Who Did What Now

Who Did What Now

Whoever said history was boring obviously wasn’t paying attention. Each week, join Katie Charlwood, history harlot and reader of books, as she delves into the people, places and events that make history a bit more interesting!

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128. The Brothers Kellogg

128. The Brothers Kellogg

Before Froot Loops, Special K and Rice Krispies, there was Dr John Harvey Kellogg, a devout Seventh Day Adventist whose only fears were meat-based germs, racial integration and syphilis, a man whose f...

27 Jan 202554min

127. Nuns on the Run - Outlaws and Thieves

127. Nuns on the Run - Outlaws and Thieves

In the 1980s in the idyllic town of Bruges, Belgium, an order of elderly nuns, the Poor Clares decided to stick two fingers up to the Church and trade their convent for a castle with the help of their...

26 Nov 202447min

126. Nellie Cashman - The Angel of Cassier

126. Nellie Cashman - The Angel of Cassier

Cork-born Nellie Cashman emigrated to America and went on to be a total badass, a female prospector, business-owner and genuinely good person. It's a tough time of year and so I decided that for the m...

12 Nov 202443min

125, The Mysterious Death of Elisa Lam

125, The Mysterious Death of Elisa Lam

Elisa Lam was a 21 year old Canadian woman whose mysterious death in the infamous Cecil Hotel caused a stir for internet sleuths and conspiracy theorists alike, but what did happen to Elisa Lam and wh...

31 Okt 20241h 10min

124. The Tulsa Race Massacre

124. The Tulsa Race Massacre

The Tulsa Race Massacre 1921, when white rage burned black neighbourhoods to the ground, destroying homes, businesses, communities and lives. For nearly a century, people tried - and for a while succe...

15 Okt 202448min

123. Willowbrook State School

123. Willowbrook State School

Originally conceived as a haven for children with intellectual disabilities, the Willowbrook State School was instead to become a breeding ground of neglect, trauma, abuse and exploitation. The truth ...

7 Okt 20241h 11min

122. Enriqueta Martí - Vampiress of Barcelona

122. Enriqueta Martí - Vampiress of Barcelona

Children are disappearing from the streets of Barcelona, the struggling, the lost, the poor, are they being taken from this earth by disease that is ravaging the city, or is someone taking them? This ...

2 Okt 202458min

121. Agent 355

121. Agent 355

Who exactly was Agent 355? An alleged member of Washington's infamous Culper Spy Ring, Agent 355 has captured the ideas of espionage aficionados everywhere, just who was 355 and why was she so instrum...

24 Sep 202458min

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