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• John Ritter: From Three's Company to Obscurity? #sponsored 03.06.2026 30min

  John Ritter: From Three's Company to Obscurity? #sponsored 29 Aug 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 #johnritter #biography #threescompany → 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.countrymusichalloffame.org/hall-of-fame/tex-ritter https://screenrant.com/john-wayne-singing-cowboy-westerns-career-hurt-embarrassing/ https://www.newnetherlandinstitute.org/history-and-heritage/dutch_americans/nina-foch https://corp.dotstudiopro.com/blog/broadcast-syndication-brief-history/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065286/ https://www.comedy.co.uk/features/comedy-rewind/man-about-the-house-film/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001755/ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-09-23-ca-6381-story.html https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/sling-blade-1996 https://www.pulse.ng/articles/entertainment/celebrities/noah-lee-ritters-biography-2024120411295383985 https://okmagazine.com/news/henry-winkler-remembers-comedian-john-ritter/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107749/ Sponsor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• Leone Jacovacci: A Black Boxer During Fascist Italy 03.06.2026 16min

  Leone Jacovacci: A Black Boxer in Fascist Italy 6 Aug 2024 --- In the mid-1920s, he became one of the most successful European black boxers, boasting incredible winning streaks against world-class champions. His story was the epitome of the underdog success narrative, as he rose from a vagabond life to the limelight. In different circumstances he may have been remembered as one of the greatest middleweight champions. But the spiteful propaganda of a totalitarian regime quietly consigned him to oblivion. This is the story of Leone Jacovacci, the black boxer who challenged Fascist Italy. → 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: http://boxering.fpi.it/index.php/2018/03/27/accadde-oggi-27-marzo-1929-leone-jacovacci-sconfitto-marcel-thil/ http://boxering.fpi.it/index.php/2019/06/24/accadde-oggi-24-giugno-1928-leone-jacovacci-batte-mario-bosisio/ http://www.sportenote.com/vedi_dettagli.asp?id=28017 https://boxrec.com/en/box-pro/51918 https://www.europeana.eu/en/blog/leone-jacovacci-the-afro-italian-boxer-who-faced-fascism https://griotmag.com/en/the-duces-boxer-the-unsung-story-of-leone-jacovacci-and-his-struggle-against-fascism-and-racism/ https://medium.com/exploring-history/leone-jacovacci-the-black-italian-who-punched-fascism-in-the-face-9f85c2eaac24 https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/jacovacci-leone-1902-1983/ http://www.franksteinhofer.com/leone-jacovacci/ https://boxering.fpi.it/index.php/tag/leone-jacovacci/ https://www.scribd.com/book/363955456 http://storieinmovimento.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Zap48_03-Zoom2.pdf https://www.storiasport.com/file/quaderni-siss-6/QDS6_150-153.pdf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• King William III: The Dutch Ruler of Britain 03.06.2026 25min

  King William III: The Dutch Monarch of Great Britain 20 May 2024 --- Check out Squarespace: http://squarespace.com/biographics for 10% off on your first purchase of a website/domain using the code BIOGRAPHICS. Thanks to Squarespace for the sponsorship. → 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 Stuff: Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@UC6Sk2h2WsYMxnGERAH_FbGg OEI: Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@UCsz5l0hY67TGoJR0CZiWVnA Free Scifi Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Links to Books and Socials: https://linktr.ee/EricMalikyte 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: William and Mary: Heroes of the Glorious Revolution by John Van der Kiste, The History Press 2008 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• The Industrial Revolution: The Emergence of the Contemporary World 03.06.2026 33min

  The Industrial Revolution: The Birth of the Modern World 7 Nov 2023 --- The years of the Industrial Revolution are not clearly defined, but the period spanned both the American and French Revolutions, the expansion of empires into the Indian and Pacific Oceans, and the opening of the American West. It began in the 1700s with a shift in one of humanity’s oldest necessities, the need to make cloth to protect their bodies from the elements. The textile industry was the first to be mechanized, to create modern manufacturing and shipping methods, even the first to adopt supply-side engineering, though it wasn’t yet called that. Here is the story of the Industrial Revolution, described by some historians as “…the process of change from an agrarian and handicraft economy to one dominated by industry and machine manufacturing”. → 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 TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/@UCaR-e8ComPih10DqPi3sdWg Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/@UCtrzkwlnKfS9knQ-zuwYBLQ Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UCLJvIXTMM7bjZ5-ju8xckJg Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://www.britannica.com/money/topic/Industrial-Revolution https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Kay https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2023/apr/03/cotton-capital-how-slavery-made-manchester-the-worlds-first-industrial-city https://www.asme.org/about-asme/engineering-history/landmarks/70-newcomen-engine https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/stories/science-and-technology/boulton-and-watt-engine/ https://www.corsacoal.com/about-corsa/coal-in-steelmaking/ https://steelmuseum.org/i-s-hall-of-fame/cort_henry.cfm http://www.thewaterwaystrust.org.uk/history-of-canals/#:~:text=Examples%20of%20Roman%20canals%20in,and%20the%20Bourne%2DMorton%20Canal. https://www.nationaltransporttrust.org.uk/heritage-sites/heritage-detail/ticknall-tramway https://www.dol.gov/general/aboutdol/history/chapter3 https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-22909590 https://journal.sciencemuseum.ac.uk/article/cooke-and-wheatstones/#abstractart https://www.loc.gov/collections/samuel-morse-papers/articles-and-essays/invention-of-the-telegraph/ https://www.ctemag.com/news/articles/thread-history-and-measurement https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/theymadeamerica/whomade/mccormick_hi.html https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-the-luddites-really-fought-against-264412/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• Jean Laffite: The Final Buccaneer of the Caribbean #sponsored 03.06.2026 26min

  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
• Khorloogiin Choibalsan: The Stalin of Mongolia's Steppes #sponsored 03.06.2026 30min

  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
• Mithridates: The Roman Republic's Most Dangerous Enemy [Re-uploaded, FIXED] 02.06.2026 32min

  Mithridates: The Roman Republic's Greatest Enemy [Re-uploaded, FIXED] 1 May 2024 --- Check out Squarespace: http://squarespace.com/biographics for 10% off on your first purchase of a website/domain using the code BIOGRAPHICS. Thanks to Squarespace for the sponsorship. → 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 Stuff: Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@UC6Sk2h2WsYMxnGERAH_FbGg Link Tree to Books and Socials: https://linktr.ee/EricMalikyte 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: B.C. McGing - The Foreign Policy of Mithridates VI Eupator Appian - The Mithridatic Wars Justinus - Philippic Histories https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/mithridates-vi-eupator-dionysos https://www.livius.org/articles/person/mithridates/ https://www.worldhistory.org/Mithridates_VI/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• Charles XII: The Final Great King of Sweden's Empire 02.06.2026 32min

  Charles XII: The Last Great King of the Swedish Empire 19 Dec 2023 --- Check out Squarespace: http://squarespace.com/biographics for 10% off on your first purchase of a website/domain using the code BIOGRAPHICS → 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 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: Charles XII and the Collapse of the Swedish Empire by R. Nisbet Bain, originally published 1895 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• The Enlightenment: Stumbling in the Gloom 02.06.2026 31min

  The Enlightenment: Stumbling in the Darkness 20 Feb 2024 --- → 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://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1000297.pdf https://www.foodreference.com/html/html/coffee-suppression-dec23.htmlhttps://plato.stanford.edu/entries/montesquieu/ https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/English-Coffeehouses-Penny-Universities/ https://www.britannica.com/summary/Spanish-Inquisition-Key-Facts#:~:text=The%20Spanish%20Inquisition%20was%20a,to%20widespread%20death%20and%20suffering. https://thepenngazette.com/the-secrecy-and-enlightenment-of-freemasons/ https://www.earlymoderntexts.com/assets/pdfs/rousseau1762.pdf https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/08/31/voltaire-spread-darkness-not-enlightenment-france-should-stop-worship-paris-statue-racism-black-lives-matter/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• Christopher Reeve: From Superman to Struggle 02.06.2026 30min

  Christopher Reeve: From Superman to Tragedy 30 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 #superman #superman2025 #christopherreeve Subscribe for new videos every month: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6Sk2h2WsYMxnGERAH_FbGg?sub_confirmation=1 → 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: Primary Resource: Still Me by Christopher Reeves https://books.google.com/books?id=71JHS5uqrz4C&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22Christopher+Reeve%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi9jaeO486OAxXYh_0HHRqrHeoQ6AF6BAgKEAM  Nothing is Impossible by Christopher Reeves https://books.google.co.za/books?id=GA2ZI_3ss-EC&dq=Still+Me+by+Christopher+Reeves&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjemvX74s6OAxUp9LsIHSE9J3AQ6AF6BAgGEAM  Additional Resources: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001659/bio/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm https://cornell74.org/2021/04/19/meet-our-christopher-reeve-scholar/#:~:text=The%20right%20choice%20certainly.,on%20the%20performing%20arts%20scene. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27902121/  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZwgG3H0uLk  https://www.google.co.za/books/edition/Nothing_Is_Impossible/GA2ZI_3ss-EC?hl=en  https://collider.com/robin-williams-christopher-reeve/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119362/awards/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23222-2004Oct11.html  https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/october-10/superman-christopher-reeve-dies-at-age-52  https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/realitycheck/the-press-office/statement-presidents-signing-statements-hr-146-omnibus-public-lands-management-act https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christopher-Reeve  Sponsor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• Harold Ramis: From Ghostbusters to Obscurity? #sponsored 02.06.2026 29min

  Harold Ramis: From Ghostbusters to Obscurity? #sponsored 22 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 #haroldramis #ghostbusters #sctv → 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.nytimes.com/2014/02/25/movies/harold-ramis-who-helped-redefine-what-makes-us-laugh-on-screen-dies-at-69.html https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2004/04/19/comedy-first https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/feb/25/harold-ramis https://www.studlife.com/scene/2024/02/29/remembering-harold-ramis-a-washu-icons-journey-from-campus-to-comedy-stardom https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/harold-ramis https://variety.com/2014/film/news/harold-ramis-dead-at-69-1201118556/ https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-26335317 https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-harold-ramis-20140225-story.html Sponsor ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• Vito Genovese: The Mafia's Deadliest Don 02.06.2026 29min

  Vito Genovese: The Mafia's Deadliest Don 28 Sep 2023 --- Check out Squarespace: Website Builder — http://squarespace.com/biographics — Create a Website in Minutes — Squarespace for 10% off on your first purchase of a website/domain using the code BIOGRAPHICS → 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 For more biographies, check out https://www.biographics.org Check out Karl's channels: https://www.youtube.com/@UCaR-e8ComPih10DqPi3sdWg https://www.youtube.com/@UCtrzkwlnKfS9knQ-zuwYBLQ https://www.youtube.com/@UCLJvIXTMM7bjZ5-ju8xckJg Further Reading: https://books.google.ro/books?id=Ps_04cWxKz4C&q=vito+genovese+November+21,+1897&pg=PA233&redir_esc=y#v=snippet&q=vito%20genovese%20November%2021%2C%201897&f=false https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1969/02/15/90048380.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1969/02/15/90048380.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0 https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joe-Masseria https://blogs.shu.edu/nyc-history/2020/02/21/castellammarese-war/ https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/01/nyregion/answer-to-a-question-about-a-mobsters-death-in-coney-island.html?_r=0. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1946/09/17/102267077.pdf https://archive.org/details/unset0000unse_s8f3/page/54/mode/2up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/historyofmafia0000hawt/page/102/mode/2up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/mafiaencyclopedi00sifa_0/page/186/mode/2up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/unset0000unse_s8f3/page/80/mode/2up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/historyofmafia0000hawt/page/120/mode/2up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/mafiaencyclopedi00sifa_0/page/186/mode/2up?view=theater https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1969/02/15/90048380.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0 https://allthatsinteresting.com/vito-genovese https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1969/02/15/90048380.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0 https://www.history.com/news/what-was-operation-underworld https://www.thoughtco.com/charles-lucky-luciano-971950 https://nj1015.com/the-story-of-willie-moretti-one-of-njs-most-infamous-mobsters/ https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1963/10/10/89967397.pdf https://archive.org/details/unset0000unse_s8f3/page/108/mode/2up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/historyofmafia0000hawt/page/120/mode/2up?view=theater https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1969/02/15/90048380.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0 https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2013/11/apalachin-meeting-on-this-day-in-1957-the-fbi-finally-had-to-admit-that-the-mafia-existed.html https://archive.org/details/mafiaencyclopedi00sifa_0/page/186/mode/2up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/mafiaencyclopedi00sifa_0/page/186/mode/2up?view=theater https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1959/04/18/80770381.pdf Nigel Cawthorne - The History of the Mafia Carl Sifakis - The Mafia Encyclopedia Selwyn Raab - Five Families New York Times archive (subscription needed) Crime Magazine - https://web.archive.org/web/20110825074500/http://crimemagazine.com/hunting-down-vito-genovese-wwii-italy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• Truman Capote: The Flawed Author of In Cold Blood 02.06.2026 26min

  Truman Capote: The Troubled Author of In Cold Blood 18 Jan 2024 --- Truman Capote was a darling of the New York literary set long before he became an international sensation with the publication of his novel In Cold Blood in 1965. He had written short stories and essays, novels, a novella, contributed to screenplays, and provided critical essays on other works. A Southerner by birth, he was a fixture of the New York social scene. After he published In Cold Blood, he found himself in demand for talk shows and public appearances. Magazines and newspapers peppered him for interviews and commentary. An openly gay celebrity was a rarity at the time. Capote was not only openly gay, he was flamboyantly gay. He hobnobbed with celebrities, claimed sexual relationships with celebrities of both sexes (including Errol Flynn and Greta Garbo), attended lavish parties, and became a dominant personage in society in New York, London, and Beverly Hills. Among the many celebrities he partied with were Lee Radziwill and her sister Jackie Kennedy Onassis, Princess Margaret, Andy Warhol, Bianca Jagger, and Elizabeth Taylor. He seemed to thrive on little more than drugs, alcohol, gossip, and controversy. He gleefully feuded with some celebrities, including author Gore Vidal, who once said of him, “Truman Capote has made lying an art. A minor art”. Capote responded with the comment, “Of course, I’m always sad about Gore. Very sad that he has to breathe every day”. Their feud continued until Capote's death, which Vidal described to a press reporter as “a wise career move”. By the end of his life, Capote had made being a celebrity the focus of his career, having not published anything but a few essays since the appearance of In Cold Blood in 1966. Yet he had remained one of the major literary influences of the late 20th century. In 1968, Truman Capote sat for an extensive interview with Playboy Magazine. During the course of the interview, which covered that year’s presidential election, the civil rights movement, the war in Vietnam, and his fellow writers and artists, Playboy asked him, “Are there any writers on the current literary scene whom you consider truly great?”. Capote responded, “Yes. Truman Capote”. He then listed several others he considered “commendable”. Gore Vidal was not among them. And none ranked equally to him, in his estimation. → 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 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://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/aug/14/gore-vidal-gripped-a-nation https://scrapsfromtheloft.com/books/truman-capote-playboy-interview/ https://archives.nypl.org/mss/469 https://archive.org/details/capotebiography0000clar/mode/2up?view=theater https://scholar.harvard.edu/michaeluy/publications/performing-catfish-row-soviet-union-everyman-opera-company-and-porgy-and-bess https://untappedcities.com/2021/03/24/truman-capote-house-brooklyn/ https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2012/aug/06/review-breakfast-at-tiffanys-truman-capote https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/what-two-forgotten-pieces-tell-us-about-harper-lee https://lithub.com/how-truman-capote-was-destroyed-by-his-own-masterpiece/ https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jun/28/rolling-stones-us-tour-1972-archive https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/956957275 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• Humphrey Bogart: The Greatest Luminary of Classic Hollywood #sponsored 02.06.2026 28min

  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
• Kamehameha: The Warrior King Who Consolidated Hawaii 02.06.2026 25min

  Kamehameha: The Warrior King Who United Hawaii 8 Nov 2025 --- INTRO TEXT/AD PLUG → 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
• John Belushi: From Second City and Saturday Night Live to Demise #sponsored 02.06.2026 32min

  John Belushi: From Second City and Saturday Night Live to Tragedy #sponsored 26 Nov 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 #johnbelushi #sctv #saturdaynightlive → 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: This script was primarily created through the use of: Belushi by Judith Belushi Pissano https://archive.org/details/belushibiography00belu/mode/1up  Additional Resources: https://belushi.com/#:~:text=ABOUT,:%20Marian%2C%20Jim%20and%20Billy. https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Belushi  https://walkoffame.com/john-belushi/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0413147/bio/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077975/ https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Blues-Brothers https://www.openculture.com/2022/04/the-birth-of-the-blues-brothers.html#google_vignette https://ultimateclassicrock.com/blues-brothers-briefcase-full-of-blues/  https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/arts/night-john-belushi-died-book-excerpt-reveals-new-details-1204001/ https://www.nationalenquirer.com/photos/john-belushi-killer-cathy-smith-interview/ https://www.biography.com/actors/john-belushi-death-final-days https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/12/arts/television/judy-belushi-pisano-dead.html  Sponsor ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• John C.H. Lee: The Neglected Architect of World War II 02.06.2026 29min

  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
• Bob Saget: America's Legendary and Most Polarizing Television Dad and Stand Up Comedian #sponsored 02.06.2026 30min

  Bob Saget: America's Greatest and Most Controversial TV Dad and Stand Up Comedian #sponsored 30 Nov 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 #bobsaget #biography #fullhouse → 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 References This script was primarily created through the use of: Dirty Daddy: The Chronicles of a Family Man Turned Filthy Comedian by Bob Saget https://www.google.co.za/books/edition/Dirty_Daddy/mih5vgEACAAJ?hl=en  Additional Resources: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0756114/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0756114/bio/#:~:text=Saget%20received%20his%20college%20education,Bachelor%20of%20Arts%20in%201978.  https://allthatsinteresting.com/bob-saget-death#:~:text=After%20graduating%2C%20Saget%20moved%20back,stand%2Dup%20comedy%20shows%20instead. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-02-05-ca-1265-story.html#:~:text=The%20brightest%20bit%20on%20the,was%20sharp%20and%20charming%20foolishness. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Lf0VqJgLxlg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_House#Casting https://web.archive.org/web/20170112071608/http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/television/2016/02/fuller_house_on_netflix_reviewed.html https://web.archive.org/web/20170113132359/https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/television/2016/02/24/netflix-fuller-house-heavy-nostalgia-and-dated-formula/TIkeuaux2oj7iVRxxPnlTK/story.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Funniest_Home_Videos#1989%E2%80%931997:_Bob_Saget https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_Dad#Main https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surviving_Suburbia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuller_House_(TV_series) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12635450/ https://www.npr.org/2022/02/09/1079747879/bob-saget-death-cause https://globalnews.ca/news/8686498/bob-saget-death-autopsy-final-report/ https://people.com/tv/bob-saget-family-granted-permanent-injunction-to-block-release-of-death-records/#:~:text=%22My%20dad%20recently%20said%20that,Celebrity%20Deaths https://www.buzzfeed.com/natalieoganesyan/bob-saget-daughter-aubrey-last-text-death  Sponsor ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• Pope Leo X: History's Most Extravagant Pontiff 02.06.2026 28min

  Pope Leo X: The Most Extravagant Pope in History 18 Jun 2024 --- #biography #history #pope Check out CyberGhost VPN at https://www.cyberghostvpn.com/Biographics and you will get 84% off CyberGhost VPN. That's $2.03/month and 4 months free! It's risk-free with their 45-day money-back guarantee. Thanks to CyberGhostVPN for sponsoring the video! → 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: Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@UC6Sk2h2WsYMxnGERAH_FbGg Free Scifi-Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@UCsz5l0hY67TGoJR0CZiWVnA Link Tree to other Books and Socials: https://linktr.ee/EricMalikyte 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: Herbert M. Vaughan - The Medici Popes Robin S. Doak - Pope Leo X: Opponent of the Reformation https://www.historytoday.com/miscellanies/murder-vatican https://theconversation.com/the-ostentatious-story-of-the-young-pope-leo-x-his-pet-elephant-the-cardinal-he-killed-and-his-anal-fistula-171499 https://www.pbs.org/empires/martinluther/char_leo.html https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09162a.htm ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• Jimmy Hoffa: What Became of America's Most Notorious Union Boss? 02.06.2026 26min

  Jimmy Hoffa: What Happened to America’s Most Infamous Union Boss? 14 Dec 2025 --- #jimmyhoffa #biography #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: Sources: Arthur A. Sloane - Hoffa James R. Hoffa - Hoffa: The Real Story https://eu.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2015/07/29/hoffa-timeline/30861371/ https://web.archive.org/web/20210309194626/https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/oakland/2015/07/30/hoffa-disappearance-anniversary-teamsters/30862419/ https://www.npr.org/2025/07/30/g-s1-80212/jimmy-hoffa-teamsters-disappearance-mystery-mafia-fbi https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/without-a-body-after-50-years-jimmy-hoffas-death-is-a-trail-of-riddles/3801926/ https://teamster.org/about/teamster-history/a-workers-hero/ https://www.biography.com/activists/jimmy-hoffa https://people.com/what-happened-to-jimmy-hoffa-11781020 https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2025/07/24/50-years-later-panel-in-macomb-alleges-jimmy-hoffa-was-killed-body-disposed-in-meat-grinder/ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices