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Family Plot Podcast

An odd dad a loving mom and their 17 year old son exploring the history in a peculiar world. Discussions will be kept PG-13. Hosted by Dean Boese, Lauura Williams and Arthur Williams.

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  • Thursday · 1 hr 12 min

    Episode 318 - The Konitz Affair - Murder and Antisemitism in 1900 Germany

    Laura, Arthur and Dean gather round the mic to discuss the 1900 Unsolved Murder and Dismembertment of Ernst Winter in 1900 in the Prussian City of Konitz (these days, the modern Polish city of Chojinice). The crime itself was never solved. In a town with German officials and a culturally Polish populace with an influx of Jewish residents and no modern investigation techniques, a solution was by and large impossible. What occurred in the place of solution was blame based on nothing at all, antisemitic accusations, fear and riots. We discuss how all this came to pass AND how these things still linger and there for still matter now over 125 years later in this, unsolved mystery, can't we all just get along episode of the Family Plot Podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • September 10 · 1 hr 30 min

    Episode 317 - Fear the Dead - The New England Vampire Panic with Courtney from Book of the Dead

    Our latest episode and we are joined by Courtney from the Book of the Dead Podcast to discuss the New England Vampire Panic. We discuss the discovery of a body ritually staged to prevent rising in Burial #4 in the Jewett City area. We also discuss the case of Mercy Brown and other vampire shenanigans that all happened 200 years AFTER the Salem Witch Trials. We then briefly discuss vampire panics in other parts of the world including some that happened recently in the days of satellites and cell phones. We then break down why these panics happen and how they're echoed even today. Vote NO on Amendment 3 in Missouri! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • September 3 · 1 hr 42 min

    Episode 316 The Definition of a First Lady - The Complicated History of Dolley Madison

    What an episode. This week we ride the Elevator of History TM (patent pending) down to the 1700's to discuss the birth of Dolley Madison. We discuss her upbringing among the Quakers her first marriage, the birth of her sons and how she lost her husband, one of her children,and so many other members of her family to yellow fever. She eventually was introduced to James Madison by Alexander Hamilton. She married him served as the unofficial hostess for Thomas Jeffersson and then then 8 years as the first lady where she truly defined what it means to be a First Lady. As much as she defined the best things about being a First Lady she also kept slaves as we deal with the the complicated history of Dolley Madison in this man she was a heck of a woman episode of the Family Plot Podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • August 27 · 1 hr 14 min

    Episode 315 - Say it Ain't So Joe - The 1919 Chicago Black Sox Baseball Scandal

    There is so much in this episode. We are not a family of sports fans but we do go back to 1919 in the Elevator of History to discuss the 1919 World Series between the Chicago White Sox and the Cincinatti Reds. We talk about how some players agreed to lose for money, some players weren't entirely sure what they agreed to and eventually saw baseball install a commissioner that banned all eight men involved forever. It changed the sport of baseball and while there have been other scandals in the sport, none felt as big or as impactful. All this and tangents on Batman cartoons and the movie Big Trouble in Little China among others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • August 20 · 1 hr 59 min

    Episode 314 - The Mythology of the Batman - His Origins, History and World

    This is our longest episode yet. Today we dig into the origins of the Batman. Gotham's darkest Caped Crusader, the man who puts fear into the criminal underworld. We discuss his creators, his origin, his allies, his rogues gallery and the city he was born into, Gotham. We talk about how the world influenced him and how he influenced the world in this comic book history, nerdy deep dive episode of the Family Plot Podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • #307
    July 2 · 1 hr 4 min

    Episode 307 - Charity Adams Earley and the Legacy of the 6888

    Another fun episode filled with learning and family banter.  Today we examine the life of Charity Adams Earley.  One of four children, she was raised by parents who loved her and insisted on education, so much so that when school started, she was...

  • #306
    June 25 · 1 hr 3 min

    Episode 306 - Barbara Gittings - The Librarian Who Shelved Shame

    So, as June 2026 draws to a close, we present the life and times of Barbara Gittings, a woman who refused to let the world define her as insane or a degenerate just because she was a lesbian.  She set out to change things, curating museum collections...

  • #305
    June 18 · 1 hr 25 min

    Episode 305 The History of Juneteenth - Let's Celebrate

    There is a lot in this show.  Arthur discusses some of Dad's health problems in his corner leading to discussions about movies he's been watching with Dad, including most recently Big Fish.  (It's arguably Tim Burton's best movie) then we get into...

  • #303
    June 4 · 1 hr 12 min

    Episode 303 Pride Month 2026 - The Lavender Scare

    Have you heard of 'Tail-Gunner Joe' McCarthy and the Red Scare?  What about Roy Cohn?  These two not only kicked off the Red Scare where they pursued supposed communists in Government and later the military, but also went aafter gays under the theory...

  • #302
    May 28 · 1 hr 27 min

    Episode 302 It's Mostly Fiction - The Mythology of the Odyssey

    We have a heck of an episode for you.  Arthur is turning 17 and our episode is inspired by the right wing pushback against Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey'.  We dig into the origin of the work, what we know of it's 'author' Homer, the real, the...

  • #300
    May 14 · 1 hr 22 min

    Episode 300 - Audie Murphy - An American Tale

    This episode, we go deep into the life, heroism and spectacle that was Audie Murphy.  Audie Murphy was a sharecropper's son from Hunt County Texas, small, skinny, barely fed and full of work.  When his dad would disappear, he worked, when his mom...

  • #299
    May 7 · 1 hr 22 min

    Episode 299 Bird Lives - The Musical Life of Charlie 'Bird' Parker

    Well, in this episode we dig into our Kansas City Roots.  We go to Kansas City in the 1920's where under 'Boss' Pendergast the city was a machine that kept clubs open all night and the liquor flowing.  It was a town famous for being a little naive,...

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