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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The Key to the Secrets of King Solomon (an Ency...
A look at the development of traditions that the biblical King Solomon was a master of black magic.
39 min
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The Whereabouts of the Lost Ark of the Covenant
The legend of the Ark of the Covenant, theories about its possible resting place, and the claims of a variety of hoaxers and pseudoarchaeologists.
52 min
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Infektion: Operation DENVER and the Engineering...
The KGB disinformation campaign to convince the world that the U.S. government engineered HIV as a bioweapon
68 min
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Breaking News: The Hitler Diaries Fiasco
The story of the most egregious newspaper hoax of modern times: the Hitler Diaries.
43 min
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The Specter of Hitler's Survival
Myths and conspiracy claims about Hitler escaping Berlin at the end of WWII
45 min
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The Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping - Part Two: Ceme...
The capture and prosecution of Richard Hauptmann in the Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
55 min
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The Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping - Part One: The ...
The Crime of the Century: the Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
47 min
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The Business Plot - Part Two: The Bankers Gold ...
Fascist propaganda of the '20s and '30s helped drive a plot to stage a Fascist coup
57 min
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The Business Plot - Part One: The Bonus Army
The story of a plot by the wealthy and powerful to supplant a rightfully elected president
46 min
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A Very Historically Blind Xmas: The Iconic Christ
A discussion of Christmas iconography and images of Jesus Christ generally.
49 min
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"The Mystery of D.B. Cooper" by History Daily (...
An unidentified man hijacks a Boeing 727 on November 24, 1971.
18 min
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Lilith, the Phantom Maiden
The evolution of the figure of Lilith
45 min
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Omens, Charms, and Rituals: A History of Supers...
A look at the murky origins of superstitions and the folklore to which it's related.
44 min
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The Revenants: Part Two - VAMPIRES in Fantasy
The origin and evolution of the vampire legend from folklore to fiction and on to modern myth
40 min
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"The Blood Gospel" by The Conspirators Podcast ...
"The Blood Gospel" by The Conspirators Podcast (Special Presentation)
32 min
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The Revenants: Part One - VAMPIRES in Reality
A look at the legend and folklore behind the vampire!
40 min
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The Enigmatic Kingfish. Huey Long
I continue my meditation on demagoguery, looking at a controversial Depression-era politician
44 min
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The Perils of American Democracy
A look at other times in history when American democracy was at risk to better understand our current jeopardy.
46 min
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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