Episode 115 - The Surprising Origins Behind History's Most Iconic Nursery Rhymes
Most people know the “Ring Around the Rosie” nursery rhyme, and most people have heard that it has a dark meaning: It’s all about the Black Death, or bubonic plague, which tore through Europe in the 1...
15 Touko 202430min
Episode 114 - The Chilling Story Behind The Disappearance Of Natalee Holloway
Last seen with Joran van der Sloot, Natalee Holloway vanished in Aruba during a trip with her Alabama high school class in May 2005. https://allthatsinteresting.com/natalee-holloway credits: https:/...
1 Touko 202442min
Episode 113 - The Lincoln Assassination — And The Larger Conspiracy Behind It
Discover why the wider Abraham Lincoln assassination plot was far larger than the death of one man and how this three-pronged attack sent out violent aftershocks for decades to come. https://allthats...
17 Huhti 202434min
Episode 112 - When Teddy Roosevelt Was Shot By An Assassin — Then Gave A Speech
On October 14, 1912, Teddy Roosevelt — then running for an unprecedented third term under the banner of the Bull Moose Party — set out to give a speech at the Milwaukee Auditorium in Wisconsin. En rou...
3 Huhti 202436min
Episode 111 - History Happy Hour, March 2024: A Plague Grave With 1,000 Skeletons, A 500-Year-Old Jesus Ring, And More
It’s the end of March 2024, and we’ve handpicked a few of our favorite history stories from this month. Today, we’ll be talking about… The discovery of a mass grave of Black Death victims in Nurember...
27 Maalis 202441min
Episode 110 - The Truth About Mary Magdalene
Most depictions of Mary Magdalene in popular culture characterize her in the same way: as a sex worker. In the musical Jesus Christ Superstar, for example, Mary is critiqued by Judas for her "professi...
20 Maalis 202432min
Episode 109 - Osage Murders: The True Story Behind 'Killers Of The Flower Moon'
In the 1920s, the hills of northeast Oklahoma were soaked in oil — and blood. Though the oil deposits found in the area had made the Osage Native Americans who owned the land rich, tribe members soon ...
13 Maalis 202432min
Episode 108 - Jack The Ripper, Episode 6: Who Was The Whitechapel Murderer?
So who was Jack the Ripper? More than a century later, the killer's identity continues to elude investigators. Some theories are outlandish — like that writer Lewis Carroll or even British royal Princ...
6 Maalis 202446min
