Rapscallions!

"Resist at Your Peril!"

The only thing standing between John Yates Beall and Johnson's Island was the USS Michigan... that and a terrible con man and the cowardice of his own men.

Categories: History, Series 14

Tags: American Civil War Amherstburg ON Bennet H. Young Buffalo, NY Canada Clement Claiborne Clay Clement Laird Vallandigham Colonel Robert Martin Confederate Navy Confederate States of America Detroit, MI Jacob Thompson James P. Holcombe Lieutenant John Headley Maryland Michigan Ohio Presented by #13 United States Navy USS Michigan

Published: September 23, 2024

Dangerous Excitement

good times never felt so good

The Canadian revolution seemed over... and then the Redcoats seized an American ship, set it on fire, and sent it plunging over Niagara Falls.

Categories: History, Series 13

Tags: Amherstburg ON Buffalo, NY Canada Cleveland, OH Detroit, MI international law Michigan Montreal, QC New York State Niagara Falls, NY Niagara Falls, ON Ohio Ontario Presented by #13 Quebec Toronto, ON United Kingdom United States Vermont War of 1812 Windsor, ON

Published: January 1, 2024

Fruitcake Subculture Conspiracy Revisited

Christmas's most maligned tradition strikes back

Listen up, fruitcake... or, rather, listen up -- fruitcake! Everything you never wanted to know about your least favorite holiday treat.

Categories: Arts & Culture, Series 13, Strange Customs & Superstitions

Tags: Buffalo, NY Egypt food fruitcake Presented by #7

Published: October 30, 2023