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Hosted by Kevin Carleton · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 66 episodes
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Are you looking to learn the stories of some of the craziest, bravest, and hardest to believe stories in history? You want some dark humor and possibly off-color jokes? If so, this is the place. Welcome to History Goon.
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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 thro
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 greates
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 fed
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 shar
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 until
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 a
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 mountai
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. Als
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 G
This episode has it all when it comes to things you don’t want to think about: Child sacrifices, warcrimes, naked men and drugged up children being forced to kill. Joshua Milton Blahyi was born into a very strange world.
This week we have one of the best naval commanders that Scotland ever produced. Well, he was born there and cut his teeth in the Colonies. Unfortunately part of his learning experience was as a member of a slave ship cal
Bank Robberies. Moonshining. Rum Running. Murder. Bank Robberies. What more could you ask for in an old school Florida man story. This won't feel like a regular History Goon because it's not. I took the backseat on this
Welcome to Season 3! I wanted to come out of the gates swinging this time and, Ned Kelly is someone who came and went down swinging. He started life as the son of an Irish criminal who was kicked out of his home country
This is it, the Season 2 finale! I couldn’t think of a better way to end this one than with a Germanic bloodbath. Arminius was sent at a very young age to the Roman Empire as a hostage. The Romans did what they did in th
S.2 Ep. 19 - Mad Jack Churchill This week we have one of the most prolific maniacs in the history of the British Empire and that's saying something. Jack Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill was born in either the perfect ti
This week we follow the not at all cursed from the beginning voyage of the Russian Baltic Fleet. Russia had needed a warm water port FOREVER, the Baltic Sea, freezes. They would eventually lease a port from the Chinese b
A duck, a horse, a cat and a bear. 2 are Marines, 1 is a German turncoat and 1 is in a Polish artillery division. Which is which? You’ll have to listen to find out!
S.2 Ep. 16: Botched Executions We’ve talked about execution methods (Season 1 episode 21) but what happens when an execution goes wrong? Well dear listener, have I got some stories for you! Everything from members of the
This week I’m joined by either Sam from the award winning NeverDaily Podcast or The Operator from the also award winning 911 Calls with The Operator. We delve into the depths of the Highgate Cemetery; the geography, the
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History Goon is hosted by Kevin Carleton. The show is categorised under history and has published 66 episodes.
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