Kingdom Death Game Play
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Aug 27, 2023•2 hr 38 min•Ep. 360
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Triumph Motorcycles
https://www.patreon.com/ruinedheroes https://www.ruinedheroes.com/home-1 Theme music by Tyler C. Dones and Jon Bolich Primary Sources: https://www.triumphmotorcycles.com/our-story/brand-timeline https://www.lowbrowcustoms.com/blogs/events-features/history-triumph-motorcycles https://www.motorcycle.com/manufacturer/history-triumph-motorcycle.html https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/triumph-motorcycles-rise-fall-revival-icon/ https://www.topspeed.com/motorcycles/everything-you-need-to-know...
Aug 20, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 359
Servant Girl Annihilator
https://www.patreon.com/ruinedheroes https://www.ruinedheroes.com/home-1 Theme music by Tyler C. Dones and Jon Bolich Primary Sources: https://www.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/history/servant_girl/index.html https://austin.culturemap.com/news/city-life/10-10-18-servant-girl-murders-history/ https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/94680/how-servant-girl-annihilator-terrorized-1880s-austin http://www.servantgirlmurders.com/the-servant-girl-annihilator/ https://www.historicmysteries.com/servant-girl...
Aug 13, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 358
Kingdom Death- Gambler's Chest unboxing
Not our normal style, but this was an exciting thing we figured we would do for fun. Video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL8trZLBjCY https://www.patreon.com/ruinedheroes https://www.ruinedheroes.com/home-1 Theme music by Tyler C. Dones and Jon Bolich
Aug 11, 2023•14 min
The First Amendment
https://www.patreon.com/ruinedheroes https://www.ruinedheroes.com/home-1 Theme music by Tyler C. Dones and Jon Bolich Primary Sources: No sources cited on Rupert’s episodes
Aug 06, 2023•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 357
Steve Austin
https://www.patreon.com/ruinedheroes https://www.ruinedheroes.com/home-1 Theme music by Tyler C. Dones and Jon Bolich Primary Sources: https://www.biography.com/athletes/stone-cold-steve-austin https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/steve-austin-10133.php https://www.wwe.com/superstars/stone-cold-steve-austin https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0042524/bio/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Cold_Steve_Austin A&E Biography...
Jul 31, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 356
Sylvia Browne
https://www.patreon.com/ruinedheroes https://www.ruinedheroes.com/home-1 Theme music by Tyler C. Dones and Jon Bolich Primary Sources: https://skepticalinquirer.org/2020/03/psychic-defective-sylvia-brownes-history-of-failure/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/oct/27/usa.jonronson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Browne https://allthatsinteresting.com/sylvia-browne https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Sylvia_Browne https://www.yahoo.com/video/sylvia-brownes-best-worst-predictions-152400628.html...
Jul 23, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 355
Humvee
https://www.patreon.com/ruinedheroes https://www.ruinedheroes.com/home-1 Theme music by Tyler C. Dones and Jon Bolich Primary Sources: https://www.army-technology.com/projects/hmmvv/ https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/the-u-s-armys-humvee/ https://www.historyhit.com/the-military-origins-of-the-hummer/ https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Humvee https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2020/1/2/20992114/hummer-masculinity-america-humvee-schwarzenegger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humvee Crab Wal...
Jul 16, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 354
Wilford Brimley
https://www.patreon.com/ruinedheroes https://www.ruinedheroes.com/home-1 Theme music by Tyler C. Dones and Jon Bolich Primary Sources: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000979/bio/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/22382%7C0/Wilford-Brimley/#biography https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/wilford-brimley-3174.php https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilford_Brimley https://youtu.be/1SCOaBXES7Y...
Jul 09, 2023•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 353
Maya Angelou
ttps://www.patreon.com/ruinedheroes https://www.ruinedheroes.com/home-1 Theme music by Tyler C. Dones and Jon Bolich Primary Sources: https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/maya-angelou https://www.britannica.com/biography/Maya-Angelou https://www.biography.com/authors-writers/maya-angelou https://www.notablebiographies.com/An-Ba/Angelou-Maya.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Angelou...
Jul 02, 2023•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 352
Plastic
https://www.patreon.com/ruinedheroes https://www.ruinedheroes.com/home-1 Theme music by Tyler C. Dones and Jon Bolich Primary Sources: https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-plastics-1992322 https://journals.openedition.org/factsreports/5071 https://www.thermalpress.com/the-origins-of-plastics/ https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/chemistry/age-plastic-parkesine-pollution https://www.sciencehistory.org/the-history-and-future-of-plastics...
Jun 25, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 351
Jean-Michele Basquiat
https://www.patreon.com/ruinedheroes https://www.ruinedheroes.com/home-1 Theme music by Tyler C. Dones and Jon Bolich Primary Sources: https://www.jean-michel-basquiat.org/biography/ https://www.biography.com/artists/jean-michel-basquiat https://www.theartstory.org/artist/basquiat-jean-michel/ https://www.artnews.com/feature/who-was-jean-michel-basquiat-why-was-he-important-1234579679/ Smithsonian Institute- https://nmaahc.si.edu/latinx/jean-michel-basquiat Boom For Real documentary available on...
Jun 18, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 350
John C. Lilly
https://www.patreon.com/ruinedheroes https://www.ruinedheroes.com/home-1 Theme music by Tyler C. Dones and Jon Bolich Primary Sources: https://www.johnclilly.com/thestory.html https://www.baltimoresun.com/citypaper/bcp-081716-feature-lilly-20160817-story.html https://thepenngazette.com/the-psychonaut-you-never-heard-of/ https://psychology.fandom.com/wiki/John_C._Lilly https://timeline.com/neuroscience-doctor-drugs-lsd-c17d5e84c653 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Lilly...
Jun 11, 2023•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 349
Billy Joel
https://www.patreon.com/ruinedheroes https://www.ruinedheroes.com/home-1 Theme music by Tyler C. Dones and Jon Bolich Primary Sources: https://www.billyjoel.com/biography/ https://www.biography.com/musicians/billy-joel https://www.songhall.org/profile/Billy_Joel https://www.kennedy-center.org/artists/j/jo-jz/billy-joel/ https://www.allmusic.com/artist/billy-joel-mn0000085915/biography...
Jun 04, 2023•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 348
Francis Bacon
https://www.patreon.com/ruinedheroes https://www.ruinedheroes.com/home-1 Theme music by Tyler C. Dones and Jon Bolich Primary Sources: https://www.biography.com/scholars-educators/francis-bacon https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/francis-bacon/ https://englishhistory.net/tudor/citizens/sir-francis-bacon/ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Francis-Bacon-Viscount-Saint-Alban...
May 28, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 347
Shakespeare
https://www.patreon.com/ruinedheroes https://www.ruinedheroes.com/home-1 Theme music by Tyler C. Dones and Jon Bolich Primary Sources: https://poets.org/poet/william-shakespeare?gclid=CjwKCAjwue6hBhBVEiwA9YTx8A63-aHBU1e1BdUkE-3LXo23ahKRN4-eEG3dNzf97SxgXctwBnudQRoCNUMQAvD_BwE https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/explore-shakespeare/shakespedia/william-shakespeare/william-shakespeare-biography/ https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-life/ https://www.bardweb.net/bio.html...
May 21, 2023•58 min•Ep. 346
Sorghum
https://www.patreon.com/ruinedheroes https://www.ruinedheroes.com/home-1 Theme music by Tyler C. Dones and Jon Bolich Primary Sources: https://www.alimentarium.org/en/fact-sheet/sorghum https://kansasfarmfoodconnection.org/blog/2018/05/08/the-history-of-sorghum https://www.britannica.com/plant/wheat https://www.lybrate.com/topic/benefits-of-sorghum-and-its-side-effects https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorghum...
May 14, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 345
Typhoid Mary
https://www.patreon.com/ruinedheroes https://www.ruinedheroes.com/home-1 Theme music by Tyler C. Dones and Jon Bolich Primary Sources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3959940/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-frightening-legacy-of-typhoid-mary-180954324/ https://www.legendsofamerica.com/typhoid-mary-mallon/ https://www.thoughtco.com/typhoid-mary-1779179...
May 07, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 344
Judaism part 2
https://www.patreon.com/ruinedheroes https://www.ruinedheroes.com/home-1 Theme music by Tyler C. Dones and Jon Bolich Primary Sources: Sources not noted on Rupert’s episodes
Apr 30, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 343
Judaism part 1
https://www.patreon.com/ruinedheroes https://www.ruinedheroes.com/home-1 Theme music by Tyler C. Dones and Jon Bolich Primary Sources: Not cited on Rupert’s episodes
Apr 23, 2023•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 342
Qin Shi Huangdi
https://www.patreon.com/ruinedheroes https://www.ruinedheroes.com/home-1 Theme music by Tyler C. Dones and Jon Bolich Primary Sources: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/qin-shi-huangdi https://www.thoughtco.com/qin-shi-huang-first-emperor-china-195679#:~:text=Qin%20Shi%20Huang%20 (around%20259,destruction%20and%20oppression%20within%20China. https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/stories/who-was-chinas-first-emperor https://www.britannica.com/biography/Qin-Shi-Huang Timeline- Compl...
Apr 16, 2023•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 341
John Steinbeck
https://www.patreon.com/ruinedheroes https://www.ruinedheroes.com/home-1 Theme music by Tyler C. Dones and Jon Bolich Primary Sources: https://www.notablebiographies.com/Sc-St/Steinbeck-John.html https://steinbeck.stanford.edu/writer https://www.biography.com/authors-writers/john-steinbeck https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1962/steinbeck/biographical/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Steinbeck#Personal_life...
Apr 09, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 340
Crocodillians
https://www.patreon.com/ruinedheroes https://www.ruinedheroes.com/home-1 Theme music by Tyler C. Dones and Jon Bolich Primary Sources: https://factsanddetails.com/asian/cat68/sub434/item2435.html#:~:text=Crocodiles%20have%20been%20around%20for,around%20stealing%20eggs%2C%22%20Dr . https://www.britannica.com/animal/crocodile-order/Evolution-and-classification https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/modern-crocodiles-are-evolving-rapid-rate-180978432/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/ear...
Apr 02, 2023•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 339
Wonder Woman
https://www.patreon.com/ruinedheroes https://www.ruinedheroes.com/home-1 Theme music by Tyler C. Dones and Jon Bolich Primary Sources: https://www.dc.com/characters/wonder-woman https://ew.com/movies/2017/04/11/history-and-life-of-wonder-woman/#:~:text=Her%20original%20origin%20story%20says,lessons%20of%20love%20and%20peace . https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/origin-story-wonder-woman-180952710/ https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Wonder_Woman_Origins https://www.britannica.com/topic/Wonder-Wom...
Mar 26, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 338
Andrew Carnegie
https://www.patreon.com/ruinedheroes https://www.ruinedheroes.com/home-1 Theme music by Tyler C. Dones and Jon Bolich Primary Sources: https://www.carnegie.org/interactives/foundersstory/#!/ https://www.carnegiecouncil.org/explore-engage/classroom-resources/worksheets-and-excerpts-on-history-and-government/biography https://www.thoughtco.com/andrew-carnegie-1773956 https://www.britannica.com/biography/Andrew-Carnegie https://www.notablebiographies.com/Ca-Ch/Carnegie-Andrew.html E Book https://ww...
Mar 19, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 337
Sodder Children
https://www.patreon.com/ruinedheroes https://www.ruinedheroes.com/home-1 Theme music by Tyler C. Dones and Jon Bolich Primary Sources: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-children-who-went-up-in-smoke-172429802/ https://allthatsinteresting.com/sodder-children https://www.legendsofamerica.com/missing-sodder-children/ https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Sodder_Family https://thetruecrimefiles.com/sodder-children-disappearance/...
Mar 12, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 336
ATF part 2
https://www.patreon.com/ruinedheroes https://www.ruinedheroes.com/home-1 Theme music by Tyler C. Dones and Jon Bolich Primary Sources: https://www.atf.gov/our-history/atf-history-timeline https://www.atf.gov/our-history/photo-gallery/history-badges# https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bureau-of-Alcohol-Tobacco-Firearms-and-Explosives https://trac.syr.edu/tracatf/atwork/current/atfHistory.html https://www.federaldisability.com/agency-spotlight-history-atf/ https://ammo.com/articles/atf-history-burea...
Mar 05, 2023•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 335
ATF part 1
https://www.patreon.com/ruinedheroes https://www.ruinedheroes.com/home-1 Theme music by Tyler C. Dones and Jon Bolich https://www.atf.gov/our-history/atf-history-timeline https://www.atf.gov/our-history/photo-gallery/history-badges# https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bureau-of-Alcohol-Tobacco-Firearms-and-Explosives https://trac.syr.edu/tracatf/atwork/current/atfHistory.html https://www.federaldisability.com/agency-spotlight-history-atf/ https://ammo.com/articles/atf-history-bureau-of-alcohol-toba...
Feb 26, 2023•55 min•Ep. 334
The Tylenol Murders
https://www.patreon.com/ruinedheroes https://www.ruinedheroes.com/home-1 Theme music by Tyler C. Dones and Jon Bolich Primary Sources: https://www.chicagotribune.com/investigations/ct-tylenol-murders-unsealed-first-24-hours-20220922-2mts4uwyzjgard6cawicu2myvm-htmlstory.html Unsealed: The Tylenol Murders: Episode 1: Steak, Flowers, Tylenol – Chicago Tribune https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/cold-cases/chicago-tylenol-murders/ https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/cold-cases/chicago-ty...
Feb 19, 2023•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 333
Hel
https://www.patreon.com/ruinedheroes https://www.ruinedheroes.com/home-1 Theme music by Tyler C. Dones and Jon Bolich Primary Sources: https://norse-mythology.org/gods-and-creatures/giants/hel/ https://www.worldhistory.org/Hel/ https://skjalden.com/hel/ https://mythus.fandom.com/wiki/Hel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hel_(mythological_being)...
Feb 12, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 332
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