History Obscura

By Mandy Gardner

What went bump in the night long ago? Explore all the creepy, lost and just plain weird corners of history with Mandy Gardner and her coven of cats. This is one history podcast with bite! From ghost s... more

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March 14, 2021 Queen Hangbe & the Amazons of Black Sparta
Today's forgotten history comes from the West African Kingdom of Dahomey, where female warriors were very much in vogue.
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March 07, 2021 Ten Days in a Mad House: Part Five
Nellie is on her way to the final destination!
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16min
February 28, 2021 The First Spacewalk & Cyanide Pill
AUDIO FIXED!
Alexei Leonov took the first spacewalk in orbit around the Earth in 1965. In case things went terribly wrong, he had a cyanide pill hidden in his helmet.
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30min
February 21, 2021 A Swedish Witch & Devil's Island
Malin Matsdotter was a principle defendant of the Swedish Witch Trials of the late 17th century.
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16min
February 15, 2021 Ten Days in a Mad House: Part Four
Declared insane!
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31min
February 07, 2021 Tips: Americans in Britain, WWII
Instructions for American Servicemen in Britain 1942
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8min
January 31, 2021 Ten Days in a Mad House: Part Three
In which Nelly Bly is taken to the police for apparent lunacy.
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19min
January 17, 2021 Ten Days in a Mad House: Part Two
The second part of Nellie Bly's story of her intentional commitment to a New York insane asylum in the 1860s.
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26min
January 09, 2021 Ten Days in a Mad House: Part One
"Ten Days in a Mad House" is the true account of one Nellie Bly, a 19th-century reporter for a New York newspaper. What was it really like inside those walls?
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14min
December 25, 2020 "A Christmas Carol, Stave Five: The End of It"
Here concludes the tale of Scrooge. Do consider supporting the podcast with a wee cup o' tea? Thank you ever so much! Merry Christmas! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/bXdjrqt
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History Obscura episodes:

FAQs about History Obscura:

How many episodes does History Obscura have?

More shows like History Obscura

Unexplained

My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark

Strange and Unexplained with Daisy Eagan