Wild Frantics

the Sanctified Band of Chincoteague Island

They were driven from their homes, forced to live in houseboats, and persecuted... and all they really wanted was freedom to worship as they pleased.

Categories: Eccentrics & Prophecies, People & Places, Series 14

Tags: Christianity crime criminal law cult Delaware Florida Georgia North Carolina Presented by #13 Virginia

Published: October 21, 2024

Neither Here Nor There

the strange second life of a proud people

In which a mysterious lost people turn out to not be so mysterious after all... and maybe not even all that lost, if the Internet can be believed.

Categories: Intriguing & Unsolved Mysteries, People & Places, Series 13

Tags: Kentucky North Carolina Presented by #13 pseudo-science racism Virginia West Virginia

Published: January 22, 2024

Nya Sverige

What if you started a colony and nobody came?

What would happen if you started a colony in the New World and then just kind of forgot about it for a few decades?

Categories: History, People & Places, Series 10

Tags: Armagott Printz Delaware England Essington Township, PA Johann Björnsson Printz Johann Classon Risingh Native Americans New Jersey New Netherlands New Sweden Pennsylvania Peter Stuyvesant Presented by #13 Virginia

Published: March 21, 2022

The War Between the States

the history of the Yankee-Pennamite Wars (1768-1813)

Did you know that Connecticut and Pennsylvania went to war multiple times over the area that's now scranton? Learn all about the Yankee-Pennamite Wars!

Categories: History, Series 9

Tags: American Revolutionary War Battle of Wyoming French and Indian War Lord Dunmore's War Maryland Mohawk Nation Moravian Church Native Americans New Jersey New York State Ohio Pennsylvania Presented by #13 The Devil and Daniel Webster Virginia West Virginia

Published: November 29, 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.

Categories: Biography, History, Most Popular, Series 4

Tags: American Revolutionary War Amherstburg ON Battle of Point Pleasant Canada Chief Logan Detroit, MI French and Indian War Kentucky Lord Dunmore's War Michigan Mohawk Nation Moravian Church Native Americans Northwest Indian War Ohio Pennsylvania Pittsburgh, PA Presented by #13 Seneca Nation The Devil and Daniel Webster United Kingdom United States of America Virginia War of 1812 West Virginia

Published: July 13, 2020