Historical Blindness
Historical Blindness is a podcast about history’s myths, mysteries, and misconceptions. By examining cases of outrageous hoaxes, pernicious conspiracy theory, mass delusion, baffling mysteries and unreliable historiography, host Nathaniel Lloyd searches for insights into modern religious belief and political culture.
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"An Idle and Most False Imposition"; The Shakes...
The first part of a special WEEKLY 4-part series on the Shakespeare authorship controversy.
33 min
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The Oak Island Scheme - Part Two: The Cursed Tr...
The extra-long conclusion to my series on the Oak Island "mystery."
84 min
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The Oak Island Scheme - Part One: The Legend of...
I drill down into the legendary Money Pit on Oak Island
56 min
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Before Columbus - Part Two: False Claims
Numerous false claims that inhabitants of the British Isles made the first journeys to the Americas
56 min
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Before Columbus - Part One: First Contact
A look at other claims of Pre-Columbian Trans-Oceanic Contact that precede the Norse claim.
51 min
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Introducing: Even the Royals
Introducing: Even the Royals
7 min
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West of Vinland: The Controversy of the Kensing...
The controversial runestone touted as evidence that Scandinavians reached much further inland than we otherwise have evidence to prove
40 min
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The Lost Colony - Part Two: The Dare Stones (UP...
My remastered exploration of the Dare Stones hoax, including more recent research
66 min
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The Legend of the Bermuda Triangle - Part Two: ...
The disappearance of Flight 19, whose vanishing led to the creation of the Bermuda Triangle urban legend
40 min
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The Lost Colony - Part One: The Secret Token (U...
A deeper dive into the mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
50 min
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The Legend of the Bermuda Triangle - Part One: ...
A look at how the legend of the Bermuda Triangle was born
38 min
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The Historical Jesus and the Myths of Christ My...
An examination of the fringe skeptical view that no such person as Jesus Christ ever existed.
53 min
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Special Presentation: The Constant's "The War o...
86 min
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The Mushroom Kingdom: The Entheogen Theory of R...
The idea that all religion was actually inspired by the use of hallucinogens.
49 min
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Patreon Release: PlyMYTH Rock
The myths surrounding the landing of the Pilgrims
12 min
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Technological Angels: The Religious Dimension o...
A look at the syncretism of religious beliefs and UFO mythology
57 min
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UFO Whistleblowers: An American Tradition, Part...
A look at the discredited Bob Lazar and his long debunked claims
116 min
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UFO Whistleblowers: An American Tradition, Part...
A look at Bill Cooper, who went from UFO hoaxer to OG conspiracy wacko
88 min
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UFO Whistleblowers: An American Tradition, Part...
What can the stories of previous UFO whistleblowers tell us about the credibility of those who recently testified before Congress?
65 min
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Raging Against the Machine: Thoughts on Technof...
Thoughts on modern technology and concerns about its potential harms, looking at some historical examples that may offer insights
43 min
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The Hunt for Lost Nazi Gold Trains
The reality and the myth of Nazi gold trains
38 min
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The Piltdown Fraud: Fundamentalists' Favorite F...
The story of the Piltdown hoax
44 min
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The Forging of the Crystal Skulls
A look at the fabled crystal skull forgeries.
40 min
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The Source of the Fountain of Youth Myth
I trace the Eurasian legend of the Fountain of Youth to the New World and find that it afterward became a historical myth
38 min
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The Search for Cities of Gold
A look at how the rumors of hidden cities of gold animated conquistadors in the 16th century
40 min