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By JT Siems of Immortal Perfumes
A history podcast with a pop culture twist. Get book, TV, movie, and podcast recommendations about your favorite historical figures. New episodes released on Mondays.
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The podcast currently has 138 episodes available.
Theda Bara was the most famous movie star you’ve probably never heard of. One of the first movie stars, America’s first goth, and Hollywood’s first sex symbol, Theda Bara was the epitome of Madame Mystery. Though most of her films have been lost to time, Theda is one of the pioneers of early Hollywood.
More Halloween Episodes:
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Resources
Vamp: The Rise and Fall of Theda Bara by Eve Golden: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/741931.Vamp
You Must Remember This Podcast: https://radiopublic.com/you-must-remember-this-G2wdZR/s1!b877a
The Woman with Hungry Eyes: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0997110/
In a first for Storical Podcast, here is a live episode! I recently gave a lecture sharing some of the most interesting stories in perfume history. Listen to hear about perfume and poison such as Acqua Tofana, Chanel versus Schiaparelli, perfumes recovered from the Titanic, the perfume Andy Warhol was buried with, and the perfume Jude Law used to get into character to play Henry VIII. This was a wild ride, check it out!
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We all know about Eastern European vampires but did you know that right here in America we had our own vampire panic? Yup. It turns out New England was kind of a scary place the first 200 years of colonial and then American rule. Listen to today’s episode to learn about the New England Vampire Panic and Mercy Brown, the teenaged purported vampire.
Further Reading
The Great New England Vampire Panic, Smithsonian Magazine
The Last American Vampire, History
Food for the Dead: On the Trail of New England’s Vampires by Michael E. Bell
Gilded Age New York was all about flaunting your money. And no one did it better than the first families of excess, the Astors and the Vanderbilts. Part two is all about multi-hyphenate Alva Vanderbilt. Social climber, society leader, architect, suffragette. We will also take a look at her daughter Consuelo Vanderbilt, Duchess of Marlborough. Tune in!
Photos
Vanderbilt Costume Ball of 1883:
https://www.antiquetrader.com/collecting-101/the-vanderbilt-ball-of-1883
Electric Light Dress:
https://theenchantedmanor.com//wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Alice-Vanderbilt-dressed-as-the-Electric-Light-for-the-ball-3-26-1883.jpg
Consuelo Vanderbilt:
https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/images/consuelo-vanderbilt-2.jpg
Nonfiction
Consuelo and Alva Vanderbilt: The Story of a Daughter and a Mother in the Gilded Age by Amanda Mckenzie Stuart
Vanderbilt by Anderson Cooper
Social Climber: The Iron Will and Determined Rise of Alva Vanderbilt by The Gilded Gentelman Podcast
Edith Wharton’s New York by The Bowery Boys Podcast
Fiction
The Gilded Age on HBO
The Social Graces by Renee Rosen
A Well Behaved Woman by Theresa Anne Fowler
Gilded Age New York was all about flaunting your money. And no one did it better than the first families of excess, the Astors and the Vanderbilts. Part one of a multi part series, today we’re looking at the life of Caroline Astor, the “Mystic Rose” and arbiter of taste in New York Society. You’ll want to listen to the episode to get primed on the new HBO series, The Gilded Age. Tune in!
HISTORICAL FICTION
The Social Graces by Renée Rosen
PODCASTS
The Astors and the Waldorf Astoria by The Bowery Boys
The Real Mrs. Astor, Ruler or Rebel? by The Gilded Gentleman
The Mrs. Astor by The History Chicks
NONFICTION
Season of Splendor: The Court of Mrs. Astor by Greg King
When the Astors Owned New York by Justin Kaplan
This is the Storical Halloween Special. The veil is thin and the dead walk among us. Before you indulge in some tricks or treats, enjoy this episode and decide whether Lizzie Borden really took an ax to give her mother 40 whacks. Links to all sources referenced and full transcript are below!
PODCASTS
Hysterical History - Lizzie Borden Series - https://shows.acast.com/hysterical-history/episodes
Criminal Broads - Lizzie Borden LLC - https://www.stitcher.com/show/criminal-broads/episode/lizzie-borden-llc-56549642
Biographics - Lizzie Borden - https://youtu.be/xU5Hk-mFi9Y
The History Chicks - Lizzie Borden, Revisited - http://thehistorychicks.com/episode-79-lizzie-borden-revisted/
Stuff You Missed in History Class - Lizzie Borden and Her Axe - https://www.iheart.com/podcast/stuff-you-missed-in-history-cl-21124503/episode/lizzie-borden-and-her-axe-30208049/
MOVIES & TV
Lizzie (2018) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5160938/
Lizzie Borden Took an Axe (2014) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3118958/
BOOKS
Maplecroft by Cherie Priest - https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/20821288
Storical is back with an all new episode about the messy life of Mary Queen of Scots. There is murder, treason, Medicis, and Tudors… you won’t want to miss it! Subscribe on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify, Pocket Casts, or Stitcher so you never miss an episode with all of my sporadic absences.
Fiction
Mary Queen of Scots and the Isles by Margaret George - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16033.Mary_Queen_of_Scotland_and_The_Isles
The Wild Queen by Carolyn Meyer - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6431797-the-wild-queen
Nonfiction
Mary Queen of Scots by Antonia Fraser - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10079.Mary_Queen_of_Scots
Movies & TV
Mary Queen of Scots (2018) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2328900/
Mary of Scotland (1936) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027948/
The Execution of Mary Queen of Scots (1895) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0132134
Reign (2013-2017) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2710394
Podcasts
Queens Podcast - Mary Queen of Scots - https://shows.acast.com/queenshistorypodcast/episodes/605a372ed90cd2354f494b17
Thistle Do Nicely - Mary Queen of Scots - https://www.thistledonicelypod.com/
BBC In Our Time - Mary Queen of Scots - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b088fs7z
Stuff You Missed in History Class - Rival Queens: Mary Stuart and Elizabeth I - https://www.scribd.com/podcast/418357825/SYMHC-Classics-Rival-Queens-Mary-Stuart-and-Elizabeth-I
Storical is back for an all new season starting with a special episode for Black History Month. This week, we’re talking about Edmonia Lewis, the first American artist of color to achieve international fame.
Listen to the episode to learn about this titan of the art world who was almost lost to history, and about the century-long mystery of the disappearance of her most famous work.
New episodes on Mondays. You can listen on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, or Stitcher. Follow on Instagram or Facebook @storicalpodcast
The podcast currently has 138 episodes available.