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Distorted History Podcast

Distorted History Podcast

I"m a history teacher and musician and every other week I cover a topic from American history ranging from the important to the cultural to the weird and unusual. Also once a month I produce a bonus episode focusing on the creation on a piece of music be it a modern rock album to classical music or the lore of video game.

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59:03

Christiana Riot Episode 1 Fugitive Slave Act

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2025/08/23

With the future of the United States balanced upon a knife's edge due to the question of slavery the Compromise of 1850 hold's the promise of easing those tensions. Yet part of that Compromise the new fugitive slave act only serves to bring the country closer to civil war as southern slaveholders look to recapture the people who had fled to the north seeking freedom. This series then focuses on some of the clashes that resulted from this law like the one that happened in Christiana Pennsylvania

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73:08

1916 New Jersey Shark Attacks Part 3

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2025/08/09

After a pair of shark attacks along the Jersey shore a large shark was swimming up the Matawan Creek. Where despite efforts to raise the alarm a young boy's life could be claimed by the wayward shark. The traedy though was not yet over.Ad free version available through Patreon subscription. Available on Spotify and through podcast aps that use RSS feeds. For more information:https://www.patreon.com/distortedhistoryPlease Rate and Review the podcastTo contact me:Email:

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36:46

Blues and the Mississippi Flood of 1927 Part 6 The...

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2025/08/02

In this episode following the levee collapse at Mounds Landing and the flooding of Greenville Mississippi the nation finally takes notice of the ongoing disaster in their midst. Meanwhile I also look at the life of blues musician Big Bill Broonzy and his song about the 1927 flood Southern Flood blues.Ad free version available through Patreon subscription. Available on Spotify and through podcast aps that use RSS feeds. For more information:https://www.patreon.com/distortedhistoryPlease Rate and

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57:56

1916 New Jersey Shark Attacks Part 2

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2025/07/26

After the first officially recorded shark attack in American history people continued to flock to the Jersey shore. With many openly dismissing that any danger whatsoever existed. Soon though the region would be thrown into a panic as more fell victim to the 'shark plague.'Ad free version available through Patreon subscription. Available on Spotify and through podcast aps that use RSS feeds. For more information:https://www.patreon.com/distortedhistoryPlease Rate and Review the podcastTo contact

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60:27

1916 New Jersey Shark Attacks Part 1

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2025/07/12

As thousands flocked to the Jersey shore in the summer of 1916 none could anticipate the horrors that awaited them. At least in part because no one at the time believed that sharks were dangerous. Indeed never before in American history was their an officially recorded incident of a shark attacking a person. That however would change when over the span of 12 days 5 people would be attacked by a shark or sharks. Ad free version available through Patreon subscription. Available on Spotify and through

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29:21

Blues and the Mississippi Flood of 1927 Part 5 Mounds...

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2025/07/05

The Mississippi River could no longer be contained as even the vaunted federal levees started to fail. The nation as a whole though would not fully take notice of this unfolding disaster until the events at the Mounds Landing levee on the morning of the 21st of April 1927. As the destruction unleashed at this sight would prove to be impossible to ignoreAd free version available through Patreon subscription. Available on Spotify and through podcast aps that use RSS feeds. For more

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98:16

The Labor Uprising of 1877 Part 4

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2025/06/28

As the strike spreads into the mid-west the cities of St. Louis and Chicago see massive demonstrations that look to shut down not just thie railroads but all their industries and businesses. Ad free version available through Patreon subscription. Available on Spotify and through podcast aps that use RSS feeds. For more information:https://www.patreon.com/distortedhistoryPlease Rate and Review the podcastTo contact me:Email: distortedhistorypod@gmail.comTwitter @DistortedHistor

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59:55

The Labor Uprising of 1877 Part 3

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2025/06/14

As blood of workers ran through the streets of Baltimore and Pittsburgh. Blood that was shed by soldiers of the government at the behest of the railroad corporations the great strike of 1877 continued to spread to states like New York and Ohio.Ad free version available through Patreon subscription. Available on Spotify and through podcast aps that use RSS feeds. For more information:https://www.patreon.com/distortedhistoryPlease Rate and Review the podcastTo contact me:Email:

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29:22

Blues and the Mississippi Flood of 1927 Part 4 Lonnie...

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2025/06/07

As the federal levees along the Mississippi are barely holding some are forced to labor and put their lives on the line to try and hold the rising waters back. A subject which legendary bluesman Lonnie Johnson covers in one of the 2 songs he penned about this disaster. Ad free version available through Patreon subscription. Available on Spotify and through podcast aps that use RSS feeds. For more information:https://www.patreon.com/distortedhistoryPlease Rate and Review the podcastTo contact

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71:54

The Labor Uprising of 1877 Part 2

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2025/05/31

Events which started in the small railroad community of Martinsburg West Virginia soon begin to spread as railroad workers all around the country are insnpired by their actions. The response by the railroad corporations and their allies in the government however soon result in violenceAd free version available through Patreon subscription. Available on Spotify and through podcast aps that use RSS feeds. For more information:https://www.patreon.com/distortedhistoryPlease Rate and Review the podcastTo

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91:53

The Labor Uprising of 1877 Part 1

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2025/05/17

The year 1877 saw workers across the country rise up in defiance as a massive strike effort swept across the nation. Ad free version available through Patreon subscription. Available on Spotify and through podcast aps that use RSS feeds. For more information:https://www.patreon.com/distortedhistoryPlease Rate and Review the podcastTo contact me:Email: distortedhistorypod@gmail.comTwitter @DistortedHistor https://twitter.com/DistortedHistorBluesky @distortedhistory.bsky.socialIf you would like to

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32:20

Blues and the Mississippi Flood of 1927 Part 3...

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2025/05/10

Unusual weather starting in the summer of 1926 pours a huge amount of water in the Mississippi valley. This soon leads to flooding displacing people from their homes and leading the creation of blues songs illustrating these experiences.Ad free version available through Patreon subscription. Available on Spotify and through podcast aps that use RSS feeds. For more information:https://www.patreon.com/distortedhistoryPlease Rate and Review the podcastTo contact me:Email:

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87:21

Fossil Wars Part 4 The Feud Goes Public (Finale)

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2025/05/03

After years of back and forth the feud between paleontologists Edward Drinker Cope and OC Marsh erupts onto the front page of one of the most widely read newspapers in the nation.Ad free version available through Patreon subscription. Available on Spotify and through podcast aps that use RSS feeds. For more information:https://www.patreon.com/distortedhistoryPlease Rate and Review the podcastTo contact me:Email: distortedhistorypod@gmail.comTwitter @DistortedHistor

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81:18

Fossil Wars Part 3 Dinosaurs

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2025/04/19

The bitter feud between paleontologists OC Marsh and Edward Drinker Cope enters its most famous phase as the compete over a treasure trove of never before seen massive dinosaur bones.Ad free version available through Patreon subscription. Available on Spotify and through podcast aps that use RSS feeds. For more information:https://www.patreon.com/distortedhistoryPlease Rate and Review the podcastTo contact me:Email: distortedhistorypod@gmail.comTwitter @DistortedHistor

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38:52

Sound Stories: Blues and the Mississippi Flood of...

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2025/04/12

A rivalry over who should have control over the Mississippi results in more decisions being made that would make the 1927 flood all but inevitable. Ad free version available through Patreon subscription. Available on Spotify and through podcast aps that use RSS feeds. For more information:https://www.patreon.com/distortedhistoryPlease Rate and Review the podcastTo contact me:Email: distortedhistorypod@gmail.comTwitter @DistortedHistor https://twitter.com/DistortedHistorBluesky

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80:41

Fossil Wars Part 2 The feud heats up in the west

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2025/04/05

As both paleontologists Edward Drinker Cope and OC Marsh head west to discover fossils their once friendly rivalry begins to take a decidedly ugly turn.Ad free version available through Patreon subscription. Available on Spotify and through podcast aps that use RSS feeds. For more information:https://www.patreon.com/distortedhistoryPlease Rate and Review the podcastTo contact me:Email: distortedhistorypod@gmail.comTwitter @DistortedHistor https://twitter.com/DistortedHistorBluesky

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60:41

Fossil Wars Part 1 Friends?

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2025/03/22

Paleontologists OC Marsh and Edward Drinker Cope started out seemingly as friends. Men who were exploring a whole new area of scientific study However the pair soon would become the bitterest of rivals.Ad free version available through Patreon subscription. Available on Spotify and through podcast aps that use RSS feeds. For more information:https://www.patreon.com/distortedhistoryPlease Rate and Review the podcastTo contact me:Email: distortedhistorypod@gmail.comTwitter @DistortedHistor

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31:16

Sound Stories: Blues and the Mississippi Flood of...

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2025/03/15

The Mississippi flood of 1927 may be little remembered today but it left a tremendous impact on American history and American culture. Which is illustrated by the fact that some 50 Blues songs were written about the flood and its impact. Through this series I will use some of these Blues songs to illustrate life in this disaster. Yet first we have to examine the causes of this disaster which as it turns out are very much man made. Ad free version available through Patreon subscription. Available on

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69:49

Nat Turner's Revolt Part 3 Backlash and Conspiracies

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2025/03/08

Nat Turner tries desperately to hold his rebellion together and over throw slavery but time is quickly running out.Ad free version available through Patreon subscription. Available on Spotify and through podcast aps that use RSS feeds. For more information:https://www.patreon.com/distortedhistoryPlease Rate and Review the podcastTo contact me:Email: distortedhistorypod@gmail.comTwitter @DistortedHistor https://twitter.com/DistortedHistorBluesky @distortedhistory.bsky.socialIf you would like to

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63:53

Nat Turner's Revolt Part 2

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2025/02/22

With his rebellion now underway Nat Turner and his co-conspirators look to grow their army as they seek to kill every slave holder they can find and ultimately put an end to the vile system for good.Ad free version available through Patreon subscription. Available on Spotify and through podcast aps that use RSS feeds. For more information:https://www.patreon.com/distortedhistoryPlease Rate and Review the podcastTo contact me:Email: distortedhistorypod@gmail.comTwitter @DistortedHistor

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