145. Louisa May Alcott
This Pride Month, let us tell a tale of one of the best-known authors and least-known asexuals in history - Miss Louisa May Alcott. You may know her as the writer of the classic novel, Little Women, b...
3 Jun 202547min
144. The Marchioness Disaster
1989 in London, England, 130 partygoers boarded a small pleasure boat - The Marchioness - for a birthday bash cruise down the Thames river. Less than an hour later, over a third of these people would ...
26 Mai 20251h 20min
143. When MIT & Quaker Oats Tested Radiation on Children
Massachusetts has a shadow on its history, that of the Fernald School in South Boston, an institution designed to provide children with intellectual disabilities skills that they would be able to have...
20 Mai 20251h 12min
142. Harmen van den Bogaert
Harmen van den Bogaert was one of the earliest colonisers settlers in 17th Century North America, an ambassador to the Mohawks, he has a bright future which leads to what the Dutch Republic would call...
12 Mai 20251h 5min
141. That Time the USA Banned Sliced Bread
Sometimes history is depressing, other times it's downright silly, like that time America outright banned sliced bread, much to the chagrin to housewives everywhere! Hosted by Katie Charlwood I'm on T...
29 Apr 202549min
140. Pope Innocent VIII - Anything but Innocent
What happens when a pope trades prayers for power? When you dig into the wild story of Pope Innocent VIII - a man whose reign was packed with shady deals, family favours, and political chaos, it's lik...
21 Apr 202534min
139. Alice Crimmins - Mother on Trial
In 1965 Alice Crimmins became the centre of one of America's most sensational murder trials, accused not only killing her children, but of violating society's expectation of motherhood. Alice's story ...
15 Apr 20251h 12min
138. Murder Mystery on the High Seas
On a quiet night in July 1896, the merchant ship, the Herbert fuller was sailing swiftly to Argentina, it's hull full of timber to transport. But on that calm, quiet night, a stifling scream is heard ...
7 Apr 20251h 12min
