Rapscallions!

"Patience is Sour"

Thomas Henry Hines had a cunning plan to free Confederate prisoners-of-war and establish a "Northwest Confederacy." Too bad it was doomed to fail.

Categories: History, Series 14

Tags: American Civil War Bennet H. Young Canada Chicago, IL Clement Claiborne Clay Clement Laird Vallandigham Colonel Robert Martin Confederate States of America Florida General John Hunt Morgan Illinois Indiana Jacob Thompson James P. Holcombe Kentucky New York, NY Ohio Presented by #13 Toronto, ON United States of America Windsor, ON

Published: September 9, 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 Presented by #13 Quebec Toronto, ON United Kingdom United States Vermont War of 1812 Windsor, ON

Published: January 1, 2024

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.

Categories: Eccentrics & Prophecies, Least Popular, People & Places, Series 5

Tags: "King" Benjamin Franklin Purnell "Prince" Michael Keyfor Mills 1904 St. Louis World's Fair and Louisiana Purchase Centennial Exposition Ann O'Delia Diss Debar baseball Canada communism crime cult David Livingston Mackay Detroit, MI Messiah Michigan Presented by #13 Protestantism religion United Kingdom Windsor, ON

Published: November 23, 2020

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).

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 Catholicism Chicago, IL crime cult David Livingston Mackay Detroit, MI dime museum Dr. Cyrus Reed Teed "Koresh" Florida Fort Myers, FL Freeman Bernstein Harmony Society Illinois Joseph D. Townsend Koreshan Unity London, England Massachusetts Michigan New York, NY Presented by #13 religion Spiritualism Theosophical Society Theosophy United Kingdom Windsor, ON

Published: March 23, 2020