History of Everything

The World's Columbian Exposition was a world's fair held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492. The centerpiece of the Fair, ...

2 Des 20221h 7min

The nonfiction book The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour is the first full narrative account of the Battle off Samar, which the bo...

25 Nov 20221h 13min

Herman Webster Mudgett, better known as Dr. Henry Howard Holmes or H. H. Holmes, was an American con artist and serial killer, the subject of more than 50 lawsuits in Chicago alone. Bonus episodes as ...

18 Nov 202225min

Sparta, which existed from 800 B.C. until A.D. 200, was renowned in the ancient world as a stoic and martial city-state, and most of what we know about Sparta concerns its military history and male-do...

11 Nov 20221h

EXPLICIT Andrei Romanovich Chikatilo was a Soviet serial killer nicknamed The Butcher of Rostov, The Rostov Ripper, and The Red Ripper who sexually assaulted, murdered, and mutilated at least fifty-tw...

4 Nov 202251min

Happy Halloween Everyone! Mark Antony and Cleopatra were partners for 11 years and had three children together. Apart from their undoubted mutual affection, their alliance was politically useful. Cleo...

1 Nov 20221h 10min

Hello all! Have I ever told you how much I love food history? Because I do and its really weird and fun. Don't forget to get this months book Bonus episodes as well as ad-free episodes on Patreon. Fin...

28 Okt 202249min

The Battle of Rorke's Drift (1879), also known as the Defence of Rorke's Drift, was an engagement in the Anglo-Zulu War. The successful British defence of the mission station of Rorke's Drift, under t...

21 Okt 202253min