Ill-Equipped History

SS Central America: The Ship of Gold

Episode 160. In 1857, The SS Central America was full of gold rush era treasures when it encountered a category 2 hurricane. After enduring for 3 days, it eventually sank, taking most of the passengers and gold to the bottom of the ocean with it. Emileigh and Morgan look into the sinking and repercussions of the loss of this great steam ship.  
 
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Sources
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89S0JSHinPg
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwPZgrpXe9A
 
https://patch.com/virginia/herndon/remembering-herndons-history-s-s-george-law-0
 
https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/1990/january/last-cruise-ss-central-america
 
https://www.popularmechanics.com/adventure/a65210662/tommy-thompson-sunken-treasure/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=mgu_ga_pop_md_dsa_comm_org_us_21040602449&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21040602449&gbraid=0AAAAADCyiSkwpYNOTrLnXbk3gV7KYADtv&gclid=Cj0KCQjwlLDQBhDjARIsAPlIefG086bu3NEwmndBL4Oof93SPFoz0uLaECGwBwm997eDuLGg7if75jQaAo-eEALw_wcB
 

Bonus 20: Wacky Cars, Trains, Planes, and Boats.

Life got the better of us this week so instead of a normal episode, we are releasing a bonus episode from the vault! We hope you enjoy! 
 
Join us in diving into some of history's craziest and most famous modes of transportation! Plus Emileigh's Jeep breaks down again.
 
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Sources:
https://slate.com/technology/2022/08/the-dymaxion-car-the-true-history-of-buckminster-fullers-failed-automobile.html
https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/goodyear-inflatoplane-ga468/nasm_A19740156000
https://www.jalopnik.com/goodyear-made-a-plane-that-you-had-to-inflate-before-yo-1848456370/
https://planehistoria.com/the-caproni-ca-60-was-a-nine-wing-cruise-liner/
https://simpleflying.com/caproni-ca-60-italy-floating-triplane-story/
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20231220-why-the-flying-scotsman-is-a-symbol-of-britishness
https://www.theshipyardblog.com/extreme-engineering-twelve-strangest-vessels-in-the-world/#:~:text=Get%20ready%20for%20some%20numbers
https://www.thedrive.com/news/36692/the-top-10-coolest-trains-of-all-time
https://www.hotcars.com/most-outrageous-cars-ever-that-arent-supercars/
Gyro-X-1967
https://www.lanemotormuseum.org/collection/cars/item/gyro-x-1967/
“After Heaps of Time & Money the 1967 Gyro-X is Back in Action!”
https://historygarage.com/heaps-time-money-1967-gyro-x-back-action/
“The Inventory of the Rotary Snowplow was… a Dentist?” by Leslie Smith (Jan 14 2025)
https://www.bnsf.com/news-media/railtalk/heritage/rotary-snow-plow.html
“A Brief History of the Rotary Snowplow” by Andrew Toppan (May 6 2001)
https://www.hazegray.org/rail/rotaries.htm
“Rotary Snowplough” by Laura Neilson Bonikowsky (Nov 20 2011, edited Mar 4 2015)
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/rotary-snowplough
“Transport that Never Was” (Feb 18 2020)
https://fabricofparis.com/2020/02/18/transport-that-never-was-aerotrain.html
“New York City’s Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center, the country’s last operating prison ship, set to close” (Oct 31 2023)
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/vernon-c-bain-correctional-center-closing-nyc-prison-ship/
“UrbaNerd: The History of the City’s Floating Jail” by Sneha Dey (May 10 2018)
https://citylimits.org/urbanerd-the-history-of-the-citys-floating-jail/
“Vernon C. Bain Christening Ceremony Video” by Kevin T. Harrell (Apr 4 2025)
https://hnoc.org/research-collections/collection-highlights/vernon-c-bain-christening-ceremony-video

Florence Nightingale

Episode 158. Florence Nightingale was a woman of high status who transformed the field of nursing forever. Join Emileigh and Morgan as they shine light on the life of the Lady with the Lamp. 
 
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“Florence Nightingale (1820-1910)” by Kerri Lee Alexander 
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/florence-nightingale
 
“Florence Nightingale: The Lady with the Lamp”
https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/florence-nightingale-lady-lamp
 
“The legacy of Florence Nightingale, the first professional nurse” (May 10 2023)
https://www.redcross.org.uk/stories/health-and-social-care/health/how-florence-nightingale-influenced-the-red-cross
 
“Florence Nightingale” by history.com editors (Nov 9 2009, updated May 28 2025)
https://www.history.com/articles/florence-nightingale
 
“The Life of Florence Nightingale”
https://library.uab.edu/locations/reynolds/collections/florence-nightingale/life
 
“Florence Nightingale: The Mother of Nursing” by Hosein Karimi & Negin Masoudi Alavi (Jun 27 2015). Nursing and Midwifery Studies. 4(2). doi:10.17795/nmsjournal29475 
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4557413/
 
https://www.florence-nightingale.co.uk/
 
https://florence-nightingale-foundation.org.uk/
Sound Credits
Music by DELOSound from Pixabay 
https://pixabay.com/music/classical-string-quartet-emotional-violin-strings-453280/ 
 
Person Coughing 1_1 by Joao_Janz -- https://freesound.org/s/482660/ -- License: Creative Commons 0
 
Noseblow, Cough, Throatclear by qubodup -- https://freesound.org/s/213856/ -- License: Attribution 4.0
 
Footsteps On Tile by IENBA -- https://freesound.org/s/834027/ -- License: Creative Commons 0
 
Groggy Hungover waking sounds - Male by Iceofdoom -- https://freesound.org/s/371558/ -- License: Attribution 4.0
human grunts 3 by Halgrimm -- https://freesound.org/s/218895/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Year 3 Bloopers, Outtakes, and Untold Stories

Thank y'all so much for your support for the last 3 years! We are so grateful for every single one of you! We we hope you enjoy this year's blooper reel as much as we did! 

Beatrix Potter: The Rebellious Woman behind Peter Rabbit

Episode 157. Emileigh and Morgan had the pleasure to go through the life of Beatrix Potter. She started her life as a curious, animal loving, and rebellious child and continued her life in much the same way. She lived her life on her own terms and Peter Rabbit was just a wonderful part of it. 
 
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https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Beatrix-Potter/
 
Beatrix Potter Documentary 
 
https://www.linnean.org/the-society/history-of-science/beatrix-potter-the-tale-of-the-linnean-society
 
https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/caring-for-our-collections/beatrix-potter-christmas-card-designer?srsltid=AfmBOopjyuAFJnkZi0pf_YfI-xvn1D_4L80N2QXZ_B2xaFffzTPP3XHd

The Bone Wars

Episode 156. O.C. Marsh and E.D. Cope were friends turned rival paleontologists who together found over 100 species of dinosaurs in the late 1800s. The depths of their pettiness toward each other was immense; from bashing each other in academic journals to attempting to use a government position to confiscate property. Learn how these two men battled it out in the field to be the best paleontologist ever. 
 
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“The Two Paleontologists Who Had a Bone to Pick with Each Other” 
https://www.wttw.com/prehistoric-road-trip/detours/the-two-paleontologists-who-had-a-bone-to-pick-with-each-other
 
“The bitter dinosaur feud at the heart of palaeontology” by Martha Henriques (Jan 19 2023)
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230119-the-dinosaur-feud-at-the-heart-of-palaeontology
 
“Bone Wars” by Micah Issitt (2023)
https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/bone-wars
 
“This Means War! A History of the Bone Wars” 
https://blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2012/11/this-means-war-history-of-bone-wars
 
“O.C. Marsh and E.D. Cope: A Rivalry” 
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/dinosaur-rivalry/
 
Sound Credits:
Sound Effect by Neo Theone from Pixabay 
https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-pen-writing-sfx-430839/
 
Music by Trygve Larsen from Pixabay 
https://pixabay.com/music/solo-classical-instruments-dionisio-aguado-alegreto1-classical-guitar-played-on-harpsichord-7726/

Butch Cassidy: The Outlaw Robin Hood

Episode 155. Butch Cassidy is one of the most notorious Wild West Outlaws in history. Known for being charismatic and cleaver, he cemented his legacy as also being the least violent by claiming on never taking a life himself. In this episode, Emileigh and Morgan take a look at his beginnings and his very mysterious endings. 
 
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Sources:
https://www.utah.com/things-to-do/attractions/old-west/butch-cassidy/
 
Butch Cassidy YouTube Video 
 
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/butch-cassidy-and-sundance-kid-timeline/
 
https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/jacket-copy/story/2011-08-15/rare-books-collector-claims-to-have-butch-cassidys-manuscript
 
https://www.history.com/articles/the-mysterious-deaths-of-butch-cassidy-and-the-sundance-kid
 

Liu Bang: Peasant turned Han Emperor

Episode 154. Liu Bang was a peasant who, through shrewdness, political machinations, and betrayal, worked his way up to the founding emperor of the Han dynasty, one of China's golden ages. Listen to how Liu Bang climbed to the top without a moral or ethical code. 
 
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Sources
“Liu Bang - The Peasant Scoundrel Who Founded the Han Dynasty. (Complete Series)” by the Cool History Bros channel on YouTube 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpBgawuphf8 
 
“Gaozu” by Britannica Editors”
 https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gaozu-emperor-of-Han-dynasty
 
“Liu Bang (256-195 BC) - Founder and Emperor of the Han Dynasty” 
https://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/china-history/liu-bang.htm
 
“Liu Bang: How a Peasant Became Emperor of China” by Jimmy Chen (Dec 21 2024)
https://www.thecollector.com/liu-bang-how-peasant-emperor-china/
 
“Liu Bang, from Peasant Rebel to Emperor” by Benjamin Breen
https://origins.osu.edu/milestones/february-2013-liu-bang-peasant-rebel-emperor
 
Sound Credits:
 
Music by Freddy Hill from Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/music/world-the-chinese-modern-143818/  
 
Music by Rinesh Scorings from Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/music/build-up-scenes-the-war-184745/

The Piltdown Man Hoax

Episode 153. Charles Dawson wanted to go down in history as a respected archeologist. But the choices he made left him with a legacy of a fraud and tricked the scientific community for over four decades. 
 
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Sources: 
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/do53pi.html
 
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce3gvpz427po
 
https://www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/the-problem-of-piltdown-man/
 
Worlds greatest Hoaxes: TV show 
 
https://www.lindahall.org/about/news/scientist-of-the-day/charles-dawson/
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dawson#Alleged_discoveries
 
https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-fossils/species/homo-heidelbergensis

John Paul Jones: America's Naval Hero

Episode 152. John Paul Jones was a Scottish-American sailor who fought against the British in the Revolutionary War. He is considered a naval hero and the "father of the US Navy." There's also a much darker secret that is largely unknown to this day. TRIGGER WARNING for sexual abuse. Listener discretion advised. 
 
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Sources
“John Paul Jones” by history.com editors (Oct 29 2009; updated May 28 2025)
https://www.history.com/articles/john-paul-jones
 
“John Paul Jones” (updated Mar 5 2020)
https://www.revolutionary-war.net/john-paul-jones/
 
“John Paul Jones Biography & Facts” by Edward St. Germain
https://www.americanrevolution.org/john-paul-jones-biography/
 
“John Paul Jones” 
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/john-paul-jones
 
“John Paul Jones Life Chronology” 
https://www.seacoastnh.com/Maritime-History/John-Paul-Jones/John-Paul-Jones-Timeline/
 
“Paris - John Paul Jones House”
https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/site_details.php?SiteID=238
 
“John Paul Jones” by Britannica Editors (Feb 18 2026)
https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Paul-Jones-United-States-naval-officer
 
“‘Я Тоже:’ The Rape of Katerina Stepanova and John Paul Jones’ Russian Legacy” by Jacob Bell (Apr 2019). Past Tense, volume 7 issue 1. Pp. 36-56
https://pasttensejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/past-tense-vol-7-spring-2019-2.pdf
 
Sound Credits:
 
Sound Effect by Universfield from Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-powerful-cannon-shot-352459/
 
Sound Effect by michael koreli from Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/nature-sea-waves-169411/
 
Sound Effect by freesound_community from Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/city-ship-creaking-24b-30119/
 
Sound Effect by freesound_community from Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-wooden-ship-break-85277/
 
Sound Effect by freesound_community from Pixabay 
https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/city-angry-mob-loop-6847/
 
Sound Effect by David Dumais from Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-grenade-explosion-14-190266/
 
Sound Effect by freesound_community from Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/people-crowd-of-boys-cheering-102732/
 
Sound Effect by Otto from Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-creaking-wood-199971/