History Goon

A young Irish family moved to the US in the late 1800’s. A tale as old as time. But This one is different, they had a tragic future ahead of them. Especially little Vincent. By the time he was 12 basically his entire...

Ready for some Pirate stuff? Even if it’s horrific, brutal and gross at times? Cool! Ned Low was born into poverty to a dirt poor British family, he didn’t have a great childhood to say the least. He took to the sea at...

Gotz Von Berlichingen - Iron Man This time we head back to the 1500’s Holy Roman Empire for one of the most interesting knights that’s even been a knight. The story itself wouldn’t be that uncommon, a knight from a...

Colditz Castle - Tonight There’s Gonna be a Jailbreak The Nazis had this brilliant idea; Take all the guys who have successfully escaped from prison camps and been recaptured and put them all in one spot. What could go...

If you have been curious about what I do over on the Patreon, here's a preview! This was the first Patreon for History Goon that I recorded. I won't spoil it content-wise but I will warn you, I don't censor myself on...

We wrap up this 2 part series starting with the counter attack that followed the end of part 1. Sultan Mehmed II stormed across the Danube to exact his revenge on Vlad for the ballsy winter attack. This man had been...

This time we are covering a man that has fascinated me for YEARS. My school library had a book on him that I took out so often they bought me a copy. Vlad Tepes. Vlad III of Wallachia. Vlad Dracul. Vlad The Impaler… The...

I’ve been looking forward to this one ALL SEASON. This guy is a hero in my homeland, John Stark may have grown up in the wilderness of New Hampshire and lived there his entire life but… He wrote and performed his...

Fritz Haber: The Monster That Fed The World This week we cover a… Complicated man. He’s one of the most important scientific minds that we as humans have ever produced, he literally changed how we produce produce and...

This is actual episode 49 of my friend Levi's show The Remedial Scholar Podcast that I was lucky enough to be a guest on but, it has a good tie in to the Swiss Guard episode so I asked him and he agreed that I could...

We travel back to a time where somehow, Switzerland had one of the most powerful militaries ON THE PLANET. The crazy part is, they didn’t even use it themselves. They sent them off to the highest bidder for a while...

This week we’re doing something a bit different. Not a violence wizard. Not a weird criminal. This man is closer to a cryptid. Diogenes was born into wealth and a high station in life and he decided “Meh, it’s gonna be...

This week we travel to a mysterious corner of the former Soviet Union, a beautiful mountain range not far from Lake Baikal. A region that could kill you in a heartbeat in the right circumstances. The Khamar-Daban...

JUST A HEADS UP: This is a fairly long episode. We recorded it over the course of 2 days and Jimbo got sucked into the void (had a massive thunderstorm and Tornado sirens) and he couldn't back on for the second half...

This isn't a full blown History Goon episode. This is actually a full blown Crimes, Killers, Cults AND... episode! I've been co-hosting for Bill for a while now and I wanted to share what we do over there. It's usually...