History Buffoons Podcast
Two buffoons who want to learn about history!
Recent Episodes
March 31, 2025
Scenario 21: '72 Munich Olympic Games
The deadly attack on Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics stands as one of the most shocking moments in sports history - a terrorist operation that transformed what should have been a global celebration into a horrifi...
March 26, 2025
The Origin of Weird: Angel’s Glow
A mysterious blue-green glow emanated from the wounds of soldiers on the Shiloh battlefield in April 1862. Those with glowing injuries seemed to survive at higher rates than their comrades, earning the phenomenon the name "An...
March 24, 2025
Servant Sandwich: Elizabeth Bathory Part 2
When history remembers Elizabeth Bathory, it recalls a monster - the "Blood Countess" who allegedly murdered 650 young women and bathed in their blood to preserve her youth. But what if the most notorious female serial killer...
March 17, 2025
Sing Us Out Cher!: Elizabeth Bathory Part 1
The name Elizabeth Bathory evokes images of horror and blood-soaked legends, but behind the macabre reputation lies a fascinating historical figure shaped by the tumultuous forces of Renaissance Europe. Born in 1560 to a powe...
March 12, 2025
The Origin Of Weird: Ignaz Semmelweis
The shocking story of how simply washing hands could have saved countless women's lives—and why doctors refused to do it. Meet Ignaz Semmelweis, a Hungarian physician working in Vienna in the 1840s who made a disturbing obser...
March 10, 2025
Throw Back a Bottle of Beer: Zoot Suit Riots
When a fashion trend becomes a target for violence, what does that reveal about a society? In wartime Los Angeles 1943, young Mexican-Americans who wore zoot suits—characterized by their distinctive wide-legged, tapered pants...