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From famous founders to capitalist cooks, from sex scandals to the dirtiest blues song, AMERICAN FILTH dives into the filthier side of American history: uncovering people who society has largely excluded from the history books because they were too unconventional, provocative, seedy, dirty, trashy…. Or just plain filthy. And sure, some of these folks made great contributions to history. But that’s not the part of their lives AMERICAN FILTH is interested in. This podcast is here for the drama, the spice, and general tomfoolery. The weekly series of brisk episodes plunges face-first into the dirtiest events and people in the annals of American history.
From famous founders to capitalist cooks, from sex scandals to the dirtiest blues song, AMERICAN FILTH dives into the filthier side of American history: uncovering people who society has largely excluded from the history books because they were too unconventional, provocative, seedy, dirty, trashy…. Or just plain filthy. And sure, some of these folks made great contributions to history. But that’s not the part of their lives AMERICAN FILTH is interested in. This podcast is here for the drama, the spice, and general tomfoolery. The weekly series of brisk episodes plunges face-first into the dirtiest events and people in the annals of American history.
GAY OR NAY: Was J. Edgar Hoover A Cross-Dressing Queen?
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American Filth
We return to an important question: was this historical figure gay...or nay? This time, FBI boss J. Edgar Hoover goes to gay court.
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36:10
"The Stripper and the Congressman" (They Boinked)
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1974. A car's pulled over. Inside, a congressman. Outside, a stripper, who had run from the vehicle and tried to jump into an estuary. Suspicious!
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32:45
Nellie Bly Goes Undercover At "The Madhouse"
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Investigative journalist Nellie Bly gets her first big break...by pretending she's crazy.
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WATCH OUT! Thomas Jefferson Wants To Chop Off Your Body Parts
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Thoman Jefferson pitched a very odd bill that proposed chopping off peens and noses.
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How To Stop A Senator From Cheating: SHOOT HIM!
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Sometimes, when you cheat and cheat and cheat some more, you face the consequences of your actions. No one knows this better than Senator Arthur Brown (RIP), one of the first senators from Utah.
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1921 Newspaper Accidentally Makes Child Murder Hilarious
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WELCOME TO SEASON THREE!
In 1921, the United Press put out an article about a child murder with a hilariously awful spell-check error.
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American Filth (DEVASTATING) Announcement!
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We'll be back, I promise!
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08:24
Don't Tread On My Bathroom!!! Americans Resist Toilet Paper
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Ya, it took us a while to wipe well.
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Two Presidents Received Gift Of...Cheese
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Tanked and Yanked: In 1960s, Scientists Pleasure A Dolphin
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Okay... the title EXAGGERATES, but for real...in the 1960s, scientists on St. Thomas try to teach dolphins how to speak English. And one of the dolphins...well, he was too horned up to learn. LSD gets involved, too.
Watch the documentary The Girl Who Talked To Dolphins to get the whole scoop.
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How To Be Successful, According To An Idiot
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Genius or dumb-dumb? That's the question that surrounds the life of Timothy Dexter, an eccentric businessman, who ended up on top despite making terrible decisions. He was also illiterate but somehow wrote a book, published in 1802.
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Why We Square Dance (Spoiler: White Supremacy)
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Automobile mogul Henry Ford just wanted people to have some frickin' decorum on the dance floor!!! Why did everyone want to dance to jazz??? That's disgusting!! Square dancing was the only proper dance for the American temperament, according to Ford. So here's what he did about it.
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Unpregnanted! (Rerun! And a huge, filthy announcement)
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A 19th-century abortionist comes up against anti-fun postal worker Anthony Comstock.
Also! New episodes of American Filth will now be coming out ON FRIDAYS!
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Gelatinous Skies in Kentucky
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In 1876, a bunch of meat rained down from the sky. From where? From whom? What is it?? One writer had answers: the sky itself was gelatinous. Obviously!
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36:21
Banana anna's banana bamboozle
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From 1906-1910, a woman allegedly slipped on a banana peel a dozen times and each time got a hernia. Or, maybe she was just committing insurance fraud.
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Robert E. Lee's Cheating (And Incestuous) Half-Brother
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Robert E. Lee's much older half-brother cheated on his wife with his wife's sister and stole all her money! What an esteemed family!
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New York Doctors' Riot
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In 1788, bodysnatchers were snatching so many bodies from their graves that New York City citizens rioted. And who were the bodysnatchers?? Silly little medical students.
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32:47
The Kansas Goat Doctor
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Having fertility issues?? Well, one "doctor" suggests putting some goat gonads by your gonads.
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Henry Miller's Obscene Boobs
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Happy 69th episode! To celebrate, we learn about author Henry Miller popularized the term "boobs" and also...how he got sued a lot for his disgusting books.
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Death by Sex? A Rockefeller Story
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In 1979, Nelson Rockefeller, a member of the esteemed Rockefeller family and also the former Vice President and Governor of New York, died. And it might have happened while he was banging it out. As New York Magazine reported, “Nelson thought he was coming, but he was going.”
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