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  F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Genius Behind The Great Gatsby 28.09.2026 30min

  F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Genius Behind The Great Gatsby 28 May 2021 --- Check out Squarespace: http://squarespace.com/biographics for 10% off on your first purchase. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw MegaProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0woBco6Dgcxt0h8SwyyOmw SideProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Wn3dABlgESm8Bzn8Vamgg Casual Criminalist: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp1tsmksyf6TgKFMdt8-05Q TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Today I Found Out: https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut Highlight History: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnb-VTwBHEV3gtiB9di9DZQ XPLRD: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVH8lH7ZLDUe_d9mZ3dlyYQ Business Blaze: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYY5GWf7MHFJ6DZeHreoXgw Simon's Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ This video is #sponsored by Squarespace. Source/Further reading: Britannica, biography: https://www.britannica.com/biography/F-Scott-Fitzgerald  Biography, overview: https://www.biography.com/writer/f-scott-fitzgerald  History, overview: https://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/f-scott-fitzgerald  Biography, Zelda Fitzgerald: https://www.biography.com/personality/zelda-fitzgerald  PBS, twin bios of F. Scott and Zelda: https://www.pbs.org/kteh/amstorytellers/bios.html  Cambridge Core, Fitzgerald in context: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/f-scott-fitzgerald-in-context/biography/39A89A303913A93779E4EE4E4170520F/core-reader  In France: https://www.scottandzelda.com/the-lost-generation/  On the Riviera: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/10/travel/on-the-french-riviera-fitzgerald-found-his-place-in-the-sun.html  The Fitzgeralds at Asheville: https://www.npr.org/2013/09/03/216164420/for-f-scott-and-zelda-fitzgerald-a-dark-chapter-in-asheville-n-c  Fitzgerald and Hemingway: https://www.thearticle.com/fitzgerald-and-hemingway-a-tortured-friendship  Fitzgerald’s essay on his breakdown, the Crack-Up: https://www.esquire.com/lifestyle/a4310/the-crack-up/  NYT, interesting obituary from 1940: https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/00/12/24/specials/fitzgerald-obit.html  Guardian, Fitzgerald and Zelda: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/oct/29/zelda-fitgerald-scott-film-tv  Paris Review, some interesting stuff on Fitzgerald and Hemingway: https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2015/04/24/distinctly-emasculated/  In Our Time, the Great Gatsby: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000r4tq  BBC, Misunderstanding the Great Gatsby: https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210209-the-worlds-most-misunderstood-novel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Titanic Thompson: Prince of the Hustlers #sponsored 28.09.2026 30min

  Titanic Thompson: King of the Hustlers #sponsored 29 May 2025 --- Personalized 1-on-1 language lessons with native teachers on italki! 🎉 Buy $10 get $5 for free for your first lesson with code BIOGRAPHICS. 👉 Book a lesson: https://go.italki.com/biographics2505 📱 Get the app: https://go.italki.com/biographics2505app #biography #history #criminal → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://web.archive.org/web/20100204134148/http:/www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar/CA_Archives/CA_Show_Article/0,2322,146,00.html https://www.golfdigest.com/story/golf-s-killer-gambler--the-legend-of-titanic-thompson https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/titanic-thompson-18844/ https://www.casino.org/blog/best-titanic-thompson-stories/ https://openlibrary.org/books/OL10968968M/The_Unsinkable_Titanic_Thompson https://headbutler.com/reviews/titanic-thompson-man-who-bet-everything/ http://www.thestacksreader.com/titanic-thompson/ https://web.archive.org/web/20060507091807/http:/www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/2005/4/2005_4_58.shtml https://progolfnow.com/2020/07/14/good-read-titanic-thompson-bet-everything/ https://www.golfdigest.com/story/titanic-thompson-book-excerpt-jenkins Sponsor ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Alfred Hitchcock: Hollywood's Supreme Craftsman of Suspense 28.09.2026 32min

  Alfred Hitchcock: Hollywood's Master of Suspense 12 Dec 2023 --- The first 500 people to use my link will receive a one month free trial of Skillshare" https://skl.sh/biographics12231 → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/@FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/@wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/alfred-hitchcock-reveals-secret-to-creating-suspense/ https://www.biography.com/movies-tv/alfred-hitchcock http://www.alfredhitchcock.com/life-and-legacy/biography/ https://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/the-master-of-suspense-is-dead https://www.biography.com/movies-tv/alfred-hitchcock https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alfred-Hitchcock https://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/the-master-of-suspense-is-dead https://archive.org/details/alfredhitchcock0000phil_e4x6/page/30/mode/2up?view=theater https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2016/04/29/alfred-hitchcock-a-sadistic-prankster/ https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1941/R?qt-honorees=1#block-quicktabs-honorees https://www.brattleblog.brattlefilm.org/2018/06/01/why-shadow-of-a-doubt-was-hitchcocks-favorite-10005/ https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2000/conference-for-the-love-of-fear/spellbound/ https://variety.com/1980/film/news/alfred-hitchcock-dies-of-natural-causes-at-bel-air-home-1201344342/ https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/polls/greatest-films-all-time/vertigo-hitchcock-new-number-one https://people.com/movies/tippi-hedren-alfred-hitchcock-abuse-allegations-after-granddaughter-dakota-johnson-resurfaces-claims/ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/oct/31/tippi-hedren-alfred-hitchcock-sexually-assaulted-me https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1980/04/30/alfred-hitchcock-master-of-screen-thrillers-dies/0f18e689-1868-4a3d-8b97-de2271807b51/ https://variety.com/1980/film/news/alfred-hitchcock-dies-of-natural-causes-at-bel-air-home-1201344342/ John Russell Taylor - Hitch Gene D. Phillips - Alfred Hitchcock AlfredHitchcock.com RogerEbert.com NYTimes archive https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1980/04/30/alfred-hitchcock-master-of-screen-thrillers-dies/0f18e689-1868-4a3d-8b97-de2271807b51/ https://variety.com/1980/film/news/alfred-hitchcock-dies-of-natural-causes-at-bel-air-home-1201344342/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Andrew Jackson: The Debated Creator of the Modern Presidency #sponsored 28.09.2026 31min

  Andrew Jackson: The Controversial Father of the Modern Presidency #sponsored 30 Jul 2025 --- 🔒Remove your personal information from the web at https://joindeleteme.com/BIOGRAPHICS and use code BIOGRAPHICS for 20% off 🙌 DeleteMe international Plans: https://international.joindeleteme.com #biography #history #president → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House by Jo n Meacham, Random House 2008 Sponsor ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  The Forty Elephants Gang: The All-Women Outfit That Robbed London Blind #sponsored 28.09.2026 18min

  The Forty Elephants Gang: The All-Women Gang That Robbed London Blind #sponsored 15 Apr 2025 --- #biography #history #truecrimestories 🔒Remove your personal information from the web at https://joindeleteme.com/BIOGRAPHICS and use code BIOGRAPHICS for 20% off 🙌 DeleteMe international Plans: https://international.joindeleteme.com → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: Brian McDonald - Gangs of London https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20250219-a-thousand-blows-how-a-women-only-gang-menaced-victorian-london https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/dec/27/girl-gang-london-underworld https://books.google.ro/books?id=fVg-EAAAQBAJ&pg=PT163&dq=%22hoister+bloomers%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22hoister%20bloomers%22&f=false https://www.londonmuseum.org.uk/collections/london-stories/forty-elephants-south-londons-supreme-shoplifters/ https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/culture/culture-news/a63840210/a-thousand-blows-forty-elephants-true-story-disney-plus/ https://www.historyextra.com/period/victorian/forty-elephants-gang-who-real-mary-carr/ Sponsor ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Francisco de Miranda: Opening Supreme Chief of Venezuela #sponsored 28.09.2026 32min

  Francisco de Miranda: First Supreme Chief of Venezuela #sponsored 26 Jun 2025 --- Thank you Nolah for sponsoring! Click here https://nolahmattress.com/biographics and use CODE BIOGRAPHICS to get an extra $50 off your mattress. #biography #history #spain → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://www.nps.gov/places/000/general-simon-bolivar-memorial.htm https://research.kent.ac.uk/warandnation/1822-to-1825-the-struggle-against-the-royalist-stronghold-of-popayan/ https://www.spanishacademyantiguena.com/blog/2018/11/05/don-honorific-title-explained-and-how-to-use-it/ https://www.britannica.com/summary/Spanish-Inquisition-Key-Facts#:~:text=The%20Spanish%20Inquisition%20was%20a,to%20widespread%20death%20and%20suffering. https://www.amrevmuseum.org/spain-and-the-american-revolution#:~:text=Along%20with%20their%20military%20support,American%20Revolution's%20impact%20on%20Spain. https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/bernardo-de-galvez https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/william-stephens-smith-1755-1816/ https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/People/Francisco_de_Miranda/ROBMIR/4*.html https://www.britannica.com/event/Reign-of-Terror https://tomwilliamsauthor.co.uk/the-invasion-of-buenos-aires-june-1806/ https://www.usmarshals.gov/who-we-are/history/directors-and-organizational-leadership/william-s-smith https://www.caracaschronicles.com/2019/03/26/in-1812-a-national-catastrophe-helped-topple-a-weak-government/ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Francisco-de-Miranda https://pamasonictemple.org/speaker-series/a-revolutionary-fraternity-freemasons-and-the-global-fights-for-liberty-in-the-18th-19th-centuries/ https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2023/8/3/independence-in-colombia-the-crossing-paths-of-francisco-de-miranda-and-simon-bolivar Sponsor ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Jean Laffite: The Final Buccaneer of the Caribbean #sponsored 28.09.2026 29min

  Jean Laffite: Last of the Caribbean Pirates #sponsored 17 Sep 2025 --- Check out http://squarespace.com/biographics to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code. BIOGRAPHICS. Thanks to Squarespace for the sponsorship #sponsored #pirates #biography → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Khorloogiin Choibalsan: The Stalin of Mongolia's Steppes #sponsored 28.09.2026 32min

  Khorloogiin Choibalsan: The Stalin of the Mongolian Steppes #sponsored 29 Sep 2025 --- Thank you Nolah for sponsoring! Click here https://nolahmattress.com/biographics and use CODE BIOGRAPHICS to get an extra $50 off your mattress #history #mongolianhistory #gengiskhan → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://www.scribd.com/read/426605947/Nomads-and-Commissars-Mongolia-Revisited#__search-menu_890853 https://www.scribd.com/read/368786343/A-History-of-Russia-Central-Asia-and-Mongolia-Volume-II-Inner-Eurasia-from-the-Mongol-Empire-to-Today-1260-2000#__search-menu_399291 https://engelsbergideas.com/portraits/khorloogiin-choibalsan-stalin-of-the-steppe/ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Khorloghiyin-Choibalsan https://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/stalins-conversation-choibalsan https://archive.org/details/historyofmongoli0000unse/page/98/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/poisonedarrowsst00sand/page/70/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/modernhistoryofm00bawd/page/206/mode/2up Sponsor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Seabiscuit: The Hero America Needed 28.09.2026 23min

  Seabiscuit was born (or more accurately ‘foaled’) on May 23rd, 1933 in Lexington, Kentucky. He was the son of a nasty-tempered rogue named Hard Tack, and a gentle mare named Swing On. Seabiscuit’s father had great speed, no doubt owing to his own pedigree. His father, Man o’ War, was considered by most experts at the time to have been the greatest racehorse ever produced… although his grandson would certainly go on to challenge that claim. The problem with Hard Tack was that he was uncontrollable... Even hall of fame trainer ‘Sunny’ Jim Fitzsimmons couldn’t tame him.→Subscribe for new videos every Monday and Thursday! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1Vote for the Biography you want us to next. Click here to vote:http://biographics.org/you-choose-the-biography/Visit our companion website for more: http://biographics.orgCredits:Host - Simon WhistlerAuthor - Steve TheunissenProducer - Jack ColeExecutive Producer - Shell HarrisBusiness inquiries to [email protected] by the book, get Seabisquit's biography from Amazon: http://amzn.to/2yAxW0mOther Biographics Videos:Muhammad Ali Biography: The Greatest Ever?https://youtu.be/AIN2Zke74V8?list=PLy3kHTZWA8Oj5vyn_0mlCwaAHeGjbat8kAmerica's First Serial Killer - H. H. Holmes Biographyhttps://youtu.be/qkmJ2i4kZ1c?list=PLy3kHTZWA8OiHluQu0uWbFrWqkHy4ktsa Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Humphrey Bogart: The Greatest Luminary of Classic Hollywood #sponsored 28.09.2026 31min

  Humphrey Bogart: The Greatest Icon of Classic Hollywood #sponsored 31 Oct 2025 --- Check out http://squarespace.com/biographics to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code. BIOGRAPHICS. Thanks to Squarespace for the sponsorship #humphreybogart #hollywood #casablanca → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: Jeffrey C. Myers - Bogart: A Life in Hollywood Alan Frank - Humphrey Bogart Taschen Publishing - Movie Icons: Bogart https://www.biography.com/actors/humphrey-bogart https://humphreybogart.com/biography/ https://www.defense.gov/News/Feature-Stories/Story/Article/3978733/actor-humphrey-bogart-served-in-the-sea-services-during-world-wars-i-and-ii/ Sponsor ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  The Rivalry of the Currents - AC Vs DC #sponsored 28.09.2026 30min

  The War of the Currents - AC Vs DC #sponsored 24 Jul 2025 --- Check out http://squarespace.com/biographics to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code BIOGRAPHICS. Thanks to Squarespace for the sponsorship #biography #acdc #history → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: Francis Ellington Leupp - George Westinghouse: His Life and Achievements https://www.biography.com/inventors/george-westinghouse https://westinghousenuclear.com/about/history/ https://time.com/5698700/current-war-real-history/ https://edison.rutgers.edu/life-of-edison/essaying-edison/essay/the-current-wars https://www.pbs.org/tesla/ll/ll_warcur.html https://www.energy.gov/articles/war-currents-ac-vs-dc-power https://www.edn.com/edison-electric-light-co-begins-operation-october-15-1878/ Sponsor ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Chef Boyardee: Bringing Italian Gastronomy to America #sponsored 28.09.2026 30min

  Chef Boyardee: Bringing Italian Cuisine to America #sponsored 15 Aug 2025 --- Thank you Nolah for sponsoring! Click here https://nolahmattress.com/biographics and use CODE BIOGRAPHICS to get an extra $50 off your mattress. #biography #chefboyardee #history → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://www.foodandwine.com/chefs/chef-boyardee-real-person https://www.theplazany.com/history/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnmariani/2018/05/27/after-102-years-barbetta-is-still-the-most-elegant-italian-restaurant-in-new-york/ https://clevelandhistorical.org/items/show/934 https://www.chefboyardee.com/articles/restaurant-your-table https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/bizarre-story-piggly-wiggly-first-self-service-grocery-store-180964708/ https://www.vantrumpreport.com/2021/10/22/the-chef-boyardee-story/ https://www.northcentralpa.com/life/the-iconic-chef-on-the-pasta-cans-has-a-lasting-legacy-in-milton-pa/article_c3a90cee-746d-11eb-aeaf-a74c390d3f48.html https://www.tastingtable.com/1064446/how-chef-boyardees-canned-ravioli-kept-wwii-soldiers-fed/ https://case.edu/ech/articles/b/boiardi-hector https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x95vl52 https://www.chefboyardee.com/products/classics https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1985/06/23/originator-of-boyardee-foods-dies/ Sponsor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  PHIL HARTMAN : The Tragic Life of an SNL and Simpsons LUMINARY 28.09.2026 28min

  PHIL HARTMAN : The Tragic Life of an SNL and Simpsons LEGEND 16 Jul 2025 --- Check out http://squarespace.com/biographics to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code. BIOGRAPHICS. Thanks to Squarespace for the sponsorship #biography #history #simpsons → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: Mike Thomas - You Might Remember Me: The Life and Times of Phil Hartman https://web.archive.org/web/20191219210846/https://abcnews.go.com/US/man-laughter-snl-simpsons-star-phil-hartmans-life/story?id=65642867 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/profile-phil-hartman/ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/phil-hartman-remembered https://ew.com/article/1998/06/12/man-thousand-voices/ https://www.biography.com/crime/phil-hartman-death-murder https://people.com/phil-hartman-death-what-to-know-8654461 https://www.salon.com/2014/09/21/phil_hartmans_final_night_the_tragic_death_of_a_saturday_night_live_genius/ Sponsor ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  'Chevalier’ John Taylor: The Eye Surgeon Who Blinded (And Possibly Killed) JS Bach 28.09.2026 25min

  'Chevalier’ John Taylor: The Eye Surgeon Who Blinded (And Possibly Killed) JS Bach 4 Aug 2022 --- John Taylor was hailed by the Courts of 18th Century Europe as an infallible eye surgeon, able to restore the sight to hundreds of patients thanks to his miraculous cures - or so he said. Considered by others to be a swindler and a quack, he left a trail of debts and blinded patients behind him as he fled the many cities he'd lived in before dying in infamy. This is his story. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw Warographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9h8BDcXwkhZtnqoQJ7PggA MegaProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0woBco6Dgcxt0h8SwyyOmw SideProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Wn3dABlgESm8Bzn8Vamgg Into The Shadows: https://www.youtube.com/c/IntotheShadows TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Today I Found Out: https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut Highlight History: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnb-VTwBHEV3gtiB9di9DZQ Business Blaze: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYY5GWf7MHFJ6DZeHreoXgw Casual Criminalist: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheCasualCriminalist Decoding the Unknown: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZdWrz8pF6B5Y_c6Zi6pmdQ Simon's Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Robert Moses: The Man Who Built the Modern New York 28.09.2026 29min

  Robert Moses: The Man Who Built the Modern New York 28 Jun 2021 --- Check out Squarespace: http://squarespace.com/BIOGRAPHICS for 10% off on your first purchase. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw MegaProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0woBco6Dgcxt0h8SwyyOmw SideProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Wn3dABlgESm8Bzn8Vamgg Casual Criminalist: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp1tsmksyf6TgKFMdt8-05Q TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Today I Found Out: https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut Highlight History: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnb-VTwBHEV3gtiB9di9DZQ XPLRD: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVH8lH7ZLDUe_d9mZ3dlyYQ Business Blaze: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYY5GWf7MHFJ6DZeHreoXgw Simon's Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ This video is #sponsored by Squarespace. Source/Further reading: https://static01.nyt.com/images/2006/07/11/nyregion/11bridge.xlarge1.jpg https://imgs.6sqft.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/20213024/housing-e1436368800880.jpg “The Power Broker” by Robert A. Caro “The Death and Life of American Cities” by Jane Jacobs “New York: A Documentary Film”, Directed by Ric Burns Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle: The Tragic Story Behind Hollywood’s First Scandal 28.09.2026 25min

  Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle: The Tragic Story Behind Hollywood’s First Scandal 21 Mar 2022 --- Head to https://Policygenius.com/Biographics to get your free life insurance quotes and see how much you could save. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw Warographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9h8BDcXwkhZtnqoQJ7PggA MegaProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0woBco6Dgcxt0h8SwyyOmw SideProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Wn3dABlgESm8Bzn8Vamgg Into The Shadows: https://www.youtube.com/c/IntotheShadows TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Today I Found Out: https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut Highlight History: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnb-VTwBHEV3gtiB9di9DZQ Business Blaze: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYY5GWf7MHFJ6DZeHreoXgw Casual Criminalist: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheCasualCriminalist Decoding the Unknown: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZdWrz8pF6B5Y_c6Zi6pmdQ Simon's Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ This video is #sponsored by Policygenius. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  John C.H. Lee: The Neglected Architect of World War II 28.09.2026 32min

  John C.H. Lee: The Forgotten Mastermind of World War II 23 Mar 2024 --- The history of the United States Army presents no shortage of what may be called “colorful” characters adorning its ranks and accomplishments. During the American Revolutionary War there was the rambunctious Ethan Allen, loud, profane, and self-serving. The American Civil War produced George Armstrong Custer, one of the earliest examples of an Army commander retaining a press correspondent on his personal staff. World War I produced MacArthur, as well as the equally flamboyant George Patton, both of whom used lessons learned in that conflict to further their fame during World War II. These officers, and many others of a similar bent, shared a personal notoriety and military success. Another, a contemporary of MacArthur, Patton, Dwight Eisenhower, and the other military leaders of the Second World War, was John Clifford Hodges Lee, whose contribution to the Allied victory was substantial, but whose efforts are largely forgotten. Lee had the often thankless task of ensuring troops were fed, clothed, armed, and supported by medical and staff personnel, rather than leading them in battle. It was his responsibility to have trained replacements ready to step forward when needed, fuel available to support offensives, bullets for rifles, shells for tanks, and mail delivered to the men at the front. Engineers to support combat operations and build necessary roads, storage sites, fuel dumps, airfields, and other military infrastructure were also under his bailiwick. In accomplishing his task, he developed the reputation of being a self-absorbed martinet. Among the troops, including the senior officers deployed in Europe, his initials – JCH – were said to stand for “Jesus Christ Himself”. In Citizen Soldiers, the noted historian Stephen Ambrose described him as “The biggest jerk in ETO [European Theater of Operations]”, who had “…an exalted opinion of himself”. Yet without his successful execution of his duties, the Allied drive across Europe would have been immeasurably more difficult. He is an interesting, complicated, and sometimes comic figure, who alienated his superiors as well as the men under his immediate command. Yet he got the job done, according to Eisenhower, who said of him, “…I thought it was possible that his unyielding methods might be vital to success in an activity where an iron hand is always mandatory”. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://archive.org/details/citizensoldiers000ambr/mode/2up?view=theater https://www.westpoint.edu/about/history-of-west-point/notable-graduates https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/great-mississippi-river-flood-1927 https://history.army.mil/html/books/007/7-2-1/CMH_Pub_7-2-1.pdf https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20221108-allies-successful-first-invasion-but-a-botched-job-operation-torch-80-years-on https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/196933/lt-gen-frank-m-andrews/ https://web.archive.org/web/20180126045735/http:/www.transchool.lee.army.mil:80/museum/transportation%20museum/redballintro.htm https://brothersandrew.net/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  John Demjanjuk: Was he Innocent? Or Was He Treblinka's Ivan the Terrible? 28.09.2026 31min

  John Demjanjuk: Was he Innocent? Or Was He Treblinka's Ivan the Terrible? 14 Oct 2021 --- Check out Squarespace: http://squarespace.com/BIOGRAPHICS for 10% off on your first purchase. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw MegaProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0woBco6Dgcxt0h8SwyyOmw SideProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Wn3dABlgESm8Bzn8Vamgg Casual Criminalist: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp1tsmksyf6TgKFMdt8-05Q TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Today I Found Out: https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut Highlight History: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnb-VTwBHEV3gtiB9di9DZQ XPLRD: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVH8lH7ZLDUe_d9mZ3dlyYQ Business Blaze: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYY5GWf7MHFJ6DZeHreoXgw This video is #sponsored by Squarespace. Simon's Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ Source/Further reading: Economist, obituary: https://www.economist.com/obituary/2012/03/24/john-demjanjuk  New Yorker, the Last Trial: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/02/16/last-trial  Christian Science Monitor, early life: https://www.csmonitor.com/World/2009/0415/p06s01-wogn.html  US Holocaust Memorial Museum - the trials: https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/john-demjanjuk-prosecution-of-a-nazi-collaborator  Jewish Virtual Library, case against Demjanjuk: https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/untangling-quot-ivan-the-terrible-quot-john-demjanjuk  Trawniki Camp: https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/trawniki  Treblinka Camp: https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/treblinka  Ivan the Terrible overview: https://www.history.co.uk/article/ivan-the-terrible-the-infamous-treblinka-guard  Family’s perspective, US: https://clevelandmagazine.com/in-the-cle/articles/life-without-father  Ongoing trials of Nazis in Germany: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/30/former-nazi-concentration-camp-secretary-96-faces-trial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Norman Schwarzkopf: America's Final Military Hero 28.09.2026 27min

  Norman Schwarzkopf: America’s Last War Hero 14 Jun 2024 --- In the summer of 1990, President George HW Bush found himself confronted with a major international crisis. The dictator of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, had invaded the neighboring country of Kuwait, then turned his guns threateningly towards Saudi Arabia, threatening to destabilize a region whose oil reserves were absolutely critical across the globe. Bush decided that Saddam’s aggression needed to be checked, and sent in the military. The man he entrusted to lead the troops was one of the Army’s most experienced generals. Norman Schwarzkopf [Shwarz-koff] was a military man through and through, having been immersed in Army culture from the time he was a small boy. Highly decorated in Vietnam, Schwarzkopf was one of a cadre of officers that oversaw the rehabilitation of the military from its lowest point at the end of that war, helping to institute new training, technology, hardware, as well as boost morale among the young men and women who made up America’s fighting force. It all culminated in those climatic months in the desert. Schwarzkopf’s decisive victory in the Gulf War not only changed the course of history and the geopolitical map of the entire region, but it also turned him into a war hero, perhaps the last one the country will ever produce. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Link: Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@UC6Sk2h2WsYMxnGERAH_FbGg Free Scifi Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Links to other books and socials: https://linktr.ee/EricMalikyte OEI analog horror experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@UCsz5l0hY67TGoJR0CZiWVnA Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  George “Machine Gun” Kelly: The Most Wanted Man in America 28.09.2026 25min

  George “Machine Gun” Kelly: The Most Wanted Man in America 30 Jul 2021 --- Check out Squarespace: http://squarespace.com/BIOGRAPHICS for 10% off on your first purchase. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw MegaProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0woBco6Dgcxt0h8SwyyOmw SideProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Wn3dABlgESm8Bzn8Vamgg Casual Criminalist: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp1tsmksyf6TgKFMdt8-05Q TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Today I Found Out: https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut Highlight History: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnb-VTwBHEV3gtiB9di9DZQ XPLRD: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVH8lH7ZLDUe_d9mZ3dlyYQ Business Blaze: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYY5GWf7MHFJ6DZeHreoXgw Simon's Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ This video is #sponsored by Squarespace. Source/Further reading: https://www.alcatrazcruises.com/blog/2019/07/16/machine-gun-kelly-and-his-lost-years-on-alcatraz/ https://web.archive.org/web/20080917053635/http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/gangsters_outlaws/outlaws/kelly/2.html https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/tennessee-passes-nations-first-prohibition-law https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/machine-gun-kelly http://historic-memphis.com/biographies/machinegunkelly/machinegunkelly.html https://memphismagazine.com/features/machine-gun-kelly-memphis-public-enemy/ https://www.alcatrazhistory.com/mgk.htm https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/barker-karpis-gang https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/machine-gun-kelly https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/news/stories/2003/september/kelly092603 https://web.archive.org/web/20141228162724/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/U/UR009.html https://www.alcatrazcruises.com/blog/2019/07/16/machine-gun-kelly-and-his-lost-years-on-alcatraz/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices