History For Weirdos

We have something to cheer you guys up to keep you in the festive mood...a massacre that took place over Christmas about a century ago! Ok but in all seriousness, this week explores what has been coll...

26 Des 202224min

Our "Weirdo" spotlight this week is on a woman who did something that most of her male contemporaries would never dream of doing! During the first century AD, the Celtic "Warrior Queen" Boudica dared ...

19 Des 202220min

The "femme fatale" trope gets cranked up a notch in this week's episode. Our subject, Olga of Kiev, was a Kievan Rus' leader during the 10th century who made her enemies pay the ultimate price. Born o...

12 Des 202238min

On the day of April 14, 1561, strange phenomenon took place over the skies of Nuremberg, Germany that have puzzled onlookers, astronomers and historians for centuries. But the stranger thing was this ...

5 Des 202232min

The infamous, ill-fated English colony of Roanoke has gone down into historical lore. Before even Jamestown, the English attempted to create its first permanent colony in the Americas. But it was not ...

21 Nov 202245min

This week, Stephanie dives into the story of Ona Judge, an enslaved woman who was "owned" by none other than the 1st President of the United States, George Washington. She escapes from the household o...

14 Nov 202240min

This week's episode explores a controversial English leader who brilliantly commanded armies during the Hundred Years War in the Middle Ages. Celebrated in England yet hated in France...sometimes a he...

7 Nov 202245min

Happy Halloween to our Weirdo family! While you have probably heard of the Salem Witch Trials, this sort of 17th century "justice" wasn't confined to the English colonies. In this week's episode, Step...

31 Okt 202233min