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)

The Monster of Loch Ness: Delusion or Denizen of the Deep?

The Monster of Loch Ness: Delusion or Denizen of the Deep?

Continuing from my series on the Great Sea Serpent, I examine another supposed aquatic monster, for a study of whether dinosaurs survived in the deep waters of the earth wouldn't be complete without a...

11 Jun 201934min

Leviathan, the Great Sea Serpent, Part 2: Into the Chaos Waters

Leviathan, the Great Sea Serpent, Part 2: Into the Chaos Waters

Here's part two of my series on sea serpents! In this episode, much like the mythological motif of a god wrestling against a serpent that represents chaos at the dawn of creation, we see science strug...

28 Mai 201937min

Leviathan, the Great Sea Serpent, Part One: Here Be Dragons

Leviathan, the Great Sea Serpent, Part One: Here Be Dragons

Without further delay, please enjoy this first installment in a series on the myths and mysterious sightings of sea serpents. In the last episode we discussed the extinction of the the dinosaur, but d...

14 Mai 201938min

Blind Spot: The Great Dying and the Chicxulub Crater

Blind Spot: The Great Dying and the Chicxulub Crater

In this episode, I examine another massive extraterrestrial impact, this one prehistoric and blamed for ending most life on earth. But what really caused the extinction of the dinosaurs? Do we know, o...

23 Apr 201925min

Terror over Tunguska: The Siberian Blast of 1908

Terror over Tunguska: The Siberian Blast of 1908

In this episode, I look at the Tunguska Event. This is a cosmic horror story about an explosion of mysterious origins in a remote wilderness. I tell the tale of the blast, its aftermath, its investiga...

9 Apr 201934min

Blind Spot: A Tale of Two Babylons

Blind Spot: A Tale of Two Babylons

As a companion piece to my episode on the Awful Disclosures of Maria Monk, I look at another influential but dubious anti-Catholic book. In The Two Babylons, Alexander Hislop crafts a far reaching con...

26 Mar 201926min

Maria Monk and Her Awful Disclosures

Maria Monk and Her Awful Disclosures

In this episode, as a response to the growing nativism in our our own time, I look at early 19th century anti-Catholic narratives, specifically escaped nun stories and convent exposes, and hoaxes that...

12 Mar 201938min

Patron Exclusive Blindside Episode: Murder in the Red Barn

Patron Exclusive Blindside Episode: Murder in the Red Barn

I'm re-releasing my first Patreon bonus episode here for all my listeners to check out. Each month, I release a Blindside episode that serves as a companion piece for or a continuation of a recent epi...

5 Mar 201910min

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