Profiles In Eccentricity

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Death Machines: James McClintock and The CSS Hunley Jun 29, 2023

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This week the boys submerge into the topical history of submarines with a look at the CSS Hunley, the craft used in the only successful submarine attack of the civil war - but it’s flawed design killed more working and testing the craft than Northern enemies and it’s designer would go on to the world of bomb makers and con men before mysteriously dying and reappearing in another scam!

“Crazy” Eddie Antar: Insane Price Jun 22, 2023

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This week Matt treats the lads to the saga of Crazy Eddie, the sales and advertising icon of New York who pioneered as much in advertising as he innovated inventory and tax scams while battling the jealousy within his own family!

Rob Ford: The Mayor Is On The Pipe Jun 15, 2023

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This week Johnboy treats the lads to the saga of the second famed mayor rocking the crack pipe! We follow Rob’s municipal achievements, see the network he built that made him a populist sensation and crush the competition for mayor before unraveling spectacularly in office!

Workout Demon: Bernarr “Body Love” MacFadden Jun 08, 2023

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This week Johnboy tells the boys about the original health nut and tabloid news pioneer who eschewed medicine in favor of starvation and pseudoscience, wrestled his employees and brought news reporting to a whole new low!

Eccentric Media XIV: Barely Getting Bi Jun 01, 2023

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The boys are back this week with yet another media episode! This time we’ve got a cross section of porn titles, a Japanese Twin Peaks coffee commercial series, a train enthusiast on YouTube, bizarre music videos, an NFL rap song, a penis pump pitchman and so much more!

Death Row Baseball: The Wyoming State Penitentiary All-Stars May 25, 2023

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This week Matt treats the boys to the story of the prison that started a baseball team full of rapists, thieves and murderers - and one forger - to play for the public while the players awaited execution! But was their star player truly guilty of murder?

Another Antarctic Ice Capade: Ernest Shackleton May 18, 2023

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Matt brings the boys another South Pole dance; this time on a mission to cross the continent! Ernest Shackleton and his crew have lost their ship and spiral out into the ocean on ice flows! Now a small crew have decided to brave a passage of ocean to send for help - who will survive and what will be left of them?

The Doomed Expedition: Robert Falcon Scott May 11, 2023

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This week Matt tells the harrowing tale of the British race to reach the South Pole against the Norwegian explorers trying to get there first amid brutal weather conditions, betrayal and very poor decisions made beforehand!

The Man To Beat: Oofty Goofty May 04, 2023

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This week Johnboy shares the story of the man who destroyed his body with tar while portraying a racist monstrosity and found that the disaster left him immune to pain and made a career out of being thrown, kicked, beaten by bats, fists, cudgels and even the world heavyweight boxing champion with a pool cue!

Four Irish Maniacs: John Curran, James "Butt" Riley, John "One Lung" Curran, James Leo "One Eyed" Connelly Apr 27, 2023

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This week Johnboy provides four Irish lads that are all a bit off! The thug who used his head to break down doors! The one eyed man who successfully snuck into political and sporting events! The unofficial prison tour guide and "jail groupie!" The man who attacked cops and wrote poetry about it! Featuring Werner Squirts-Hog!!!!

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