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Episode 9 — Returning to the Old Gym, 75 years later
We're gonna start doing more Weird Creighton History episodes that bring in folks besides just Micah and Rick. No offense to them, but c'mon, they're not the only two ...
Episode 8 — The bomb, the boss and the Jesuit
The story of Creighton's Jesuit astronomer Fr. William Rigge, SJ, who — in 1910 and 1911 — became one of the first expert witnesses in an American criminal trial. Usin...
Episode 7 — Creighton's 2023 anniversaries (Part 3)
Aaand ... here's the third and final part in our series of episodes on 2023 anniversaries. This one covers 1983 to 2022 and includes the arrival of the ‘Eternal Flame,...
Episode 6 — Creighton's 2023 anniversaries (Part 2)
And here's part 2 of our series of Weird Creighton History episodes on 2023 anniversaries. This episode tracks anniversaries from 1948 to 1973, including the debut of ...
Episode 5 — Creighton's 2023 anniversaries (Part 1)
Another year, another list of Creighton anniversaries. In the first of this three-part series of episodes, Rick and Micah cover such historic events as ... the birth o...
Episode 4 — Weird Creighton Christmas
It's time for some strange tales of Creighton Christmases past — like the 2000 Christmas tree controversy. We also ask, "What would the world be like if the University...
It's Alum-derful Life
It's time to IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE Creighton University. What might your life have been if Creighton were never born?
Episode 3 — The Alum Who Saved 200,000 Lives
He was one of the most consequential individuals ever to graduate from Creighton University, though few know his name. In a not-weird (though inspiring and heartrendin...
Episode 2 — The Exorcists
In a new episode of Weird Creighton History, Rick and Micah explore Creighton University's connection (via three Jesuits) to the exorcism that inspired the book and mo...
Episode 1 — The Manure
In the pilot episode of Weird Creighton History, Rick and Micah explore the history of the manure left on Creighton's doorstep.
