Eccentric Earth Podcast

Join me, your host Amy Walker, as I delve into stories from across history with a guest who has no idea what the topic is going to be. This week I'm joined by Chris Haigh to talk about Althea Gibson, the tennis player who became the first Black woman to win Wimbledon, and the first … Continue reading Episode 46 – Althea Gibson →

Join me, your host Amy Walker, as I delve into stories from across history with a guest who has no idea what the topic is going to be. This week I'm joined by Han Burch to talk about the riot that occurred on Broadwater Farm during the 1980's that led to the death of PC … Continue reading Episode 45 – Murder of PC Keith Blakelock →

Join me, your host Amy Walker, for our latest minisode. This week I talk about the life and career of British Navy officer Sir William Whetstone. Patreon: Please show your support Twitter: @Eccentric_Earth Facebook: @eccentricearth Instagram: Eccentric_Earth Email: EccentricEarth@outlook.com iTunes: Eccentric Earth aCast: Eccentric Earth Podbean: Eccentric Earth YouTube: YouTube Channel Eccentric Earth is a Trans-Scribe Production Hosted by Amy Walker Theme music http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music … Continue reading Minisode 09 – Sir William Whetstone →

Join me, your host Amy Walker, as I delve into stories from across history with a guest who has no idea what the topic is going to be. This week I'm joined by Han Burch to talk about the life of the mysterious Sidney Reilly, the secret agent known as 'The Ace of Spies'. Patreon: Please … Continue reading Episode 44 – Sidney Reilly →

Join me, your host Amy Walker, for our latest minisode. This week I talk about the brutal three day riot that swept through Amsterdam, all because of a game involving an eel. Patreon: Please show your support Twitter: @Eccentric_Earth Facebook: @eccentricearth Instagram: Eccentric_Earth Email: EccentricEarth@outlook.com iTunes: Eccentric Earth aCast: Eccentric Earth Podbean: Eccentric Earth YouTube: YouTube Channel Eccentric Earth is a Trans-Scribe Production … Continue reading Minisode 08 – Eel Riot →

Join me, your host Amy Walker, for our latest minisode. This week I talk about Richard Grainger, the builder and businessman that changed the face of Newcastle. Patreon: Please show your support Twitter: @Eccentric_Earth Facebook: @eccentricearth Instagram: Eccentric_Earth Email: EccentricEarth@outlook.com iTunes: Eccentric Earth aCast: Eccentric Earth Podbean: Eccentric Earth YouTube: YouTube Channel Eccentric Earth is a Trans-Scribe Production Hosted by Amy Walker Theme … Continue reading Minisode 07 – Richard Grainger →

Join me, your host Amy Walker, for our latest minisode. This week I tell you the tale of John Barnes, the young man who dreamed of serving his country who became a hero. Patreon: Please show your support Twitter: @Eccentric_Earth Facebook: @eccentricearth Instagram: Eccentric_Earth Email: EccentricEarth@outlook.com iTunes: Eccentric Earth aCast: Eccentric Earth Podbean: Eccentric Earth YouTube: YouTube Channel Eccentric Earth is a Trans-Scribe … Continue reading Minisode 06 – John Barnes →

Join me, your host Amy Walker, for our latest minisode. This week I tell you the tale of Wojtek, the little bear that went off to war and became an icon. Patreon: Please show your support Twitter: @Eccentric_Earth Facebook: @eccentricearth Instagram: Eccentric_Earth Email: EccentricEarth@outlook.com iTunes: Eccentric Earth aCast: Eccentric Earth Podbean: Eccentric Earth YouTube: YouTube Channel Eccentric Earth is a Trans-Scribe Production Hosted … Continue reading Minisode 05 – Wojtek The Bear →

Join me, your host Amy Walker, as I delve into stories from across history with a guest who has no idea what the topic is going to be. This week we celebrate one year of Eccentric Earth by bringing together some of our most popular guests for a special episode where we go through the … Continue reading One Year Special – L Ron Hubbard →

Join me, your host Amy Walker, as I delve into stories from across history with a guest who has no idea what the topic is going to be. This week I'm joined by Chris Haigh to talk about Mary Anning, a woman from 18th century England that made a career in fossil hunting, becoming one … Continue reading Episode 43 – Mary Anning →

Join me, your host Amy Walker, as I delve into stories from across history with a guest who has no idea what the topic is going to be. This week I'm joined by Nadia Castle to learn about Gary Webb, the award winning investigative journalist who exposed possible links between the drug trade and the … Continue reading Episode 42 – Gary Web →

Join me, your host Amy Walker, as I delve into stories from across history with a guest who has no idea what the topic is going to be. This week I'm joined by Adi Anhang to talk about Bessie Coleman, an American civil aviator who was the first woman of African-American and Native American descent, … Continue reading Episode 41 – Bessie Coleman →

Join me, your host Amy Walker, as I delve into stories from across history with a guest who has no idea what the topic is going to be. This week I'm joined by Holly Rose to talk about Mary Edwards Walker, a pioneering female doctor during the American Civil War, a campaigner for women's rights, … Continue reading Episode 40 – Mary Edwards Walker →

Join me, your host Amy Walker, as I delve into stories from across history with a guest who has no idea what the topic is going to be. This week I'm joined by Chris Haigh to discuss the horrific axe murders that befell the Moore family in the small town of Villisca, Iowa, in the … Continue reading Episode 39 – The Villisca Axe Murders →

Join me, your host Amy Walker, as I delve into stories from across history with a guest who has no idea what the topic is going to be. This week I'm joined by Han Burch to discuss the cancelled 1990's sitcom 'Heil Honey, I'm Home!', the bizzare mix of American 1950's sitcom tropes and Adolf … Continue reading Episode 38 – Heil Honey, I’m Home! →

At Eccentric Earth we try to pick topics to discuss that are not only interesting, but fairly unkown, but as it often the case when discussing history there is a lot that we can connect to issues in our modern day. As such long discussions on a variety of related topics can often come out … Continue reading Episode 37.5 – The Best of Jersey – Extra Content →

Join me, your host Amy Walker, as I delve into stories from across history with a guest who has no idea what the topic is going to be. This week I'm joined by Han Burch to discuss the unusual and horrific series of sexual assaults on the Island of Jersey that lasted more than a … Continue reading Episode 37 – The Beast of Jersey →

Join me, your host Amy Walker, as I delve into stories from across history with a guest who has no idea what the topic is going to be. This week I'm joined by Nadia Castle to discuss the life and career of Walter Jackson Freeman, the man responsible for bringing lobotomy to the United States. … Continue reading Episode 36 – Walter Jackson Freeman →

Join me, your host Amy Walker, for our latest minisode. This week I talk about the Brittons, a anti-Simetic group founded in the UK in 1919. Patreon: Please show your support Twitter: @Eccentric_Earth Facebook: @eccentricearth Instagram: Eccentric_Earth Email: EccentricEarth@outlook.com iTunes: Eccentric Earth aCast: Eccentric Earth Podbean: Eccentric Earth YouTube: YouTube Channel Eccentric Earth is a Trans-Scribe Production Hosted by Amy Walker Theme music http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music … Continue reading Minisode 04 – The Brittons →

Join me, your host Amy Walker, for our latest minisode. This week I talk about the time that New York City tried to ban women from smoking in public. Patreon: Please show your support Twitter: @Eccentric_Earth Facebook: @eccentricearth Instagram: Eccentric_Earth Email: EccentricEarth@outlook.com iTunes: Eccentric Earth aCast: Eccentric Earth Podbean: Eccentric Earth YouTube: YouTube Channel Eccentric Earth is a Trans-Scribe Production Hosted by Amy … Continue reading Minisode 03 – The Sullivan Smoking Ban →

Join me, your host Amy Walker, as I delve into stories from across history with a guest who has no idea what the topic is going to be. This week I'm joined by Pete Gaskell as we discuss Operation Paul Bunyan, possibly the most over the top military response ever, and definitely the biggest tree … Continue reading Episode 35 – Operation Paul Bunyan →

Join me, your host Amy Walker, for our latest minisode. This week I tell you the tale of Elizabeth Forster, an American nurse who served on a Navajo Reservation and embraced and encouraged their traditional techniques. Patreon: Please show your support Twitter: @Eccentric_Earth Facebook: @eccentricearth Instagram: Eccentric_Earth Email: EccentricEarth@outlook.com iTunes: Eccentric Earth aCast: Eccentric Earth Podbean: Eccentric Earth YouTube: YouTube Channel Eccentric Earth … Continue reading Minisode 02 – Elizabeth Forster →

Join me, your host Amy Walker, as I delve into stories from across history with a guest who has no idea what the topic is going to be. This week I'm joined by Sarah Blair as we discuss the mystery surrounding the strange deaths of a group of Russian hikers that has baffled people for … Continue reading Episode 34 – The Dyatlov Pass Incident →

Join me, your host Amy Walker, for the first of our minisodes. This week I tell you the tale of Stubby, the little dog that went off to war and became a hero. Patreon: Please show your support Twitter: @Eccentric_Earth Facebook: @eccentricearth Instagram: Eccentric_Earth Email: EccentricEarth@outlook.com iTunes: Eccentric Earth aCast: Eccentric Earth Podbean: Eccentric Earth YouTube: YouTube Channel Eccentric Earth is a Trans-Scribe … Continue reading Minisode 01 – Stubby →

Join me, your host Amy Walker, as I delve into stories from across history with a guest who has no idea what the topic is going to be. This week I'm joined by Han Burch as we conclude our three episode epic looking back at the life of John McCain. Why is he so polarising … Continue reading Episode 33 – John McCain Part 3 →

Join me, your host Amy Walker, as I delve into stories from across history with a guest who has no idea what the topic is going to be. This week I'm joined by Han Burch as we continue our three episode epic looking back at the life of John McCain. Why is he so polarising … Continue reading Episode 32 – John McCain Part 2 →

Join me, your host Amy Walker, as I delve into stories from across history with a guest who has no idea what the topic is going to be. This week I'm joined by Han Burch as we begin our three episode epic looking back at the life of John McCain. Why is he so polarising … Continue reading Episode 31 – John McCain Part 1 →

Join me, your host Amy Walker, as I delve into stories from across history with a guest who has no idea what the topic is going to be. This week I'm joined by Adi Anhang as I tell him about the micro-nation of Sealand, established off the coast of Britian; and it's weird and wonderful … Continue reading Episode 30 – Sealand →

Join me, your host Amy Walker, as I delve into stories from across history with a guest who has no idea what the topic is going to be. This week I'm joined by Han Burch to talk about Sara Baartman, the young woman who traveled from South Africa to England to make money in the … Continue reading Episode 29 – Sara Baartman →

Join me, your host Amy Walker, as I delve into stories from across history with a guest who has no idea what the topic is going to be. This week I'm joined by Dave Bond to talk about famous silen movie actor Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, and the court case that not only destroyed his career, … Continue reading Episode 28 – Roscoe ‘Fatty’ Arbuckle →

Join me, your host Amy Walker, as I delve into stories from across history with a guest who has no idea what the topic is going to be. This week I'm joined by two guests, Adi Anhang and Hannah Simpson, to discuss American Civil War hero and politician Robert Smalls. Patreon: Please show your support … Continue reading Episode 27 – Robert Smalls →

Join me, your host Amy Walker, as I delve into stories from across history with a guest who has no idea what the topic is going to be. This week I'm joined by Chris Haigh to talk about Jacqueline Cochrane, a woman who started her own multi-million dollar business before becoming a pilot, braking dozens … Continue reading Episode 26 – Jacqueline Cochrane →

Join me, your host Amy Walker, as I delve into stories from across history with a guest who has no idea what the topic is going to be. Unfortuinately I've been away this week and haven't been able to record a new episode, but rather than having people go without, we've thrown together a small … Continue reading Special 01 – Chris & Amy’s Podcast Chat →

Join me, your host Amy Walker, as I delve into stories from across history with a guest who has no idea what the topic is going to be. This week I'm joined by Chris Haigh to talk about the Stayner family and the lives of Steven and Carey; two stories so amazing it's hard to … Continue reading Episode 25 – Steven & Cary Stayner →

Join me, your host Amy Walker, as I delve into stories from across history with a guest who has no idea what the topic is going to be. This week I'm joined by Glenn Jakeman to talk about Michael Malloy, the tough Irishman who became the centre of plot to kill him for insurance money … Continue reading Episode 24 – Michael Malloy →

Join me, your host Amy Walker, as I delve into stories from across history with a guest who has no idea what the topic is going to be. This week I'm joined by Adi Anhang to talk about The Great Molasses Flood, a disaster that hit Boston almost 100 years ago, involving the strangest tidal … Continue reading Episode 23 – The Great Molasses Flood →

Join me, your host Amy Walker, as I delve into stories from across history with a guest who has no idea what the topic is going to be. This week I'm joined by Stacey Taylor, to talk about about Audie Murphy, the most decorated American soldier from World War Two, who is the closest we'll … Continue reading Episode 22 – Audie Murphy →

Join me, your host Amy Walker, as I delve into stories from across history with a guest who has no idea what the topic is going to be. This week I'm joined by Chris Haigh, to talk about about Samuel Whittemore, the American soldier that lived three times longer than he should have, and may … Continue reading Episode 21 – Samuel Whittemore →

Join me, your host Amy Walker, as I delve into stories from across history with a guest who has no idea what the topic is going to be. This week I'm joined by Dave Bond, to talk about about John Mytton, the British eccentric who was known for his extravagant drinking, wild activity, and being … Continue reading Episode 20 – Mad John Mytton →

Join me, your host Amy Walker, as I delve into stories from across history with a guest who has no idea what the topic is going to be. This week I'm joined by Adi Anhang, to talk about about Assata Shakur, a former member of the Black Liberation Army, who was convicted of the first-degree murder … Continue reading Episode 19 – Assata Shakur →

Join me, your host Amy Walker, as I delve into stories from across history with a guest who has no idea what the topic is going to be. This week I'm joined for the first time by new guest Holly Rose, to talk about Spring Heeled Jack, the mysterious entity that has haunted the streets … Continue reading Episode 18 – Spring Heeled Jack →

Join me, your host Amy Walker, as I delve into stories from across history with a guest who has no idea what the topic is going to be. This week I'm joined by returning guest Chris Haigh, to talk about Robin Friday, the 'greatest footballer you've never heard of'. What makes him so special, what … Continue reading Episode 17 – Robin Friday →

Join me, your host Amy Walker, as I delve into stories from across history with a guest who has no idea what the topic is going to be. This week I'm joined once again by Glenn Jakeman, this time to talk about Buckingham Palace and the strange incident of the man who broke into it … Continue reading Episode 16 – Buckingham Palace Break-ins →

Join me, your host Amy Walker, as I delve into stories from across history with a guest who has no idea what the topic is going to be. This week I'm joined by Glenn Jakeman to talk Mary Vincent, an incredible woman that suffered through some absolutely horrific events. Please be aware, this episode contains graphic … Continue reading Episode 15 – Mary Vincent →

Join me, your host Amy Walker, as I delve into stories from across history with a guest who has no idea what the topic is going to be. This week I'm joined by Adi Anhang to talk about Joshua Norton the first, and to date only, Emperor of the United States of America. Patreon: Please … Continue reading Episode 14 – Emperor Norton →

Join me, your host Amy Walker, as I delve into stories from across history with a guest who has no idea what the topic is going to be. This week I'm joined by Pete Gaskell to talk about D.B. Cooper, a mystery man who hijacked a plane in the 1970's and has never been caught. … Continue reading Episode 13 – D.B. Cooper →

Join me, your host Amy Walker, as I delve into stories from across history with a guest who has no idea what the topic is going to be. This week I'm joined by Han Burch to talk about the Harlem Hellfighters, an all black regiment of American soldiers that served in World War One. Patreon: … Continue reading Episode 12 – The Harlem Hellfighters →

Join me, your host Amy Walker, as I delve into stories from across history with a guest who has no idea what the topic is going to be. This week I'm joined by Stacey Taylor to talk about the legendary US Marshall Bass Reeves. How do you start talking about cowboys but end up with … Continue reading Episode 11 – Bass Reeves →

Join me, your host Amy Walker, as I delve into stories from across history with a guest who has no idea what the topic is going to be. This week I'm joined by Chris Haigh to talk about the San Ysidro Massacre, a mass shooting that took place in the United States in the 1980's. … Continue reading Episode 10 – The San Ysidro Massacre →

Join me, your host Amy Walker, as I delve into stories from across history with a guest who has no idea what the topic is going to be. This week I'm joined by Adi Anhang to talk about Harlan Sanders, the man who founded KFC, and the unusual life he led before he started cooking … Continue reading Episode 09 – Colonel Sanders →

Join me, your host Amy Walker, as I delve into stories from across history with a guest who has no idea what the topic is going to be. This week I'm joined by Han Burch to talk about Carl Tanzler and the story of his true love. Patreon: Please show your support Show Notes: Episode … Continue reading Episode 08 – Carl Tanzler →