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  • Episode 470: Danger Zone Part 1-Able Archer '83

    Episode 470: Danger Zone Part 1-Able Archer '83
    2024/11/11
    Show Notes Episode 470: Danger Zone Part 1-Able Archer 83 This week Host Dave Bledsoe said on Tuesday night he needed a little something to take the edge off, we dug him out of a dumpster in Bayside naked and screaming Friday morning. (In fairness, this is not unusual for him) On the show this week we kicked off a two parter about nuclear war in the 80’s (You know, to lighten the mood!) with the story of Able Archer ‘83 and how it almost started a nuclear war.. Along the way we discover that Dave was beat up a lot in high school. (Nothing shocking there) Then we dive right into how the Cold War was chilling out until a certain someone got elected in 1980! (Our old friend is back!) We learn how Reagan freaked out the Soviets and caused them to think he might just nuke them for funsies. (Mostly because he was saying he might nuke them for funsies.) and how this resulted in what was called an “escalation of tensions”. (We would call it a full bore freakout!) The end result would be the world teetering on the brink of nuclear annihilation for about a week and the West not even noticing. (So much for the CIA!) Our sponsor this week is Bombs Away, prefab fallout shelters: turn a hole into a post apocalyptic home! We open the only good secret agent and close with Kat Cher in a certain zone. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music:https://youtu.be/iFpk7s3wu4k?si=Jt_gOWYYsYJgbgjI Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The President's News Conference January 29, 1981 https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/the-presidents-news-conference-992 The war game that could have ended the world https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20181108-the-wargame-that-could-have-ended-the-world Able Archer: The NATO exercise that almost went nuclear https://www.livescience.com/able-archer Nuclear Close Calls: Able Archer 83 https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/history/nuclear-close-calls-able-archer-83/ Able Archer 83: How the Cold War Caused a Near-Apocalyptic Misunderstanding https://www.mirasafety.com/blogs/news/able-archer-83-cold-war-nuclear-incident?srsltid=AfmBOorXrKulpcPZFqxYFv8J4HApP8X_F56QSmHEu1JpQ-d9SuyKKpfZ White House Diaries 11/18/83 https://www.reaganfoundation.org/ronald-reagan/white-house-diaries/diary-entry-11181983/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    27 分
  • Episode 469: Reasons to Save America

    Episode 469: Reasons to Save America
    2024/11/01
    Show Notes Episode 469: Reasons to Save America This week Host Dave Bledsoe is tired, and he knows you are tired too. It has been a long decade and no amount of funny stories about him doing stupid stuff while he is drunk is going to make it any easier. (I mean we have one story about him pooping his pants because he was too drunk to get up from the bar that we COULD tell!) On the show this week, with just days to go before the 2024 election we give you some cool things about America and why you should vote for Kamala Harris so we keep on having a country. That’s it. That’s the show. Go out and vote. (Unless you are voting for someone else then by all means, stay home!) Our Sponsor this week is Democracy, we know it isn’t perfect but it’s the best we have. We open the show with a reminder of what happened in 2016 and close with Harper O’Niel who has reasons to go out and do the right thing. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music:https://youtu.be/xmMqrCg0LLI?si=W-rwEdcroByZRLEa Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    23 分
  • Episode 468: There's A Light Over at the LaLaurie Place (Spooktacular 2024 Finale)

    Episode 468: There's A Light Over at the LaLaurie Place (Spooktacular 2024 Finale)
    2024/10/28
    Show Notes Episode 468: There’s A Light Over at the LaLaurie Place Spooktacular 2024 Finale This week Host Dave Bledsoe drunkenly declares that every day is Mardi Gras while offering strings of beads in exchange for being shown breasts. (The bouncers took the beads, and took Dave’s shirt off while tossing him out.) On the show this week we conclude Spooktacular 2024 with the story of the most haunted house in the most haunted city in America: The LaLaurie Mansion. Along the way we learn that while Dave once attended Mardi Gras in New Orleans he can't really tell you anything about it. (Because he was black out drunk.) Then we dive right into a brief history of New Orleans from the first native Americans to all the times it changed hands before being purchased by Thomas Jefferson for some Mardi Gras beads and the recipe for the Hurricane. (Allegedly). Then we dig into the story of Madame Marie Delphine LaLaurie. (This is NOT a happy story) and life in her New Orleans mansion. (Seriously, there is a lot of brutal shit in this story, so you WERE warned.) Finally, there is some stuff about ghosts. Our Sponsor this week is the Committee Representing American Paranormal Persons, shining a light on the unseen! We open with breathless discussion of the mansion and close with Chloé Lexia Worthington shining a light on things. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music:https://youtu.be/MqkrNA8r_CE?si=OcDvacKYmgz9uzN5 Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Before the Civil War, New Orleans Was the Center of the U.S. Slave Trade https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/civil-war-new-orleans-was-center-us-slave-trade-180977532/ The fire on Royal Street https://web.archive.org/web/20101116011843/http://www.nola.com/lalaurie/archives/fire1.html Mistress of the Haunted House https://64parishes.org/mistress-haunted-house The Haunted LaLaurie Mansion https://ghostcitytours.com/new-orleans/haunted-places/lalaurie-mansion/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    32 分
  • Episode 467: Building A Mystery (House) Part 3 of Spooktacular 2024

    Episode 467: Building A Mystery (House) Part 3 of Spooktacular 2024
    2024/10/21
    Show Notes Episode 467: Building A Mystery (House) Part 3 of Spooktacular 2024 This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets lost trying to find his way to the bathroom in a strange bar and blames “The Spirits” when he got caught pissing in the corner. (Again) On the show this week Spooktacular 2024 continues with the tale of a mansion in California that was haunted for business purposes, the Winchester Mystery House. Along the way we discover that Dave thinks antique dealers might be evil. (We are kind of on board with this one.) Then we dive right into America’s favorite invention, guns that kill a lot of people without reloading! (God bless the USA!) We meet the man who made the Gun That Won the West! (By killing a lot of people living there already!) and his son, whose wife would move to California and build her dream home. (She was extremely rich, even in the 1880’s real estate prices out there were insane!) Then we dive right into all the spooky things that were said to have taken place in this haunted Barbie Dream House, all of which were definitely not made up after she died to sell tickets to the house. (Except they totally were, sorry.) Our Sponsor this week is Goth Contractors, when you can’t find your haunted house, build your haunted home. We open the show promo material for the Winchester Mystery House and close with Kina Granis who is constructing her own inexplicability. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music:https://youtu.be/MqkrNA8r_CE?si=OcDvacKYmgz9uzN5 Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Wikipedia: Winchester Mystery House https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Mystery_House#Neverending_construction Demystifying the Winchester Mystery House https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4824 Everything you think you know about the Winchester Mystery House probably isn't true https://www.sfgate.com/sfhistory/article/the-myth-of-the-winchester-mystery-house-16571653.php When Harry Houdini Visited the Winchester Mystery House https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/654998/when-harry-houdini-visited-winchester-mystery-house Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    30 分
  • Seltzer Kings Network Seltztacular Special Episode: Bledsoe's Ghost

    Seltzer Kings Network Seltztacular Special Episode: Bledsoe's Ghost
    2024/10/18
    Bledsoe’s Ghost Dave Bledsoe, the host of What the HELL Were You Thinking, doesn't believe in ghosts. So, clearly, whatever he saw that night could NOT have been a ghost. It was just a spooky old man who appeared out of the fog one night and disappeared during a series of unlikely events which occurred simultaneously without any explanations. Definitely not a ghost. He leaves it to the listeners to reach their own conclusions. Find all of Seltzer Kings Spooky Specials at https://www.seltzerkings.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    14 分
  • Episode 466: Oh Great, It's Lincoln's Ghost Again (Pt 2 of Spooktacular 2024)

    Episode 466: Oh Great, It's Lincoln's Ghost Again (Pt 2 of Spooktacular 2024)
    2024/10/14
    Show Notes Episode 466: Oh Great, Lincoln’s Ghost Again Part 2 of Spooktacular 2024 This week Host Dave Bledsoe experiences the sensation that someone is watching himself while he is sleeping, only to awake to a bouncer dragging him out for passing out on the bar (again). On the show this week we continue Spooktacular 2024 “Is There A Ghost In My House” by asking if Abraham Lincoln’s ghost (among others) haunts the White House. (Hint: Definitely not.) Along the way we discover that Dave is running out of ways to open the show. (shocking?) From there we dive right into why Americans LOVE ghost stories so much. (We love to believe in things that don’t exist, like trickle down economics!) We examine how Spiritualism made believing in ghosts so popular that even the First Lady could do it. Then we ask the hard questions about Ghost Lincoln. (Like how pissed off would you be to have to keep coming to your job even after you're dead?) We learn that Winston Churchill went Full Monty in front of a Dead President and discuss all the other ghosts beside Honest Abe. Our Sponsor this week is My Bodyguard, because someone probably wants to kill you. We open the show with a PBS show asking a dumb question and close with Ronnie Gavelin who is tired of seeing the ghost all the time. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/soKPDA3qdWY?si=Qarxg1WVaYZI8GdU Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The Rise of Spiritualism in 19th Century America https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2021/10/18/the-rise-of-spiritualism-in-19th-century-america Séances at the White House? Why these first ladies turned to the occult https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/seances-at-the-white-house The Legends of Lincoln's Ghost https://boundarystones.weta.org/2020/10/29/legends-lincolns-ghost The Wilderness Hunter by Theodore Roosevelt https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Wilderness_Hunter/R8FsFGuZxaEC?q=supernatural&gbpv=1&bsq=Bauman#f=false Forgotten Ghosts of the White House https://www.whitehousehistory.org/the-forgotten-ghosts-that-haunted-the-white-house Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    28 分
  • Episode 465: Amityville Horrible (Part 1 of Spooktacular 2024)

    Episode 465: Amityville Horrible (Part 1 of Spooktacular 2024)
    2024/10/07
    Episode 465: The Amityville Horrible Part 1 of Spooktacular 2024 “Is There A Ghost In My House?” This week Host Dave Bledsoe insists he is not responsible for this bar tab since it was incurred while he was possessed by demon alcohol. (The bouncers performed a quick and dirty exorcism and he paid right up!) On the show this week we kick off Spooktacular 2024 with the REAL story behind The Amityville Horror. (Hint: It was all for the money.) Along the way we learned that Dave’s has a lot of stories about ghosts and none of them are true. (Same for ALL of his stories.) Then we dive right into the factual portions of the story, the parts about the house and the brutal murders that took place. (The actual story is pretty horrible.) Then we meet the Lutz family, who thought they got a great deal on a murder house but they found out what they really got was a ticket on the ghost gravy train! (All they had to do was lie a little!) We learn that pretty much everything in the book and movie were made up one night over way too much wine and way to little ethical standards. (God Bless America!) Our sponsor this week is Revenant Realtors, because ghosts need housing too. We open the show with a news report from 1979 and close with Marshal Mathers in a song that we definitely, probably, don’t, have the rights to play on the show. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/8VYQRKIbQ4I?si=rj-GNLXubkZTBUjY Buy Our Hat: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Neighbors Recall DeFeos As 'Nice, Normal Family' https://www.nytimes.com/1974/11/15/archives/neighbors-recall-defeos-as-nice-normal-family-drink-and-play-music.html The Real Life Amityville Horror https://web.archive.org/web/20081219094155/http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/family/amityville/3.html George Lutz's Amityville Horror http://www.ghostvillage.com/legends/2005/legends36_04122005.shtml BEHIND THE BEST SELLERS https://www.nytimes.com/1978/01/22/archives/behind-the-best-sellers-jay-anson.html The brutal truth about Amityville: It wasn’t ghosts but something worse https://english.elpais.com/usa/2022-01-10/it-wasnt-ghosts-but-something-worse-the-brutal-truth-about-amityville.html The Amityville Hoax at 40: why the myth endures https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA477640965&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=10639330&p=AONE&sw=w&userGroupName=nysl_oweb&isGeoAuthType=true&aty=geo Lutz Vs Weber https://web.archive.org/web/20110707134116/http://www.amityvillemurders.com/lutzvweber.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    38 分
  • Episode 464: I Ain't Afraid of Reagan's Ghost (WTH Movie Night Ghostbusters)

    Episode 464: I Ain't Afraid of Reagan's Ghost (WTH Movie Night Ghostbusters)
    2024/09/30
    Show Notes Episode 464: “I Ain’t Afraid of Reagan’s Ghost” WTH Movie Night: Ghostbusters! This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets beaten up and thrown out of a TriBeca firehouse after drunkenly showing up at 3:00 AM insisting he was there to “bust some ghosts”. (The fire fighters busted his nose.) On the show this week it is a WTH Movie Night! This time 1984’s supernatural, super right wing, super box office hit, Ghostbusters. (Yep, Dave is gonna ruin the movie for you) Along the way we discover why Dave keeps doing shows about things he doesn’t believe in. (Hint: a shockingly small amount of money.) Then we dive right into the backstory of how a Saturday Night Live alumni wrote a script based on his grandfather and fighting ghosts in space. (No kidding, this was in the original script for the movie) We find out how Harold Ramis was brought in to make the story slightly less crazy and MUCH less expensive to produce. We briefly talk about the movie (because you’ve ALL seen it, repeatedly) and then we totally ruin one of your childhood’s most cherished memories by explaining how it was all about politics. (What an asshole.) Our Sponsor this week is Spectral Supply Warehouse, our prices have to be seen to be believed. We open with the Ghostbusters ready to believe you and close with Leo Moracchioli who needs directory assistance. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/hF39e_hnFb8?si=U_W7UhGd-A9FNOix Buy Our Hat: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Dan Aykroyd on his family history in the occult and why he wanted to be part of Hotel Paranormal https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/television/article-dan-aykroyd-on-his-family-history-in-the-occult-and-why-he-wanted-to/ An Oral History of Ghostbusters https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/news/a27498/ghostbusters-oral-history/ Behind the Scenes The Making of Ghostbusters: How Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, and “The Murricane” Built “The Perfect Comedy” https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/06/ghostbusters-making-of Wikipedia: Ghostbusters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostbusters#Legacy The Economic Lesson in Ghostbusters Everyone Missed https://www.aier.org/article/the-economic-lesson-in-ghostbusters-everyone-missed/ The Secret Money Messages Hidden in Ghostbusters https://www.fastcompany.com/91064604/the-secret-money-messages-hidden-in-ghostbusters The original Ghostbusters was hugely political. The new one, not so much. https://www.vox.com/2016/7/20/12204422/ghostbusters-political-movies Ghostbusters, the greatest movie ever made about Republican economic policy https://qz.com/176613/ghostbusters-harold-ramis-greatest-movie-ever-about-republican-economic-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    36 分