Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Today we are diving in to a topic personal to me - my mom was a 911 dispatcher when I was growing up. And this experience always made me wonder… what happened before 911 existed? I did some digging, and it turns it involves the Titanic sinking, a woman named Kitty in Queens, and the modern-day Karen. Episode Advertisers Include: Apostrophe, Beis, Shipstation, & Ouai. Learn more during the podcast about special offers! 

Welcome to the Dark History podcast. When you think of the zoo, what comes to mind? Saying hi to cute animals? That’s what I thought too, until I started digging and learned that zoos are way darker than I thought. And when I say darker, I mean human zoos with REAL people and a black market animal trade. Let me know what you guys think about this one and if you want a human zoo episode. Episode Advertisers Include: Stitch Fix US, ZipRecruiter, & ZocDoc Inc. Learn more during the podcast about special offers!

Welcome to the Dark History podcast, the show where we talk about that hot history goss. And today we’re talking about a new kind of gossip: the kind that could both save and ruin lives, should you blow the whistle. That’s right, today’s episode is on whistleblowers—people that saw something and said something, despite the risk to themselves. Because those in power don’t like it when you pull down their ivory tower. It’s a dirty job, but someone’s gotta do it. Episode Advertisers Include: Earth Breeze, Hello Fresh, Rocket Money & Apostrophe. Learn more during the podcast about special offers!

Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Remember that movie, The Purge? The one where for one day only you could commit whatever crime you wanted. Yeah,  back when it came out in 2013, everyone was losing their minds. They were so worried that people would just randomly start murdering each other. Well, what if I told you there was already a real-life Purge that had happened in America over a hundred years ago? Well, Buckle Up Baby. In today’s episode, we’re talking about the Red Summer of 1919. A time in history when riots broke out in 26 different cities across the country and the cops were just letting people murder. Episode Advertisers Include: Squarespace. Learn more during the podcast about special offers!

Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Would you like to make an easy $10 Million? Well get in close, let me in on a secret. You just have to solve the biggest art theft in history. For real.  There’s a page on the FBI website and everything. Who wants to help me and split the money? In today’s episode we talk all about Art Heists throughout history. Yes we talk about this unsolved Boston heist, but also about the most successful art theft and the dude who just up and walked out of the Louver with the Mona Lisa. Yes just walked out with it. FBI reward money for the Boston Heist here. Episode Advertisers Include: Zip Recruiter and Apostrophe. Learn more during the podcast about special offers!

Welcome to the Dark History podcast. We’ve talked about William Hearst on here before. He is one of the OG Nepo Babies. On top of being born into wealth, he pretty much ran the newspaper industry so he was rolling in it. And one of the big things he spent his cashola on was his house, nay his CASTLE. Oh yeah. In today’s episode, we are talking about Hearst Castle. No surprise here, but the story behind a castle in California is juicy and I have been dying to share this one with you all. Get ready to hear all about this nepo baby’s pimped-out crib. Episode Advertisers Include: High Strange, OUAI Haircare, Ship Station, and Stitch Fix US. Learn more during the podcast about special offers!

Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Princesses. They’re gorgeous, they’re happy, they’re all sparkles and rainbows and everything good. But what if I told you the stories behind some of our favorite princesses are dark? Like DARK dark. In today’s episode, we look at some of our favorite fairy tales and their origin story. And to no ones surprise… Disney didn’t exactly get it right.  Episode Advertisers Include: June's Journey, Apostrophe, ZocDoc Inc, and ZipRecruiter. Learn more during the podcast about special offers!

Welcome to the Dark History podcast. How old do you think plastic surgery is? I thought it started like 50/60 years ago. But then someone told me it started because of soldiers injured in WWI, GASP. But then someone else said that forms of plastic surgery had been around since before Jesus. I. Was. Shooketh. I needed to know more. So I started digging, and oooo baby.   In today’s episode, we get into the history of Plastic Surgery. How it started, why it started, and when it started.  And what does a dog with fake boobs have to do with it?? Episode Advertisers Include: Hello Fresh and Babbel. Learn more during the podcast about special offers!

Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Okay, so we can’t talk about SATs and college admission without mentioning Aunt Becky. That scandal kind of blew the whole thing open. But Aunt Becky wasn’t the first person ever to use money to help her kid get into college. Far from it. And there is one element of college admissions where there is a lot of money floating around, too much money. I mean we’re talking billion-dollar industry money…the SATs. In today’s episode, we look into the history of the SATs, how it started, why we have it, why there’s so much money in it, and try to figure out who the f is even on The College Board. Who is it??? Episode Advertisers Include: Hello Fresh and Babbel. Learn more during the podcast about special offers!

Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Would you believe me if I told you that one grumpy radio DJ from Chicago changed the face of the music industry as we know it? And that he did this with exploding records and frisbees of death? Well, let me explain…because that is all true. In today’s episode, we talk about Disco Demolition Night. And how it altered the path of not only Disco Music but all pop music as we know it today.  Episode Advertisers Include: Apostrophe and Squarespace.