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Hello and welcome to Body Count, the podcast where we believe history doesn’t repeat itself; it rhymes. Our only rule when we choose a topic: someone, or a lot of someones, died. Host and lazy historian Jessica Manor takes her co-hosts Bethany Skelton, Madison Wright, and Frank Garcia verbally hos…

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    • Aug 23, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 29m AVG DURATION
    • 94 EPISODES

    4.7 from 84 ratings Listeners of Body Count that love the show mention: jessica really, hit play, keeps me interested, amazing pod, bethany, morbid, historical events, ace, history podcasts, stop reading, countries, smartest, twist, dallas, offensive, body, co hosts, blend, dark, hysterical.



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    A Smoking Room? With Hashtag History

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2021 65:39


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    You SAY you want a Revolution with History of the Second World War

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2021 146:25


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    Not So Artificial Intelligence with Dr. Warren Dockter

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2021 167:09


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    Malone, Gallipoli, and the History of Aotearoa Part VI

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2021 128:32


    You can follow the podcast here:https://linktr.ee/BodyCountPodBe sure to find and follow Body Count on social media for accompanying maps and information.Find and follow History of Aotearoa:https://historyaotearoa.com/https://twitter.com/historyaotearoa?s=21https://www.instagram.com/historyaotearoa/★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    Malone, Gallipoli, and the History of Aotearoa Part V

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2021 76:50


    You can follow the podcast here:https://linktr.ee/BodyCountPodBe sure to find and follow Body Count on social media for accompanying maps and information.Find and follow History of Aotearoa:https://historyaotearoa.com/https://twitter.com/historyaotearoa?s=21https://www.instagram.com/historyaotearoa/★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    Malone, Gallipoli, and the History of Aotearoa Part IV

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2021 130:46


    You can follow the podcast here:https://linktr.ee/BodyCountPodBe sure to find and follow Body Count on social media for accompanying maps and information.Find and follow History of Aotearoa:https://historyaotearoa.com/https://twitter.com/historyaotearoa?s=21https://www.instagram.com/historyaotearoa/★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    Malone, Gallipoli, and History of Aotearoa Part III

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2021 83:31


    The ladies of Body Count are joined by History of Aotearoa to talk the life and times of Colonel William Malone, Gallipoli, and the ANZACs.

    Malone, Gallipoli, and History of Aotearoa Part II

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2021 104:15


    The ladies of Body Count are joined by History of Aotearoa to talk the life and times of Colonel William Malone, Gallipoli, and the ANZACs.

    Malone, Gallipoli, and History of Aotearoa

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2021 84:37


    The ladies of Body Count are joined by History of Aotearoa to talk the life and times of Colonel William Malone, Gallipoli, and the ANZACs. It’s a very special episode.

    Tippecanoe and Night Soil Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2021 46:41


    This week the ladies of Body Count are joined by Abridged Presidential Histories Podcast to talk DC sanitation and the body dropping consequences.

    Tippecanoe and Night Soil Too

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2021 62:15


    This week the ladies of Body Count are joined by Abridged Presidential Histories Podcast to talk DC sanitation and the body dropping consequences.

    Co-MUNICH-ating with Richard Toye

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2021 43:56


    The ladies of Body Count are joined by Professor Richard Toye to discuss a new book he has written along with Julie Gottlieb and Daniel Hucker: The Munich Crisis, Politics and the People: International, Transnational and Comparative Perspectives.

    Beware the Ides of March with Deep Into History

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2021 161:29


    The ladies of Body Count are joined by Arjun from Deep Into History to gab Caesar and the Ides of March.

    Witches, Werewolves, and Cleves Oh My! With Heather Darsie

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2021 79:35


    The ladies of Body Count are joined this week by Heather Darsie to talk some serious cultural history.

    Mildred Harnack and the #HistoricallyPetty Guillotine with Peter Laning

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2021 129:25


    Wining (literally) about Herstory

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2021 130:00


    Friends over at Wining with Herstory join the ladies of Body Count to talk about some dangerous women in history.

    Christopher Marlowe with Allison Epstein

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2021 110:04


    Author Allison Epstein joins the ladies of Body Count on this special episode to talk Christopher Marlowe.

    Butch Cassidy with Written in Blood History

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2021 128:28


    Written in Blood History joins the ladies of Body Count this week to talk the old west and Butch Cassidy.

    Nancy Wake Part IV: Escape from Goosestep Mountain

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2021 78:08


    This week Jess, Bethany, and Kara continue their exploration of the life and times of Nancy Wake.

    Nancy Wake Part III: Gallopin’ Goosesteps Batman

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2021 70:33


    This week Jess, Bethany, and Kara continue their exploration of the life and times of Nancy Wake.

    Meet Horrifying History Part II: 100 Ways to Die in the Middle Ages

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2021 99:01


    Meet Horrifying History Part I: Dead Men do Tell Tales

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2021 71:51


    The girls settle in and chat with Horrifying History; this is a match made in podcast heaven.

    Reading Boys with Wunderkind Autumn Hendrickson

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2021 139:09


    Join Jess, Bethany, and Kara as that settle in and chat with Reading, MA wunderkind, Autumn Hendrickson. It’s all WWII all the time in this special episode of Body Count.

    Red Frankenstein: Turkey Baste Terror

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2021 78:21


    Jessica tells Kara and Bethany the story of Ilya Ivanov, the Red Frankenstein.

    Killer Toys Redux: Magnets Are the Mind Killer

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2020 75:19


    In this ‘Holiday Feels,’ episode, Bethany and Jess are joined by a special guest; strap in for Killer Toys Redux presented by Ms. Bethany’s Mom.

    Presidential Precedents

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2020 121:59


    Jessica bores the pants off Bethany, Kara, and you listener as they talk presidential body counts and presidential succession.

    Nancy Wake Part II: c20th Slog

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2020 120:01


    We are joined once again this week by Gary Girod of The French History Podcast to talk Nancy Wake. We are also joined by our new Body Count co Kara DiDomizio!

    Nancy Wake with Gary Girod

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2020 84:40


    This week Jessica and Bethany are joined by Gary Girod of The French History Podcast to talk Nancy Wake, an OG Bad B. Yeah, it’s a multi-part deep dive.

    What Goes Up, Must Come Down

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2020 66:06


    Another Backwards Body Count as Bethany tells Jess a story. This week it’s historical elevator disasters, better known as a Jessica deep fear.

    The Real Vampires: Death, Terror, and the Supernatural

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2020 80:01


    Beth and Jess had SO much fun last week they decided to have Dr. Richard Sugg back again this week to talk another of his books, Real Vampires: Death, Terror, and the Supernatural. Join the Body Count squad to talk some more fascinating cultural history.

    The History of Disgust

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2020 68:57


    Listen as Jess and Beth settle in to chat with Dr. Richard Sugg about his delightfully disgusting work, everything from brain pâté to being mad for mummy purses. Go grab the new edition of the book Mummies, Cannibals, and Vampires: The History of Corpse Medicine from the Middle Ages to Falun Gong.

    MGTOW IS A CULT

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2020 72:15


    Join us this week for a special episode as we sit down with Mike Fallek and talk about hashtag cults, his amazing podcast #Hashtag Cult, and MGTOW.

    The Mary Francis

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2020 92:04


    Join Jessica and Bethany as they talk Ann Saunders, the Francis Mary, and prove the Donner Party would have been way more metal at sea.

    Backwards Body Count: Hyatt Regency Collapse

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2020 118:03


    To celebrate co-host Bethany Skelton’s new Patreon On This Day series, it is a backwards Body Count week! Bethany tells Jessica the story of the Hyatt Regency Collapse.

    If Fu-Go, I Go

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2020 78:17


    Join us as we talk all things Fu-Go, the most metal balloons of the 20th century. Spoiler alert: It’s the Japanese balloon bomb. Check out the show notes for additional information.

    Backwards Body Count: Deadly Toys

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2020 91:41


    Want to play with uranium or roofie your children? Find out how here!

    Sink the Bismarck

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2020 109:57


    Host Jessica Manor and co-host Bethany Skelton talk the who, what, when, where, and why of the sinking of the Bismarck.

    Criminal Subculture in the Gulag: Dr. Mark Vincent

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2020 67:16


    Host Jessica Manor and co-host Bethany Skelton are joined by Dr. Mark Vincent to chat about his new book and prisoner society in the Stalinist Labour Camps, 1924-53.

    Winston Churchill: A Life in the News with Richard Toye

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2020 52:05


    This week host Jessica Manor is all business as she chats with Richard Toye about his upcoming book, Winston Churchill: A Life in the News.

    Backwards Body Count: Tri-State Tornado

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2020 74:34


    We switch it up this week with a Backwards Body Count. Co-host Bethany Skelton tells host Jessica Manor and guest Stephanie Andrews the story of the Tri-State Tornado

    Henry Gunther: Not First

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2020 89:11


    Host Jessica Manor and co-host Bethany Skelton discuss the last casualty of WWI and get sidetracked by postal censorship. It’s business as usual.

    Peter the Great Part IV: Little Peters

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2020 163:57


    This is it. We are out. Done. Host Jessica Manor and co-host Bethany Skelton conclude our exploration of Peter the Great.

    Peter the Great III: Karl Number 12

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2020 287:10


    Russia has yet to disappoint. Host Jessica Manor, co-host Bethany Skelton, and their guest Stephanie Andrews continue their exploration of Peter the Great.

    Peter the Great Part II: Russian Blackout Curtains

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2020 133:54


    Host Jessica Manor, co-host Bethany Skelton, and their guest Stephanie Andrews continue their exploration of Peter the Great. As always, Russian history delivers on the metal scale.

    Peter the Great: You Stay Sober

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2020 84:07


    Join host Jessica Manor, co-host Bethany Skelton, and guest Stephanie Andrews to run down the early days of Peter the Great.

    Cher Ami: Hero Bird

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2020 55:19


    This week Host Jessica Manor and Co-host Bethany Skelton dish about The Lost Battalion and Cher Ami.

    Rasputin: Historical Forensic Files

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2020 93:40


    We're quarantined, we're bored AF, and what was supposed to be short and sweet turned into a conspiracy theory that just won't die. Host Jessica Manor and Co-host Bethany Skelton get weird about Rasputin. All autopsies, hearsay, and the British, oh my.

    Iroquois Theatre Fire: Backdraft 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2020 67:20


    It’s a Reverse Body Count as Bethany sits in the host chair this week and educates Jessica. Join us for the Iroquois Theatre Fire.

    Churchill, Islam, and Dr. Warren Dockter Part IV: Big Finish

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2020 52:49


    Host Jessica Manor and Co-host Bethany Skelton are once again joined by Dr. Warren Dockter to finish our discussion on Churchill and Islam... and Dr. Dockter’s book of course. It’s Dr. Dockter and his book Churchill and the Islamic World: Orientalism, Empire and Diplomacy in the Middle East available on Amazon.

    Tsutomu Yamaguchi: Luck Was NOT a Lady, Twice

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2020 47:46


    Host Jessica Manor and Co-host Bethany Skelton talk atomic bombs and tell the story of Tsutomu Yamaguchi... who survived not one, but BOTH atomic bombs.

    George Mallory: Possibly There and Never Back Again

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2020 70:02


    Host Jessica Manor and co-host Bethany Skelton count just one body this week as they cover George Mallory and the extraordinary adventure to recover him.

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