Body Count: A History Podcast

The ladies of Body Count are joined by the History of the Second World War podcast to talk about WWI. But mostly Russia. We’re headed back to Russia.

The ladies of Body Count are joined by Dr. Warren Dockter to chat early intelligence and naturally, Churchill.

The ladies of Body Count are joined by History of Aotearoa to conclude their series chatting the life and times of Colonel William Malone, Gallipoli, and the ANZACs.

The ladies of Body Count are joined by History of Aotearoa to talk the life and times of Colonel William Malone, Gallipoli, and the ANZACs.

The ladies of Body Count are joined by History of Aotearoa to talk the life and times of Colonel William Malone, Gallipoli, and the ANZACs.

The ladies of Body Count are joined by History of Aotearoa to talk the life and times of Colonel William Malone, Gallipoli, and the ANZACs.

The ladies of Body Count are joined by History of Aotearoa to talk the life and times of Colonel William Malone, Gallipoli, and the ANZACs.

The ladies of Body Count are joined by History of Aotearoa to talk the life and times of Colonel William Malone, Gallipoli, and the ANZACs. It’s a very special episode.

This week the ladies of Body Count are joined by Abridged Presidential Histories Podcast to talk DC sanitation and the body dropping consequences.

This week the ladies of Body Count are joined by Abridged Presidential Histories Podcast to talk DC sanitation and the body dropping consequences.

The ladies of Body Count are joined by Professor Richard Toye to discuss a new book he has written along with Julie Gottlieb and Daniel Hucker: The Munich Crisis, Politics and the People: International, Transnational and Comparative Perspectives.

The ladies of Body Count are joined by Arjun from Deep Into History to gab Caesar and the Ides of March.

The ladies of Body Count are joined this week by Heather Darsie to talk some serious cultural history.

The ladies of Body Count are joined by Peter Laning to talk about the life (and death) of one Mildred Fish-Harnack.

Friends over at Wining with Herstory join the ladies of Body Count to talk about some dangerous women in history.

The ladies of Body Count head to the Wild West with Steve from Written in Blood History to talk Butch Cassidy. Steve throws in some Sundance for free.

Author Allison Epstein joins the ladies of Body Count to talk Christopher Marlowe and her newly released novel, A Tip for the Hangman.

This week Jess, Bethany, and Kara continue their exploration of the life and times of Nancy Wake.

This week Jess, Bethany, and Kara continue their exploration of the life and times of Nancy Wake.

The girls settle in and chat with Horrifying History. Again.

The girls settle in and chat with Horrifying History; this is a match made in podcast heaven.

Join Jess, Bethany, and Kara as that settle in and chat with Reading, MA wunderkind, Autumn Hendrickson. It’s all WWII all the time in this special episode of Body Count.

Jessica tells Kara and Bethany the story of Ilya Ivanov, the Red Frankenstein.

In this ‘Holiday Feels,’ episode, Bethany and Jess are joined by a special guest; strap in for Killer Toys Redux presented by Ms. Bethany’s Mom.

Jessica bores the pants off Bethany, Kara, and you listener as they talk presidential body counts and presidential succession.

We are joined once again this week by Gary Girod of The French History Podcast to talk Nancy Wake. We are also joined by our new Body Count co Kara DiDomizio!

This week Jessica and Bethany are joined by Gary Girod of The French History Podcast to talk Nancy Wake, an OG Bad B. Yeah, it’s a multi-part deep dive.

Another Backwards Body Count as Bethany tells Jess a story. This week it’s historical elevator disasters, better known as a Jessica deep fear.

Beth and Jess had SO much fun last week they decided to have Dr. Richard Sugg back again this week to talk another of his books, Real Vampires: Death, Terror, and the Supernatural. Join the Body Count squad to talk some more fascinating cultural history.

Listen as Jess and Beth settle in to chat with Dr. Richard Sugg about his delightfully disgusting work, everything from brain pâté to being mad for mummy purses. Go grab the new edition of the book Mummies, Cannibals, and Vampires: The History of Corpse Medicine from the Middle Ages to Falun Gong.

Join us this week for a special episode as we sit down with Mike Fallek and talk about hashtag cults, his amazing podcast #Hashtag Cult, and MGTOW.

Join Jessica and Bethany as they talk Ann Saunders, the Francis Mary, and prove the Donner Party would have been way more metal at sea.

It is a backwards Body Count week! Bethany tells Jessica the story of the Hyatt Regency Collapse.

Join us as we talk all things Fu-Go, the most metal balloons of the 20th century. Spoiler alert: It’s the Japanese balloon bomb. Check out the show notes for additional information.

Want to play with uranium or roofie your children? Find out how with our host (this week) Bethany Skelton.

Host Jessica Manor and co-host Bethany Skelton talk the who, what, when, where, and why of the sinking of the Bismarck.

Host Jessica Manor and co-host Bethany Skelton are joined by Dr. Mark Vincent to chat about his new book and prisoner society in the Stalinist Labour Camps, 1924-53.

This week host Jessica Manor is all business as she chats with Richard Toye about his upcoming book, Winston Churchill: A Life in the News.

We switch it up this week with a Backwards Body Count. Co-host Bethany Skelton tells host Jessica Manor and guest Stephanie Andrews the story of the Tri-State Tornado

Host Jessica Manor and co-host Bethany Skelton discuss the last casualty of WWI and get sidetracked by postal censorship. It’s business as usual.

This is it. We are out. Done. Host Jessica Manor and co-host Bethany Skelton conclude our exploration of Peter the Great.

Russia has yet to disappoint. Host Jessica Manor, co-host Bethany Skelton, and their guest Stephanie Andrews continue their exploration of Peter the Great.

Host Jessica Manor, co-host Bethany Skelton, and their guest Stephanie Andrews continue their exploration of Peter the Great. As always, Russian history delivers on the metal scale.

Join host Jessica Manor, co-host Bethany Skelton, and guest Stephanie Andrews to run down the early days of Peter the Great.

This week Host Jessica Manor and Co-host Bethany Skelton dish about The Lost Battalion and Cher Ami.

We're quarantined, we're bored AF, and what was supposed to be short and sweet turned into a conspiracy theory that just won't die. Host Jessica Manor and Co-host Bethany Skelton get weird about Rasputin. All autopsies, hearsay, and the British, oh my.

It’s a Backwards Body Count as Bethany sits in the host chair this week and educates Jessica. Join us for the Iroquois Theatre Fire.

Host Jessica Manor and Co-host Bethany Skelton are once again joined by Dr. Warren Dockter to finish our discussion on Churchill and Islam... and Dr. Dockter’s book of course. It’s Dr. Dockter and his book Churchill and the Islamic World: Orientalism, Empire and Diplomacy in the Middle East available on Amazon.

Host Jessica Manor and Co-host Bethany Skelton talk atomic bombs and tell the story of Tsutomu Yamaguchi... who survived not one, but BOTH atomic bombs.

Host Jessica Manor and co-host Bethany Skelton count just one body this week as they cover George Mallory and the extraordinary adventure to recover him.

Host Jessica Manor and Co-host Bethany Skelton are once again joined by Dr. Warren Dockter to further discuss Churchill and Islam... and Dr. Dockter’s book of course. It’s Dr. Dockter and his book Churchill and the Islamic World: Orientalism, Empire and Diplomacy in the Middle East available on Amazon. Hey, we even make it to WWII. We think.

Host Jessica Manor and co-host Bethany Skelton are joined by friend James to discuss a contributing factor to one of the biggest Body Counts of all time: Hitler's copious drug use.

Host Jessica Manor and co-host Bethany Skelton are joined by friend James to discuss a contributing factor to one of the biggest Body Counts of all time: Hitler's copious drug use.

Host Jessica Manor and Co-host Bethany Skelton are once again joined by Dr. Warren Dockter to further discuss Churchill and Islam... and Dr. Dockter’s book of course. It’s Dr. Dockter and his book Churchill and the Islamic World: Orientalism, Empire and Diplomacy in the Middle East available on Amazon.

Host Jessica Manor and co-host Bethany Skelton are joined by Dr. Warren Dockter to discuss his book Churchill and the Islamic World: Orientalism, Empire and Diplomacy in the Middle East available on Amazon. Check out the show notes for a link.

Jessica and Bethany take a brief break from their Early Romanovs series to get into the holiday spirit. It's a brief history of Black Friday and a collection of Black Friday related death and disaster with Body Count.

Jessica and Bethany finish up with Ivan, Sophia, and Peter and rap about the death of a few thousand more people... history business as usual.

Jessica and Bethany continue to explore the Early Romanovs. We’re so close to the end... and yet it is just beginning. Russia is on the weird road to empire.

Jessica and Bethany continue their exploration of the Early Romanovs with Aleksey Mikhailovich a.k.a. Alexis I of Russia. Rules are changed, religion gets weird, children are eaten... it's history business as usual for Body Count

Jessica and Bethany finish up the tale of Michael Romanov.

Jessica and Bethany FINALLY made it through the Russian Time of Troubles and are diving head-first into the early Romanovs. From impaling, to brideshows, to peace treaties, it's the early years of the reign of Michael Romanov I.

Jessica and Bethany FINALLY finish the tale of the Russian civil war, a.k.a. The Time of Troubles, and get around to the establishment of the Romanov dynasty. The story does not, as they hoped, get LESS weird.

Jessica and Bethany are still talking early Russian civil war, and yes there are witches. And war. And the Time of Trouble is racking up quite the body count.

Host Jessica Manor and Co-Host Bethany Skelton are so tired of talking about the Time of Troubles, but it seems they have just begun. And it is only going to get weirder and more vicious from here. Very on-brand.

Jessica and Bethany continue their discussion on the Time of Troubles, finish talking all about Ivan the Terrible, and discuss a very interesting Russian Renaissance-period Tinder profile.

Most common question we get, "What's up with Russia?" The answer can be found in the history books as readily as the headlines. Join Jessica and Bethany as they chronicle the rise of the Romanovs, discuss the Time of Troubles, the fall of the Rurikid, and when someone gets the title "The Terrible" it means nothing good. Come join us on the road to the rise of one of the world's most enduring dynasties and drop an appalling number of bodies along the way.

Sometimes being a spectator isn't so fun. Sometimes you don't want to be right on top of the action. Sometimes people eat radium paint in clock factories, just like they sit track-side. History is weird.

Jessica and Bethany wrap up the story of Ervil LeBaron and his Lambs of God cult.

More wives, more deaths, and a full blown cult. Bethany and Jessica are so tired of Ervil LeBaron it's ridiculous.

Jessica continues spinning the Ervil LeBaron yarn for Bethany, and good news... at NO point does this story get more sane. It's more invisible power mantles, but this time they actually get around to the murders.

We begin our multi-part exploration of Ervil LeBaron and his bag of crazy. It's long and it's confusing, but history is sort of what we do here. It's another deep-dive. Join Jessica Manor as she walks co-host Bethany through the beginning of the LeBaron's trouble.

You know what you don't do on a foggy day in 1945? Fly a plane... you might end up in Midtown. Join Jessica as she tells Bethany all about the Empire State Building Disaster. Follow the show on Twitter & Instagram @bodycountpod, Body Count Pod on Facebook

Host Jessica Manor tells Bethany Skelton about the 1920 Wall Street Bombing and the rise of J. Edna... oops, J. Edgar Hoover.

It is the story of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: it's a rough, brahs.

This week on Body Count, Bethany tells Jessica a story from history… The story of the Johnstown Flood.

This week on Body Count, we FINALLY conclude our deep dive into life of Genghis Khan and the birth of the modern world.

We continue our DEEP dive into life of Genghis Khan and the birth of the modern world: It’s time to build an empire.

We continue our deep dive into life of Genghis Khan and the birth of the modern world: Jamuka is going down.

Patreon is up and running. In lieu of our regularly scheduled programming, listen to Bethany and Jessica watch and comment on Season 1, Episode 1 of The Crown.  You can join us for Episode 2 next week at https://www.patreon.com/bodycount, and we will be back with Part IV of Genghis Khan next week.  Check for any and all updates at Body Count Pod on FB & @bodycountpod on Twitter and Instagram. Special thanks to producer Mike Bussing for putting up with this: Please visit www.podcasteditguy.com (http://www.podcasteditguy.com) or @podcastmechanic on FB for all your podcast needs

We continue our DEEP dive into life of Genghis Khan and the birth of the modern world.

Jessica and Frank continue their deep dive into the life of Genghis Khan.

We begin our deep dive into the life of Genghis Khan, and the birth of the modern world.

The Quebec Bridge is Falling Down, Falling Down, Falling Down… triumph from tragedy this week.

History is filled with male aggressors, but hell hath no fury…

It's the story of the Guadalajara Sewer Explosions of 1992.

It's Mount St. Helen's, time to up your homeowner's insurance.

It's the story of AirFrance 4590 and the end of the Concorde.

We finish the story of Edward VIII.

We continue the story of Edward VIII.

We continue the story of Edward VIII.

It's the story of Edward VIII of the United Kingdom and his roundabout body count.

We finish the story of Pearl Harbor.

It's the story of Pearl Harbor.