Episodes

  • Captain For A Day! - Wilhelm Voigt

    Captain For A Day! - Wilhelm Voigt
    Sep 21 2022

    What could you get away with if you looked the part? What if you're trying to trick a bunch of German soldiers with a sense of blind obedience? Wilhelm Voigt managed to commandeer a whole squad and take over a city hall long enough to grab a boatload of cash. Heaton and Young dive into how he did it.
    Show More Show Less
    27 mins
  • The Ice Palace King of the Desert - Saparmurat Niyazov

    The Ice Palace King of the Desert - Saparmurat Niyazov
    Sep 13 2022

    Saparmurat Niyazov was a Soviet thug turned insane dictator of Turkmenistan. And as their leader he made sure to hit all the classics. Built a religion around himself, wiped out the free media and syphoned money away from his people. But what about his great ideas like...the ice palace in the desert. Or his beloved golden statue that turned to face the sun. Heaton and Young explore this insane dictator.
    Show More Show Less
    44 mins
  • The Austrian Emperor of Mexico - Maximillian the First

    The Austrian Emperor of Mexico - Maximillian the First
    May 3 2022
    Maximillian I was the "other" Hapsburg son. The one who was born second and didn't get to be Emperor of Austria. But he thought he'd found the next best thing! Emperor of a country across an ocean who he had no common heritage or connection with. Unfortunately, the people of Mexico didn't agree. Heaton and Young explore this charismatic but ill-fated monarch.
    Show More Show Less
    55 mins
  • Charles Ponzi: The Short Italian with a Long Con

    Charles Ponzi: The Short Italian with a Long Con
    Apr 19 2022
    Most of us have heard about the Ponzi Scheme. But what of the man who gave it his name? Charles Ponzi, was an Italian immigrant who never quite got on the right side of the law. But his greatest claim to fame was a tangled web of financial lies that almost brought down the Boston banking system. Unlicensed historians, Andrew Heaton and Andrew Young bring this fellow down to size.
    Show More Show Less
    46 mins
  • The Irish Zorro of Mexico: William Lamport

    The Irish Zorro of Mexico: William Lamport
    Apr 5 2022
    Was Zorro real? You bet he was! Except he was Irish. And didn't wear a mask. And Probably couldn't carve a "Z" with his sword. And proclaimed himself king of Mexico.  But other than that, William Lamport is the spitting image of Zorro, who was actually based on him. Heaton and Young take a look at what gave this redhead the cahones to try to take the Mexican throne, and what stopped him.
    Show More Show Less
    44 mins
  • Mary, Queen of Scots Killed Some Folks

    Mary, Queen of Scots Killed Some Folks
    Mar 23 2022
    In popular film Mary, Queen of Scots is lionized or victimized or both. However there's some good evidence she A) killed a lot of people and B) did some serious plotting. Unlicensed historians Andrew Heaton and Andrew Young investigate
    Show More Show Less
    53 mins
  • Bridge For Sale! - The Irish Charmer

    Bridge For Sale! - The Irish Charmer
    Mar 15 2022
    The best con man can sell you anything. A car, a boat, a Nigerian fortune. But what about a bridge connecting Manhattan to Brooklyn? Well, George C. Parker did it. And he kept doing it for forty years. Heaton and Young discuss the scant details we have on this swindler and what makes the Irish so damned charming.
    Show More Show Less
    39 mins
  • The Pirate Queen Who Married Her Kid

    The Pirate Queen Who Married Her Kid
    Mar 8 2022
    The Pirate Life was a tough life for the most hardened of men in the 1700s. But what if you were a woman on the high seas? Zheng Yi Sao was just such a pirate, and arguably one of the most successful pirates in the history of lootin'. Heaton and Young explore her knack for negotiation and her rather non-traditional relationship with her...um...son?
    Show More Show Less
    32 mins