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  • Programming Note: Some Slight Changes!

    Hello my dear nerds! We are going to change things up on the blog just slightly moving forward. Here’s what’s happening: Thank you to everyone still reading. Let me know what you think about the new pace!

  • Torched by Jonathan Vigliotti

    Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Torched: Homes and reputations burned to a crisp. Quick synopsis: The behind-the-scenes story of the 2025 LA Wildfires. Fact for Non-History People: The fires killed 30 people and forced 180,000 to flee their homes. Fact for History Nerds: The economic cost to be somewhere from $76 billion to $131 billion. My…

  • Arrested Adolescence by Erik Rebain

    Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Arrested Adolescence: As if being a murderer wasn’t enough. Quick synopsis: The story of how Nathan Leopold fooled a lot of people after the murder of Bobby Franks.   Fact for Non-History People: Leopold worked as a nurse in prison and helped in a malaria cure trial. Fact for History Nerds:…

  • Steel Lobsters by Myke Cole

    Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Steel Lobsters: Knights. Guns. Bad mix apparently. Quick synopsis: The story of the last fully armored knights in England and how they went extinct.   Fact for Non-History People: The Thirty Years War may have killed as many as 8 million people or 20% of the European population at that time.…

  • L.A. Birdmen by Richard Goodrich

    Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for L.A. Birdmen: Like their aircraft, these people had at least one screw loose. Quick synopsis: The story of the first airshow in America. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: The longest flight the Wright brothers accomplished on their first successful day flying was 59 seconds and a height of 852 feet.…

  • The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream by Dean Jobb

    Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream: This Cream has gone bad. (I’ll see myself out.) Quick synopsis: The story of Victorian era serial killer, Dr. Thomas Neil Cream. Fact for Non-History People: Crime was so bad in one area of London during this time that instead of Waterloo Station people…

  • The Pirate’s Wife by Daphne Palmer Geanacopoulos

    Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for The Pirate’s Wife: She’d rather have been a pirate. Quick synopsis: The story of Sarah Kidd, the wife of famous pirate Captain Kidd. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: William Kidd was Sarah’s third husband, but she was still only in her early 20s when they got married. Fun Fact for…

  • He’s Back! James Kirby Martin returns to talk Benedict Arnold!

    He’s back! James Kirby Martin returns to discuss Benedict Arnold, Jim’s book about him, and the documentary Benedict Arnold: Hero Betrayed which is based on the book. We even supersized the episode for you. Come listen! Check out Jim’s website:https://jameskirbymartin.com/Watch Benedict Arnold: Hero Betrayed

  • The Red Planet by Simon Morden

    Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for The Red Planet: I won’t be volunteering for a Mars visit. Quick synopsis: A biography of Mars. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: You would weigh a third of what you do on Mars as compared to here on Earth. Man, that would be nice. Fun Fact for History Nerds: Jupiter…