Welcome to Episode 225: The Baglioni Family Massacre (The Real Red Wedding)! Game of Thrones wishes it was this savage. In this episode, we take you deep into the blood-soaked halls of Renaissance Italy to uncover the real Red Wedding: the Baglioni Massacre of 1500. From cursed bridal chests and grotesque wedding traditions to power-hungry nobles and literal heart-eating assassins, this is a story of love, betrayal, and brutal ambition set against the backdrop of 15th-century Italian politics. Buckle tf up, Haunties: it's art history meets true crime, with enough gore and ghosts to haunt you forever.

15th Century Italian Wedding Traditions covered in this episode: arranged marriages for power, cassoni, bedding ceremonies, il mal’occhio (the evil eye), and more.

TIME STAMPS

00:00:00 HOOK

00:01:00 WELCOME

00:05:30 PERSONAL HAUNTINGS (APPENDICITIS)

00:09:13 FACTOR AD

00:11:28 PART I: THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE

00:19:21 PART II: 15TH C. ITALIAN WEDDING TRADITIONS

00:47:04 PART III: THE RED WEDDING

01:20:00 FINAL THOUGHTS

01:35:33 CLOSING CREDITS

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BACKGROUND MUSIC:

[1] “MAGIC TRANSITION SOUND - NO COPYRIGHT” BY SOUND TRUST, LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNHMu3Upgu4 Creative Commons — CC BY 3.0 I https://goo.gl/Yibru5

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[3] “Creepy Doll” by Michael Byrnes

[4] “Italian Lute Music of the Renaissance” by From Baroque with Love, LINK:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvYNlcLtR0w&list=RDXvYNlcLtR0w&start_radio=1 

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