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Today on Murderhobos, another interim episode! This week, a crossover episode with the excellent history podcast Well Behaved Women, hosted by Lauren Schill and Hannah Moses. The gang heads back to the Old West to take a closer look at Calamity Jane, sharpshooter, storyteller, and friend of Wild Bill Hickok. We're also excited to announce that Season 2 is officially in the swing of production, with two episodes...

Today on Murderhobos, another interim episode to slake your bloodthirst for season two. (Back, fiends!) This week, an interview Adam did with Dr. Stuart Ellis-Go...

Today on Murderhobos, our first guest episode! *Gasps, oohs and ahs*

We're joined by fantasy author, friend of the show, and noted trans historian Alina Boyden to discuss transness in history. We talk about Lia De Beaumont, the Chevalière d'Éon, one of the most famous trans women in history, and a kickass swordswoman. We also talk about the way academic historians often fail to recognize tr...

Today on Murderhobos, a special episode produced by Tony. We’re headed all the way back to Minneapolis, circa 1900. As the mill capital of the world, Minneapolis was packed to the brim with seasonal workers, thriving brothels, and scheming card sharks. But to Mayor Albert Alonzo Ames, it was just a piggy bank waiting to be smashed open. Over the cour...

Today on Murderhobos, Ernest Hemingway, a writer, sportsman, trophy hunter, and war correspondent, considered by many to be one of the best writers of the twentieth century. But what can studying Ernest Hemingway - and studying the study of Ernest Hemingway - teach us about masculinity in the mid-twentieth century?

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Today on Murderhobos, Sid Hatfield, otherwise known as Smilin' Sid, a West Virginia miner, gunslinger, chief of police, and hero to the US labor movement. His public murder in 1921 spurred on what would become the largest domestic uprising in US history following the Civil War. How did his life and death interface with broader trends in American law enforcement and labor rights of the time?

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Today on Murderhobos, Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, a trendsetter, politician, reformer, citizen soldier, and one of the most popular and influential American presidents of all time. How did a boy who grew up with severe asthma come to be known as one of history's chief promoters of the masculine lifestyle, and why is his legacy so important for understanding the United States in the 20th Century?

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Today on Murderhobos, James Butler Hickok, better known as Wild Bill Hickock, a wilderness scout, lawman, gambler, gunslinger, and half-hearted actor, who was one of the archetypal frontiersman and myth-makers of the American West. His short, violent life has been seen as a parallel to the American frontier experience. But could one man's life, and one man's lies, truly represent a whole era?

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Today on Murderhobos: John Brown, an abolitionist, freedom fighter, and often considered one of America’s first domestic terrorists. Brown has remained a hugely divisive figure in American history, presented either as a insane zealot or a hero of the downtrodden, but his action and motivation is the contradiction of American democracy: how can a country that professes freedom and liberty for all keep four million people in bondage?

Today on Murderhobos, Alexander Hamilton: an orphan, rebel, lover, founding father, and America's most famous duellist. Hamilton's life and tragic death has inspired musicals, films, and books, but his personal writings expose the anxious reality of political and personal power in a time of duels and a culture of suspecion. What led Hamilton to his fatal duel, and what can we learn about the culture of American duelling in the earl...

Today on Murderhobos, Scottish duellist, adventurer, gambler, procurer, and gladiator Donald McBane, whose experiences as an enlisted soldier from 1689 to 1710 spanned three wars in three decades, including brothel keeping, running gambling tents, and fighting duels against peers, only to culminate as a professional champion in the Bear Gardens of peacetime England. What can McBanes experiences teach us about military life at the t...