Emin Pasha, I Presume? (Part 2)
When we left off in part one, Emin Pasha had become governor of Equatoria in what's now South Sudan. But things took a dramatic turn in the 1880s, leading to Henry Morton Stanley mounting a relief exp...
20 Sep 201732min
Emin Pasha, né Eduard Schnitzer (Part 1)
Emin Pasha's story connects to so many other historical things, particularly in the context of both the Ottoman Empire and African history. First, we'll talk about his time in Albania and how he made ...
18 Sep 201733min
SYMHC Classics: Voynich Manuscript Update
New theories have emerged that make it the right time to once again go back to an old favorite, the Voynich Manuscript. Since our Voynich Manuscript episode first published, the inscrutable book has b...
16 Sep 201727min
Marchesa Luisa Casati
While many have admired heiress Casati over the years for her life led entirely based on her aesthetics, when you examine her biography, you find a woman who was incredibly selfish and was even descri...
13 Sep 201736min
Five First Flights
When people say the Wright Brothers were first to fly, they're talking about a very particular set of circumstances. There are other contenders to the title of "first in flight," and each has their ow...
11 Sep 201737min
SYMHC Classics: Albert J. Tirrell, the First Sleepwalking Killer
We're revisiting the murder of Mary Ann Bickford on Oct. 27, 1845. Her paramour Albert J. Tirrell was eventually charged with murder. Tirrell hired Rufus Choate to defend him, and Choate claimed his c...
9 Sep 201727min
Léonard Autié: Hair, Grandeur and Revolution, Pt. 2
As Louis XVI's time as king was less and less stable in the face of the French Revolution, Léonard stepped away from the royal family and into his own business ventures. But his loyalty to the crown w...
6 Sep 201727min
Léonard Autié: Hair, Grandeur and Revolution, Pt. 1
Marie Antoinette's hairdresser set the styles of France during King Louis XVI's reign. But when he first arrived in Paris, he had almost nothing. Just how did he manage such a meteoric rise? Learn mo...
4 Sep 201725min
