Great History Stories

By: Great History Stories
  • Summary

  • Short, serialized episodes telling some of the greatest stories in human history. Season one focused on the Donner Party, season two focused on underdogs, and Season three will focus on the Bronze Age collapse.
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Episodes
  • Episode 77: The Losers: Suffering Through the History of the Chicago Cubs
    Jan 24 2024

    We've covered a lot of terror in this podcast; it's time to relive a different type of pain. For all the Cubs fans who didn't live to see the Lovable Losers win it all, this one's for you.

    Sources:
    https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/inventions-and-discoveries-of-the-twentieth-century/inventions-1900-to-1990/

    https://www.mlb.com/cubs/history/timeline

    https://chicagology.com/baseball/chicagoballparks/doublenohitter/

    https://sportsnaut.com/longest-championship-droughts-nfl-nba-sports/ 

    https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHC/index.shtml 

    https://www.mlb.com/news/no-hitter-c265779246 

    https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/RBI_season.shtml 

    https://wrigleyivy.com/the-homer-in-the-gloamin/ 

    https://www.billygoattavern.com/legend/curse/ 

    https://sabr.org/journal/article/the-chicago-cubs-college-of-coaches-a-management-innovation-that-failed/ 

    https://www.kenhubbs.com/ 

    https://www.espn.com/espn/page2/story?page=lukas/061018 

    https://web.archive.org/web/20060216154935/http://www.jonmdavis.net/cubs/1984cubsclinch.mp3 

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    26 mins
  • Episode 76: The Worst Play in Baseball
    Mar 23 2023
    Javy runs to home and it ruins Will Craig's career.
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    19 mins
  • Episode 75: The Frozen Nightmare of the Franklin Expedition
    Feb 17 2023
    Mother nature strikes again. 
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    13 mins

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