Victorian Postmortem Photography | The Internet's Been Lying to Us
Postmortem Photography | The Internet's Been Lying to UsIn 1867, a photographer walked into a Philadelphia parlor, set up a tripod next to the sofa, and photographed a woman who had died the day befor...
22 Jul 1h 9min
Lizzie Borden: America's First Influencer?
Did Lizzie Borden really kill her father and stepmother, or did America turn an acquitted woman into its first true crime celebrity?In 1892, two brutal hatchet murders shocked Fall River, Massachusett...
15 Jul 47min
The World Cup’s Wildest Stories | Stolen Trophies, Dictators & Pickles the Hero Dog
The World Cup is supposed to bring the world together. Instead, its history includes dictators, corruption, stolen trophies, political propaganda, murder, and one very good dog named Pickles.In this e...
8 Jul 47min
The Whittakers of West Virginia | When the Family Tree Folded Back on Itself
What happens when one family tree becomes less of a tree… and more of a wreath?This week on Barely Historical, we’re tackling one of the internet’s most infamous families: the Whittakers of West Virgi...
25 Jun 1h 17min
Juneteenth | Why Freedom Was Delayed in Texas
Juneteenth marks June 19, 1865, the day Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, and announced that enslaved people there were free more than two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation....
17 Jun 43min
Cleopatra | It's the Trojan Horse, but Horny
Hot take to start the show: every man who has ever lost his entire mind over a woman has blamed her for it. Two thousand years ago that energy started a civil war, ended with Julius Caesar getting sta...
15 Mai 1h 18min
De Clare: Too Much Power, Too Few Cousins
This week, we’re diving into the chaotic world of the De Clare sisters, one of medieval England’s most powerful families. What starts as inheritance drama quickly turns into royal favoritism, politica...
6 Mai 49min
