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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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
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The Thrust of the Holy Lance of Longinus
I explore the rabbit hole that is the Holy Lance of Longinus
45 min
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The Quest for the Truth of the Holy Grail
A look at the legend of the Holy Grail
60 min
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The Hidden Ones: Sect of Assassins
The black legend of the Order of Assassins, a medieval sect of Islam known for their reliance on infiltration and murder
34 min
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The Myth of the Thuggee Cult
A refutation of the myth that Thuggee strangler bandits in 19th-century India were a blood cult devoted to the worship of Kali
46 min
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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