Minisode 52: Strangers with Candy

In this minisode TUX talks about the history of tainted Halloween candy and how far from reality this “threat” has always been.
How Americans Became Convinced Their Halloween Candy was Poisoned - HISTORY
A  brief history of poisoned Halloween candy panic
Where Did the Fear of Poisoned Halloween Candy Come From? | Arts & Culture| Smithsonian

ALSO MENTIONED: Moral panics, the children, TUX the soothsayer, learning something every new, edibles, Scream, Big Sugar, razorblades in apples, Dear Abby, Ann Landers, Shared History podcast, Tylenol poisoning, cyanide, Texas, executions, and Jean-Benet Ramsey’s murdering ass brother.

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Short King Vibes: Episode 57 (Byron (Low Tax) Looper and the Murder of Tommy Burks)

In this very special Halloween episode we are drinking a delicious, albeit basic cocktail, the Cosmopolitan. This simple but elegant concoction was sensationalized by Sex and the City but popular a decade before, this signature cocktail was everywhere in 90s–the era of TUX’s scandal.
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TUX shines a light on Byron (Low Tax) Looper, a lowly county tax assessor with big dreams and whose obsession with power turned him into a literal monster. We 🥂to taking threats of violence seriously!
Tennessee Senator's Killing and Opponent's Arrest Upend Small Town - The New York Times 
Byron Looper - Wikipedia 
Tommy Burks’ murder was nearly 25 years ago | Life | mainstreet-nashville.com 
Guilty Verdict in Campaign Murder Trial - ABC News 
Tennessee Lawmaker Killed; Election Opponent Arrested - Los Angeles Times 
The Death of a Senator: Tommy Burks and Byron (Low Tax) Looper | Cover Story 
Looper served his sentence | Local News | crossville-chronicle.com 
Autopsy: Bad heart, toxic level of antidepressant killed (Low Tax) Looper 

ALSO DISCUSSED: Pumpkin spice lattes, y2K parties, Dick Clark, Andy Cohen’s drunkenness, political monster stories. bone spurs, Gia Gunn’s Stun, Batman, Well… That’s Interesting podcast, lottery, DINOs (Manchin and Sinema), black gloves, bad manners, Miracle Whip, snitching on oneself, maligned by the Democratic power structure, Tux (Low Tax) Loerzel and short kings.

For more info on our episode cocktail the Cosmo:
The History Of The Cosmopolitan And The Birth Of Craft Cocktail Culture | VinePair 
The Definitive History of the Cosmopolitan - PUNCH 
Cosmopolitan Cocktail Recipe 
The Birth, Death & Inevitable Comeback Of The Cosmo, SATC's Greatest Icon 
Cosmopolitan Recipe | Bon Appétit 

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Minisode 31: Halloween Herstory

This minisode TUX talks about the history of our modern celebration of Halloween.

ALSO MENTIONED: Turnips, the 5th of November, wrecking up the joint, no one suspects the butterfly, Peculiar Picture Show podcast, going HAM at a frolic, treats to avoid tricks, and Canadian imports.

SOURCES:
Halloween - Kansapedia
100 years of tradition — how it all began with Mrs. Krebs
Discover the Birth of Halloween as We Know It - Drunk History
History of Halloween
Turnip Jack-o’-Lanterns Are the Root of All Evil

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Tire Bites: Episode 36 (D.C. Stephenson, The Rapist & Murderer Who Accidentally Took Down the KKK))

In this very special Halloween episode we are drinking a prohibition era concoction. This gastly looking cocktail features an obscure French liqueur made by monks and its popularity ties into the era of TUX’s scandal.
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TUX shines a light on the rape and murder that brought down the KKK—the murder of Madge Oberholtzer by D.C. Stephenson. We raise our glasses to flushing turds because sometimes life is full of pieces of shit but if you’re lucky they’ll get what’s coming to them!
The murder of Madge Oberholtzer: Rape, poison and the KKK 
The murder that brought down the KKK 
“Murder Wasn’t Very Pretty”: The Rise and Fall of D.C. Stephenson 
Indianapolis Collected: DC Stephenson's revenge 
The DC Stephenson Trial: An Account 
DC Stephenson 
Popular Poisons Part II: Mercury Bichloride | Mary Miley's Roaring Twenties 

ALSO DISCUSSED: Halloween movies, Life Force, Poltergeist, Train to Busan, Stephanie’s K-drama problem, waxed mustache lewks, true crime, comeuppance, bone spurs, jewels, Ma & Pa Ferguston, Well That’s Interesting podcast, tire bites, cancel culture, “doing your own research,”the failing indiana Times, Tekashi69 and rickety rapists.

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Last Word Cocktail Recipe 
The Last Word is a drink with a fascinating Detroit story 

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Eugenics Village: Episode 24 (The Buck v. Bell case affirming forced sterilization, and Mary Todd Lincoln's White House seances)

Beyond Reproach gets a little spooky! We bring you two historically dark scandals for your listening pleasure. Start your Halloween season off right!. ALSO DISCUSSED: Doctor Nick, #turdlifestyle, Eugenics village, AIM chat sounds, Oprah giveaways, Peculiar Picture Show, and Stephanie the pre-vert. STEPHANIE does a deep dive into a real-life horror story: the 1927 Buck v.

Beyond Reproach gets a little spooky! We bring y’all two historically dark scandals for your listening pleasure. Start your Halloween season off right!. 

We drink a mad scientist-themed prohibition cocktail called the Monkey Gland which ties directly in era and theme to Stephanie’s scandal. This famous drink, featuring a delicious absinthe rinse, was named after a ridiculous faux medical procedure popularized in the 20s.

ALSO DISCUSSED: Doctor Nick, #turdlifestyle, Eugenics village, AIM chat sounds, Oprah giveaways, Peculiar Picture Show, and Stephanie the pre-vert.

For more info on our episode cocktail the Monkey Gland:
The Quack Doctor & the Monkey Gland Cocktail
26. THE MONKEY GLAND: 1920s
Gems from Cocoanuts, Irving Berlin songs in Marx Brothers show (1926) Billy Murray

STEPHANIE does a deep dive into a real-life horror story: the 1927 Buck v. Bell case, the landmark ruling that reaffirmed a state's right to uphold an inhumane eugenics law. We raise our glasses to yet another dark chapter brushed under the rug of American history!
When Americans tried to breed a better race: How a genetic fitness 'crusade' marches on 
Wiki - Eugenics in the United States
Wiki - Compulsory Sterilization in the United States
The Black Stork
Wiki - Eugenics in California
On Indigenous Peoples Day, recalling forced sterilizations of Native American women 
Virginia Sterilization Act of 1924
Eugenics & The Story of Carrie Buck
Watch The Eugenics Crusade | American Experience | Official Site
“Three Generations of Imbeciles are Enough” — The Case of Buck v. Bell
Eugenics and the Nazis -- the California connection
BUCK v. BELL, Superintendent of State Colony Epileptics and Feeble Minded.
The Supreme Court Ruling That Led To 70,000 Forced Sterilizations

TUX discusses Mary Todd Lincoln’s tragic life of predatory spiritualism. We toast to normalizing mourning, grieving, and encouraging people to show emotions.
Mary Todd Lincoln, Spiritualist. Did the first lady's supernatural… | by Mitch Horowitz
Seances in the Red Room
Spiritualists in Lincoln's White House - The History Reader
Mary's Charlatans
A séance in the White House ~ Why The Victorians Saw Ghosts by Michael Gallagher
Did British clairvoyant warn Abraham Lincoln about his assassination?
Ghosts in the White House - HISTORY
Mary Todd Lincoln Became a Laughingstock After Her Husband’s Assassination
The Spiritualist Who Warned Lincoln Was Also Booth's Drinking Buddy
White House ghosts: A history of who haunts the presidents

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Haunted by History: Episode 13 (Patrick Henry's wife & the Castle Bravo nuclear test)

Beyond Reproach gets a little spooky! We bring you two historically dark scandals for your listening pleasure. Start your Halloween season off right!. 

This episode we drink a pre-colonial crambamble also known as a Hot Ale Flip which tastes like a boozy pumpkin spice latte. Cheers y’all, to autumn!

Also discussed: Ye olde basics, milk skin, Gucci straight-dresses, spiders, mental illness, Michael Bloomberg’s shameful “spanish,” chernobyl, Ernest and Madea movies.

Stephanie’s scandal revolves around the unfortunately short life and relatively long afterlife of Sarah Shelton Henry, Patrick Henry’s wife. The basement where she was chained is site of paranormal activity. Join us for our first (though possibly last) historical political scandal ghost story! 
Occult World : Scotchtown
Wiki - Sarah Shelton Henry
Wiki - Patrick_Henry
Patrick Henry’s Scotchtown-My Night’s Stay
Patrick and Sarah Henry: Mental illness in 18th century America
The Ghost of Sarah Henry
Wife of Patrick Henry
Patrick Henry's VA. Manor Has Checkered Past
Patrick Henry's Secret In The Cellar
Patrick Henry: America's Radical Dissenter
Google Search Results - Patrick Henry Jolly
Patrick Henry's Scotchtown

Tux’s scandal is a deep dive into terrifyingly reckless US military actions in the South Pacific. He explores how their overwhelming hubris and carelessness regarding nuclear testing claimed innocent lives, destroyed a culture and ultimately inspired the film monster Godzilla. Yikes!
Bikini Atoll nuclear test: 60 years later and islands still unliveable
Lucky Dragon's lethal catch
Wiki - Nuclear Testing at Bikini Atoll
Paradise with and Asterisk
Paradise lost - 'for the good of mankind' 
Wiki - Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Wiki - Tsar Bomba
Wiki - Castle Bravo
Castle Bravo at 60
Wiki - Daigo Fukuryū Maru
Wiki - Godzilla
Gojira vs. Godzilla: Two nuclear narratives in one monster

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