The Anarchy
Inspired by the TV miniseries and novel, Pillars of Earth by Ken Follet today's episode looks at the real history surround a period of time in English history known as The Anarchy. A 20 year long civi...
1 Sep 20251h 22min
Revolutionary Era France - France of the 1780's
Covering the series of events the leads to the tinderbox of French life that enables the French Revolution. From the day-to-day life of the hundreds of thousands of peasants and migrant workers, their...
1 Juli 20251h 8min
Revolutionary Era France - The Beast of Gévaudan
From 1764-1767 the Gévaudan region of France was terrorized as a supernatural animal attacked and killed over 100 women and children with dozens more who were attacked but survived. The attacks were e...
1 Juni 20251h 24min
Sex, Jazz & Ax Murders - The Ax Murderer of New Orleans
From 1910-1919 New Orleans would undergo a period of rapid social change. WWI would break out, Prohibition was just around the corner. The Spanish Flu was ravaging the country. And, the famed Storyvil...
1 Maj 20251h 1min
Uncovering Roman Carlisle - An Interview With an Archaeological Team
In 208 CE Septimius Severus travelled with his legions, and a massive entourage of as he travelled to Britain to conquer Caledonia. Through the course of his campaign many Roman forts settlements alon...
2 Apr 202555min
Sex, Jazz & Ax Murders - Robert Charles Riots & the Mayor of Storyville
In the late 1890’s a well-dressed man from Mississippi on the run from the law moves into New Orleans under the name of Robert Charles. By all accounts he’s a well-groomed and well-spoken man who enjo...
1 Mars 20251h 18min
Sex, Jazz, & Ax Murders – The Birth of Jazz & Storyville
In the wake of the death of Chief of Police Hennessy the mayor and the city council form a special unit to govern the investigation and arrests of suspects. Venting a racial hatred on the Italian Quar...
1 Feb 20251h 5min
Sex, Jazz & Ax Murders - 1900's New Orleans
The history of Storyville, and jazz has its roots in New Orleans, and America’s struggle for virtue and racial division. Post Reconstruction New Orleans is a city of corrupt officials, poorly managed ...
1 Jan 202542min
