April 12th, 1910, The New York Times wrote: "Lake cow bacon, made from the delicious hyacinth-fed hippopotamus of Louisiana's lily-fringed streams, should soon be obtainable from the Southern packing houses." It was not a joke. Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2023/04/26/lake-bacon/
A story about pair of sisters who lead a successful and peaceful protest at the top of the globe. Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2023/04/19/anchorage-parking-fairies/
What was once thought to be a worthless hunk of bronze in a box found at the bottom of the sea is now regarded as one of the most expensive devices ever created in the ancient world. Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2023/04/12/ancient-computer/
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy was initially developed in 1987, and today my wife's gonna talk about it! Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2023/04/04/emdr/
John Paul Jones (born John Paul ; July 6, 1747 – July 18, 1792) was a Scottish-American naval captain who was the United States' first well-known naval commander in the American Revolutionary War . Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2023/03/29/john-paul-jones/
In 2022, an Australian crime thriller movie based on the events surrounding Daniel Morcombe's murder and more so the investigation into his murderer was released titled The Stranger. It was written and directed by Thomas M. Wright. *WARNING this episode is full of SPOILERS* Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2023/03/22/mr-big/
The thing that set's Doc Ellis's first and only no-hitter apart from the other 317 was that he was, as Doc puts it: "High as a Georgia Pine." https://acunit.home.blog/2023/03/15/doc-ellis-and-the-no-no/
Episode #87 of this podcast titled "Where does our poop go?" examined where human waste ends up... down here on Earth. This episode I wanted to look into a question that randomly popped into my head the other day: "How do astronauts poop? Where does all of their bodily waste go?" Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2023/03/08/space-poop/
If you ask someone on the street what the first thing they think of when you bring up JFK is, they will most certainly say his death... but the man lived a... colorful life. Today's episode is about one small story from his life before he ever became president of the Free world. Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2023/03/01/jfk-and-the-coconut/
All it took to kick off a panic was a weather balloon. Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2023/02/22/the-battle-of-los-angeles/
They were called "Gypsies" because Europeans mistakenly believed they came from Egypt. But Gypsies are actually an ethnic group called Roma (Romani or Romany), NOT to be confused with Romanians or the ancient Romans. Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2023/02/15/gypsy/
Schwerer Gustav was the largest-calibre rifled weapon ever used in combat, and in terms of overall weight, the heaviest mobile artillery piece ever built. It fired the heaviest shells of any artillery piece, and it was referenced in Breaking Bad! Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2023/02/08/heavy-gustav/
On the morning of September 30th, 1999, at Japan's Tokaimura nuclear power plant, and a preventable accident caused an unfathomable amount of suffering for Hisashi Ouchi. Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2023/01/25/unwillingly-kept-alive/
For the most part, water in boat=having a bad time. Well, there is one story from history that took this notion and flipped it on its head. The crazy sonz-a-bitches on the USS Texas during WW2 intentionally filled their vessel with water because it somehow helped them beat the Nazis! Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2023/01/18/the-uss-texas/
For my 3rd Anniversary episode, we will be taking a look back on the past year, not just in what the Podcast has done, but what my wife and I have been through in our personal lives. This is a reflection on 2022. Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2023/01/11/anniversary-episode-3/
Gustaf Håkansson applied to join in an endurance bicycle race in Sweden that spanned the entire country... his application was rejected because Gustaf was 66 years old. Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2023/01/04/gustaf-hakansson/
Within the last month or so, the US National Ignition Facility in California conducted a nuclear fusion experiment. That is because if nuclear fusion can be replicated on earth at an industrial scale, it could provide virtually limitless clean, safe, and affordable energy to meet the world’s demand. Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2022/12/21/nuclear-fusion-and-our-future/
Blanche Monnier's life story is tragic. There are two different stories surrounding her life one with a scary villain that did horrible things to her... and the true story that I find even more haunting. Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2022/12/14/blanche-monnier/
Among Us is an enjoyable social game that also reveals quite a lot about us humans and how we work together. Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2022/12/07/impostor/
May 19th of 1985 the Philadelphia Police dropped a bomb on a Philadelphian residential block. They let the fires blaze for over an hour and a half before allowing fire and rescue to respond. Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2022/11/30/philly-bombed-itself/
I like sports. Hell, I even love sports. I don't memorize stats or even watch professional sports on a consistent basis, but I do have a deep appreciation for each game. Over the years I've heard tid bits of stories surrounding the history and origin of certain sports. So I decided to dig into that a little deeper and make a podcast episode about it. Blog: http://acunit.home.blog/?p=5059
Perhaps the most memorable thing about Sea Monkeys was how unremarkable they were and how that seemed to have taught an entire generation an important lesson: reality isn't nearly as spectacular as our dreams. Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2022/11/16/sea-monkeys-from-the-moon-to-the-kkk/
Giants, did they and do they still walk among us? Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2022/11/09/giants-of-old/
Traveling can be fun or it can be a nightmare... or both. But when arriving at Denver, Colorado via airplane, the gazes of travelers inevitably fall on a giant statue that not only appears as if it has trotted right out of a nightmare, but has a back story suggesting it is cursed. Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2022/11/02/blucifer/
What if I told you Wes Craven based his horror classic on real-life events? The real-life inspiration for this iconic horror film was a family that survived the Cambodian genocide of the 1970s. Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2022/10/12/nightmare-in-cambodia/
About 500 years before Christopher Columbus crossed the ocean blue (1492), Erik the Red and Leif Erikson set out on the North Atlantic Ocean and started settlements on Greenland. Erik's son Leif went on to be the first European to reach the New World, a feat that was so difficult that he was seldom believed by his fellow man. Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2022/10/05/leif-erikson-day/
The town of Palisade was known as the most dangerous and lawless town in America... but is now known as the world's first theme park! Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2022/09/28/palisade-nevada/
Tomoaki Hamatsu was manipulated and lied to in order to boost ratings of a Japanese Reality TV show. He is credited for hosting the first-ever video game live stream. He is in the Guinness book of world records. He has scaled Mount Everest. He is The Eggplant. The Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2022/09/21/the-eggplant/
This week's episode is about Sawney Bean and his clan of murderous incest cannibal family members. Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2022/09/14/the-caves-have-eyes/
Mary Vincent is an artist and victims' advocate. She became known to the public after surviving a violent attack in which her arms were cut off while hitchhiking in 1978. Vincent has focused her adult life on her art, and she generally avoids the public spotlight. Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2022/09/07/mary-vincent-refused-to-die/
