distortedhistory.bsky.social @distortedhistory.bsky.social · 09/10/2026ko-fi.com/post/History...ko-fi.comHistory of Punk Part 1 Velvet Underground SourcesDistorted History Podcast published a post on Ko-fi 020
distortedhistory.bsky.social @distortedhistory.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I start my deep dive into the history of Punk by going back to one of the first bands that is often listed as being a major progenitor of the style: The Velvet Underground. www.spreaker.com/episode/the-...spreaker.comThe History of Punk Part 1 Velvet Underground - Distorted History Podcast 110
distortedhistory.bsky.social @distortedhistory.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This. I literally used to hide behind something like the couch until that part of the movie was done. 020
distortedhistory.bsky.social @distortedhistory.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The story of the 38 witnesses watching on and doing nothing as Kitty Genovese was attacked multiple times before ultimately being killed is one of the most famous stories in true crime and psychology and yet its also not really true. www.spreaker.com/episode/the-...spreaker.comThe Murder of Kitty Genovese Part 2The murder of Kitty Genovese was a tragedy. The story that grew up around that murder however made Kitty's death a cultural touch stone of sorts but as we will 100
distortedhistory.bsky.social @distortedhistory.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Leave it Mox and Orange to make us laugh a midst all of this. #AEW 0110
distortedhistory.bsky.social @distortedhistory.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The fucking empty chair Yeah that hit hard #aew 010
distortedhistory.bsky.social @distortedhistory.bsky.social · 01/10/2026How is this Mox promo so goddamned fitting? #AEW 060
distortedhistory.bsky.social @distortedhistory.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I'm simultaneously not ready for #AEWDynamite tonight while also thinking that this might be a moment that a lot of us including the men and women in that locker-room need to just kind of symbolically grieve together. 030
distortedhistory.bsky.social @distortedhistory.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I liked how he played 'I'm super serious wrestling man' but obviously wasn't. I mean he clearly 'got' Orange as actual super serious wrestling man would have refused to work with him. That willingness to give to guys like Orange and Leo embracing their absurdity was special. 020
Reposted by @distortedhistory.bsky.socialRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Time for this classic again. 157165185566
Reposted by @distortedhistory.bsky.socialOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026according to the article, it took hours after the personal intervention of the mayor for his family to even get basic information about him. that information included that he had been transferred to ICE custody hours after being shot. no amnesty 3035901147
Reposted by @distortedhistory.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026one common thread (among the horrifying many) between the numerous ICE shootings/murders is that no first aid was administered to the victim. armed combatants of the government shot to kill, and if they didn’t kill right away, they gave time for it to happen anyway. it is absolutely grotesque. 5146051229
distortedhistory.bsky.social @distortedhistory.bsky.social · 18/09/2026ko-fi.com/post/Kitty-G...ko-fi.comKitty Genovese SourcesDistorted History Podcast published a post on Ko-fi 000
distortedhistory.bsky.social @distortedhistory.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Many have like heard the story of how in 1964 a young woman named Kitty Genovese was brutally murdered in New York City while 38 witnesses watched on and did nothing. This is the part of that story that gets left out and why that tale is far from accurate. www.spreaker.com/episode/the-...spreaker.comThe Murder of Kitty Genovese Part 1The story of the murder of Kitty Genovese is often one of a young woman killed in the big city while 38 witnesses watched on and did nothing. That tale however 100
distortedhistory.bsky.social @distortedhistory.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Was not prepared for emotional PAC. #aew 030
Reposted by @distortedhistory.bsky.socialBill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 12/09/2026In my opinion Democrats get nothing nothing NOTHING by betraying trans people. They hurt themselves with a good deal of their committed voter base, and still don’t get the Republican votes they are so fucking obsessed with winning over. Lose-lose! People hate voting for squishy moral cowards!! 6447261007
distortedhistory.bsky.social @distortedhistory.bsky.social · 11/09/2026ko-fi.com/post/Sound-S...ko-fi.comSound Stories Kyuss SourcesDistorted History Podcast published a post on Ko-fi 000
distortedhistory.bsky.social @distortedhistory.bsky.social · 11/09/2026While Kyuss wasn't around long they would leave a massive legacy as one of the bands responsible for inspiring the stoner metal/desert rock genre. www.spreaker.com/episode/soun...spreaker.comSound Stories KyussThe story of short lived but incredibly influential desert/stoner rock band Kyuss. 111
distortedhistory.bsky.social @distortedhistory.bsky.social · 10/09/2026God damnit #AEW that's twice you broke me tonight 000
distortedhistory.bsky.social @distortedhistory.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Well that's the thing Coach was trained and brought up through the WWE's system of 'telling stories.' By which they mean shouting it the audience who they assume is too stupid to understand it. So of course he's confused by a company that actually respects its audience's intelligence. 010
distortedhistory.bsky.social @distortedhistory.bsky.social · 04/09/2026After learning that the great diamond find that had excited the entire country might have occurred in the same region that he and his men had just conducted their geological survey Clarence King sets off to rectify this mistake only to make a much greater discovery. www.spreaker.com/episode/the-...spreaker.comThe Great Diamond Hoax Part 3 ExposedAs Clarence King wraps up his grand survey of the great basin area he and his men receive disturbing news. It seems that the great diamond discovery that they'd 000
distortedhistory.bsky.social @distortedhistory.bsky.social · 04/09/2026TNA had/has the same problem. Every time I gave them a chance it felt like they were either WWE lite or late era WCW which was WWE lite. The thing is the people who most like that style are WWE fans and WWE fans only. Its the only thing that exists for them and they have no interest in anything else 020
distortedhistory.bsky.social @distortedhistory.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Then they decided to do things the fed wasn't doing with the cruiserweights and more 'realistic' stories and characters with the NWO and were massively successful. The fed though copied their formula and ECWs and bounced back. At which point WCW just tried to be the WWE and flopped. 120
distortedhistory.bsky.social @distortedhistory.bsky.social · 04/09/2026stick around once the initial thing that caught their attention is done. Meanwhile you've seen company after company either try to appeal to these 'casual' fans or try to be WWE and fail. Look at WCW they signed Hogan and did the whole make everything a cartoon character like the WWF and it flopped 120
distortedhistory.bsky.social @distortedhistory.bsky.social · 04/09/2026They always talk about appealing to the non-wrestling fan and while yes pro-wrestling occasionally attracts outside attention those non-wrestling fans time and again just don't stick around. Everything that wrestling does outside of the actual wrestling can be found somewhere else. So why would they 120
distortedhistory.bsky.social @distortedhistory.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Absolutely amazing show from top to bottom from #AEW Went out of my way to make sure I could sit down and watch everything from the buy in on and I didn't regret a moment of it. I've never seen a wrestling company with a roster this deep and this dedicated to putting on the best shows. 040
distortedhistory.bsky.social @distortedhistory.bsky.social · 31/08/2026You're not wrong I recently unfortunately saw a bit of recent WWE and it was just Cole SHOUTING THE MAIN STORY BEATS AT YOU THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHY HE'S DOING IT AND WHAT HE'S THINKING. NO WE DON'T BELIEVE IN SUBTLTY Absolutely no respect for their audience's intelligence. 130
Reposted by @distortedhistory.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 23/08/2026An employe at McMahon's company, WWE was accused of systematically sexually assaulting vulnerable boys who worked at the company. McMahon persuaded them not to sue, and told one she would support his education. When his grades dropped, she stopped paying tuition support. He later killed himself. 431616757
distortedhistory.bsky.social @distortedhistory.bsky.social · 21/08/2026We continue our tale of the Great Diamond Hoax by following Clarence King, the man who would eventually reveal this grand deception, as he begins his career as an adventuring scientist risking his life exploring the Sierra Nevada mountains. www.spreaker.com/episode/the-...spreaker.comThe Great Diamond Hoax Part 2 Clarence King Mountain Climbing ScientistYoung scientist Clarence King indulges his obsession as he risks life and limb to ascend some of the highest and most treacherous peaks in the Sierra Nevada ran 000
distortedhistory.bsky.social @distortedhistory.bsky.social · 14/08/2026ko-fi.com/post/Sound-S...ko-fi.comSound Stories: Metallica Black Album Sources:Distorted History Podcast published a post on Ko-fi 000
distortedhistory.bsky.social @distortedhistory.bsky.social · 14/08/2026New episode covering the fraught creation of Metallica's biggest album ever. The album that made them forever a household name. The Black Album. www.spreaker.com/episode/soun...spreaker.comSound Stories Metallica Black AlbumFollowing the surprising success of the uncompromisingly heavy ...And Justice For All, Metallica look to radically shift gears. In doing so the undertake the mo 100
distortedhistory.bsky.social @distortedhistory.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Ah yes we should take advice on who should or should not be on TV from a guy who was one of the worst parts of the worst period of WCW 120
distortedhistory.bsky.social @distortedhistory.bsky.social · 11/08/2026I don't know how much a issue that will be going forward because if their roster is increasingly filled with products of their own system instead of people who came up through the indies they're a) not going to want to leave no matter what b) not going to be able to hang in the ring in AEW. 130
distortedhistory.bsky.social @distortedhistory.bsky.social · 07/08/2026I always love the game of 'Is this an actual name or did I just massively screw up when typing this up?' and then having to go look it up (again) whenever I go to write or record an episode. 000
distortedhistory.bsky.social @distortedhistory.bsky.social · 07/08/2026ko-fi.com/post/The-Gre...ko-fi.comThe Great Diamond Hoax SourcesDistorted History Podcast published a post on Ko-fi 001
distortedhistory.bsky.social @distortedhistory.bsky.social · 07/08/2026The word of a discovery of veritable field of diamonds and other precious gems some where in the western territories in 1872 excites Americans from San Francisco to New York. The only problem is this discovery is actually a part of the long history of mine fraud. www.spreaker.com/episode/the-...spreaker.comThe Great Diamond Hoax Part 1 Mining Fraud and the Comstock Lode - Distorted History Podcast 100
distortedhistory.bsky.social @distortedhistory.bsky.social · 06/08/2026You're missing the context that on a weekly basis there is usually at least one rando who gets upset about AEW trending and rants about how pro-wrestling is some combo of MAGA, toxic masculinity, fake, entertainment for stupid people etc... Basically you unfortunately caught strays 150
distortedhistory.bsky.social @distortedhistory.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Klan leader DC Stephenson commits a crime so heinous that not even all of his power and influence is enough for him to escape justice. A fall from grace which eventually also helps to lead to the downfall of the 1920s klan. www.spreaker.com/episode/1920...spreaker.com1920s Klan Part 4 DownfallKlan leader DC Stephenson commits a crime so heinous that not even all his power and influence can help him escape justice. His downfall then becomes the first 100
distortedhistory.bsky.social @distortedhistory.bsky.social · 17/07/2026ko-fi.com/post/Black-S...ko-fi.comBlack Sabbath and Ozzy sources for the whole seriesDistorted History Podcast published a post on Ko-fi 000
distortedhistory.bsky.social @distortedhistory.bsky.social · 17/07/2026The recently fired Ozzy Osborne believes his time as a rock star is at an end until the daughter of his manager Sharon Arden throws him a life line. He then launches his solo career and in doing so brings the worlds attention to a talented young guitarist. www.spreaker.com/episode/soun...spreaker.comSound Stories Ozzy Osbourne Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman - Distorted History Podcast 110
Reposted by @distortedhistory.bsky.socialDavid BASTARDspan @davidbix.com · 11/07/2026I even wrote about this for @atrupar.com!publicnotice.coLinda McMahon is much worse than you thinkIn a sane world, her past would be disqualifying. 32978279
