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!

History
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102. Satanic Panic
From Puritans to Panic Stations
53 min
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101. The Black Widows of Liverpool
You know some guys just can't hold their arsenic...
47 min
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100. Queen Medb - Warrior Queen of Ireland
Never stand between a woman and a....cow
45 min
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99. The Magdalene Laundries
Fallen Women Failed by All
71 min
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98. Anne Bonny and Mary Read - Here Be Pirates
Besties and Birates!
49 min
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97. Marlene Dietrich - Hollywood's Femme Fatale
Sometimes a family is your husband, his mistress, your mistress and you...
58 min
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96. Anne Lister - Gentleman Jack
The First Modern Lesbian
59 min
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95. Pope Leo X - The Ultimate Nepo Baby
It's always a Medici...
53 min
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94. William Dorsey Swann = Queen of Drag
Born a Slave, Died a Queen
43 min
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93. Gland Larceny: The Testicle Thieves of Chicago
Beware the Windy City ball bandits!
49 min
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92. Marguerite de Valois - Queen of Navarre - P...
The Rebellious Daughter of Catherine de Medici
52 min
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91. Marguerite de Valois - Queen of Navarre - P...
Queen Margot, France's Slandered Queen!
56 min
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90. The Real Dick Whittington
Medieval Mayor of London
34 min
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89. Lavinia Fisher - America's First Female Ser...
The Legend of Lavinia - The Devil's Bride...
51 min
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88. Charles Dickens - Great Expectations, Terri...
The Bleak Truth is Practically Dickensian
68 min
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87. The Theft of the Irish Crown Jewels
The Curious Case of the Dublin Castle Heist
57 min
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86. De Valera's Prison Break
When the Leader of Ireland Escaped Prison in Drag
42 min
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85. Mary Shelley - The Original Goth Girl
Crafting monsters on paper and defying societal norms with her pen
63 min
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84. Edgar Allan Poe
That which you mistake for madness is but an over acuteness o the senses
76 min
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83. Elizabeth Bathory - The Blood Countess REDUX
The Tale of Erzébet Báthori, the Countess Dracula
67 min
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82. Sawney Bean And His Cannibal Clan
Scotland's First Serial Killer
46 min
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81. Roald Dahl - Soldier, Writer, Cheater, Spy
Ruining Childhoods One Episode at a Time
63 min
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80. The Great Fire of London
1666 - A City Scorched
60 min
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79. Princess Alice of Battenberg
The Chain-Smoking Princess Who Stood up to the Gestapo
63 min
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78. J. M. Barrie - The Man Behind Peter Pan
Never Say Neverland
58 min