Show overview
American Shadows has been publishing since 2020, and across the 3 years since has built a catalogue of 80 episodes, alongside 1 trailer or bonus episode. That works out to roughly 40 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.
Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 27 min and 33 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language History show.
The catalogue appears to be on hiatus or wound down — the most recent episode landed 2.8 years ago, with no new episodes in over a year. Published by iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild.
From the publisher
American Shadows is a bi-weekly podcast from iHeartRadio and Aaron Mahnke’s Grim & Mild. The show focuses on the darker stories from American history: the people, places, and things that are hidden and forgotten in the shadows. From better-known tales like the conspiracy to steal Lincoln’s body, to less-known stories, like the rainmaker who flooded San Diego. Join host Lauren Vogelbaum as she spans two centuries of omitted lore from our country’s history books.
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Ep 78Lavender Haze
In the 1950s the United States launched a witch hunt, and it's not at all what you think.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ep 77Hungry For Justice
What would you do when faced with a life-or-death situation? Alferd Packer had to answer this question for himself, and do something that is -- for many -- unthinkable. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ep 76A Morbid Obsession
The story of a man who loved his mother. Too much.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ep 75Like The Wind
When the bicycle was invented it did more than simply change people's lives, leisure and mobility. It ignited a controversy over traditional gender roles. One woman set out to change all that.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ep 74Louder Than A Riot
The fight for equal rights was long and slow until one day a fight broke out with police, culminating in a riot. What happened next is history.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ep 73A Deadly Isle
Prussian immigrant Louis Wagner came to America hoping to make a better life for himself. Working as a fisherman in the Isle of Shoals it seemed he was living the dream, until he found himself down on his luck.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ep 72Boneheads
The Gilded Age was a time of opulence and opportunism, an age that turned businessmen into household names. But it also created some of the biggest rivalries in the rush to unearth the past.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ep 71Bad Medicine
Thomas Neill Cream wanted nothing more than to leave the family shipping business to become a medical doctor. Having graduated with honors, his future seemed promising -- until the bodies began to appear. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ep 70Anchors Away
Spirits were high that summer’s day as everyone boarded the General Slocum. The passengers were looking forward to their annual picnic just up river… but as fate would have it, they’d never arriveSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ep 69The American Plan
In 1918, the US Government created a plan to track, detain, and imprison women for the STIs brought home from soldiers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ep 68Cold Case
In the mid 1930s an unidentified killer stalked Kingsbury Run, Ohio. It's a mystery that even Elliott Ness couldn't solve.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ep 67Glorified
When we think of American outlaws, we often think of cowboys and dusty trails in the Wild West. Meet the Ashley Gang who operated out of the Florida Everglades.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ep 66Stranger Than Fiction
Every once in a while, there are news stories that are stranger than fiction. In this episode, we meet Ruth and Judd, possibly the worst murders of the 1920s. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ep 65Aloha
Hawaii didn't become a state until 1959. Before then, it was a Republic, but not by choice. A coup by an American fruit corporation staged a coupe and took control. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ep 64Protest
The story of Andrew Kehoe and his opposition to taxes, namely school taxes and the disaster that followed.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ep 63The Mercy Run
Only one thing stood between a town's survival: 674 miles of unforgiving terrain in the worst arctic weather conditions in 20 years. Boats, planes, and trains could not get through. And that left the town with one hope: sled dogs. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ep 62Lucky
Timothy Dexter was many things — at least to himself. But mostly, he was lucky in the strangest of ways.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ep 61Family Blood
William Beadle had everything he'd dreamed of: a pretty and good-hearted wife, beautiful children, social status, and plenty of wealth. But when he lost his fortune, William lost his mind. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ep 60Works of Art
Edmonia Lewis always loved art. In the 1800s, there weren't many women sculptors. Edmonia wasn't interested in what she couldn't do. She was only interested in what she could. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ep 59Roses of War
When men went off to fight in WW II, women did their own part. They worked in factories, played in a women's baseball league, and raised families. One woman's family was bigger than the rest. Meet Margaret Chung, who called thousands of military men her sons.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.