The Odd Past with Matthew A. Perry

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Welcome to the Odd Past where the weird, wacky, odd and grotesque side of history collide. Join History teacher and author, Matthew A. Perry as we explore the odd side of our collective past. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theoddpast/support

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    • Feb 4, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 29 EPISODES


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    The Dancing Plague of 1518

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2021 11:56


    Join us as we travel to 16th century France and a dance party brought on by mass hysteria --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theoddpast/support

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    Back from the Dead!!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2021 4:03


    It's been too long, season two begins this week! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theoddpast/support

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    US Grant at Fort Donelson

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2019 32:30


    The Rise of Unconditional Surrender Grant --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theoddpast/support

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    Live Recording: The Anaconda Plan

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2019 30:11


    From live recording, Winfield Scott's Anaconda Plan --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theoddpast/support

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    Live Recording: John Brown

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2019 28:26


    John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theoddpast/support

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    Urban Legends: The Phantom Hitchhiker

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2019 10:21


    The long-told and wide-spread tale of phantom hitchhikers --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theoddpast/support

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    Footnotes Edition: The Dangers of Religion In Schools

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2019 8:24


    This week's footnotes edition, Matt discusses the dangers of organized religion in the public schools --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theoddpast/support

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    The West Virginia Mine Wars Part 3: The Battle of Blair Mountain and Conclusion

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2019 16:55


    The Miners and the Private Police meet in the field of battle. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theoddpast/support

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    The West Virginia Mine Wars Part 2: The Death of a Sheriff

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2019 13:31


    The Murder of Sid Hatfield and the Explosion of Violence at Blair Mountain --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theoddpast/support

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    The West Virginia Mine Wars Part 1 The Matewan Massacre

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2019 16:46


    The largest armed insurrection during 20th century America --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theoddpast/support

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    Executive Order 9066- The Interment of Japanese Americans

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2019 18:21


    Roosevelt destroys the civil liberties of an entire race of Americans with one signature --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theoddpast/support

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    Mothers who kill

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2019 21:14


    Join Matt and medical history researcher Sherry Perry as they discuss three women who snapped --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theoddpast/support

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    Stand Firm Ye Boys From Maine! Chamberlain at Little Round Top

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2019 23:34


    The defense of Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theoddpast/support

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    Odd Past Footnotes Edition: Discussing Religion and Politics

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2019 14:10


    In this first footnotes edition, Matt discusses why people are terrified to talk about religion and politics --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theoddpast/support

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    The Execution of Black Jack Ketchum

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2019 11:44


    A cowboy loses his head over a train robbery --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theoddpast/support

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    The Mad Monk: Rasputin

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2019 21:18


    We discuss the Great Man Theory of History and the lasting impact of the Holy Man Gregori Rasputin --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theoddpast/support

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    Angels of death

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2019 23:11


    Join Matt and medical historian/nurse Sherry Perry as they explore the twisted history of nurses who kilo --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theoddpast/support

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    Stonewall Jackson: Military Genius and Weirdo

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2018 16:08


    The Weird life and times of Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theoddpast/support

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    The Christmas Truce of 1914

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2018 9:43


    The guns of World War I are silent during the first Christmas on the front. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theoddpast/support

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    The Blood Countess: Elizabeth Bathory

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2018 18:21


    The Hungarian Mass Murderer, Elizabeth Bathory --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theoddpast/support

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    The Black Dahlia Murder

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2018 15:48


    Join us this week as we explore the gruesome murder of Elizabeth Short AKA the Black Dahlia --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theoddpast/support

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    A Ghost Helps Convict a Man for Murder: Zona Heaster Shue, The Greenbrier Ghost.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2018 18:25


    Join us for the weirdest murder witness in American History --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theoddpast/support

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    Serial Killers

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2018 46:22


    In this episode Matt, along with guests Lindsay and Emily, discuss their "favorite" serial killers to read about and research. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theoddpast/support

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    Weird Executions

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2018 17:36


    Join us this week as we explore the weirdest and most gross execution methods throughout history. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theoddpast/support

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    The Letters of Jack the Ripper

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2018 17:57


    Saucy Jack sends a few letters from Hell --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theoddpast/support

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    FDR's Strange Medical Procedure During Pearl Harbor

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2018 15:44


    Just What exactly did FDR go through on December 7, 1941 as the Japanese attacked the Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theoddpast/support

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    The Most Infamous Radio Broadcast of All Time: The War of the Worlds

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2018 16:57


    Join us this week as we explore Orson Welles and his take on a Martian Invasion. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theoddpast/support

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    The Civil War General Who Labeled An Entire Town Hookers. Ben Butler

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2018 15:22


    Want to know how to tick off an entire southern town? Label all their women prostitutes! This is the Odd story of Union General Ben Butler. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theoddpast/support

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    West Virginia's Most Notorious Serial Killer, the Bluebeard of Quiet Dell, Harry Powers

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2018 15:37


    In this installment, we explore the twisted story of Harry Powers. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theoddpast/support

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