1/11/2026: On today’s episode, Valerie shares the sorrowful tale of Mary Ashford, who met a mysterious fate in the early morning hours after a local community dance. Her case led to the repeal of a long forgotten medieval law after the accused threw down the gauntlet (literally). As if that weren’t enough, Mary’s death is tied to an unsolved case 157 years later, with many eerie similarities (Time=Flat Circle). Next, in the Zodiac Back we look at the outer planet placements o

12/15/2025: On today’s episode, Valerie’s Timeline Twist features some 1817 history (and warcake), The Cook’s Oracle  cookbook including 11 ketchups and a Wow-Wow sauce, a cheat sheet for nervous dancers, a crazy strong liqueur, and the invention of the first strider bike known as the Laufmaschine (among other names). Next, Amy Jo shares the fascinating tale of a mysterious woman who walked out of the water into an English village near Bristol wearing a turban and speaking an

11/30/2025: On today’s episode, Valerie shares an amusing story from the summer of 1907, when the small town of Clinton, Massachusetts was visited by not one, but two circuses. We discuss the almost back-to-back incidents including ladies jumping herds of elephants, gambling and sharp practices, a near riot, and a violent thunderstorm - all of which caused an evening of panic and confusion, and more than a little trouble for Clintonians. Next, Amy Jo’s Zodiac back takes us th

11/16/2025: On today’s episode, Valerie presents some major strides in women’s rights and transportation during the Edwardian Era, some sweet new releases (whoop, whoop!), possibly the creepiest fine arts clip we’ve EVER had, and some important dates in aviation history, in the 1907 Timeline Twist. Next, Amy Jo tells the wild tale of the Jewels of the Order of St. Patrick, which mysteriously disappeared from Dublin Castle in July of 1907. The bungling was prominent, but the s

9/4/2025: On the Season 2 finale episode, Valerie tells the woeful tale of the murder of the beautiful Tobacco Emporium clerk, Mary...

8/13/2025: On today’s episode, Valerie presents the birth of the stapler, the monkey wrench, and hypnotism (Yay!), we discuss William...

Witches being burned at the stake, color drawing, 16th century 7/30/2025: On today’s episode, Valerie tells the twisted tale of Elizabeth...

The Balladeer 7/20/2025: On today’s episode, Valerie outlines some revolutionary events (‘twas a big year!), including a shit-ton of...

George’s Dock | Liverpool, 1897 | Wikicommons 7/12/2025: On today’s episode, Valerie recounts the story of a macabre scandal that shocked...

West Point Military Academy, J. Hill, George Catlin, 1828, Aquatint and etching with applied watercolor 6/27/2025: On today’s episode, we...

An 1834 woodcut depicting Jackson's duel with Charles Dickinson from the satirical Major Jack Downing's Life of Andrew Jackson . Downing...

West and West 6/4/2025: On today’s episode, we visit our old friends Napoleon and Lewis & Clark. We discuss the beautiful Arc de Triomphe...

Portrait of James W. Mason, the first African American to serve in the Arkansas Senate. Courtesy of the Arkansas Senate. 5/21/2025: On...

The Whaling Disaster of 1871. Plate 2 5/14/2025: On today’s episode, Valerie touches on the Ku Klux Klan Act and the Franco-Prussian War,...

Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1902 5/7/2025: On today’s episode, Valerie tells the story of a group of 114th Field Artillery Regiment men, who...