{"podcast":{"title":"Disturbing History","slug":"disturbing-history-7341005","podcast_index_feed_id":7341005,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6628223/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/disturbing-history--6628223","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/f42011dc1c8c8130e84fb37f20a9046e.jpg","author":"Paranormal World Productions LLC","episode_count":106,"summary":"Disturbing History is a dark history podcast uncovering the strange, sinister, and little-known stories the past tried to bury. Each week, we explore unsolved mysteries, secret societies, forgotten crimes, eerie folklore, lost civilizations, historical conspiracies, and disturbing events that never made it into your high school textbook .Hosted by author, investigator, and storyteller Brian King-Sharp, Disturbing History dives deep into: Unsolved historical mysteries Secret societies and hidden power structures Dark folklore and urban legends Lost colonies and vanished civilizations True crime cases buried by time Historical conspiracies and cover-ups Paranormal events rooted in real history Through immersive storytelling and investigative research, we uncover the shadowy corners of the past — the uncomfortable truths, forgotten tragedies, and disturbing secrets that shaped our world.If you’re fascinated by dark history, obsessed with unexplained events, or drawn to stories that blur the line between fact and legend, this podcast is for you. Because the past isn’t always dead. Sometimes it’s just been buried. Follow Disturbing History and turn on automatic downloads for weekly dee…","last_synced_at":"2026-06-05T14:19:19.361689+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/disturbing-history-7341005"},"episode":{"title":"Abraham Lincoln and the Dakota Thirty-Eight","slug":"abraham-lincoln-and-the-dakota-thirty-eight","published_at":"2026-05-17T04:00:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/disturbing-history-7341005/abraham-lincoln-and-the-dakota-thirty-eight","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/disturbing-history-7341005","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/abraham-lincoln-and-the-dakota-thirty-eight--72034023","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72034023/dhdakotafinal.mp3","summary":"On the day after Christmas, 1862, 38 Dakota men were hanged from a single scaffold in Mankato, Minnesota. It remains the largest mass execution in American history. The man who signed the order was Abraham Lincoln. He signed it the same month he was finalizing the Emancipation Proclamation. This episode is the second in our presidential series, and it's about how mercy and brutality can run through the same hand on the same week. We go back to the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862, to the broken treaties and stolen annuity money that drove the Dakota to starvation, to the rushed military trials that followed, and to the decisions Lincoln made when 303 death sentences landed on his desk. He saved 265 lives. He sent 38 men to a gallows after trials that averaged less than 15 minutes each. He took a political hit for the men he saved. He moved on quickly from the men he didn't.We also follow what happened after, because the story doesn't end at the scaffold. Bodies dug up by physicians the same night they were buried, including by the father of the Mayo brothers. Dakota women, children, and elders held in a concentration camp at Fort Snelling. The exile to Crow Creek. The names buried in a sandbar, and then in the country's memory. This is an episode about moral compartmentalization, and about what gets lost when we decide a man is too sacred to look at honestly. Have a forgotten historical mystery, disturbing event, unsolved crime, or hidden conspiracy you think deserves investigation? Send your suggestions to brian@paranormalworldproductions.com. Disturbing History is a dark history podcast exploring unsolved mysteries, secret societies, historical conspiracies, lost civilizations, and the shadowy stories buried beneath the surface of the past. Follow the show and enable automati…","meta_description":"On the day after Christmas, 1862, 38 Dakota men were hanged from a single scaffold in Mankato, Minnesota. It remains the largest mass execution in America…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3889,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/disturbing-history-7341005/episodes/abraham-lincoln-and-the-dakota-thirty-eight/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/disturbing-history-7341005/abraham-lincoln-and-the-dakota-thirty-eight.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}