High Tales of History

What if the original Jaws story was real? In 1916, shark attacks along the New Jersey coast turned a summer beach season into a nationwide panic.
In our penultimate episode for the season, Laurel and KT *dive* (ha!) into the terrifying true story of the 1916 Jersey Shore shark attacks — a twelve day reign of terror that shocked the public, inspired Jaws, and forever changed the way people think about sharks. From beach panic to scientific debate, this episode explores the real history behind one of America’s most infamous summer horror stories.
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Mentioned In the Stories:
Map of the Jersey Shore Attacks
Ocean Ramsey Redirecting a Great White Shark
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Source Material and References:
Sources:
Capuzzo, Michael, and Taylor Mali. Close to shore: the terrifying shark attacks of 1916. Ashland: AudioBookShelf, 2011.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/150702-shark-attack-jersey-shore-1916-great-white⁠
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It's 1937 in China. Japan has invaded China some years prior and the Chinese people are under a ruthless Japaneses occupation. This story is about when people get fed the fuck up and rise against their oppressors.
While most historians agree that WWII started with the invasion of Poland, some historians will say this is an even earlier catalyst for the war--and it all took place at the Lugou Bridge, most commonly known as the Marco Polo Bridge (although that guy had nothing to do with the bridge besides being awestruck and writing about it in his journal...) This must be some bridge and some "incident," right?!
For episode 120, KT is taking us to China in 1937 with the event that started the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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Episode 4: Hatori Honzo
Episode 93: Yi Sun-Sin, the Korean admiral
GEICO Marco Polo ad
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Source Material and References:
Sources:
https://www.pacificatrocities.org/blog/the-marco-polo-bridge-incident-a-catalyst-for-the-second-sino-japanese-war 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Polo_Bridge_incident 

https://www.britannica.com/event/Marco-Polo-Bridge-Incident 

https://origins.osu.edu/read/marco-polo-bridge-incident-1937 
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Come, dear Listener! The game is afoot!
The sisters are relocating the Smoke Circle to the cozy sitting room of 221B Baker Street! In this episode, Laurel takes you through the history of Sherlock Holmes' from literary creation to global phenomenon, exploring the life of Sherlock's creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the birth of his great detective Sherlock Holmes, and his influence on modern media and forensic science.
Find out who Sherlock Holmes is REALLY based on, how Sherlock's fandom is the first "modern" one (complete with fanfic!), and how badly the creator wanted to kill off his creation.
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Mentioned In the Stories:
⁠Episode 98: The Queen's Seer: A History of Divination, from the Elizabethan Period and Beyond⁠
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Source Material and References:
Sources:
Doyle, Arthur Conan. The complete Sherlock Holmes. New York, NY: Barnes & Noble Books, 2015.

https://www.history.com/articles/was-sherlock-holmes-based-on-a-real-person

https://historynet.com/sherlock-holmes-history/

https://www.jstor.org/stable/41398643?seq=1

https://www.pbs.org/articles/sir-arthur-conan-doyle-reluctant-creator-of-sherlock-holmes
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Think Merlin was a happy, magical wizard? Think again.
Join us in the Smoke Circle as KT takes us through the dark history of Merlin's origins and his evolution through time. From demon spawn to bard, from "madman" to the wise sage of Camelot, Merlin has a fascinating history. Join us as we contrast the myth with historical realities, and examine how folklore reflects cultural and historical transformations.
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Mentioned In the Stories:
And this is website working on getting all that poetry up for everyone to see and read:https://merlinpoetry.wales/welcome/ 
Episode 91: A History of Witches
⁠⁠Episode 87: The Sword in the Bosnian Stone
Episode 97: Divining the Future in Ancient Civilizations
Episode 98: The Queen's Seer: A History of Divination, from the Elizabethan Period and Beyond
Episode 45: The Satanic Panic
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Source Material and References:
Sources:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Merlin-legendary-magician

https://www.medievalists.net/2020/10/merlin-demons/

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Myrddin-Wyllt

https://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/arts/sites/early-welsh-literature/pages/merlin.shtml

https://blogsarchive.sites.haverford.edu/celticfringe/2014/03/10/757/

https://www.swansea.ac.uk/press-office/news-events/news/2025/02/rediscovering-myrddin-early-merlin-poems-reveal-the-poet-and-prophet-behind-the-myth.php
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One night in June 1497, Giovanni Borgia--the second and most favorite son of Pope Alexander VI--was in the company of his valet and possibly a masked man. Both the valet and Giovanni were soon found dead with no leads in solving the case. Who might have murdered Giovanni Borgia and what was the motive?
Turns out, a handful of people would want him dead and for a variety of reasons. The Borgias are one of history's greatest notorious families. Their lives were filled with salacious (often slanderous) rumors of their sexual proclivities as well as briberies, assassinations and feuds against other powerful Italian families of the time.
Settle into the Smoke Circle for one of history's greatest cold cases. It's going to be a wild ride...
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Mentioned In the Stories:
⁠Episode 66. Syndrome K: The Deadly Disease that Saved Lives
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Source Material and References:
Sources:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/pope-alexander-borgia-family-black-legend?loggedin=true&rnd=1773433319727
https://www.rutaborjaborgia.com/en/epoca/2-349/la-muerte-de-juan-borgia.php
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banquet_of_Chestnuts
https://archive.org/details/popealexandervih00burc/page/90/mode/2up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Borgia2ndDuke_of_Gand%C3%ADa
https://www.historytoday.com/history-matters/were-borgias-really-so-bad
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