- 1 hour 11 minutesThe Blackbird of Chernobyl
Today we talk about a modern cryptid story claiming that a large, dark, winged humanoid creature—similar to West Virginia's Mothman—was spotted by workers and residents near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant shortly before the April 26, 1986 disaster.
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19 October 2026, 11:30 am - 1 hour 14 minutesThe Stabbing Ghost | The Amherst Mystery
It's Nova Scotia, Canada. 1878. An 18-year-old girl named Esther Cox has a traumatic experience. Soon after, a poltergeist starts tormenting her. Dozens of witnesses watch over the course of months as she's stabbed with pins and knives wielded by no one. Matches are lit and dropped to try to burn down her home. A death threat is etched into her wall by an unseen entity, in front of witnesses. This is The Amherst Mystery.
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12 October 2026, 5:52 am - 1 hour 26 minutesLizzie Borden Had An Axe
The unsolved murders of Andrew Borden and his wife Abby Gray in 1892 have become a bit of American myth and legend. Andrew's daughter Lizzie was the only suspect in the vicious hatchet killings in Fall River, Massachusetts but was acquitted after a botched investigation and trial. We talk about the true story that has been romanticized by the media for over a century.
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5 October 2026, 7:29 am - 1 hour 29 minutesWill America Fall Like Rome? (ft. Jeremy Ryan Slate)
Host of "The Roman Pattern" Jeremy Ryan Slate joins the show to talk about the parallels he sees between Rome's fall and America's current place in history.
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28 September 2026, 5:07 am - 53 minutes 7 secondsCombat Of The Thirty
After a Duke refuses to clearly name an heir on his deathbed, a family feud breaks out in Brittany in the midst of the 100 year war. It all culminated into a tournament between the rivaling factions where a 30 on 30 battle royal took place for no real reason outside of hate for the other side.
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21 September 2026, 4:34 am - 1 hour 20 minutesThe Time An Immigrant Took The President's Job
Kyle Bandujo, host of the "From Phenom to Farm" and "Big Screen Sports" podcasts, joins the show to discuss the illiterate Polish immigrant who President Grover Cleveland paid to take his place in the Civil War after our (then future) Commander in Chief was drafted in 1863. The man's name was George Brinski. He took $150 to join in Cleveland's stead and suffice it to say his time during the war, and his life after, were not super fun.
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14 September 2026, 4:38 am - 57 minutes 49 secondsThe Original Lindsay Clancy
Constance Fisher was a 20th century mother and paranoid schizophrenic who drowned her three children on two separate occasions. You didn't read that wrong. She repeated the same murder on another set of three kids -- killing six in total -- after she was released from a mental asylum and her husband gave her a second chance at a family.
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7 September 2026, 3:14 pm - 1 hour 6 minutesDavid and the Goliath-Sized Pile of Foreskin
One of the most famous stories of the Old Testament is David's slaying of the Philistine giant Goliath. But, that's not even the most impressive thing David did. After taking down Goliath David, at the behest of King Saul, killed and harvested the foreskin of 200(!!!) Philistine soldiers. Somehow they didn't mention this during Sunday school.
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31 August 2026, 4:06 am - 1 hour 4 minutesGermany Bombed The Statue of Liberty?
Jack Mandaville joins the show to talk about a forgotten terrorist attack on American soil that helped push the US into war.
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24 August 2026, 4:22 am - 1 hour 29 secondsModern Serial Killers Have Nothing On The Middle Ages
Forget Jeffrey Dahmer and Ted Bundy. Forget Jack the Ripper. One serial killer in 16th-century Germany was so prolific and horrifying that he puts all our modern true crime subject matter to shame. Peter Niers confessed to taking the lives of over 500 victims, both while robbing and looting as a bandit and, apparently, for love of the game as well. Not only was Niers a killer, he was also, according to stories at the time, a practitioner of dark magic. He made deals with the devil and specifically targeted pregnant women and their unborn children in order to make his dark magical powers stronger.
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16 August 2026, 9:54 pm - 1 hour 18 minutesThe Orphan Who Became A Globetrotting Mining Tycoon And US President
Herbert Hoover is remembered as a total bozo whose term in office is defined by the Great Depression. But, Herbie lived an insanely eventful and rewarding life before and after his time at the White House that included stops in Australia, China, and England. Subscribe to the Softcore History Patreon for hundreds of hours of extra history content including episodes like this, listener voicemails, movie watch-alongs, and weekly bonus episodes.
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