April & May 1944: Lena Baker, Charlie Chaplin & The Castle Warden Fire Joe is joined by Steve from the Gruff & Loud Show and the Debra Jo Ruppiverse to discuss April and May of 1944. Stories include The first and last woman to ever be executed in the electric chair in Georgia, A haunted castle fire, and Chat GPT hipster styled story about Charlie C…

Author Roger Newman joins Artstar and Joe to discuss his novel, BOYS. Imagine a young boy whose family is killed by the Ku Klux Klan during the Great Depression and is raised by the farmer whose farm he hides on, alongside the farmer’s son. The two boys—one Black, one White— come to view themselves as brothers. When the brothers head off to fight i…

Episode 239. Amy and Joe jump into March 1944. WW2 is going strong, a soldier survives a jump from a plane without a parachute, Bob Hope hosts the Oscars, a Jewish Mobster who invented Murder Inc. dies, a child is executed after being wrongfully convicted of murder, and Amy covers a French serial killer doctor who pretended to be part of the Resist…

Joe interviews author Robert B. O’Connor about his World War 2 based book: Jeep Show, as well as some other topics such as soccer, baseball, cigars and weed! Robert B. O’Connor is the author of the WWII novel Jeep Show – A Trouper at the Battle of the Bulge (https://jeepshowbook.com/) and the non-fiction Gumptionade – A Booster for Your Self-Improv…

Amy is back to tell us all about the tragedy of the lynching of Willie James Howard. Plus: Birthdays galore with Bonnie Franklin, Angela Davis, Joe Frazier and Stockard Channing. We love all of you.By historyforjerks

Addy Kapur episode: Recorded December of 2024. Addy Kapur is a software developer, a photographer, a father, a husband, a native Delhiite, a comedian and a cook. Listen as we get to know Addy Kapur who met Joe in 2019 at the Queen City Comedy Experience Festival while photographing the Nate Bargatze show and meet and greet. Follow along as we learn…

Episode 235: The Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler Incident w/ Artstar and Hunter Brame Hunter shares the tale of The Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler incident, while John Denver and Ben Kingsley are born. Hunter also gives us some in-depth Hitler knowledge. Artstar is a real man.By historyforjerks

he Hopevale Martyrs: November & December 1943 with Artstar and Hunter Brame The mighty Artstar tells us about the Hopevale Martyrs, while Joe overviews Sam Shepard, Keith Richards, Joni Mitchell and Jim Morrison being born, U.S. Marine Sergeant Herbert J. Thomas, An unusual game involving the Ohio State Buckeyes & Illinois Illini, The U.S.Navy dest…

Adam Cufr episode: Recorded September of 2024. Friendcheck #9, Episode 233. Adam Cufr is a father, a husband, a drummer, a veteran and a Retirement Income Certified Professional Listen as we get to know Adam Cufr, an upstanding gent who happened to go to high school with Gruff and Joe. Listen as we discuss Adam’s beginnings as a boy playing with gi…

Episode 232: 1943: Huntz Hall: Don't Kill Your Friends. Joe is joined by the very rev Gary Hall, son of legendary comedian Huntz Hall of Bowery Boys & Dead End Kids fame to discuss Huntz Hall in the 40's. Including his WW2 training video, Don’t Kill Your Friends. We also discuss his friendship with Shemp Howard, his comparisons to the Beastie Boys,…

A True Friend, A Stoner & a former Prince Albert Haver The Gruff episode: Recorded August of 2024. (Friendcheck #8, American Timelines # 231) Steve Bishop aka Gruff from the Gruff & Loud Show is an Ohioan, a Stoner, a Damn Good Friend, and once had a Prince Albert. Before we move any further down the friend check path, let's take a pause and get to…

Amy’s back to jump back into 1943 and the mysterious murder of a somewhat famous actor. Did he get stabbed with a stiletto? Why was he in a bathing suit? Plus: Robert Dinero's birthday, Mussolini escapes, Kennedy is a hero, an airshow tragedy in St. Louis, and more! Part of the Queen City Podcast Network: www.queencitypodcastnetwork.com. Informatio…

A Pharma Consultant Who Grew Up On a Farm Adam Bianchi episode: Recorded July of 2024. (Friendcheck #7, American Timelines # 229) Adam Bianchi is a father, a husband, a farm-boy, a Spring Valley Viking, a UNC Tarheel, and a Pharma Consultant! Listen as we get to know Adam Bianchi who may have never even met Joe before, but became his friend because…

1943: Unit 731 (Episode 228-May to July) Amy’s back to jump back into 1943 with Joe. Amy tells us about the Japanese Unit 731 during World War 2 and all of the awful torture they became famous for while Joe covers the following timeline topics: Mussolini resigning, Sharon Gless and Mick Jagger being born, Batman and Robin coming to the big screen, …

Hunter Brame aka Pilot Babboo is back to school Joe about awesome lady pilots in WW2. We talk Nancy Harkness Love, Jacqueline Cochran, the Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS), Women’s Airforce Service Pilots (WASPS) and so much more. art of the Queen City Podcast Network: www.queencitypodcastnetwork.com. Information may not be accurate, as i…

1943: Who put Bella in the Wych Elm? (Episode 226-Jan to Apr) Amy’s back to jump into 1943 with Joe. Amy tells us about a woman found dead in a tree, while Joe covers the following timeline topics: The invention of Nachos & Duct Tape The Birthdays of George Harrison, Janis Joplin, Joe Pesci & Christopher Walken WW2 Rationing Volcanoes Appearing Wom…

Friend Check: A People Development Consultant-Foodie Podcaster: Abby Elfman (Episode 225) Recorded August of 2023. Abby Elfman is a podcaster, an Atascocita Eagle, a UT San Antonio Roadrunner, a voice actor, an improviser and a People Development Consultant! Listen as we get to know Abby Elfman who became Joe’s friend when they worked together on a…

Hunter Brame returns to assist Joe in discussing Dewey Beard, a native who was forced off of his land on multiple occasions, and was part of some notable historical moments in US history. We talk Wounded Knee, Battle of Little Big Horn, General Custar’s smokin’ hot wife, Libbie Custar and their sexy 1800’s version of sexting among other things. PLU…

Joe is joined by Hunter Brame, WW2 Buff, pilot and beard and glasses wearer to do a biography episode about Audie Murphy, the real life Captain America. We planned to talk Dewey Beard too, but we ran out of time. Enjoy. Part of the Queen City Podcast Network: www.queencitypodcastnetwork.com. Information may not be accurate, as it is produced by jer…

Friend Check: An Architect Usher: Aaron Moody (Episode 222) Aaron Moody episode: Recorded March of 2023. Aaron Moody is an architect and a volunteer usher at a performing arts center, and he volunteers at the Queen City Comedy Experience Festival to help things run smoothly, along with his wife Meg. Aaron and Meg are super fun to be around, and the…

1942: The Phantom Barber & The Oregon State Hospital Poisoning (Episode 221) Amy’s back to jump into 1942 with Joe. Amy tells the tale of the Phantom Barber, while Joe covers the following timeline topics: • World War 2 rationing effects on candy, rubber, coffee, chocolate, Nutella • Anne Frank’s Diary • Bugs Bunny’s effect on pop culture • Hoagy C…

A guy we went to middle School with. Aaron Crane episode: Recorded March of 2023. Aaron Crane is a father, a husband, a Vice President of Operations, a Miami University Redhawk, a son of an elementary school teacher, and a guy we went to middle school with. We haven’t spoken to him since 8th grade graduation, as his parents made him go to a differe…

Friend Check: Aaron Sinclair (Episode 217) This episode is the third of a series of episodes called Friend Check. Listen while Joe goes through his Facebook Friends list and "checks" in with each person that is willing to record an hour long conversation along with co-host Gruff. Who are these people? Why are we Facebook Friends? Are we ACTUALLY fr…

Joe is joined by Gruff from the Gruff & Loud show to take a deep dive on Pearl Harbor and a particular conspiracy theory about a cryptic warning hidden in an ad for a dice game.By historyforjerks

This episode is the second of a series of episodes called Friend Check. Listen while Joe goes through his Facebook Friends list and "checks" in with each person that is willing to record an hour long conversation along with co-host Gruff. Who are these people? Why are we Facebook Friends? Are we ACTUALLY friends? Should we remain friends? This epis…

This episode is the first of a series of episodes called Friend Check. Listen while Joe goes through his Facebook Friends list and "checks" in with each person that is willing to record an hour long conversation. Who are these people? Why are we Facebook Friends? Are we ACTUALLY friends? Should we remain friends? I have a theory that EVERYONE has a…

Episode 216: 1941 Insanity Pleas & The Gentleman Killer America’s favorite jerks continue into the1940’s! This episode: 1941. Amy tells us about The Gentleman Killer of 1941, also known as the aspirin killer, while Joe covers an array of old timey happenings including: • Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy • Mad Hatter’s Disease • M&Ms • Jimmy Orlando the angr…

Episode 215: 1940 William Johansen, Toni Jo Henry & The Ghosts of Alcatraz. Amy & Joe jump into season 6 of American Timelines, the 1940’s! This episode: 1940. Amy tells us about Serial Killer William Johansen. Joe tells Amy about the Christian Front, Ghosts on Alcatraz, The Murder of Laura Law, Female Murderer: Toni Jo Henry, The lynchings of Elbe…

The last episode of Season 5! Amy tells the story of the Walker Family Murders. Is it connected to the Clutter Family Murders? You decide! Plus, Joe tells us about an awful bus vs. cattle truck accident, a mob hit, a comedy troupe forming, a plane crash with a sole survivor, a rhesus monkey in space and Neil Sedaka’s famous girlfriend. Part of the …

Episode 212: Clutter Family Murders & Judd Nelson: November of 1959 On this penultimate episode of season 5, Amy covers the Clutter Family Murders. Perry Edward Smith · Richard Hickock were two heartless robbers who had rough childhoods. That’s no excuse for what they did in the same month that Bryan Adams was born and Lara Flynn Boyle’s grandfathe…

Episode 211: Bonanza & A School Bombing: September & October of 1959 Amy tells us all about Paul Harold Orgeron, a disgruntled tile setter who becomes a school bomber, while Bonanza, The Twilight Zone, Quick Draw McGraw & The Untouchables all premier, Weird Al, Dave Coulier and Marie Osmond are born, Nikita Khrushchev visited a farm in Iowa to lear…

Episode 210: The 40 Minute Free Fall & The 3 Christs: July & August of 1959 Amy tells us all about Psychologist Milton Rokeach’s Three Christs experiment in 1959, where he gets three gents who all think they’re Jesus to live together. Meanwhile, The Vietnam War began, Al Sharpton started preaching, Pilots saw a UFO, Magic Johnson, Kurtis Blow and R…

Episode 209: The Alabama Torso Murders, George Reeves & More Scottish Timelines: June of 1959 Our beloved Scottish pals Daniel & Nathaniel return for another edition of Scottish Timelines. They are fresh from their new comedy group At Least 4 Prats on Youtube and ready to share some Scottish tales of serial killer Malcolm John Webster and the tragi…

Amy & Joe are back with another episode about 1959! Amy tells the story of a tragic lynching of an innocent black man, and Joe fills in the timeline with birthdays, a tragic rape, a UFO conspiracy, burglars, baseball, some plane crashes and more! Part of the Queen City Podcast Network: www.queencitypodcastnetwork.com. Credits Include: Black Nationa…

Episode 207: Feb/March of 1959 Amy covers the day the music died because she is a Don McLean superfan. Joe tells us all about the world record for longest flight set in 1959. Speaking of records, we have a radio record, breath-holding record, and a phone booth stuffing record! Also Flavor Flav and Sting were born! Part of the Queen City Podcast Net…

Episode 206: The Dyatlov Pass incident & The Murder of A Little Rascal: January of 1959 Amy sheds some light on a mysterious death of a group of mountain hikers in 1959, while Joe reveals the harrowing details of the murder of Alfalfa from the Little Rascals. Plus: Jody Watley & Susanna Hoffs are born, a newborn is kidnapped and found, a retired mo…

This week, a family mysteriously disappears in Portland, Multiple people die on TV/Movie sets, Star Wars & Bewitched Inspirado, A tragic school fire are all events covered. PLUS: A Cult Leader is Murdered by Suicide Bombers and Jamie Lee Curtis is born! Part of the Queen City Podcast Network: www.queencitypodcastnetwork.com. Credits Include: Hollyw…

This week, Amy tells us all about the Candlestick Murder, while Joe tells us of Martin Luther King Jr. getting a letter opener plunged into his chest. Plus: The World Series, A New Pope, Joan Jett, An International Incident & The Great Neil deGrasse Tyson! Also: Tons more awful racism, after all, it was still the 50’s! Part of the Queen City Podcas…

Episode 203: The Glamour Girl Slayer & Plane Crashes Galore: July and August of 1958 Onion Futures Act, Superstar Birthdays, Tons of Plane Crashes, Lemming & Cartoonist Suicides, and the Glamour Girl Slayer are all covered in this thrilling episode of American Timelines! Part of the Queen City Podcast Network: www.queencitypodcastnetwork.com. Credi…

The jerks jump to June and July of 1958, in which striking red head Jean Ellroy was murdered, the dog who made the name Fido popular did too, and the Hula Hoop was invented, all while Interracial marriage in Virginia sent a couple to jail, & the Quarrymen recorded their first songs and more! Part of the Queen City Podcast Network: www.queencitypodc…

Episode 201: Fires, Riots, Crashes & The Shoe Bandit: April and May of 1958 Amy & Joe cover April and May of 1958, where a crazy foot fetishist was on the loose, Nixon was getting hate, California started playing baseball, and air traffic was a mess! Plus: A deportation, a museum fire a concert riot and Andie MacDowell! Part of the Queen City Podca…

Amy and Joe celebrate their 200th episode with a hollywood mobster murder, several awful disasters including pigeons spreading fires, blizzards causing disarray, bombs being lost and ICE-T becoming a man. All of this while our dogs Weezie and Ralphie wrestle and play with squeaky toys. Enjoy! Go to https://www.magicmind.co/americanAnd get up to 56%…

The jerks move onto 1958, with a mobster death sentence, a new flag, some Chinese famine, and a good ol’ classic murderer. Go to https://www.magicmind.co/american And get up to 56% off your subscription for the next 10 days with our code: AMERICAN20 Part of the Queen City Podcast Network: www.queencitypodcastnetwork.com. Credits Include: Tuohy, Joh…

Ep 198: Ed Gein & The Levelland UFO Encounter 1957, Part 6: November & December 1957 Amy finally gets to the big one: Ed Gein. One of the grossest, horror movie inspiring murderers of our time, and Amy gets all into it. Meanwhile, Joe tells us about a harrowing lightless flight, the Russian space dog, King Kong Bundy's birth and a Texas UFO! Go to …

Amy & Joe stumble and bumble into September and October of 1957, where they cover a spooky trick or treat murder, some cool birthdays, a school bombing, and some top songs movies and shows of 1957 as well as a mobster murder. Part of the Queen City Podcast Network: www.queencitypodcastnetwork.com. Credits Include: The Vintage Woman Magazine, Truecr…

Episode 196: American Timelines 1957, Part 4: July & August 1957: A Pageant Scandal & A Football Player Murderer & Bret The Hitman Hart History for Jerks dives into July and August of 1957, where we have a hitman born, Paul and John meet, a future astronaut sets a speed record, a pageant scandal, a college football murderer, a comedy legend dies, a…

The Merry Widow of Windy Nook & The Copacabana Incident Episode 195: American Timelines 1957, Part 3: May & June 1957 This week, we’re back to 1957, specifically May and June! Amy tells us of a British older lady serial killer and Joe talks of the reason Billy Martin got fired, MLK’s Give Us The Ballot Speech, The Fly and more! Also, get 40% off yo…

Another flashback episode back to 4 years ago when we were still learning how to podcast, all because Joe has the flu. What a jerk. Here we talk about the Rafay family murders, which have been back in the news since we recorded this as a few more folks are starting to believe in the innocence of Burns and Rafay. Check out more info on the case here…

Reincarnation, Homing Pigeons & Park Overall Joe & Amy cover March, April and a little bit of May 1957. This episode features an amazing story of alleged reincarnation of two sisters, as well as Park Overall’s birthday! Other topics include the last National Legue team to integrate, homing pigeons retiring, Teenaged Jimmy Page on BBC, and the disco…

Episode 193: American Timelines 1957, Part 1: Jan & Feb 1957 Joe & Amy's daughter Audrey fills in for her mom this episode to tell us about the awful story of The Boy in the Box. Joe talks of killer bees, subliminal messages, a mad bomber and of course, Mario Van Peebles! Also, get 40% off your subscription of Magic Mind at: www.magicmind.com/14day…