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
Episode 107 - History Happy Hour, February 2024: The Titanic Of The Alps, Amelia Earhart's Plane, And More
It’s the end of February 2024, and we’ve handpicked a few of our favorite history stories from this month. Today, we’ll be talking about… How Amelia Earhart's missing plane may have been found in the...
28 Helmi 202443min
Episode 106 - Jack the Ripper, Part 5: The Final Victim
Like Jack the Ripper himself, little is known about his last victim, Mary Jane Kelly. Her heavily mutilated body was found in a leased room on Dorset Street in East London on November 9, 1888. She had...
21 Helmi 202442min
Episode 105 - Jack The Ripper, Episode 4: The Mutilation Of Catherine Eddowes
On October 16, 1888, a Whitechapel neighborhood watch group received a letter addressed "From Hell" which chillingly described a murder. Even more chillingly, the letter came with what appeared to be ...
14 Helmi 202434min
Episode 104 - Jack The Ripper, Episode 3: The Murder Of Elizabeth Stride
As the summer of 1888 gradually turned to autumn, the growing fear of Jack the Ripper began to reach its peak. Throughout London’s “Autumn of Terror,” the people of Whitechapel were always on the look...
7 Helmi 202437min
Episode 103 - History Happy Hour, January 2024: Golden-Tongued Mummies, A Victorian Cipher, And More
It's the end of January 2024 and we've picked a few of our favorite history news stories from this month as well as a handful of significant anniversaries from decades past. The mysterious coded note ...
31 Tammi 202444min
