History Honeys

Great Lakes Oddities

Alaina takes us on a tour of the Great Lakes, pointing out the strange and unusual on the way. Cryptids, ghost towns, and lake pirates make for a new perspective on America's north coast. How technical does the definition of "pirate" need to be? How many cult leaders have also been in Congress? What was wrong with people in the 19th Century?

Links:

• Article with some pictures of Singapore, Michigan, and one with aerial photography
• Ciaran's article on Dan Seavey
• The Odd Side of Donegal, a series by listener Ciaran!
• Grant on Blurry Photos talking about Gävlebocken
• Grant on Sunday School Dropouts talking about Ancient Astronauts

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Music by Thylacinus

Haymarket

Grant takes a turn at Chicago tragedy with the Haymarket Affair. In May 1886 a bomb was thrown, igniting a shootout that killed over a dozen people and changed the fight for workers' rights forever. Can equality be gained in a system run by those who profit from inequality? Are the voices of the dead louder than those of the living? While we don't know who started the fight, can we even know who won in the end?

Links!

• The "Revenge!" circular
• The handbills announcing the rally
• Haymarket: The Anarchist's Songbook, reviewed by Ada Grey
• (formerly) on-site memorial, police memorial, Martyrs' memorial
• The Lucy Parsons Project
• Gextra Life donations page, stream archive

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Music by Thylacinus

Haymarket: The Anarchist's Songbook by Alex Higgin-Hauser & David Kornfeld, excerpts used with permission

Supplemental 1

As promised, here's the bonus episode with more letters and outtakes. Some of our favorite bits from Episode 8 fell on the cutting room floor, and here they are for you to enjoy.

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Music by Thylacinus

Censor beep by Frank West of The FPlus