"United Kingdom"

The history of the United Kingdom is full of all sorts of weird and wonderful stories. Here are a few.

John Singer Sargent, "Sir Hugh Lane" (1906)

More Lovely and More Temperate

poor estate planning, a daring art theft, and a brief history of Anglo-Irish relations

In which two Irish art students commit a daring daylight museum heist with virtually no planning, and somehow get away consequence-free. Read More...

Categories: Arts & Culture, Series 7

Tags: art art history civil law crime London, England Presented by #13 United Kingdom

Published: April 12, 2021
Edited: May 10, 2021

political cartoon showing John Alexander Dowie being run out of Chicago

Marching to Shibboleth

a sordid story of faith healing, financial fraud, flat Eartherism, and figs

Forty miles north of Chicago lies Zion, IL, a sleepy city with a sordid history of faith healing, financial fraud, flat Eartherism... and figs? Read More...

Categories: Eccentrics & Prophecies, People & Places, Series 6

Tags: Chicago, IL Christianity cult faith healing Illinois New York, NY Presented by #13 Protestantism quackery United Kingdom United States of America

Published: February 8, 2021
Edited: February 22, 2021

Exceeding Great

that's Ezekiel 9:9 for those of you reading along at home

How many times will folks fall for the same old tricks? You might be surprised. The story of Prince Mike, King Ben, and the Houses of Israel and David. Read More...

Categories: Biography, Eccentrics & Prophecies, People & Places, Series 5

Tags: "Prince" Michael Keyfor Mills Ann O'Delia Diss Debar baseball Canada communism crime cult David Livingston Mackay Detroit, MI Messiah Michigan New and Latter House of Israel Presented by #13 Protestantism religion United Kingdom Windsor, ON

Published: November 23, 2020
Edited: June 23, 2021

He Whooped to See Them Burn

Simon Girty (1741-1818) -- renegade and traitor, or man of principle?

Was "white savage" Simon Girty (1741-1818) a renegade and traitor, or a man of principle? We reexamine his history and try to figure out what made him tick. Read More...

Categories: Biography, History, Series 4

Tags: British Empire Canada Detroit, MI Michigan Native Americans Ohio Pennsylvania Pittsburgh, PA Presented by #13 Seneca Nation United Kingdom United States of America War of 1812 West Virginia

Published: July 13, 2020
Edited: January 3, 2021

Spirit Princess

one woman, thirty aliases, forty years and too many crimes to count

The greatest and most notorious Spiritualist swindler of all time was a woman from Kentucky who looked a bit like Lola Montez (if you squinted). Read More...

Categories: Biography, Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, Series 3

Tags: "General" Joseph Hubert Diss Debar "Prince" Michael Keyfor Mills Ann O'Delia Diss Debar Baltimore, MD Boston, MA Canada Chicago, IL crime David Livingston Mackay Detroit, MI dime museum Dr. Cyrus Reed Teed "Koresh" Florida Fort Myers, FL Freeman Bernstein Harmony Society Illinois Koreshan Unity London, England Massachusetts Michigan New and Latter House of Israel New York, NY Presented by #13 religion Spiritualism Theosophical Society Theosophy United Kingdom Windsor, ON

Published: March 23, 2020
Edited: June 25, 2021

Microaggression

victory in :30 or less, or your war is free

What happens when a tiny country tries to fight out of its weight class? Well, it might just be the shortest war in history... Read More...

Categories: History, Series 1

Tags: British Empire Presented by #13 United Kingdom

Published: September 23, 2019
Edited: January 3, 2021