Body Count: A History Podcast
136 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 90 ratingsHello and welcome to Body Count, a history podcast where we gab about death and disaster through the ages, highlighting figures, single events, time periods, whatever it may be that resulted in someone, or as is
usually the case, a lot of someones dying. Hosted by Jessica Manor and Kara DiDomizio.
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Episodes
Henry Gunther: Not First
June 22, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 81.5 MBhttps://linktr.ee/BodyCountPod Perisco, Joseph, Eleventh Month, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour (Arrow Books, 2005). Rodricks, Dan, ‘The Sad, Senseless End of Henry Gunther’ (Baltimore Sun, 2008). ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Peter the Great: Part IV
June 15, 2020 12:00 - 2 hours - 150 MBPeter the Great Part IV: Little Peters
June 15, 2020 12:00 - 2 hours - 150 MBhttps://linktr.ee/BodyCountPod ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Peter the Great III: Karl Number 12
June 08, 2020 12:00 - 4 hours - 263 MBhttps://linktr.ee/BodyCountPod ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Peter the Great Part II: Russian Blackout Curtains
May 11, 2020 07:00 - 2 hours - 123 MBhttps://linktr.ee/BodyCountPod ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Peter the Great: You Stay Sober
May 04, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 77 MBhttps://linktr.ee/BodyCountPod ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Cher Ami: Hero Bird
April 20, 2020 07:00 - 55 minutes - 50.7 MBhttps://linktr.ee/BodyCountPod ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Rasputin: Historical Forensic Files
April 13, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 85.8 MBhttps://linktr.ee/BodyCountPod ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Backwards Body Count Iroquois Theatre Fire: Backdraft 2
March 11, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 61.7 MBhttps://linktr.ee/BodyCountPod ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Iroquois Theatre Fire: Backdraft 2
March 11, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 61.7 MBIt’s a Reverse Body Count as Bethany sits in the host chair this week and educates Jessica. Join us for the Iroquois Theatre Fire.
Churchill, Islam, and Dr. Warren Dockter Part IV: Big Finish
March 02, 2020 19:10 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MBPlease go out and grab Warren’s excellent book available in Hardcover, Paperback, and Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Churchill-Islamic-World-Orientalism-Diplomacy-ebook/dp/B07P25F45H https://twitter.com/WarrenDockter https://linktr.ee/BodyCountPod ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Tsutomu Yamaguchi: Luck Was NOT a Lady, Twice
February 10, 2020 08:00 - 47 minutes - 43.8 MBhttps://linktr.ee/BodyCountPod ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
George Mallory: You've got to Make it Back to count
February 03, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 64.1 MBGeorge Mallory: Possibly There and Never Back Again
February 03, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 64.1 MBhttps://linktr.ee/BodyCountPod ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Churchill, Islam, and Dr. Warren Dockter Part III: #BigDeal
January 27, 2020 08:00 - 55 minutes - 50.7 MBPlease go out and grab Warren’s excellent book available in Hardcover, Paperback, and Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Churchill-Islamic-World-Orientalism-Diplomacy-ebook/dp/B07P25F45H https://twitter.com/WarrenDockter https://linktr.ee/BodyCountPod ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Hitler's Drug Use Part II: Read a Book
January 13, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 74.8 MBhttps://linktr.ee/BodyCountPod ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Hitler's Drug Use Part II: Read a Book Lana
January 13, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 74.8 MBHost Jessica Manor and co-host Bethany Skelton are joined by friend James to discuss a contributing factor to one of the biggest Body Counts of all time: Hitler's copious drug use.
Hitler's Drug Use Part I: The Berghof's Fart Room
January 06, 2020 15:00 - 59 minutes - 54.5 MBhttps://linktr.ee/BodyCountPod ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Hitler's Drugs Body Count Part I: The Fart Room
January 06, 2020 15:00 - 59 minutes - 54.5 MBChurchill, The Islamic World, and Dr. Warren Dockter Part II: On German Bondage
December 23, 2019 08:00 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MBPlease go out and grab Warren’s excellent book available in Hardcover, Paperback, and Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Churchill-Islamic-World-Orientalism-Diplomacy-ebook/dp/B07P25F45H https://twitter.com/WarrenDockter https://linktr.ee/BodyCountPod ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Churchill and The Islamic World: Dr. Warren Dockter
December 16, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 83 MBPlease go out and grab Warren’s excellent book available in Hardcover, Paperback, and Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Churchill-Islamic-World-Orientalism-Diplomacy-ebook/dp/B07P25F45H https://twitter.com/WarrenDockter https://linktr.ee/BodyCountPod ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Black Friday: Bad Tidings, Zero Comfort or Joy
December 09, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 94.8 MBhttps://linktr.ee/BodyCountPod ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
The Early Romanovs Part V: Finally Just Beheading
December 02, 2019 08:00 - 2 hours - 130 MBhttps://linktr.ee/BodyCountPod ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
The Early Romanovs Part IV: About a Girl
November 25, 2019 03:00 - 1 hour - 87.6 MBhttps://linktr.ee/BodyCountPod ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
The Early Romanovs Part IV-About a Girl
November 25, 2019 03:00 - 1 hour - 87.6 MBHost Jessica Manor and co-host Bethany Skelton continue to explore the Early Romanovs. We’re so close to the end... and yet it is just beginning. Russia is on the weird road to empire.
The Body Count of the Early Romanovs Part IV
November 25, 2019 03:00 - 1 hour - 87.6 MBThe Early Ramonovs Part III-What Strange Won't Change
November 18, 2019 03:00 - 1 hour - 106 MBHost Jessica Manor and Co-host Bethany Skelton continue their exploration of the Early Romanovs with Aleksey Mikhailovich a.k.a. Alexis I of Russia. Rules are changed, religion gets weird, children are eaten... it's history business as usual for Body Count
The Body Count of the Early Ramonovs Part III-What Strange Won't Change
November 18, 2019 03:00 - 1 hour - 106 MBHost Jessica Manor and Co-host Bethany Skelton continue their exploration of the Early Romanovs with Aleksey Mikhailovich a.k.a. Alexis I of Russia. Rules are changed, religion gets weird, children are eaten... it's history business as usual for Body Count
The Early Ramonovs Part III: What Strange Won't Change
November 18, 2019 03:00 - 1 hour - 106 MBhttps://linktr.ee/BodyCountPod ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
The Early Romanovs Part II-Not That Kind of #Daddy
November 11, 2019 03:00 - 1 hour - 74.2 MBHost Jessica Manor and co-host Bethany Skelton finish up the tale of Michael Romanov.
The Early Romanovs Part II: Not That Kind of #Daddy
November 11, 2019 03:00 - 1 hour - 74.2 MBhttps://linktr.ee/BodyCountPod ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
The Body Count of the Early Romanovs Part II-Not That Kind of #Daddy
November 11, 2019 03:00 - 1 hour - 74.2 MBHost Jessica Manor and co-host Bethany Skelton finish up the tale of Michael Romanov.
The Body Count of the early Romanovs Part II-Not That Kind of #Daddy
November 11, 2019 03:00 - 1 hour - 74.2 MBHost Jessica Manor and co-host Bethany Skelton finish up the tale of Michael Romanov.
The Body Count of the early Romanovs Part II
November 11, 2019 03:00 - 1 hour - 74.2 MBTime of Romanovs
November 04, 2019 03:00 - 1 hour - 105 MBThe Early Romanovs Part I: Not Too Stupid
November 04, 2019 03:00 - 1 hour - 105 MBhttps://linktr.ee/BodyCountPod ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
The Early Romanovs Part I-Not Too Stupid
November 04, 2019 03:00 - 1 hour - 105 MBHost Jessica Manor and Co-host Bethany Skelton FINALLY made it through the Russian Time of Troubles and are diving head-first into the early Romanovs. From impaling, to brideshows, to peace treaties, it's the early years of the reign of Michael Romanov I.
The Body Count of the Early Romanovs Part I-Not Too Stupid
November 04, 2019 03:00 - 1 hour - 105 MBHost Jessica Manor and Co-host Bethany Skelton FINALLY made it through the Russian Time of Troubles and are diving head-first into the early Romanovs. From impaling, to brideshows, to peace treaties, it's the early years of the reign of Michael Romanov I.
Rise of the Romanovs Part V: Why Wouldn't There Be Cannibals
October 28, 2019 03:00 - 1 hour - 62.5 MBhttps://linktr.ee/BodyCountPod ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Rise of the Romanovs Part IV: Of Course There Were Witches
October 21, 2019 03:00 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MBhttps://linktr.ee/BodyCountPod ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
The Rise of the Romanovs Part IV: Of Course There Were Witches
October 21, 2019 03:00 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MBHost Jessica Manor and co-host Bethany Skelton are still talking early Russian civil war, and yes there are witches. And war. And the Time of Trouble is racking up quite the body count.
The Rise of the Romanovs Part III-We're Not Even There Yet
October 14, 2019 03:00 - 1 hour - 82.8 MBHost Jessica Manor and Co-Host Bethany Skelton are so tired of talking about the Time of Troubles, but it seems they have just begun. And it is only going to get weirder and more vicious from here. Very on-brand.
Rise of the Romanovs Part III-We're Not Even There Yet
October 14, 2019 03:00 - 1 hour - 82.8 MBHost Jessica Manor and Co-Host Bethany Skelton are so tired of talking about the Time of Troubles, but it seems they have just begun. And it is only going to get weirder and more vicious from here. Very on-brand.
Rise of the Romanovs Part III: We're Not Even There Yet
October 14, 2019 03:00 - 1 hour - 82.8 MBhttps://linktr.ee/BodyCountPod ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Rise of the Romanovs Part II-Tinder Trouble
September 30, 2019 03:00 - 1 hour - 72.9 MBHost Jessica Manor and Co-Host Bethany Skelton continue their discussion on the Time of Troubles, finish talking all about Ivan the Terrible, and discuss a very interesting Russian Renaissance-period Tinder profile.
Rise of the Romanovs Part II: Tinder Trouble
September 30, 2019 03:00 - 1 hour - 72.9 MBhttps://linktr.ee/BodyCountPod ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
The Body Count of the Rise of the Romanovs Part II-Tinder Trouble
September 30, 2019 03:00 - 1 hour - 72.9 MBHost Jessica Manor and Co-Host Bethany Skelton continue their discussion on the Time of Troubles, finish talking all about Ivan the Terrible, and discuss a very interesting Russian Renaissance-period Tinder profile.
The Body Count of the Rise of the Romanovs-Troubled Times
September 23, 2019 03:00 - 1 hour - 96 MBMost common question we get, "What's up with Russia?" The answer can be found in the history books as readily as the headlines. Join host Jessica Manor and co-host Bethany Skelton as they chronical the rise of the Romanovs, discuss the Time of Troubles, the fall of the Rurikid, and when someone gets the title "The Terrible" it means nothing good. Come join us on the road to the rise of one of the world's most enduring dynasties and drop an appalling number of bodies along the way.
Rise of the Romanovs-Troubled Times
September 23, 2019 03:00 - 1 hour - 96 MBMost common question we get, "What's up with Russia?" The answer can be found in the history books as readily as the headlines. Join host Jessica Manor and co-host Bethany Skelton as they chronical the rise of the Romanovs, discuss the Time of Troubles, the fall of the Rurikid, and when someone gets the title "The Terrible" it means nothing good. Come join us on the road to the rise of one of the world's most enduring dynasties and drop an appalling number of bodies along the way.
Rise of the Romanovs: Troubled Times
September 23, 2019 03:00 - 1 hour - 96 MBhttps://linktr.ee/BodyCountPod ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★