The tribes of the upper Mississippi region including the Sauks first encounters with the white invaders are mixed to say the least. With the French and eventually the English being somewhat useful allies while the Americans proved to be quite the different story.Ad free version available through Patreon subscription. Available on Spotify and through podcast aps that use RSS feeds. For more information:https://www.patreon.com/distortedhistoryPlease Rate and Review the podcastTo contact me:Email: [email protected] @DistortedHistor https://twitter.com/DistortedHistorBluesky @distortedhistory.bsky.socialIf you would like to support the podcast: ko-fi.com/distortedhistory

To begin my deep dive into the history of punk rock we first go back to one of the early progenitors and inspirations for the style the Velvet Underground and the story of their partnership with Andy Warhol and the creation of their famed, if low selling, debut album.Ad free version available through Patreon subscription. Available on Spotify and through podcast aps that use RSS feeds. For more information:https://www.patreon.com/distortedhistoryPlease Rate and Review the podcastTo contact me:Email: [email protected] @DistortedHistor https://twitter.com/DistortedHistorBluesky @distortedhistory.bsky.socialIf you would like to support the podcast: ko-fi.com/distortedhistory

The murder of Kitty Genovese was a tragedy. The story that grew up around that murder however made Kitty's death a cultural touch stone of sorts but as we will see the story of 38 witnesses watching on and doing nothing isn't exactly accurate.Ad free version available through Patreon subscription. Available on Spotify and through podcast aps that use RSS feeds. For more information:https://www.patreon.com/distortedhistoryPlease Rate and Review the podcastTo contact me:Email: [email protected] @DistortedHistor https://twitter.com/DistortedHistorBluesky @distortedhistory.bsky.socialIf you would like to support the podcast: ko-fi.com/distortedhistory

The story of the murder of Kitty Genovese is often one of a young woman killed in the big city while 38 witnesses watched on and did nothing. That tale however leaves out a lot of details and isn't entirely accurate. So join me this week as we learn more about who Kitty Genovese was, the city she lived and the man responsible for her murder. While next time we'll take a closer look at the myth around her death and why it doesn't appear to be true.Ad free version available through Patreon subscription. Available on Spotify and through podcast aps that use RSS feeds. For more information:https://www.patreon.com/distortedhistoryPlease Rate and Review the podcastTo contact me:Email: [email protected] @DistortedHistor https://twitter.com/DistortedHistorBluesky @distortedhistory.bsky.socialIf you would like to support the podcast: ko-fi.com/distortedhistory

The story of short lived but incredibly influential desert/stoner rock band Kyuss.Ad free version available through Patreon subscription. Available on Spotify and through podcast aps that use RSS feeds. For more information:https://www.patreon.com/distortedhistoryPlease Rate and Review the podcastTo contact me:Email: [email protected] @DistortedHistor https://twitter.com/DistortedHistorBluesky @distortedhistory.bsky.socialIf you would like to support the podcast: ko-fi.com/distortedhistory

As Clarence King wraps up his grand survey of the great basin area he and his men receive disturbing news. It seems that the great diamond discovery that they'd been hearing so much about was made within the territory they had surveyed and they had missed it. A revelation that sets Clarence King and members of his team on a path to not only discover the mysterious field for themselves but also the truth that it was nothing more than a fraud.Ad free version available through Patreon subscription. Available on Spotify and through podcast aps that use RSS feeds. For more information:https://www.patreon.com/distortedhistoryPlease Rate and Review the podcastTo contact me:Email: [email protected] @DistortedHistor https://twitter.com/DistortedHistorBluesky @distortedhistory.bsky.socialIf you would like to support the podcast: ko-fi.com/distortedhistory

Young scientist Clarence King indulges his obsession as he risks life and limb to ascend some of the highest and most treacherous peaks in the Sierra Nevada range. Doing so both in the name of science and his love for adventure.Ad free version available through Patreon subscription. Available on Spotify and through podcast aps that use RSS feeds. For more information:https://www.patreon.com/distortedhistoryPlease Rate and Review the podcastTo contact me:Email: [email protected] @DistortedHistor https://twitter.com/DistortedHistorBluesky @distortedhistory.bsky.socialIf you would like to support the podcast: ko-fi.com/distortedhistory

Following the surprising success of the uncompromisingly heavy ...And Justice For All, Metallica look to radically shift gears. In doing so the undertake the most arduous recording process of their lives.Ad free version available through Patreon subscription. Available on Spotify and through podcast aps that use RSS feeds. For more information:https://www.patreon.com/distortedhistoryPlease Rate and Review the podcastTo contact me:Email: [email protected] @DistortedHistor https://twitter.com/DistortedHistorBluesky @distortedhistory.bsky.socialIf you would like to support the podcast: ko-fi.com/distortedhistory

In 1872 the news of the discovery of a bonanza of diamonds and other precious gems somewhere in the western territories excites the nations. As many have visions of another gold rush just this time with diamonds. Yet for one young scientist this news is potentially career threatening. This is where that story begins.Ad free version available through Patreon subscription. Available on Spotify and through podcast aps that use RSS feeds. For more information:https://www.patreon.com/distortedhistoryPlease Rate and Review the podcastTo contact me:Email: [email protected] @DistortedHistor https://twitter.com/DistortedHistorBluesky @distortedhistory.bsky.socialIf you would like to support the podcast: ko-fi.com/distortedhistory

Klan leader DC Stephenson commits a crime so heinous that not even all his power and influence can help him escape justice. His downfall then becomes the first domino to topple as the 1920s klan falls out of favor and fades into irrelevance. Content warning: includes brief descriptions of incidents of sexual assault. For any who don't feel comfortable with such content (times inexact due to ads)First happens at the start of the second section (roughly 20 minutes or so in) and lasts for 2 min and 45 seconds Second starts about 30 seconds into the 3rd section (roughly 46 of so minutes in) and lasts for 7 min and 5 secondsAd free version available through Patreon subscription. Available on Spotify and through podcast aps that use RSS feeds. For more information:https://www.patreon.com/distortedhistoryPlease Rate and Review the podcastTo contact me:Email: [email protected] @DistortedHistor https://twitter.com/DistortedHistorBluesky @distortedhistory.bsky.socialIf you would like to support the podcast: ko-fi.com/distortedhistory