Casual History

As the second largest body of fresh water in the entire United States, Lake Okeechobe stretches over seven hundred square miles of land in Florida. There is a darker history to lake Okeechobee that m...

17 Sep 20202min

A man born in rural Europe almost took an entire empire by himself. Today we learn the story of Hernán Cortés conquering the Aztecs.. Have a piece of history you'd like us to research and discuss? R...

13 Sep 202052min

When Eric Lawes set off for a field in Hoxne Village, on November 16th 1992, it wasn't on a treasure hunt. The metal detector he'd received as a retirement gift was meant to find a hammer lost on the ...

10 Sep 20205min

Genghis Khan, a name synonymous with barbaric cruelty and conquest. 800 years ago he created the greatest army the world has ever known , wielding it with tactical brilliance to lay claim to the large...

6 Sep 20201h 11min

The 15th Amendment granted black men the right to vote under the law, but exercising that right became another challenge.. If you like what you hear make sure to give us a rating and review! Follow ...

3 Sep 20205min

July 20th 1944 was a sweltering day at Germany's eastern front headquarters, near the town then known as Rostenburg, East Prussia. Weather is always a factor in war but even though there were no batt...

30 Aug 202052min

On the night of December 2, 1943, the Germans bombed a key Allied port in Bari, Italy, sinking 17 ships and killing more than 1,000 American and British servicemen and hundreds of civilians. Caught in...

26 Aug 20204min

Many of us have grown up reading this mans work, his tales on self destruction, revenge and violence. Tales of premature burials of ghastly cats and ravens, where the line between the living and the d...

23 Aug 202057min