
Don't Look Now
What could an Engineer and an Archaeologist have to talk about? Listen to us discuss history, mysteries, science, culture and art. The world is vast and episode by episode we learn about the way the world works.
Episodes
334 episodes
334 - Shark Attack!
In today's episode we turn our attention to a non-cryptid animal that inspires fear in many,.. the shark. The book and film Jaws have made many afraid to go in the water, but did you know that the events of the book are loosely based on e...
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Episode 334
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25:47

333 - Baldwin IV, The Leper King
In this week's podcast we discuss Baldwin IV, King of the Crusader state of Jerusalem and most famously known as The Leper King. Baldwin contracted Leprosy at an early age but it was slow to develop which allowed him to become king before...
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Episode 333
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30:22

332 - Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea party is an iconic even that still lives on in American culture and politics. However, how much do you know about the event itself and what led up to it. Who planned it? Was it planned at all? Take a listen this...
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Episode 332
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42:29

331 - The Birth of Beer
Ever wondered where your glass of foamy beer got its start? Turns out beer has been around just about as long or longer than written record. It seems that once humans had figured out how to grow grains they also started figuring out...
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Episode 331
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50:10

330 - Sisi - Empress Elizabeth of Austria
The Duchess Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie in Bavaira, better known as Sisi, became the Empress of Austria in 1854 when she married Emperor Franz Jospeh the First. She was not raised to be a public figure and never quite fit in as Empress. ...
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Episode 330
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30:49

329 - Mental Health Twofer
This week's podcast revolves around a couple of mental health issues and the story surrounding them. The first is the Pellagratic Delirium or Pellagrous Encephalopathy. This condition is due to lack of Niacin (vitamin B3) and became...
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Episode 329
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35:07

328 - King Tut
This week's subject is King Tut. While the discovery of his tomb and the legend of the related curse has made his name well known around the world, who was he really? Learn a bit about what we know about the man (or more accurately ...
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Episode 328
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42:46

327 - Pauline Bonaparte - Napoleon's Favorite Sister
While we have discussed Napoleon in the past on this podcast, today we talk about his younger sister Pauline. Famous for her beauty and scandalous affairs, she is the only sibling to visit him in exile on Elba. While she only lived ...
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Episode 327
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27:42

326 - The Yeti
This week's podcast is dedicated to the search for the Yeti, not the top end drink cooler, but the Cryptid that is rumored to roam the Himalayas eating yaks and sometimes people. The Yeti has attracted the attention of some very famous mo...
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Episode 326
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36:50

325 - Mary Anning
Mary Anning was a pioneer in the field of paleontology, working in the early 19th Century, she discovered many famous dinosaurs and marine reptiles such as Ichthyosaurus. Her contributions were often overlooked due to her gender and social stat...
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Episode 325
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30:57

324 - The Roswell Incident
Today's podcast is about one of America's favorite conspiracy theories, The Roswell Incident. In 1947, debris was recovered from a ranch near Roswell, New Mexico that was recovered by personnel from the nearby Army Air Field. The st...
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Episode 324
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51:08

323 - The Pack Horse Library Project
The Pack Horse Library Project was part of the WPA's attempt to relieve rural poverty in Kentucky. Since many people in Appalachian Kentucky didn't have access to books, the "book ladies" of the Pack Horse library brought books to them in...
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Episode 323
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16:50

322 - The History of Midwives
While there might be some debate about what is indeed the world's oldest profession, what might be the world's oldest medical profession is that of the midwife. Women have most likely been helping other women give birth since before moder...
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Episode 322
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39:44

231 - Graham Crackers
This week we discuss the invention of the graham cracker... the tasty snack that is used for making smores, pie crusts, and other fun snacks. However, its history is not what you might expect. The original graham cracker was invente...
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Episode 321
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27:37

320 - Where Calorie Counting Began
This week we look at one of the most ubiquitous things in modern dieting... calorie counting. When did we first start paying attention to the caloric content of food and worrying about how much energy we were taking in vs. burning off?&nb...
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Episode 320
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44:07

319 - Margaret Prior and The American Female Moral Reform Society
Hello all! This week we discuss humanitarian and urban missionary Margaret Prior and her founding of the American Female Moral Reform Society, a progressive group originally created to help the plight of poor women stuck in sex work in pr...
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Episode 319
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37:37

318 - The Origin of the Snake Oil Salesman
Ever wondered why a worthless item being sold as a miracle cure is referred to as Snake Oil? Like just about everything else in Modern America is dates back to the Chicago World's Fair in 1893. Clark Stanley sold snake oil to reliev...
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Episode 318
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27:38

317 - Grace O'Malley
This week's topic, coinciding with St. Patrick's Day, is Grace O'Malley. O'Malley controlled a large portion of County Mayo in the late 1500s and was known as a pirate queen. She famously met on equal terms with Queen Elizabeth I, a...
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Episode 317
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31:59

316 - The Life and Times of Horace Greeley
If you are like me, you mainly know Horace Greeley for the expression "Go West Young Man" and are generally aware that he was a newspaper editor. You might be aware that he was a congressman and crossed paths with just about every famous ...
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Episode 316
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51:24

315 - Archeology in the News
This week we take a look at the top five archeology stories in the news, ranging from Greek sculpture finds in Athens, to an ancient woodhenge in Denmark, to kids tripping over ancient idols in Isreal, there's plenty up in the archeological wor...
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Episode 315
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35:47

314 - The Shroud of Turin
The Shroud of Turin is a mysterious cloth kept in the city of Turin/Torino, Italy that is purported to be the burial shroud of Jesus. The shroud contains an image of a man baring the marks of crucifixion as if he had burned an image into ...
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Episode 314
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52:26

313 - Exorcism of Political Commentary
In the 8th Century an exorcism was performed on a 16 year old girl. The girl began to speak in Latin, which she did not know, claiming to be a demon named Wiggo. The demon claimed to have been roaming the countryside doing terrible ...
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Episode 313
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33:37

312 - Ruth Ellis, The UK's Tragic Last Executed Person
On the 13th of July, 1955, Ruth Ellis became the last person to be executed in the United Kingdom. Her story is a tragic one, beginning with childhood abuse and ending with the public shooting of her lover outside a London Pub possibly at...
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Episode 312
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41:48

311 - The Nazca Lines
The Nazca lines have become famous over the years for their mysterious origins and purpose. Residing in the high desert in Southern Peru, the lines were created by removing the top layer of desert rocks, exposing the different colored cla...
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Episode 311
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38:55

310 - Feuding like the Hatfields and McCoys
If you were to think of the quintessential family feud that first thought for most Americans is the Hatfields and McCoys. Two families whose fame is solely based on hating each other. While their feud is famous, the actual details o...
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Episode 310
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