Weekly Podcast supplying you with lesser known historical stories about random ass people, places and things with a sprinkle of comedic banter (hopefully).
The Maladies of a 1904 Marathon | Overthink This! 15
The 1904 Olympics took place in St Louis, USA. It consisted of only a third of the events that are held today. Most of them were even closed to female competitors. Moreover, because of travel difficulties and rising tensions around the Russo-Japanese war, only 62 international athletes competed, compared to the 11,544 that participated at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. St Louis kind of bullied their way into hosting the games after Chicago originally won the bid. Its main leverage – the Louisiana Purchase Exposition World’s Fair which was being held at the very same time. The two events ended up being combined into one very, very peculiar extravaganza.
5 Nov 2020
The 9/11 Conspiracy Episode | Overthink This! 14
This week we jump back in time and take another, closer look, at the events that happened on September 11, 2001. We take a hard look at the conspiracies to try and uncover what we think, ACTUALLY happened. Was it staged? Was it real? Decide for yourself!
29 Oct 2020
The Disintegration of Eastern Flight 980 | Overthink This! 13
This we we talk about Eastern Air Lines Flight 980 which was a scheduled international flight from Asunción, Paraguay, to Miami, Florida, United States. On January 1, 1985, while descending towards La Paz, Bolivia, for a scheduled stopover, the Boeing 727 jetliner operating the flight struck Mount Illimani at an altitude of 19,600 feet killing all 29 people on board. We try to decipher what happened just before the crash and the years since. Follow us on IG @overthinkthispodcast
15 Oct 2020
General Butt Naked and the Liberian Civil War | Overthink This! 12
This week we have a wild ride in store for you. We chat about General Butt Naked, who is a former commander of forces under the wider control of Liberian warlord Roosevelt Johnson. Blahyi was known for his violence and atrocities during the First Liberian Civil War in the early 1990s. Once described as "the most evil man in the world", Blahyi said in 2008 that he killed at least 20,000 people and carried out regular human sacrifice and cannibalism of children.
8 Oct 2020
The Richest Man in All of History | Overthink This! 11
Mansa Musa, was the tenth Mansa (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansa_(title)) ( "sultan", "conqueror" or "emperor") of the Mali Empire (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mali_Empire), an Islamic West African state. He has been described as the wealthiest individual of the Middle Ages. We take a second to learn about his rise to power, his charity, and the most epic no hold barred adventure.
3 Oct 2020
Ebbie Tolbert Waited 113 Years to Vote | Overthink This! 10
We've got a BONUS episode for you guys. In the spirit of that god awful debate, we put together a lighthearted voting story about the wonderful Ebbie Tolbert. From a 1800s slave to 1920s voter, she blazed quite the trail before her voice could be heard in our elections.
1 Oct 2020
The Cave Divers that Never Came Back Up | Overthink This! 09
You know what's scarier than accidentally drinking rotten milk? Diving 900 feet down to rescue a fellow diver that sunk to the bottom. Imagine being at 800 feet and everything starts to break and the panic sets in. That's the deep dive (intended) Maci takes us on, in todays episode. Take a listen and give us a follow!
24 Sept 2020
The Roanoke Disaster and a Loose Mad Gasser | Overthink This! 08
This week we dive into two stories that'll comb your hair and get you ready for prom. We cover the Roanoke colonial mishap from 1583 and the strange story from Illinois in the 1940s of a man or woman going around gassing people in their homes...The Mad Gasser.
17 Sept 2020
Mysterious Boy in the Box and the Dancing Plague | Overthink This! 07
This week we've got a couple mysteries that have yet to be figured out. One involves a 4 year old boy/girl found in a box in rural Pennsylvania from 1957. The other, the Dancing Plague of 1518. We don't can't figure out why these cannot be explained! Can you explain it!?
10 Sept 2020
Aliens, the Definitive Disproving | Overthink This! 06
Today we take a deep dive into the theories and realities of alien and UFO existence. Will she persuade the believer and turn him into a skeptic? Listen and hear.
3 Sept 2020
Kidnapping of Sherri Papini and the 12 Labours of Hercules | Overthink This! 05
This week we discuss the kidnapping of Sherri Papini and whether or not that was a hoax or a very true very weird abduction. We also take the journey through the 12 Labors of Heracles and all the crap he had to go to as retribution for being born.
27 Aug 2020
Dead Body Deception and the Psychotic Psyche Ward | Overthink This! 04
This week we uncover a dead body that was used as a Trojan horse of deceit against the Nazi's. We also take a look at one of the longest running Hospitals for the criminally insane....Bridgewater State Hospital for the criminally insane.
20 Aug 2020
The No-Hitter LSD Trip to Australia to Find an Inbred Family | Overthink This! 03
This week we discuss the most amazing pitching outing of any baseball player. A No-Hitter while high on LSD. Also, we take a deep dive into the messed up world of the Colt clan and their inbred ways.
13 Aug 2020
Baseball Broads and Sinking Submarines | Overthink This! 02
This week we have a couple doozies. We cover the first female Major League Baseball player who struck out Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth..in order. We also have the first submarine used in the Civil War which killed more operators than it did killing opponents.
5 Aug 2020
The Radioactive Dolphin Affair | Overthink This! 01
This week we kick off our new podcast Overthink This! (https://www.overthinkthispodcast.com/) The first stories dive into the world of failed interspecies communication experiments and using radioactive tubes to cure cancer...it didn't work.
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