American Esoterica

Episode 95 - Farce Wars: The Eggpire Strikes Back

A story about gang warfare, piracy, sharks, death by ammonia suffocation, and the people who killed the geese that laid the golden eggs, pretty much literally.

Episode 94 - Farce Wars: Attack of the Drone

State of the art technology shows weakness against cheap drone. Difficulty: 70 years ago.

Episode 93 - Warne, P.I.

She was the inspiration for the Pinkerton Detective Agency's famous slogan, and all it took was stopping the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Meet the first female private detective in the United States, Kate Warne.

Episode 92 - Fool Me Thrice

Once more, we play our dangerous game.

Episode 91 - Homer

Our scientists determined that racism was stupid at least as far back as 1896. Here's the story of the test case that became the ultimate stain on the Supreme Court and the country.