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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53 - The Burning of Bridget Cleary

53 - The Burning of Bridget Cleary

In the late 1800s Bridget Cleary was burned alive by her husband, was it because the "real" Bridget had been stolen by evil fairies and had been replaced by a changeling or was it because the you ng a...

18 Okt 20221h 6min

Bittisode 011: The Island that Despised Doing it!

Bittisode 011: The Island that Despised Doing it!

Inis Beag, a small island off the coast of Galway, was an Irish island that was so repressed no-one got naked, even to bathe! The rural islanders were so isolated from the mainland that when the Swing...

29 Sep 202227min

52 Jacqueline Kennedy - America's Fashionable First Lady

52 Jacqueline Kennedy - America's Fashionable First Lady

Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis was an icon, a socialite, an ambassador, a writer, a mother, a First Lady and a living symbol of grief. Jackie Kennedy wore many hats, and generally she looked good ...

27 Sep 20221h 5min

Bittisode 010: Theodore Durrant - The Demon of the Belfry

Bittisode 010: Theodore Durrant - The Demon of the Belfry

Who would have suspected that a God-fearing man who worked at a Sunday School could commit such a terrible crime? Often referred to as "San Francisco's forgotten Jack the Ripper" Theodore Durrant was ...

25 Sep 202227min

51 The Case of The Cult of Clitoris

51 The Case of The Cult of Clitoris

It's all fun and games until a famed dancer gets accused of being a lesbian spy sent by Germany in order to tear down the British war effort from the inside, by seducing the wives of the elite! Find o...

20 Sep 202256min

Bittisode: 009 The Death of Diana, Princess of Wales

Bittisode: 009 The Death of Diana, Princess of Wales

The premature passing of the People's Princess, Diana Spencer was a shock to the world. Her death, much like her life, has been studied, dissected, twisted and whispered about, but what really happene...

15 Sep 202235min

50 - Winston Churchill - The Paradoxical Prime Minister

50 - Winston Churchill - The Paradoxical Prime Minister

Winston Churchill was a man always at war, with other nations, the opposition, his own political party, himself... In the 50th episode we cover the very, very long and somewhat often glossed over care...

1 Sep 20221h 17min

Bittisode 008: Anthrax Island

Bittisode 008: Anthrax Island

During World War 2 Winston Churchill was working on "Operation Vegetarian" the aim of which was to destroy the German's food source using biological weapons, but in trying to create this plan Churchil...

10 Aug 202231min

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