Mad or Wise: Emperor Norton I
If you are dissatisfied with the state of the world, you have to get out there and make some changes yourself. Joshua Norton, Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico, tried to do just tha...
26 Jun 202555min
The Hilarious Hair-Raisin' Crimes of Professional Wigjackers
For centuries, wigs were the look. And in the era of Marie Antoinette, the bigger the better, and the more fantastical, the more whimsical, even better. Industries were built to attend to the many nee...
24 Jun 202559min
Have You Seen My Passport: John Stonehouse
An idealistic British MP had it all, until a series of bad decisions nearly destroyed his career. But that didn't stop the bad decisions, it only made them worse.See omnystudio.com/listener for privac...
19 Jun 202554min
Where's the Beef...the Celebrity Beef?!
Whether it's Steven Seagal versus his pants, or Sylvester Stallone and Richard Gere battling over Princess Di, over Tom Hardy going toe-to-toe with Shia LaBoeuf, or the one celeb brief that led to the...
17 Jun 202559min
Doing it for the Deeestrict: George Streeter
A true sovereign citizen, George Streeter claimed land as his own. Then he made even more of it. The cops and the courts and the fat cats of Chicago couldn't pry him out. Instead, he provided entertai...
12 Jun 202555min
Jump, Jive, and Jail: the Pot Bust of Gene Krupa
At the height of the swing music era, jazz drummer and musical great Gene Krupa was caught up in a federal bust. He was used as a cautionary tale in America's First Drug War. Taken down in order to sc...
10 Jun 20251h 3min
How to Disappear: Raymond Grady Stansel
An ocean-loving, expert mariner Florida man made his living transporting bales of marijuana until the law caught up with him. Then he went to a land down under, where women glow and men plunder (as th...
5 Jun 202552min
Black Bart: the Outlaw Folk Hero Poet
Black Bart was not his government name. While the name was fearsome and his occupation as a stagecoach robbing outlaw was typically violent and careers short-lived, Black Bart was the opposite in ever...
3 Jun 202559min
