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A monster attacked two hundred people in the south of France in only a few years. Was it a werewolf? An escaped lion or hyena? Shia LaBeouf? In this episode, Hailey tells the spooky story of the Beast of Gevaudan.
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Did you know that when you eat a pineapple, it tries to eat you back? Or that at one point, people rented pineapples to seem rich? In this episode, Alexis teaches Hailey some of the history of pineapples in Europe and in the United States.
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Happy month of scares, listeners! This week, Hailey teaches Alexis about the terrifying tale, but maybe slightly less terrifying than you think, of Elizabeth Bathory.
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Slavery is a terrible, not funny subject. However, some of the ways people escaped slavery were ingenious and downright wacky. Tune in this week, as Alexis teaches Hailey about 5 different slave escape stories, each crazier than the last.
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All cities have personalities in their design, the way they run, and the people who built them and live in them today. In this episode, Hailey teaches Alexis how Seattle got its quirky start, with poop explosions and the madame who ran the place.
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The second part of the War of the Roses episode! Get ready for even more bad decisions, battles, crown swapping, and mayhem!
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Do you like history? Do you like Game of Thrones? Then you're gonna love to hear the historical war Game of Thrones is based on! Tune in this week and next week, in a special two-part episode, as Alexis teaches Hailey about the War of the Roses (also we know other people say wars, but too bad). Sings the Game of Thrones theme to War of Roses
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People going to trial for murder is as old as time itself. But...animals going to trial for crimes? A more common and recent occurrence than you think. Tune in this week as Hailey teaches Alexis about animals who have gone to trial against people...who don't always lose.
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Olympic events come and go every time a new country gets ahold of them. But usually those events are all generally recognized as sports. This week, Alexis teaches Hailey about events that happened at the 1900 Olympics in Paris, a now unrecognized Olympics by the IOC that almost canceled the Olympics for good.
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When women kill, they often use poison, but Locusta made poisoning an art. Join us this week as Hailey teaches Alexis about the ancient assassin who killed Roman emperors and transformed history.
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