American Filth

We'll be back, I promise!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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If you have ever flown on Hooters Air, please dm on Instagram @americanfilthpod. It's important!! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Okay... the title EXAGGERATES, but for real...in the 1960s, scientists on St. Thomas try to teach dolphins how to speak English. And one of the dolphins...well, he was too horned up to learn. LSD gets involved, too. Watch the documentary The Girl Who Talked To Dolphins to get the whole scoop. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Genius or dumb-dumb? That's the question that surrounds the life of Timothy Dexter, an eccentric businessman, who ended up on top despite making terrible decisions. He was also illiterate but somehow wrote a book, published in 1802.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Automobile mogul Henry Ford just wanted people to have some frickin' decorum on the dance floor!!! Why did everyone want to dance to jazz??? That's disgusting!! Square dancing was the only proper dance for the American temperament, according to Ford. So here's what he did about it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A 19th-century abortionist comes up against anti-fun postal worker Anthony Comstock. Also! New episodes of American Filth will now be coming out ON FRIDAYS!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 1876, a bunch of meat rained down from the sky. From where? From whom? What is it?? One writer had answers: the sky itself was gelatinous. Obviously!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From 1906-1910, a woman allegedly slipped on a banana peel a dozen times and each time got a hernia. Or, maybe she was just committing insurance fraud. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert E. Lee's much older half-brother cheated on his wife with his wife's sister and stole all her money! What an esteemed family! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 1788, bodysnatchers were snatching so many bodies from their graves that New York City citizens rioted. And who were the bodysnatchers?? Silly little medical students. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Having fertility issues?? Well, one "doctor" suggests putting some goat gonads by your gonads. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Happy 69th episode! To celebrate, we learn about author Henry Miller popularized the term "boobs" and also...how he got sued a lot for his disgusting books. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 1979, Nelson Rockefeller, a member of the esteemed Rockefeller family and also the former Vice President and Governor of New York, died. And it might have happened while he was banging it out. As New York Magazine reported, “Nelson thought he was coming, but he was going.” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Did the 12th president die by poison or from a classic case of tummy ache??? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mary Todd Lincoln embarks on a scheme to make money: selling her old clothes. And she gets her friend and dressmaker Elizabeth Keckley involved. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Another installment of the series GAY OR NAY, where we determine if someone is gay...or nay. This time? Mary Todd Lincoln and the woman who made her dresses Elizabeth Keckly. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Charles Lindbergh was the first person to do a solo trans-Atlantic flight. Men will really do anything to cheat on their wives!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 1939, Dr. Seuss published a book featuring seven naked sisters. It flopped. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Happy New Year, Filth Heads! American Filth host Gabbie Watts (aka the person typing this) is moving to New York City in 2025 and looking forward to all the good smells.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Let's remember the filth behind what makes the yuletide so gay. Back with new episodes next week! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Did you know if you are a vegetarian and never think about death, you could be immortal?? Well, not you, sinner, but an innocent little baby could! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Napoleon Hill wrote one of the most influential self-help books of all time. And yes, of course, he's a fraud. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A little spicy rerun!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 1919, a baseball player competes with the "world's greatest eater" in a spaghetti eating competition. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A bad dog goes on trial in 1921 San Francisco...for murder. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How many husbands are too many husbands in the Wild West??? Well, in Kitty Leroy's case, five. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hello, I'm from the past (yesterday). How's the post-election world? Does the USA still exist? Well, let's go back in time and look at another election. This time, Kansas 1855 when settlers were deciding if it should be a free state or a slave state.  And because of that choice, in one week in 1856, pro-slavery ruffians sacked a town in Kansas, a senator got beat up with a cane, and abolitionists murdered three pro-slavery Kansans. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A comedian said offensive stuff this week at a Trump gathering (is that what they're called?), so let's look at a comedian of yore, who fought for the right to say c**ks**ker on stage! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the 1920s, the youths were kissing and touching each other! Disgusting! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

American Filth recorded another live episode! This time with the Cheerful Earful Podcast Festival in London. We got to explain to the Brits how filthy America's Founding Fathers were and also recite Gabbie's Declaration of Dependence, a plea for Britain to take us back. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Were you transported back in time to colonial America?? Well, don't worry. Follow this guide to get some hanky-panky. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rachel Wall was executed for stealing a bonnet. But was that really her only crime???  Come see American Filth live in London! The podcast will be part of the Cheerful Earful Podcast Festival with a live show on October 15 at 8 p.m. at the Bedford Pub. Tickets can be found here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tenth president John Tyler annexed Texas and Florida into the United States, and if that's not filthy enough, he also married a woman 30 years younger than him, and even more sinister, he might have fathered a kid or to with an enslaved woman. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Artist Sarah Goodridge sent a miniature painting of her bosom to a no-good senator. Some people say they were just friends, but then why did she send him a tit pic??? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Were these young bucks just really good friends??? Or was something else going on??? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All the filth returns September 11!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One more week until American Filth returns! The show's crowning achievement has been outing historical figures who might have been gay. And it all started with some bigoted Southerners who sent a couple of spicy letters. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New episodes back in two weeks! In the meantime...the solitary vice is not, in fact, listening to American Filth. But instead...well, figure it out by listening to the episode from earlier this year when Kellogg's CEO said that poor people should just eat cereal! What a time! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

AF summer break continues... so let's go back to Nashville, where young Union soldiers wet their whistle so much that 100 sex workers were forced aboard a boat and stranded in the river for days.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Some AF BTS! That stands for American Filth behind-the-scenes. Gabbie talks to Jesse Nighswonger, who composed the theme song. He also made an extra special remix that critics (Gabbie) are calling the song of the summer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The show's on summer break and will be back in September. So let's go back to the beginning...to our esteemed Founding Father Gouverneur Morris who died as he lived: with his wiener.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.