American Timelines
Amy & Joe discuss true crime & pop culture and crazy events through history year by year. Amy takes a deep dive on something creepy while Joe tells us about wacky stuff that happened. Amy likes murder, Joe likes old sitcoms, and they podcast to escape the monotony of adulthood.
Episodes
Interview with Quin Cho of Pacific Atrocities Education
Joe is joined by Quin Cho, Author and Fellow, Pacific Atrocities Education to discuss his books and expertise on World War 2. Quin Cho is an accomplished historian and author specializing in the history of global conflict and geopolitics in…
The D-Day Episode
Hunter, Artstar and Gruff join Joe again to continue coverage of June 1944, and this episode we jump into D-Day, and Operation Overlord. Events covered: The battle for Pointe du Hoc the Battle of Merville Gun Battery the capture o…
Marvin Hamlisch, Hat Tricks & World War II
Joe is joined by Artstar, Gruff and Pilot Baboo to discuss June of 1944 and events leading up to D-Day! Topics covered include: World War II Historical Events Blimp History and Modern Uses Marvin Hamlisch: A Life in Music Asperger'…
Lena Baker, Charlie Chaplin & The Castle Warden Fire
April & May 1944: Lena Baker, Charlie Chaplin & The Castle Warden Fire Joe is joined by Steve from the Gruff & Loud Show and the Debra Jo Ruppiverse to discuss April and May of 1944. Stories include The first and last woman to ever be exe…
A Conversation with Roger Newman, author of the novel, BOYS
Author Roger Newman joins Artstar and Joe to discuss his novel, BOYS.Imagine a young boy whose family is killed by the Ku Klux Klan during the Great Depression and is raised by the farmer whose farm he hides on, alongside the farmer’s son. …
Serial Killer Marcel Petiot & George Junius Stinney Jr.
Episode 239. Amy and Joe jump into March 1944. WW2 is going strong, a soldier survives a jump from a plane without a parachute, Bob Hope hosts the Oscars, a Jewish Mobster who invented Murder Inc. dies, a child is executed after being wro…
An Interview with Robert B. O Connor
Joe interviews author Robert B. O’Connor about his World War 2 based book: Jeep Show, as well as some other topics such as soccer, baseball, cigars and weed!Robert B. O’Connor is the author of the WWII novel Jeep Show – A Trouper at the Ba…
Episode 237: The Lynching of Willie James Howard
Amy is back to tell us all about the tragedy of the lynching of Willie James Howard. Plus: Birthdays galore with Bonnie Franklin, Angela Davis, Joe Frazier and Stockard Channing. We love all of you.
Friend Check: Addy Kapur: a software developer, a photographer, a father, a husband, a native Delhiite, a comedian and a cook
Addy Kapur episode: Recorded December of 2024. Addy Kapur is a software developer, a photographer, a father, a husband, a native Delhiite, a comedian and a cook.Listen as we get to know Addy Kapur who met Joe in 2019 at the Queen City Co…
Episode 235: The Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler Incident w/ Artstar and Hunter Brame
Episode 235: The Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler Incident w/ Artstar and Hunter BrameHunter shares the tale of The Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler incident, while John Denver and Ben Kingsley are born. Hunter also gives us some in-depth H…
Episode 234: The Hopevale Martyrs w/ Artstar and Hunter Brame
he Hopevale Martyrs: November & December 1943 with Artstar and Hunter BrameThe mighty Artstar tells us about the Hopevale Martyrs, while Joe overviews Sam Shepard, Keith Richards, Joni Mitchell and Jim Morrison being born, U.S. Marine Serg…
Adam Cufr: A Drummer, A Girl-Dad & A Retirement Expert
Adam Cufr episode: Recorded September of 2024.  Friendcheck #9, Episode 233.Adam Cufr is a father, a husband, a drummer, a veteran and aRetirement Income Certified ProfessionalListen as we get to know Adam Cufr, an upstanding gent whohappe…
Huntz Hall: Don't Kill Your Friends
Episode 232: 1943: Huntz Hall: Don't Kill Your Friends.Joe is joined by the very rev Gary Hall, son of legendary comedianHuntz Hall of Bowery Boys & Dead End Kids fame to discuss Huntz Hall in the 40's.Including his WW2 training video, D…
A True Friend, A Stoner & a former Prince Albert Haver
A True Friend, A Stoner & a former Prince Albert HaverThe Gruff episode: Recorded August of 2024. (Friendcheck #8, American Timelines # 231)Steve Bishop aka Gruff from the Gruff & Loud Show is an Ohioan, a Stoner, a Damn Good Friend, and on…
Episode 230: The Mysterious Murder of David Bacon
Amy’s back to jump back into 1943 and the mysterious murder of a somewhat famous actor. Did he get stabbed with a stiletto? Why was he in a bathing suit? Plus: Robert Dinero's birthday, Mussolini escapes, Kennedy is a hero, an airshow tr…
Friend Check#7: A Pharma Consultant Who Grew Up On a Farm
A Pharma Consultant Who Grew Up On a FarmAdam Bianchi episode: Recorded July of 2024. (Friendcheck #7, American Timelines # 229)Adam Bianchi is a father, a husband, a farm-boy, a Spring Valley Viking, a UNC Tarheel, and a Pharma Consulta…
1943: Unit 731
1943: Unit 731 (Episode 228-May to July)Amy’s back to jump back into 1943 with Joe. Amy tells us about the Japanese Unit 731 during World War 2 and all of the awful torture they became famous for while Joe covers the following timeline top…
Badass Women Pilots from WW2
Hunter Brame aka Pilot Babboo is back to school Joe about awesome lady pilots in WW2. We talk Nancy Harkness Love, Jacqueline Cochran, the Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS), Women’s Airforce Service Pilots (WASPS) and so much more…
1943: Who put Bella in the Wych Elm? (Episode 226)
1943: Who put Bella in the Wych Elm? (Episode 226-Jan to Apr) Amy’s back to jump into 1943 with Joe. Amy tells us about a woman found dead in a tree, while Joe covers the following timeline topics: The invention of Nachos & Duct Tape The Bi…
Friend Check: A People Development Consultant-Foodie Podcaster
Friend Check: A People Development Consultant-Foodie Podcaster: Abby Elfman (Episode 225)Recorded August of 2023. Abby Elfman is a podcaster, an Atascocita Eagle, a UT San Antonio Roadrunner, a voice actor, an improviser and a People Deve…
Biography 1942: Dewey Beard
Hunter Brame returns to assist Joe in discussing Dewey Beard, a native who was forced off of his land on multiple occasions, and was part of some notable historical moments in US history. We talk Wounded Knee, Battle of Little Big Horn, Ge…
Biography 1942: Audie Murphy (Real Life Captain America)
Joe is joined by Hunter Brame, WW2 Buff, pilot and beard and glasses wearer to do a biography episode about Audie Murphy, the real life Captain America. We planned to talk Dewey Beard too, but we ran out of time. Enjoy.Part of the Queen C…
Friend Check: An Architect Usher: Aaron Moody
Friend Check: An Architect Usher: Aaron Moody (Episode 222)Aaron Moody episode: Recorded March of 2023. Aaron Moody is an architect and a volunteer usher at a performing arts center, and he volunteers at the Queen City Comedy Experienc…
1942: The Phantom Barber & The Oregon State Hospital Poisoning (Episode 221)
1942: The Phantom Barber & The Oregon State Hospital Poisoning (Episode 221) Amy’s back to jump into 1942 with Joe. Amy tells the tale of the Phantom Barber, while Joe covers the following timeline topics:• World War 2 rationing effects o…
Friend Check: A Guy We Went To Middle School With: AARON CRANE (Ep 220)
A guy we went to middle School with.Aaron Crane episode: Recorded March of 2023. Aaron Crane is a father, a husband, a Vice President of Operations, a Miami University Redhawk, a son of an elementary school teacher, and a guy we went to …
Friend Check: A Fellow Actor From College (Ep 219)
Friend Check: Aaron Sinclair (Episode 217)This episode is the third of a series of episodes called Friend Check. Listen while Joe goes through his Facebook Friends list and "checks" in with each person that is willing to record an hour lon…
A Pearl Harbor Conspiracy Theory (ep 218)
Joe is joined by Gruff from the Gruff & Loud show to take a deep dive on Pearl Harbor and a particular conspiracy theory about a cryptic warning hidden in an ad for a dice game.
Friend Check: AJ Foster (ep 217)
This episode is the second of a series of episodes called Friend Check. Listen while Joe goes through his Facebook Friends list and "checks" in with each person that is willing to record an hour long conversation along with co-host Gruff.Wh…
Friend Check: A Kirby McMahon (Episode 213)
This episode is the first of a series of episodes called Friend Check. Listen while Joe goes through his Facebook Friends list and "checks" in with each person that is willing to record an hour long conversation.Who are these people? Why ar…
Insanity Pleas & The Gentleman Killer
Episode 216: 1941 Insanity Pleas & The Gentleman Killer America’s favorite jerks continue into the1940’s! This episode: 1941. Amy tells us about The Gentleman Killer of 1941, also known as the aspirin killer, while Joe covers an array o…
Episode 215: 1940: William Johansen, Toni Jo Henry & The Ghosts of Alcatraz
Episode 215: 1940 William Johansen, Toni Jo Henry & TheGhosts of Alcatraz. Amy & Joe jump into season 6 of American Timelines, the 1940’s! This episode: 1940. Amy tells us about Serial Killer William Johansen. Joe tells Amy about the Ch…
Walker Family Murders, A Mob Hit, & a Cattle Truck Crashes Into A Bus: December of 1959 (Ep 214)
The last episode of Season 5! Amy tells the story of the Walker Family Murders. Is it connected to the Clutter Family Murders?  You decide! Plus, Joe tells us about an awful bus vs. cattle truck accident, a mob hit, a comedy troupe forming,…
Episode 212: Clutter Family Murders & Judd Nelson: November of 1959
Episode 212: Clutter Family Murders & Judd Nelson: November of 1959On this penultimate episode of season 5, Amy covers the Clutter Family Murders.  Perry Edward Smith · Richard Hickock were two heartless robbers who had rough childhoods. Th…
Episode 211: Bonanza & A School Bombing
Episode 211: Bonanza & A School Bombing: September & October of 1959Amy tells us all about Paul Harold Orgeron, a disgruntled tile setter who becomes a school bomber, while Bonanza, The Twilight Zone, Quick Draw McGraw & The Untouchables al…
Episode 210: The 40 Minute Free Fall & The 3 Christs: July & August of 1959
Episode 210: The 40 Minute Free Fall & The 3 Christs: July & August of 1959Amy tells us all about Psychologist Milton Rokeach’s Three Christs experiment in 1959, where he gets three gents who all think they’re Jesus to live together. Meanwh…
Episode 209: The Alabama Torso Murders, George Reeves & More Scottish Timelines: June of 1959
Episode 209: The Alabama Torso Murders, George Reeves & More Scottish Timelines: June of 1959Our beloved Scottish pals Daniel & Nathaniel return for another edition of Scottish Timelines. They are fresh from their new comedy group At Least …
Episode 208: The Lynching of Mack Charles Parker: April/May of 1959
Amy & Joe are back with another episode about 1959! Amy tells the story of a tragic lynching of an innocent black man, and Joe fills in the timeline with birthdays, a tragic rape, a UFO conspiracy, burglars, baseball, some plane crashes a…
Episode 207: The Day The Music Died & Record Breakings Galore
Episode 207: Feb/March of 1959Amy covers the day the music died because she is a Don McLean superfan. Joe tells us all about the world record for longest flight set in 1959. Speaking of records, we have a radio record, breath-holding record…
Episode 206: The Dyatlov Pass incident & The Murder of A Little Rascal: January of 1959
Episode 206: The Dyatlov Pass incident & The Murder of A Little Rascal: January of 1959 Amy sheds some light on a mysterious death of a group of mountain hikers in 1959, while Joe reveals the harrowing details of the murder of Alfalfa …
Episode 205: The Martin Family Disappearance, A School Fire & A Suicide Bombing of a Cult: November and December of 1958
This week, a family mysteriously disappears in Portland, Multiple people die on TV/Movie sets, Star Wars & Bewitched Inspirado, A tragic school fire are all events covered. PLUS: A Cult Leader is Murdered by Suicide Bombers and Jamie Lee…