The History Diaries

By The Fellas Studios

The History Diaries, hosted by Katie Kennedy (@historygossip), is history with a twist, serving up the stories your textbooks left out. Think scandalous diaries, bizarre cures, and royals behaving bad... more

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FAQs about The History Diaries:

How many episodes does The History Diaries have?

The podcast currently has 20 episodes available.

The History Diaries episodes:

February 17, 2026 Wuthering Heights Special | Margot Robbie’s Skin Room, Dress of HAIR & Red Carpet SCANDAL
It’s the film that’s got everyone talking and so many YEARNING. This week we are taking a deep dive into WUTHERING HEIGHTS!
Fresh from the brand trip and premier Abby, Charlotte, Luiza, Lizzie and Ben join Katie in the studio. Was it historically accurate? Is the criticism online true? Did it match up to the book? You’ll have to watch the episode to get all the answers!
New Episodes Every Tuesday at 5pm!
📖 Listen on Apple Podcasts & Spotify.
📖 Follow on Instagram & TikTok: @historydiariespod
📖 Katie: @historygossip
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1h 6min
February 12, 2026 Valentines Special | Sigmund Freuds SHOCKING Love Letters, Hate Mail Valentines & Mistaken Bombings
Welcome back History Lovers, it’s that time of year when chocolate boxes are more expensive than usual and red roses are EVERY WHERE - it’s a Valentines Special!
This week we are delving into the most NSFW love letters of history and historical valentines day traditions!
If the idea of Valentines day leaves you with a sour taste in your mouth from past trauma don’t worry we are also delving into the worst valentines’ days in HISTORY! Sure they might have ghosted you but they didn’t accidentally bomb your town!
New Episodes Every Thursday at 5pm!
📖 Listen on Apple Podcasts & Spotify.
📖 Follow on Instagram & TikTok: @historydiariespod
📖 Katie: @historygossip
...more
29min
February 05, 2026 Eshaan Akbar | A Historical Bollywood Musical?! Philosophers Secret Kinks & Puppy Juice Beauty Hack
In this episode we dive into the worst rulers of all time, Philosopher Jean Jaques Rousseau's secret spanking kink and the tudor beauty hack that involved the nations favorite pet … the question remains which animal would you sacrifice for your skin care routine?
New Episodes Every Thursday at 5pm!
📖 Listen on Apple Podcasts & Spotify.
📖 Follow on Instagram & TikTok: @historydiariespod
📖 Katie: @historygossip
...more
53min
January 29, 2026 Shakespeare Questioning His Sexuality, The Murder of Belle Elmore & Goat Gland Testicle Implants?!
The cinema critics are going crazy over Hamnet but what is the real story of Shakespeare? Was Romeo and Juliet really about Romeo and Joseph? We get to the bottom of the playwrights real life!
For all the true crime lovers we also digging into the the historical murder of Belle Elmore & the fraudulent doctor who perspecibed goats glands for fertility?!
New Episodes Every Thursday at 5pm!
📖 Listen on Apple Podcasts & Spotify.
📖 Follow on Instagram & TikTok: @historydiariespod
📖 Katie: @historygossip
...more
29min
January 22, 2026 Best Bits of The History Diaries Podcast So Far!
This week we gift you gentle subjects with the best bits of The History Diaries Podcast so Far!
From the most chaotic guests, weirdest historical rabbit holes and craziest one liners this ep is all your favorite parts of History Diaries in one mega episode!
The question remains, what is the most outlandish fact you’ve learned from the pod?
New Episodes Every Thursday at 5pm!
📖 Listen on Apple Podcasts & Spotify.
📖 Follow on Instagram & TikTok: @historydiariespod
📖 Katie: @historygossip
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1h 34min
January 15, 2026 Matt Another Time | Mining at Beamish Museum, Ancient Drinking Games & Historical Tips to Keep Warm?
It’s Matt another time (again)! From Katie’s 9th birthday party where she made all her friends dress up as historically accurate miners to her love of a Jane Austen board game he is here spilling all her secrets! The siblings also chat about ancient drinking games and dive into how people used to keep their tootsies warm back in the day… we’d love to say these would be good tips to keep the heating bills down, but I think hiring a fire servant might be more expensive 😭
New Episodes Every Thursday at 5pm! 📖 Listen on Apple Podcasts & Spotify. 📖 Follow on Instagram & TikTok: @historydiariespod 📖 Katie: @historygossip
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31min
January 08, 2026 Mozart’s Explosive Love Letters, King Louis’ Birth Fixation & The REAL Reason Vibrators Were Created!
Tune into this weeks episode where Katie dive into the history of vibrators, why georgian balls served ice cream instead of pints and if the rumour of King Louis' love of childbirth really changed the course of history?
This week The History Gossip also turns into a dating coach as she dives into Mozarts love letters... he had some banging tunes but his pick up lines were a solid number two!

Let us know in the comments if our Mozart inspired pick up lines lead to explosive results 🤣

New Episodes Every Thursday at 5pm!

📖 Listen on Apple Podcasts & Spotify.

📖 Follow on Instagram & TikTok: @historydiariespod

📖 Katie: @historygossip
...more
30min
January 01, 2026 The Famileigh | Family SNITCHES, Worst Historical PUNISHMENTS! & The Village That DANCED to DEATH?!
Travis and Harrison are getting a history lesson this week! History is more than war (surprisingly to men!) so this week we are talking about historical punishments - from a bridles scold to ducking stools - which members of their family would get the short end of the stick! We are also delivering into historical families with FAMOUS SNITCHES … The question is would you snake your brothers if they were planning to blow up parliament?

New Episodes Every Thursday at 5pm!

📖 Listen on Apple Podcasts & Spotify.

📖 Follow on Instagram & TikTok: @historydiariespod

📖 Katie: @historygossip
...more
56min
December 25, 2025 Elizabeth The Thirsty | 2025 QUEEN’S SPEECH, A Nativity Play at A Molly House & The Tale of Krampus
We are joined by the one the only ELIZABETH THE THIRSTY (aka Elizabeth the 1st HERSELF!) Get comfortable as we bring you our own queen’s speech, take a deep dive into Molly Houses and we explore the EVIL Victorian Santa - The KRAMPAS!

If you’re watching this you are in luck you weren’t dragged to hell by the evil santa for being naughty - Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones! 🎄✨

New Episodes Every Thursday at 5pm!

📖 Listen on Apple Podcasts & Spotify.

📖 Follow on Instagram & TikTok: @historydiariespod

📖 Katie: @historygossip
...more
43min
December 18, 2025 Danni Diston | Defending Anne Boleyn, The Queen That BATHED IN BLOOD & A High Class Harlot Radio Show?!
Wasson Shagger! This week we have Radio 1 Presenter and Anne Bolyne’s BIGGEST FAN Danni Diston in the studio! We test her knowledge of the first ever publicly executed queen, take a deep dive into some ‘EVIL WOMEN’ of History and try to explain to a Victorian child why ‘Having a Boyfriend is EMBARRASSING!’

Spoiler alert men aren’t great and that goes for the men of history too! The question remains: were these women of history really as scandalous as history paints them? Let us know your thoughts in the comments!

New Episodes Every Thursday at 5pm!

📖 Listen on Apple Podcasts & Spotify.

📖 Follow on Instagram & TikTok: @historydiariespod

📖 Katie: @historygossip
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1h 2min

FAQs about The History Diaries:

How many episodes does The History Diaries have?

The podcast currently has 20 episodes available.

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