Ep. 136 "Ghost Ship" Mary Celeste: How the Discovery of This Abandoned Ship Became a Mystery We Have Yet to Solve
This week I'm concluding my Spooktober series by covering the story of the mysterious "ghost ship" Mary Celeste. The Mary Celeste was discovered adrift and unmanned around 400 nautical miles from the Azores Islands in December of 1872. The last recording in the ships log had been made some nine days before and it appeared that, since then, the ship had been sailing itself. But what happened to Captain Briggs, his wife Sarah, and their two year old daughter Sophia? What happened to the other seven crew members? As evidence is examined - a missing life boat, 9 empty barrels of alcohol, a disassembled bilge pump - the answers become no clearer. Join me this week to learn the mystery of the "ghost ship" Mary Celeste and to take a closer look at the clues left behind and the theories that emerged. Support the show! Join the Patreon (patreon.com/historyfixpodcast)Buy some merchBuy Me a CoffeeVenmo @Shea-LaFountaineSources: Smithsonian Magazine "Abandoned Ship: The Mary Celeste"Encyclopedia Britannica "Mary Celeste"Wikipedia "Mary Celeste""Mary Celeste: The Greatest Mystery of the Sea" by Paul Begg"Ghost Ship: The Mysterious True Story of the Mary Celeste and Her Missing Crew" by Brian HicksShoot me a message! History Fix is more important than ever, please consider supporting the show to help me continue this mission. Subscribing to the Patreon is the best way help. Together, we won't be silenced! Support the show
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Ep. 135 Gilles de Rais: How Joan of Arc’s Co-Champion Became One of the Most Shocking Serial Killers of All Time
This one is not for the faint of heart! This week, in honor of Spooktober, I'm digging in to the story of Gilles de Rais, a French noblemen and military leader who fought alongside Joan of Arc to lift the siege of Orleans during the Hundred Years War. But that, turns out, isn't Gilles' only claim to fame. In the years following, he was responsible for kidnapping and then brutally assaulting, torturing, and murdering upwards of 140 children, making Gilles the first recorded and possibly most horrifying serial killer of all time. His bear all confessions are chilling, his acts unthinkable. There truly are no words. You've been warned.Support the show! Join the Patreon (patreon.com/historyfixpodcast)Buy some merchBuy Me a CoffeeVenmo @Shea-LaFountaineSources:UMKC School of Law "The Trial of Gilles de Rais (1440): An Account"UMKC School of Law "Confession of Gilles de Rais"The Trial of Gilles de Rais by Georges BataillesEncyclopedia Britannica "Gilles de Rais: History's First Serial Killer?"History Extra "Was Gilles de Rais really history's first recorded serial killer?"UMKC School of Law "Was Gilles de Rais Actually Innocent?"Shoot me a message! History Fix is more important than ever, please consider supporting the show to help me continue this mission. Subscribing to the Patreon is the best way help. Together, we won't be silenced! Support the show
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Ep. 134 the Witch of Pungo: How Grace Sherwood Became the Only Convicted Witch In Virginia and What Her Story Has to Teach Us Now
As it sometimes does, this week's topic presented itself to me. Determined to find out why the little known story of a woman most people have never heard of needed to be told so badly, I dug in. Join me to uncover the story of Grace Sherwood for yourself, the only woman ever to be convicted of witchcraft in Virginia. We'll examine the factors that led to Grace's conviction and the "recipe" for witch hunts that has plagued our past and potentially (but hopefully not!) our future. Support the show! Join the Patreon (patreon.com/historyfixpodcast)Buy some merchBuy Me a CoffeeVenmo @Shea-LaFountaineSources:Transcripts of Grace Sherwood's trial for witchcraft"A Place In Time: The Age of the Witch of Pungo" by Belinda Nash and Danielle SheetsSalem Witch Museum "Grace Sherwood: the 'Witch' of Pungo"Ferry Plantation "Trial of Grace Sherwood - the Witch of Pungo"Virginia Museum of History and Culture "Grace Sherwood: the 'Witch of Pungo'"The Washington Post "Va. Gov. Gives Informal Pardon to Witch"Wikipedia "Grace Sherwood"Shoot me a message! History Fix is more important than ever, please consider supporting the show to help me continue this mission. Subscribing to the Patreon is the best way help. Together, we won't be silenced! Support the show
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Ep. 133 Axeman of New Orleans: How a Serial Killer Terrorizing New Orleans Acquired a Reputation as a Jazz Enthusiast
Welcome to Spooktober! It's my favorite month on History Fix because I get to bust out all of the spooky stories I've been saving. This week, we're talking about the notorious serial killer who operated in New Orleans in the nineteen teens known as the Axeman. The Axeman attacked strictly Italian grocers, breaking into their houses with stolen axes to bludgeon them to death. This guy has been embraced by popular culture, appearing on television shows like American Horror Story, not because of his brutal acts or the fact that we still have no idea who he was today. He's been embraced mostly because of a letter that was published in the local newspaper purporting that he loved jazz music and would spare anyone listening to jazz on a particular night in the spring of 1919. But who was the Axeman? And what does any of this have to do with jazz? Let's fix that. Support the show! Join the Patreon (patreon.com/historyfixpodcast)Buy some merchBuy Me a CoffeeVenmo @Shea-LaFountaineSources: "The Axeman of New Orleans: The True Story" by Miriam DavisCountry Roads Magazine "The Axeman of New Orleans"Smithsonian Magazine "The Axeman of New Orleans Preyed on Italian Immigrants"The Historic New Orleans Collection "The Mysterious Axeman's Jazz"Wikipedia "Axeman of New Orleans"Shoot me a message! History Fix is more important than ever, please consider supporting the show to help me continue this mission. Subscribing to the Patreon is the best way help. Together, we won't be silenced! Support the show
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Ep. 132 Lost Cities Part 2: How Ancient Metropolises Have Been Forgotten to Some and Rediscovered
I'm back again this week with four more "lost cities" for you. First we'll explore the Egyptian city of Thonis-Heracleion that literally sank beneath the Mediterranean Sea and was rediscovered some 1,200 years later. Next, we'll hop over to Jordan to discover the ancient Nabataean city of Petra with it's grand facades etched into the red rock landscape. After that it's off to Cambodia to learn about the not actually lost at all Khmer city of Angkor. And finally the mountains of Peru where majestic and little understood Machu Picchu looms among the picturesque peaks. But, while it's fun to think about "lost cities," the obvious lesson of this week's episode is: be careful what you call "lost" and be careful how easily you throw out the term "discovered." These words carry weight and they've already caused a lot of damage. Let's fix that. Support the show! Join the Patreon (patreon.com/historyfixpodcast)Buy some merchBuy Me a CoffeeVenmo @Shea-LaFountaineSources: The Guardian "Lost Cities #6: how Thonis-Heracleion resurfaced after 1,000 years under water"The British Museum "Timeline of Ancient Egypt"Franckgoddio.org "Sunken Civilizations"National Geographic "Who built the 'lost city' of Petra and why did they leave?"Natural History Museum of Utah "Angkor: The 'Lost City' That Never Needed to be Discovered"Wikipedia "Angkor"Wikipedia "Machu Picchu"Shoot me a message! History Fix is more important than ever, please consider supporting the show to help me continue this mission. Subscribing to the Patreon is the best way help. Together, we won't be silenced! Support the show
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