History on Blast

This week, we put the state of West Virginia on blast for inaccurate maps and not building a bridge. And somehow, there isn't even one Mothman reference. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at historyonblast@gmail.com or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. Come join us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/733644043680042/

This week, we put an actual dog on blast. Or maybe two. It's hard to tell sometimes. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at historyonblast@gmail.com or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. Come join us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/733644043680042/

This week, we put Aaron Burr on blast. But not for anything that has to do with Alexander Hamilton. Mostly. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at historyonblast@gmail.com or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. Come join us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/733644043680042/

This week, we put John Wilkins on blast. Surprisingly, not for his involvement with Oliver Cromwell. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at historyonblast@gmail.com or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. Come join us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/733644043680042/

This week, we put the Nazis on blast. Again. This time, there's also a bridge and a French tennis player and a 19th century castle. It's a ride. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at historyonblast@gmail.com or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. Come join us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/733644043680042/

This week, we put Pharaoh Rameses III on blast for failing to properly pay his workers. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at historyonblast@gmail.com or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. Come join us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/733644043680042/

This week, we put the Soviet Union on blast for somehow running out of vodka. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at historyonblast@gmail.com or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. Come join us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/733644043680042/ Come check out my Patreon! Bonus content coming soon. https://www.patreon.com/historyonblast

Happy Halloween everyone! It's the spookiest time of the year and that means we're diving into mysterious history. This week, we talk about the unexplained death of Edgar Allen Poe. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at historyonblast@gmail.com or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. Come join us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/733644043680042/ Come check out my Patreon! Bonus content coming soon. https://www.patreon.com/historyonblast

Happy Halloween everyone! It's the spookiest time of the year and that means we're diving into mysterious history. This week, we talk about the disappearance of the crew of the Mary Celeste and the mythology around her. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at historyonblast@gmail.com or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. Come join us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/733644043680042/ Come check out my Patreon! Bonus content coming soon. https://www.patreon.com/historyonblast

In today's episode, we're putting the Drevlians on blast for activating Saint Olga's kill mode. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at historyonblast@gmail.com or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. Come join us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/733644043680042/ Come check out my Patreon! Bonus content coming soon. https://www.patreon.com/historyonblast I'm looking for user submissions of weird history stories from your area! If you've got something, let me know because I want to hear it.

In today's episode, we're putting the farmer and the cowman on blast, or more specifically the ranchers and shepherds of the Sheep Wars. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at historyonblast@gmail.com or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. Come join us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/733644043680042/ Come check out my Patreon! Bonus content coming soon. https://www.patreon.com/historyonblast I'm looking for user submissions of weird history stories from your area! If you've got something, let me know because I want to hear it.

In today's episode, we're putting John Quincy Adams on blast for trying to establish trade with the mole men who live at the center of the earth. Yes, you read that right. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at historyonblast@gmail.com or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. Come join us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/733644043680042/ Come check out my Patreon! Bonus content coming soon. https://www.patreon.com/historyonblast I'm looking for user submissions of weird history stories from your area! If you've got something, let me know because I want to hear it.

In today's episode, we're putting William Henry Harrison and Zachary Taylor on blast for 120 years worth of a presidential curse. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at historyonblast@gmail.com or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. Come join us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/733644043680042/ Come check out my Patreon! Bonus content coming soon. https://www.patreon.com/historyonblast I'm looking for user submissions of weird history stories from your area! If you've got something, let me know because I want to hear it.

In today's episode, we're putting the founders of the city of Chicago, a cow, and Lake Michigan on blast for a lot of things but mostly for not moving the bodies. And also cholera. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at historyonblast@gmail.com or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. Come join us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/733644043680042/ Come check out my Patreon! Bonus content coming soon. https://www.patreon.com/historyonblast I'm looking for user submissions of weird history stories from your area! If you've got something, let me know because I want to hear it.

This is it! The one year anniversary episode! And that means we're going back to my favorite punching bag for mockery: the Third Reich. In today's episode, we're putting the Nazis on blast for failing to see through some special effects and trickery and putting all their faith in a con man. Also, I definitely based some of my knowledge of London on Assassin's Creed and I'm not sorry for that. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at historyonblast@gmail.com or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. Come join us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/733644043680042/ Come check out my Patreon! Bonus content coming soon. https://www.patreon.com/historyonblast I'm looking for user submissions of weird history stories from your area! If you've got something, let me know because I want to hear it.

In today's episode, we're putting the US Army on blast for creating a ghost and a cryptid at the same time. And also, for a little side Confederate nonsense while we're at it. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at historyonblast@gmail.com or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. Come join us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/733644043680042/ Come check out my Patreon! Bonus content coming soon. https://www.patreon.com/historyonblast I'm looking for user submissions of weird history stories from your area! If you've got something, let me know because I want to hear it.

In today's episode, we're putting the National Anthem on blast for being a frat boy drinking song. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at historyonblast@gmail.com or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. Come join us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/733644043680042/ Check out my Patreon at https://patreon.com/historyonblast I'm looking for user submissions of weird history stories from your area! If you've got something, let me know because I want to hear it. 

In today's episode, we're putting the line between history and legend in the American Revolution on blast. Apologies, this gets a bit rambly. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at historyonblast@gmail.com or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. Come join us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/733644043680042/ I'm looking for user submissions of weird history stories from your area! If you've got something, let me know because I want to hear it.

In today's episode, we're putting Paul Revere on blast for not actually finishing his famous ride and also getting arrested. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at historyonblast@gmail.com or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. Come join us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/733644043680042/ I'm looking for user submissions of weird history stories from your area! If you've got something, let me know because I want to hear it.

In today's episode, we're putting a group of assassins known as Young Bosnia on blast for being inept and still causing a world war. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at historyonblast@gmail.com or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. Come join us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/733644043680042/ I'm looking for user submissions of weird history stories from your area! If you've got something, let me know because I want to hear it.

In today's episode, we're putting... well, the late Roman Republic on blast. You'll understand. And beware the Ides of March! Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at historyonblast@gmail.com or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. Come join us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/733644043680042/ I'm looking for user submissions of weird history stories from your area! If you've got something, let me know because I want to hear it.

In today's episode, we're putting Thomas Edison on blast for his attempted stranglehold on the early film industry. And also, do I really need a reason? It's Edison. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at historyonblast@gmail.com or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. Come join us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/733644043680042/ I'm looking for user submissions of weird history stories from your area! If you've got something, let me know because I want to hear it.

In today's episode, we're putting Anthony Comstock on blast for the Comstock laws and we're finally starting to really earn that explicit tag. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at historyonblast@gmail.com or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. Come join us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/733644043680042/ I'm looking for user submissions of weird history stories from your area! If you've got something, let me know because I want to hear it.

In today's episode, we're putting the Children's Crusade on blast! Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at historyonblast@gmail.com or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. Come join us on Facebook! I'm looking for user submissions of weird history stories from your area! If you've got something, let me know because I want to hear it.

In today's episode, we're putting the Spanish Inquisition on blast for not knowing how to ice skate. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at historyonblast@gmail.com or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. Come join us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/733644043680042/ I'm looking for user submissions of weird history stories from your area! If you've got something, let me know because I want to hear it.

In today's episode, we're putting the Austrofascists (aka Austrian Nazis) on blast for banning Krampus. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at historyonblast@gmail.com or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. I'm looking for user submissions of weird history stories from your area! If you've got something, let me know because I want to hear it.

In today's episode, we're putting the Catholic Church on blast for a little something called the Great Western Schism. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at historyonblast@gmail.com or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. I'm looking for user submissions of weird history stories from your area! If you've got something, let me know because I want to hear it.

In today's episode, we're putting the history and mythology of Thanksgiving on blast for mostly being wrong. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at historyonblast@gmail.com or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. I'm looking for user submissions of weird history stories from your area! If you've got something, let me know because I want to hear it.

In today's episode, we're putting Henry Ford on blast for cheating at a road race so hard that he put another car company out of business. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at historyonblast@gmail.com or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. I'm looking for user submissions of weird history stories from your area! If you've got something, let me know because I want to hear it.

In today's episode, we're putting a bunch of scientists and police on blast for assuming that farmers don't know what an owl is. That's right: it's the Kelly-Hopkinsville Goblins! Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at historyonblast@gmail.com or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. I'm looking for user submissions of weird history stories from your area! If you've got something, let me know because I want to hear it.

In today's episode, we're putting Sherrif George Corwin of Salem, Massachusetts on blast for being involved in the Salem Witch Trials and especially his part in the death of stone-cold badass: Giles Corey. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at historyonblast@gmail.com or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. I'm looking for user submissions of weird history stories from your area! If you've got something, let me know because I want to hear it.

In today's episode, we're putting the actual devil on blast. Or at least Springheeled Jack! It's Halloween and that means its time for spooky history, so get out your pumpkins and let's go hunt a cryptid. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at historyonblast@gmail.com or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. I'm looking for user submissions of weird history stories from your area! If you've got something, let me know because I want to hear it.

In today's episode, we're putting Jeremy Bentham on blast for attending a meeting 200 years after his death. Yup, you read that right. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at historyonblast@gmail.com or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. I'm looking for user submissions of weird history stories from your area! If you've got something, let me know because I want to hear it.

In today's episode, we're putting Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States of America, on blast. But not for what you're thinking. Let's just say it involves a parrot with a potty mouth and his funeral. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at historyonblast@gmail.com or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. I'm looking for user submissions of weird history stories from your area! If you've got something, let me know because I want to hear it.

In today's episode, we're putting Gregori Rasputin, the Mad Monk of Russia, on blast for being ridiculously hard to kill, among other things. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at historyonblast@gmail.com or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. I'm looking for user submissions of weird history stories from your area! If you've got something, let me know because I want to hear it.

In today's episode, we're putting Emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus on blast for murder, horse politics, childhood nicknames, and generally being Roman. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at historyonblast@gmail.com or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you

In today's episode, we're putting a bunch of calendar makers on blast for making dates confusing, losing years, and just generally fucking shit up. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at historyonblast@gmail.com or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you

In today's episode, we're putting Doctor William Thornton on blast for trying to turn one of our Founding Fathers into a goat zombie. If that's not a wild enough way to celebrate the 4th, I don't know what is. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at historyonblast@gmail.com or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you

In today's episode, we're putting Sir George Pearce and the entire  Australian government on blast for losing a propaganda war to a flock of flightless birds. That's right, you heard me. They lost a war with birds. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at historyonblast@gmail.com or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you

In today's episode, we're putting the Allies of WWII on blast for their unique approach to animals and explosives. Join me as we discuss anti-tank dogs, bats with tiny bomb backpacks, kitties steering bombs, and pigeons guiding missiles. Is there anything our animal friends can't do? Yes. Yes, there is. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at historyonblast@gmail.com or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you

Once upon a time, one Boston neighborhood experienced an exceptionally sticky situation when a tank of molasses exploded. Today, we're putting molasses itself on blast.   Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program.

Hello, and welcome to History on Blast. I'm Hillary and I'll be your host as we callout history. Every other week, we'll be putting a different person, place, time, or event on blast for the shit they pulled. This ain't your Grandpa's history podcast. So if this sounds like your cup of harbor tea, be sure to subscribe on your favorite podcast catcher.    Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program.