The CREEPIEST Folk Tales in History
Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianFrom the plague-ridden villages of medieval Europe to the moonlit rivers of Mexico, every culture has invented somethi...
22 Nov 20251h 19min
What It Was Like to Be a Train Hopping Hobo in 1930s America
Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianThe year is 1933. The Great Depression has hollowed out the cities, emptied the factories, and sent millions onto the ...
21 Nov 20251h 42min
The HORRIFYING Life of a Kratom Addict in British Malaya
Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianUnder the crushing heat of British Malaya, a Tamil laborer searches for relief in a single green leaf. At first, it ma...
20 Nov 20251h 8min
The HORRIFYING Fate of the Franklin Expedition
Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianIn 1845, two British ships—HMS Erebus and HMS Terror—set sail from England in search of the fabled Northwest Passage. ...
19 Nov 20251h 39min
The ENTIRE History of Marijuana Use
Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianFrom ancient temples in India to the dispensaries of modern California, marijuana’s story is one of rediscovery, repre...
18 Nov 20251h 23min
The HORRIFYING Life of an Alcoholic in Soviet Russia
Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianTonight, we step quietly into the gray rooms of Soviet life — through factories thick with smoke, queues that never en...
17 Nov 20251h 33min
The STRANGEST Pets in History
Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianFrom Roman emperors feeding gold to their horses to popes blessing elephants, from monks with talking ravens to influe...
16 Nov 20251h 27min
What Life Was Really Like in Medieval Spain
Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianStep into the world of Medieval Spain — a land of light and shadow, where faith, knowledge, and survival intertwined f...
15 Nov 20251h 47min
