The History Flannel

Travel Story: Beware of Highway 78

DISCLAIMER: In the episode, I mention one of these stories is funny and you can quickly hear me going from giggles to shock.  I must have a bad memory from when I first heard the stories told to me because both are horror stories, and the fact they are true is horror itself. Alabama is a beautiful place in many ways, but this episode will have you wondering what you would do in the same situations and what happens on long country roads with no one watching. Pour yourself some tea and join Grandma Lollie again for southern tales from the past on her experience driving on old Alabama Highway 78 in the 1950s; a primetime for ghost stories and terrifying encounters with the infamous KKK.  Spotify Link [https://open.spotify.com/show/6Gfk2meDfzfmJIxybvoE6c?si=c21eddd208d042f6] Apple Podcasts Link [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/culture-cult-travel-show/id1603662928] Find more about show notes, sources, and travel tips from this episode on our instagram: @culturecultshow Send in your travel stories, corrections or comments to culturecultshow@gmail.com [culturecultshow@gmail.com] Subscribe, Rate, and Review!  You know you want to.. Support the show [https://linktr.ee/culturecultshow] (https://linktr.ee/culturecultshow [https://linktr.ee/culturecultshow])

The Las Vegas Light show & Dangerous Bicycle Face

Join Norman and Mark, as we Look back at the atomic tests, carried out in the Nevada desert. Bizarrely,  Las Vegas took advantage and would advertise the atomic testing as a feature to visit the city. Norman has a go at Mark's atomic test. We also hear about the Victorian condition known as "Bicycle face". A condition that would apparently affect cycling women. Find us on Instagram, The History Flannel Email the guys at, historyflannel@gmail.com

Red Heads In History & Kids In The Mail

Join Norman and Mark, as we Look back at redheads in history. We find out some famous redheads from history and we look at how redheads were treated throughout the ages. Mark will take on Norman's redhead quiz. Later, Mark will tell us all about the unusual practice of forwarding kids in the mail and we will also look at other unusual items to be sent by post. Find us on Instagram, The History Flannel Email the guys at, historyflannel@gmail.com

Easy Money & The Tattooed Circus Woman

Join Norman and Mark, as we hear about the unusual 17th century, English practice of wife selling. Norman has a go at Mark's divorce settlement quiz. Finally, we finish off with the story of Maud and Gus Wagner. Maud was America's first female tattoo artist.  Find us on Instagram, The History Flannel Email the guys at, historyflannel@gmail.com

The Vengeful Monarch & The Honest Sewer Worker

Join Norman and Mark, as we hear about Peter the Great of Russia and his vengeful acts of revenge. Mark takes on a nail-biting quiz, all about Russian monarchs. Then we hear about a London sewer worker who just happened to firn his way into the "impenetrable" bank of England's bank vault.  Find us on Instagram, The History Flannel Email the guys at, historyflannel@gmail.com