Introducing: Historical Blindness
Southern Gothic15 Apr 2024

Introducing: Historical Blindness

Historical Blindness is a podcast about history’s myths, mysteries, and misconceptions. By examining cases of outrageous hoaxes, pernicious conspiracy theory, mass delusion, baffling mysteries and unreliable historiography, host Nathaniel Lloyd searches for insights into modern religious belief and political culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The Death of Lucinda Mills and the Cult of Unknown Tongues

The Death of Lucinda Mills and the Cult of Unknown Tongues

In the winter of 1933, a revival took hold deep in the hills of Martin County, Kentucky. What began as a week of prayer and fasting soon slipped past the line between faith and fanaticism. Each night,...

6 Okt 20251h 2min

What Really Killed President Harrison? | Minisode

What Really Killed President Harrison? | Minisode

On April 4, 1841, President William Henry Harrison became the first U.S. president to die in office—just thirty-one days after his inauguration. For generations, the story was told the same way: an ag...

25 Sep 202520min

The Haunting Legacy of Berkeley Plantation

The Haunting Legacy of Berkeley Plantation

Just upriver from Jamestown, Berkeley Plantation stands as one of Virginia’s most historic estates. Its story begins in 1619 with the Berkeley Hundred, an early settlement that saw both hope and heart...

22 Sep 202541min

The Unsolved Murder of Ethel Allen | Encore Episode

The Unsolved Murder of Ethel Allen | Encore Episode

On Merritt Island, Florida, most visitors come for the Kennedy Space Center, where rockets have carried astronauts beyond the Earth. But tucked away on the south side of the island, down a crooked mil...

18 Sep 202526min

Pearl Bryan's Gruesome Death | Encore Episode

Pearl Bryan's Gruesome Death | Encore Episode

On a cold February morning in 1896, a farmhand near Fort Thomas, Kentucky, stumbled upon a body at the edge of a ravine. The victim was a young woman in a blue checkered dress, her gloves sliced, her ...

15 Sep 202534min

Introducing: BlueLife

Introducing: BlueLife

BlueLife⁠ is a new post-apocalyptic sci-fi audio story which has its world premiere on September 1st. I'd love you to listen, and if you like what you hear please subscribe to the email list on the we...

11 Sep 202541min

Listener Tales, Volume Four

Listener Tales, Volume Four

Spooky season is finally here! Join us for another edition of our listener-submitted stories... from haunted cemeteries, a creepy old mirror, to the possible sighting of a spirit on a Civil War battle...

8 Sep 202536min

The Massacre at Ebenezer Creek

The Massacre at Ebenezer Creek

Just south of Savannah, Georgia, where the low country stretches into swampland, lies a quiet tributary shaded by thousand-year-old cypress trees. Today, paddlers drift across its dark waters, taking ...

1 Sep 202537min

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