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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Stranger Things Have Happened - Part Three: The...
I explore urban legends about two supposed secret experimental programs
51 min
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Stranger Things Have Happened - Part Two: Psych...
U.S. government sponsored psychic experimentation programs focused on exploring ESP and psychokinesis as tools of spycraft
42 min
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Stranger Things Have Happened - Part One: MK-Ul...
The historical and pseudohistorical basis of the Netflix program, Stranger Things
40 min
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Gun Violence in America: A Cultural History
The history of gun culture in America
57 min
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The Deluge and the Ark Seekers
Refuting the claims that a global flood occurred in antiquity and that Noah's Ark was real.
45 min
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The Secrets of Enoch - An Apocryphal Catechism
The mysteries and problematic details of the Book of Enoch and Enochic traditions.
38 min
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The Myth of a Lost Mound Builder Race
The myth that the ancient earthworks of America were not built by Native Americans but rather by some lost "superior" race
49 min
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No Bones About It! Part Two: GIANTS in the "New...
The conclusion of my series on claims that giants actually existed in antiquity
45 min
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No Bones About It! Part One: GIANTS in the Old...
Biblical and mythological claims about giants and more modern claims about the discovery of giant bones
36 min
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The Lost Empire of Tartaria
A lost civilization. A worldwide catastrophe. A global cover-up. A bunch of hogwash.
44 min
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Oswald and the JFK Assassination - Part Four: T...
The conclusion of my series on conspiracy claims about the Kennedy assassination.
48 min
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Oswald and the JFK Assassination - Part Three: ...
The penultimate episode of the series, addressing JFK assassination forensics.
50 min
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Oswald and the JFK Assassination - Part Two: Th...
The second part of my series on JFK assassination conspiracy speculation
50 min
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Oswald and the JFK Assassination - Part One: Th...
The Life of Lee Harvey Oswald prior to the JFK Assassination
47 min
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The Coup on Cape Fear - Part Two: Red Shirt Riot
The conclusion of my series on the Wilmington Coup of 1898
38 min
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The Coup on Cape Fear - Part One: The Dark Scheme
The post-election white supremacist coup in Wilmington, NC, 1898.
38 min
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A Very Historically Blind Christmas Carol
The 4th annual Christmas special
46 min
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A Defense of the 1619 Project
A discussion of the New York Times Magazine's 1619 Project and its reception
37 min
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Curriculum Controversies in America
The history of reactionary protest to progressive curriculum as indoctrination in the U.S.
40 min
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The Demoniacs: The True Spirit of Possession an...
The long history of claims about demonic possession and the practice of exorcism.
48 min
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False Prophecy: The Mark of the Beast - 666
Interpretations throughout history of the prophecy of the Mark of the Beast in Revelation
38 min
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The Rise and Fall of the Society of Jesus: Part...
Part two of a series on conspiracy theories about the Jesuits
34 min
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The Rise and Fall of the Society of Jesus: Part...
Conspiracy theories surrounding the Jesuits.
41 min
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The Fate of Ludwig II: Part Two - The Mad King ...
The case for Ludwig II's madness and the competing theories of murder and conspiracy explaining his death.
38 min
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The Fate of Ludwig II: Part One - The Fairytale...
Ludwig II of Bavaria, whose death in Lake Starnberg in 1886 remains a historical mystery
35 min