Humans Are Evil - History Podcast

'Humans Are Evil'. A bi-weekly history show unearthing the most shocking events, actions and characters from our past. The episode subjects will shock you in the same way learning about the Holocaust and Atlantic Slave Trade shocked us all the first time we learned about them. Most obviously aren't on the same scale and severity of that evil catastrophes, but will contain the same lack of humanity that has always characterised humanity throughout all of history.

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The Partition of India

The independence of India was supposed to be a happy occasion, but it soon descended into unimaginable violence and suffering based on attempted religious purification. Main sources/further readin...

17 Apr 201922min

The Belgian Congo

Arguably the worst act of colonialism in history were up to 10 million Congolese people died in 2 decades. Main Sources: Red Rubber - ED Morel Five Years With The Congo Cannibals - H Ward Leopold ...

3 Apr 201921min

Aztec Human Sacrifice

Main Sources The Aztecs - RF Townsend Aztecs - I Clendinnen The Aztecs of Central America - F Berdan https://webpages.uidaho.edu/engl257/Ren/aztec_empire_in_1519.htm https://www.britannica.com/topic/...

3 Apr 201921min