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Oregon's Newest Serial Killer
08:25|Video available on Spotify and YoutubeJesse Lee Calhoun lived a life full of criminal activity, racking up nearly 100 separate charges before the age of 40. The problem was that the State of Oregon gave him so many second chances, which Calhoun only used to ramp up his violence, leading to the deaths of at least 5 young women.This podcast runs down all the facts up to this point, as the case is still ongoing and there could be more victims.
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Oregon's Most Disturbing Homesteader
31:41|Video available on YouTube and Spotify:Watch never-before-seen footage of one of the craziest true crime cases in Oregon's history. Susan Monica lived on her remote 20-acre property in Southern Oregon for nearly 25 years, allowing hundreds of transients to live with her. The problem is, they didn't just live on the property; they died there as well. Welcome to the insane story of Susan Monica and her man-eating pigs.
The Campaign That Almost Destroyed Rome
20:40|In this episode, I discuss Hannibal's legendary crossing of the Alps and detail the three battles that made Hannibal one of the greatest generals of all time: the Battle of Ticinus, the Battle of the Trebia, and the Battle of Cannae. #History #hannibalbarca #secondpunicwar #ancientrome
How Phillip's Messy Personal Life Changed the World Forever
03:12|We discuss the infamous love triangle between King Phillip II and his two lovers, both named Pausanias. How a heated rivalry became deadly and how this led to the rise of Alexander the Great.Watch the video on TikTok, YouTube, Spotify, or Facebook
How the US Tried to Re-Educate Nazi POW's in WW2 (Video)
03:56|Here's the quick story about how the US attempted to re-educate nearly 400,000 Nazi POW's they held on the US mainland. We focus on Camp White, one of the more prominent of these re-education campaigns, located in Southern Oregon.(Bonus Content) The Podcast will be on Video / Rambling about Phoenix Buttons + Frontier Historians
08:14|On this short but sweet edition of Gotta Start Somewhere, I announce that I will be making video content in addition to the Podcast. The videos will be available on Spotify or Youtube. I then ramble off the top of my head about things I found interesting and tried out a new lavalier microphone I bought for use in the field. I will return to my nice podcast microphone for Ancient Oregon 3.
2. Ancient Oregon Ep. 2: Seeds of War
01:12:21||Season 2, Ep. 2In this episode, we pick up where we left off after Peter Skene Ogden visited the Rogue Valley in 1827 and cover the events leading up to the discovery of Gold in the valley and the subsequent flood of miners to Jacksonville in 1852.Music Credit: Miss Francis Johnson (One of the last Taklemans to have seen Ti'lamikh in action and who worked with Edward Sapir to preserve the Takelman Language)Special Thanks and References for this podcast:Various Sources found on the website of historian Thomas Doty - DotyCoyote.comHistory of Oregon: HH BancroftVarious works by Nathan DouthitVarious letters and articles sourced through the Southern Oregon Historical Society