From The Vault: Manufacturing Cadavers: The Burke And Hare Murders
Profiles In Eccentricity
Johnboy tells the lads about the tawdry, tasteless, tacky saga of the men who killed lodgers and drifters in 19th century Edinburgh to gain measly sums selling the bodies to anatomical scientists all while everyone is absolutely shitfaced on whiskey!
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Decadence and Desperation in Storyville: Tom Anderson, Emma Johnson and Lulu White
Profiles In Eccentricity
This week Matt walks us through the history of New Orleans madams and sex workers and the men who enhanced, empowered and enabled their trade in the illegal sex trade with all of the brutality and hypocrisy imaginable!
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The Wandering Wonder of Johnny Appleseed
Profiles In Eccentricity
This week Aaron chronicles the mythic American folk hero’s life and practices of piety, generosity and peaceful westward expansion of the United States all while barefoot and wearing a tin pot hat, burlap sack - spreading seed everywhere!
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From The Vault: Everybody Hates This Guy: Charles J. Guiteau
Profiles In Eccentricity
Matt tells the lads about the delusional, lazy, universally-loathed narcissist who failed his way through several industries before landing in Republican politics - failing at that as well - and trying to finally attain success as the assassin of President Garfield! A rerelease in time to talk to your family about the show, "Death By Lightning," about Guiteau and President Garfield.
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The Misfit Maestro: Ed Wood
Profiles In Eccentricity
This week Johnboy unravels the myth and tragic history of the “worst director” and finds a dreamer who unites a motley crew of oddballs and creates a legacy of B-movie legend amidst the backdrop of Hollywood promise and sketchy porno payday certainlty as a means to survive!
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Movement, Momentum, Mystery: Louis Le Prince Part Two
Profiles In Eccentricity
This week Matt concludes the saga of film pioneer Louis LePrince! As the 20th century draws near, several inventors are on the cusp of making motion pictures a reality. Louis has patents in place that will enshrine him as the first if he can evade the skullduggery of Thomas Edison, but a sudden disappearance makes things much more complicated!
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Louis Le Prince: Pioneer of Film Part One
Profiles In Eccentricity
This week Matt begins the life of an artist who found inspiration from his family friend Louis Daguerre, an early pioneer of photography, before war in France led him to work in England where he increased his work in imagery and began to dream of the movement of picture!
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Gilles de Rais: The Faithful Sadist
Profiles In Eccentricity
This week Aaron details the life of a famed French knight, a comrade of Joan of Arc, a practitioner of black magic and a big time murderer, Gilles de Rais! We follow his poor upbringing, lavish banquets, extensive crimes and an unwavering faith in God amid the bloodshed! Be warned: this episode contains child murder, torture and sexual violence.
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Canadian Biker Wars Part Two: Maurice “Mom” Boucher
Profiles In Eccentricity
This week Johnboy returns to the Rock Machine/Hells Angels conflict known as The Quebec Biker War with a focus on the Montreal leader whose cunning, ruthlessness and daring made him the most famous criminal in Canadian history!
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Canadian Biker Wars Part One: Walter Stadnick
Profiles In Eccentricity
This week Johnboy starts the history of the Canadian Biker Wars with a focus on the man that would become the leader of the Hell’s Angels in Canada. Walter Stadnick is a mysterious wee man with a horribly scarred face who evades capture by the police and being usurped by rivals in the Hell’s Angels, Satan’s Choice and other violent motorcycle gangs by being a little smarter than the rest!
info_outlineThis week Johnboy unravels the myth and tragic history of the “worst director” and finds a dreamer who unites a motley crew of oddballs and creates a legacy of B-movie legend amidst the backdrop of Hollywood promise and sketchy porno payday certainlty as a means to survive!