History Dweebs - A look at True Crime, Murders, Serial Killers and the Darkside of History

Carl Panzram was not a nice person. He was a burgular, arson and serial killer who murdered more than 20 people. In addition, he claimed to have sodomized over 1,000 men in his life. He once burglarized the home of future President William Howard Taft. Panzram threaten to kill human rights activists who try to stop his execution. He even became annoyed when his executioner took too long to hang him.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Join the Dweebs for a lighthearted discussion of Teaching contracts in the early 20th century.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Belle Gunness was a serial killer from La Porte, Indiana, who murdered more than 40 people, including her own children.  Most of her victims were men who were lured to her farm through personal ads..Once on her farm, Belle would kill them, chop them up and feed their remains to her hogs. When law enforcement started to close in on her, Belle simply disappeared.        See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

 Albert Fish was a kindly looking old man. In reality, he was pure evil. He was a sexual deviant, serial killer and cannibal.  Fish once bragged that he had killed children in every state.  He was also known to write taunting letters to his victim's parents after the murders. Listener discretion is advised.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Join the Dweebs as we discuss World War II Propagandists Axis Sally, Lord Ha Ha and the sad case of Iva Toguri, better known as “Tokyo Rose”.        See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Serial killer Ed Gein was obsessively devoted to his mother, a religious fanatic. After her death, Gein began robbing graves—keeping body parts as trophies, practicing necrophilia, and experimenting with human taxidermy. He then turned to murder, killing at least two women in 1957. Listener discretion is advised.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mary Mallon, better known as Typhoid Mary, was the first person in the United States identified as an asymptomatic carrier of the pathogen associated with typhoid fever. She was presumed to have infected 51 people, three of whom died, over the course of her career as a cook. She was twice forcibly isolated by public health authorities and died after a total of nearly three decades in isolation.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Join the Dweebs as we discuss the courageous and tragic life of the first African American lady pilot.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A Short Podcast - The Colonel discusses (incoherently at times) the heroic Dr. Jonas Salk and the the first Polio vaccaine.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Join the Dweebs as we discuss the history of Circus Freak Shows and some of it's most colorful characters.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

From The Spring 1918 to The Fall of 1919, a serial Killer terrorized the city of New Orleans.  People were brutally attacked in their beds by an axe wielding maniac. The killer taunted police by writing letters to local newspapers. Little is known of the Axe Man other than he killed 8 people in a one year crime spree and he had a fondness for jazz music.  The murders remained unsolved....until now.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

From The Spring 1918 to The Fall of 1919, a serial Killer terrorized the city of New Orleans.  People were brutally attacked in their beds by an axe wielding maniac. The killer taunted police by writing letters to local newspapers. Little is known of the Axe Man other than he killed 8 people in a one year crime spree and he had a fondness for jazz music.  The murders remained unsolved....until now.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.