She was Russia’s last empress—a bad bitch so powerful that when she died of a stroke at 67, Europe collectively said, “No way that killed her” Instead, the rumor mill decided she must’ve been fucked to death by a horse. No shit. Dawn is joined by the actress and improviser, Kelly Vrooman in an episode fit for an Queen.

Dawn re-visits her very first episode ever - Frankenstein, with guest, Helen Shephard. Hear Dawn's detailed telling of the original story as written by teen-age run-away Mary Shelley, as well as her favorite theories about what inspired it.

It's the tragic tale of The Black Dahlia (1947), among the longest unsolved murder cases in Los Angeles history. Hear the story and meet the suspects along with comedian, Kaycee Conlee.

HILF Public School is in session! Meet comedian Lauren Harding for a quick undressing of King George III; and then go Full Frontal on George Washington with everyone’s favorite Step Mom, Adult Film Star, Ryan Keeley.

Adam Smith invented Capitalism and Karl Marx invented Communism, two political and economic concepts which people have been fighting about for almost two centuries. Dawn goes to the horses mouths to find out what the 'daddies' of the movement had to say, and why they're both right... until they're not.

Billy the Kid was a teenage gunslinger, a jail-breaking outlaw, and a wild-west vigilante gunned down when he was only 21! Join Dawn and her guest, comedian Kerstin Porter, as they saddle up with one of the most infamous figures of the American West.

Dawn and bestie, Ryan Ripple, continue the conversation on the history of Religion in America. Hear wild new stories, and candid confessions.

Get missionary with Dawn and her bestie, Ryan Ripple, as they walk the twisted path of the Church, writ large, in The United States. What’s the difference between the Quakers and the Shakers? Ever wondered what separates Methodists, from Presbyterians, from Baptists? Hear the history from Puritans to Joel Osteen's Megachurch... can I get an Amen?

Join Dawn and a LIVE audience at Flappers Comedy Club in Burbank, California for HILF Public School! Comedian/historian Jason Horton gets a lesson on Alcatraz; and Radio/TV Personality Chuey Martinez jumps in for a KILLER HILF on Lizzie Borden.

Follow Dawn further down the Manson Family rabbit hole and learn where-are-they-now! Who stayed loyal to Charlie the longest? Who gets conjugal visits and has FOUR KIDS while incarcerated? What do the Beach Boys have to do with all this?!? And wait until you hear the theory that Manson was ultimately an unknowing, deep-psychological operative, created by the CIA used as a lab rat to see if mind-control was truly possible…

The Manson Family, a group of hippies living communally outside of Los Angeles, committed a gruesome series of murders in the summer of 1969. The brutality of the crimes, the fame of the victims, and the oddity of the perpetrators touched all of media’s erogenous zones.

The Kennedys are as close to a Royal Family as America has ever had; and like all royals, they are mired in scandals and tragedies. Hear the story of Rosemary Kennedy, the oldest sister who was tall, and pretty, and the the victim of a botched lobotomy when she was only 23.

It's the thrilling conclusion of the Lewis & Clark Expedition. Rejoin Dawn and guest, comedian Alex Malt, for ‘Back Again’ in which we follow our intrepid crew back from the edge of the wild and unmapped American West, to a place some-how suddenly even stranger to them: Home.

The Lewis & Clark Expedition is an edge-of-your-seat drama featuring Thomas Jefferson, a top-secret mission into the unknown, and a kidnapped, teen-age mother who saves the day! Join Dawn and her guest, comedian, Alex Malt, on this historic journey into the wild west.

How does America’s spy-master in Korea find himself dragged to Florida in a straight jacket? You’re about to find out, and from none-other than the world’s leading historian on the subject, Blaine Harden.

Every battle has a winner and a loser, but when it comes to Waterloo, it’s only the loser that matters, Napoleon Bonaparte. Join Dawn and guest - comedian Jackie Kashian - for the story of Napoleon’s famous, final defeat and why it left more than just ABBA exclaiming, “my-my!”

Dawn saved a couple tasty nuggets from the HILF of Waterloo: Hear the story of how - among the many thousands of bodies left on the battlefield after Waterloo - one in particular still has historians baffled; AND about the birth of an unfortunate baby with a radicle name.

Get to know the Jeep Show, a real-life WW2 unit of enlisted soldiers (including Mickey Rooney) who were on the front lines with nothing but an accordion, a Jeep full of wigs, and ORDERS to boost morale. They went where the USO could not!

Re-join Dawn and author, Robert B. O'Connor as they go down the rabbit hole to discuss which character from his book was his favorite; and why Dawn thinks real Jeep Shows should be revived... in a trailer park in Van Nuys?

Host, Dawn Brodey, is joined by her real-life husband, Andrew, to tell the most HILF-able stories from the long history of The Grand Canyon. Hear how it was formed, how the native tribes out-smarted Coronado, and why some people think there are Egyptian mummies somewhere deep inside.