For?

Fans of:

•From The Void

•You’re Wrong About

•Hardcore History

•Ridiculous History

•Anyone who ever asked weird questions in history class

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