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.

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Episoder(241)

Shadow of the Werewolf, Part One: Killer on the Road

Shadow of the Werewolf, Part One: Killer on the Road

In the first part of my especially spooky Halloween series, I begin a hunt for the true nature of the werewolf, looking at its roots in antiquity and mythology and the evolution of the notion through ...

15 Okt 201938min

The Chronological Revision Chronicles, Part Three: The Hardouin Conspiracy and the Newton Piracy

The Chronological Revision Chronicles, Part Three: The Hardouin Conspiracy and the Newton Piracy

In the final installment of this in-depth series, I move away from modern Russian revisionists to look at some classical revisionists who were otherwise highly respected as scholars but whose revised ...

1 Okt 201943min

The Chronological Revision Chronicles, Part Two: The Velikovsky Catastrophe

The Chronological Revision Chronicles, Part Two: The Velikovsky Catastrophe

In Part Two of my chronicles, I discuss another Russian theorist who in the '50s and '60s challenged not only historical chronology but establishment astronomy and physics as well with his claims of a...

17 Sep 201950min

The Chronological Revision Chronicles, Part One: The Fomenko Timeline

The Chronological Revision Chronicles, Part One: The Fomenko Timeline

A look at conspiracism and "alternate history" as a genre in Russian scholarship, and the theories of one Russian mathematician who would rewrite all of history using science. Be sure to visit the web...

3 Sep 201941min

The Wrong Side of History: Holocaust Denial and Its Fallacies

The Wrong Side of History: Holocaust Denial and Its Fallacies

As a coda to my series on Nazis and the occult, I felt compelled to address the modern myth that the Holocaust didn't happen or was exaggerated. In this episode, I examine Holocaust deniers and their ...

13 Aug 201932min

Nazi Occultism, Part Three: The Hunt for a Hyperborean Heritage

Nazi Occultism, Part Three: The Hunt for a Hyperborean Heritage

In the final installment of my series on Nazi Occultism, I finally get to the weird Nazi obsessions with lost civilizations and mythical artifacts. Like a true-life Indiana Jones villain, Himmler dedi...

30 Jul 201938min

Nazi Occultism, Part Two: The Death's Head Cult

Nazi Occultism, Part Two: The Death's Head Cult

In Part Two of my series, I question how involved in the occult Adolph Hitler was and look to the SS and Heinrich Himmler as the neo-pagan and mystical influence at the heart of Nazism. Be sure to vis...

16 Jul 201941min

Nazi Occultism, Part One: The Myth of the Aryans

Nazi Occultism, Part One: The Myth of the Aryans

Here is the episode whose release I delayed by a week. In it, I explore the dark roots of Nazism, from a neo-paganism preoccupied with the Nordic Pantheon, to a folksy back-to-the-land movement that e...

2 Jul 201934min

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