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Apr 2024
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Thomas Edison

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Thomas Edison loved electricity almost as much as he loved publicly electrocuting animals.

Scumbags of History is a production of Voyage Media and Enthusiast Gaming. The series is produced by Nat Mundel, and Dan Benamor (Voyage Media), J.B. Elliott, Roarke Boes, and Amanda Scherker (Enthusiast Gaming) and Samuel Levine. Executive Produced and hosted by Brittany Schmitt and Mateen Stewart. Showrunner: Joe Borden. Original Concept: Amanda Scherker. Research: Amanda Scherker and Dan Benamor. Technical Producer and Editor: A.J. Moseley. Theme song by Derlis Gonzalez and Morgan Jay. Special thanks to Mike Nell, recorded at Second Floor Studios.

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