History Obscura

By Mandy Gardner

What went bump in the night five centuries 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!

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How many episodes does History Obscura have?

The podcast currently has 242 episodes available.

History Obscura episodes:

August 28, 2023 Satan: Christianity’s Tulpa?
A brief biography of autumn's favourite fallen deity...Satan, Lucifer, or the Devil, if you will!
Music from Fesliyan Studios
Support the show at www.patreon.com/historyobscura, or at www.buymeacoffee.com/historyobscura
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13min
August 13, 2023 The Great Fire of London
One night in 1666, it all started at a bakery in Pudding Lane....
Music from Fesliyan Studios
Support the show at www.patreon.com/historyobscura, or at www.buymeacoffee.com/historyobscura
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16min
August 08, 2023 Plural Worlds: Alien Theory through the Ages
From the Ancient Greeks to modern extraterrestrial and UAP/UFO theory...is there really life out there?
Music from Fesliyan Studios
Support the show at www.patreon.com/historyobscura, or at www.buymeacoffee.com/historyobscura
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13min
August 01, 2023 Lief Erickson’s Viking Saga
Chapter 20 of Henry Myers' amazing historical novel, The Utmost Island! You can now find the entire audio of the book at the Historical Fiction Book Club. More to follow, so subscribe to the feed!
Music from Fesliyan Studios
Support the show at www.patreon.com/historyobscura, or at www.buymeacoffee.com/historyobscura
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17min
July 24, 2023 Hitobashira: Japan’s Human Pillars
Human sacrifice was an architectural feature of feudal Japan, it seems.
Music from Fesliyan Studios
Please support the show at www.buymeacoffee.com/historyobscura
or at www.patreon.com/historyobscura
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11min
July 19, 2023 Dickens & Hans Christian Andersen: The Bad Houseguest
Two great authors of the 19th century kept up a friendship writing letters for 9 years--until one day, the fairytale king came to stay with the London novelist.
Music from Fesliyan Studios
Please support the show at www.patreon.com/HistoryObscura, or https://www.buymeacoffee.com/historyobscura
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15min
July 10, 2023 DNA & Migration to the Americas--Plus a Bonus/Bogus? Welsh Tale
The timeline for original human migration into the Americas is becoming more complex as researchers explore new ways to track early settlers.
Music from Fesliyan Studios
Support the show at www.patreon.com/historyobscura
or at www.buymeacoffee.com/historyobscura
Thanks!
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19min
July 03, 2023 A True(ish) Viking Tale
Chapter nineteen of Henry Myers' The Utmost Island.
Music from Fesliyan Studios.
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23min
June 26, 2023 A Brief & Pungent History of Cadaveric Dissection
Medical students were long prohibited from studying human anatomy from the naked form itself--especially when the subject was dead. Once the study was begrudgingly accepted, however, everyone wanted a first-hand look.
Music by Fesliyan Studios
Support the show at www.BuyMeACoffee.com/HistoryObscura, or at www.Patreon.com/HistoryObscura
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18min
June 19, 2023 Mysterious Airships from the Turn of the 20th Century
How many airships does it take to be called a "Flap?" You tell me.
Music from Fesliyan Studios.
Support the show at www.patreon.com/historyobscura or www.buymeacoffee.com/historyobscura
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13min

FAQs about History Obscura:

How many episodes does History Obscura have?

The podcast currently has 242 episodes available.