Rogues Gallery Uncovered

After a bit of a break, Rogues Gallery Uncovered returns. 
Join Hollywood's most misbehaved  duo, David Niven and Errol Flynn, as they water ski and roister through the 1930s - leaving a trail of broken hearts and heads in their wake.
It’s a swashbuckling romp through The Golden Age of Hollywood as these two movie legends stretch the bonds of their friendship, share the ultimate party house, sleep with lots of women and nearly get eaten by a shark ( well, one of them does)

• How gleefully unreliable can one man be?
• What was 'special' about 'OK Freddie'?
• Why wasn't Niven in Gunga Din?
• Why did Flynn get angry on behalf of his horse?

All these questions, and so many more will be answered in a celebrity packed episode 37 of Rogues Gallery Uncovered - The podcast of bad behavior in period costume.

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Keep your hands where everyone can see them while attending this stern lecture warning of the physical and moral decay brought about by the 19th century’s most destructive social contagion - MASTURBATION!!
It’s a wrist achingly provocative tale of madness, blisters, breakfast cereals, female hysteria and abstinence.

•  Are there any life and sanity threatening  conditions NOT caused by masturbation?
• Why is spicy food evil?
• What is a 'four-pointed urethral ring' ?
• Does it really make you go blind? 

All these complex medical questions and more will be answered in episode 36 of Rogues Gallery Uncovered - The podcast of bad behaviour in period costume.

Surrounded by moral panic, Victorian Morality had only one solution, Anti-masturbation. The purity movement called for self-control; public health called for sexual repression. In the process, a whole catalogue of masturbation myths was created along with a cupboardful of anti-masturbation devices. Leave yourself alone and listen to this edifying presentation.

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Ramble on in search of filth with Restoration England's most promiscuous, booze addled, royalty offending, saucy genius - Restoration poet and libertine, John Wilmot 2nd Earl of Rochester.

It's a disgraceful double-ended tale of Italian sex woodwork, highway robbery, park abuse and rhyming couplets.

•  How many years did Rochester spend permanently drunk?
• How offensive was the poem he accidentally gave to King Charles II?
• What happened under the shrubbery in Hyde park when the sun went down?
• Was Rochester brilliant or awful or both?

 The answer to these and so many more questions will be answered in episode 35 of Rogues Gallery Uncovered - the podcast of bad behaviour in period costume.

He was the most outrageous character in 17th century London whose scandalous life and bawdy satire shocked the royal court - and even offended king Charles II.
Is his infamous reputation as a debauchee well deserved? open a bottle of claret, loosen your doublet and find out.  

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 Its "All Aboard" when the 18th century British navy's most promiscuous sailor puts into as many ports as he can, with Admiral Augustus John Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol.
Enjoy  a salty tale of multiple mistresses, naughty nunneries, and opera.

•  How many brothels did the English Casanova visit in one day?
• What did he wear when looking for love beneath bridges?
• Why was he forever grateful to a horse
• Did he ever have enough energy to do any sailing?

 All of these questions and many more will be answered in episode  34 of Rogues Gallery Uncovered - The podcast of bad behaviour in period costume.
 
Naval Officer, Politician, Admiral and member of the British aristocracy, Hervey is one of the Georgian era's most colourful characters and possibly the greatest shagger in Naval history. Hoist your mainsail and enjoy this episode.

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Be provoked beyond reason by 18th century Ireland's most quarrelsome and violent bully boy - George "Fighting" Fitzgerald. 
Its a short tempered tale of animal disguise, head trauma, gratuitous musketry and good old fashioned insanity.

• What did Fitzgerald do to his father - twice!?
• How did he stand when facing an armed opponent?
• Should you  avoid him on a narrow street?
• Why should you not try and seduce his female travelling companion?

All these questions will be answered in episode 33 of Rogues Gallery Uncovered - The podcast of Bad Behaviour in Period Costume.

 A duellist, rebel and one of the most controversial figures in Irish history, he lived a life of scandal and violence among the Irish gentry. When he wasn’t duelling he was starting feuds, gambling and arguably murdering. If you like historic true crime with a hint of weirdness, buckle up for this episode. 

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Enjoy non stop 19th century sexcapades with Queen Victoria's most prolific swordsman and erotic wordsmith - Edward Sellon.
Its a shameless tale of peeping, pooping, penile stamina and pistols.

• Why should ladies refrain from playing hide and seek with him?
• How many 'affairs' could he conduct at any one time?
• What's the worst thing that can happen when cleaning a sailing ship?
• Should he have been allowed anywhere near a girls boarding school?

The answers to these and equally sleazy questions can all be found in episode 32 of Rogues Gallery Uncovered - The podcast of bad behaviour in period costume.

 A titan of erotic literature, the soldier, adventurer, and infamous British army officer combined a less than stellar military career with some of the biggest scandals of the Victorian era. If you're a fan of erotica, erotic literature, military history, sexual exploration, the British Empire or smut then you'll find something to arouse you in this episode.

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Brawling, duelling, thievery and seduction with the 17th century's most enthusiastic woman warrior, and a pivitol figure in LGBTQ+ history - Catalina de Erauso. 
Its a bloody tale of senseless violence, nunnery escapades, greed, unbelievable coincidences and the Pope. 

• Why did Catalina disguise herself as a man?
• How many times did she lose her temper and kill someone?
• What made her apologise profusely to her brother?
• Who was "The Cid"?

All this and so much more will be answered in episode 31 of Rogues Gallery Uncovered - The podcast of bad behaviour in period costume. 
 
Subject of the book Lieutenant Nun, this cross-dressing female soldier and adventuress was one of the most fascinating - and possibly violent - women in history. Her gender identity may forever be a mystery, but her bravery was in no doubt. She remains a unique figure in Basque history and the history of the ‘New World.’
Dress however you please and enjoy this episode.  

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Enjoy a spectacular bender in Victorian London with one of the 19th century's most prolific party animals, Henry Weysford Charles Plantagenet Rawdon-Hastings.
It's a convivial tale of alehouses, drinking,rat baiting, dancing girls, drinking, outrageous pranks,menacing Scandinavians....... and drinking.

• Why should you always dance with a pocketful of coins?
• Who looked like "a giant blancmange"?
• What is so dangerous about Ratcliffe Highway?
• How much booze can four gentlemen of quality put away in a night?

All will be revealed in episode 30 of Rogues Gallery Uncovered - The podcast of bad behaviour in period costume. 

Come on an exhausting tour of public houses , taverns, and gin palaces alongside a pioneer of drinking culture and arch enemy of the Temperance Movement. The alcohol consumption is heroic, the drunkenness extreme and somewhere among the gin haze is a bit of social history. Grab a beer, say 'Damm your eyes' to prohibition and enjoy this episode...God Save Queen Victoria!

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Get whipped into a terrified frenzy of social anxiety with the 18th century's most notorious gang of lawless youths - The Mohocks!
It's a fear-inducing tale of brutal slashing, barrel-rolling, eye-gouging, random stabbing and violent flatulence. 

• Who was 'King of the Mohocks'?
• What is “Tippling the Lion”?
• How scared should I be?
• Is any of it true?

Find out in episode 29 ( season 2) of Rogues Gallery Uncovered - The podcast of bad behaviour in period costume.

Watch out youth has gone wild! Urban legend or a particularly violent slice of London History? Notorious hooligans who are a menace to public safety, infamous for rioting and street crime...or Georgian era fear mongering stoked up by the newspapers and the gutter press to drum up sales? True crime or imaginary Crime?
Pick up your cudgel and enjoy this episode.

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Victorian Superman
He translated the karma sutra and The Arabian Nights, sneaked into one of the holiest places on earth, was the first European to see Lake Tanganyika – by accident -  and possessed an extremely impressive moustache.
His name was Richard Francis Burton and there was very little he couldn’t do.
It’s a tale of pathological boredom, heroic drinking, sexual exploration and malaria.

• Why did Burton live with a family of monkeys?
• What did he use to hit one of his teachers over the head?
• Where did someone stick a spear in his body that made life difficult?
• What was the Cannibal Club?

The answers to all these questions and more can be found in episode 28 of Rogue’s Gallery Uncovered – the podcast of bad behaviour in period costume.

 The 19th century explorer, orientalist, literary giant, spy? and global traveller who crisscrossed Africa, India, and the Middle East in search of adventure and erotic knowledge. The queen may not have approved, but he was one of the Victorian era's most famous men and remains a controversial figure in colonial history and the story of the British Empire. Book passage on a steamship and enjoy this episode.

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