Who Did What Now

By Katie Charlwood

Whoever said history was boring obviously wasn’t paying attention. Each week, join Katie Charlwood, history harlot and reader of books, as she delves into the people, places and events that make histo... more

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November 25, 2025 169. The Mystery of Little Egypt
When the 1893 World's Fair hit Chicago, the city was aghast and excited by the dance du ventre that shimmied through the Streets of Cairo procession at the Great Columbian Exhibition. People clambered to see the woman who brought the belly dance to America, a performer that went by the name Little Egypt, but who was she and how did she influence American Burlesque for years to come..?

From the Vault, way back in 2023 I covered the life of one Frank Abagnale Jnr, a conman so sleek and sly that the FBI hunted him across the globe and his exploits were teh plot of the Stephen Spielberg movie, Catch Me If You Can. A story so wild and fantastical that it seemed to good to be true....

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November 17, 2025 From the Vault - Frank Abagnale Jnr
From the Vault, way back in 2023 I covered the life of one Frank Abagnale Jnr, a conman so sleek and sly that the FBI hunted him across the globe and his exploits were teh plot of the Stephen Spielberg movie, Catch Me If You Can. A story so wild and fantastical that it seemed to good to be true....

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November 11, 2025 168. The Blackburn Cult
In 1920s Los Angelos Mother May Otis Blackburn and her daughter Ruth Wiland Rizzio headed a cult that promised understandid, salvaion and so much hidden treasure, but the devout wouldn't be showered with riches and gold, instead they would live a life of secrecy, forced marriages, rituals and baking people in an oven.

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1h 8min
November 10, 2025 The Gunpowder Plot
Remember, remember the fifth of November, Gunpowder, Treason and Plot. I see no reason why gunpowder treason should ever be forgot.. Please enjoy this BONUS episode this Bonfire Night, the tale of Guy Fawkes who very early blew up parliament

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1h 11min
November 04, 2025 167. The McDonalds Hot Coffee Case
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In the mid-nineties a woman made headlines all over the world bcause she sued McDonalds for having hot coffee... Now that seems ridiculous right? A ridiculous news story that turned an elderly woman into a laughing stock, a greedy instigator of "frivolous lawsuits" but behind he headline is the story of a reasonable woman with a reasonable request from a gluttonous corporation...

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49min
October 28, 2025 166. The Salem Witch Trials
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It's time for the most famous witch trial in American history...the Salem Witch Trials

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1h 31min
October 20, 2025 165. The Vardo Witch Trials
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The witch craze moves North and soon a small islet in northern Norway is under the watchful eye of John Cunningham, a man reccomended to the country by King James VI...

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October 13, 2025 164. The North Berwick Witch Trials
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As we continue spooky season, how coud we discuss witches and not share he tale of the very witch trial that shaped King James' view of daemonologie, The North Berwick Witch Trials

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1h 16min
October 07, 2025 163. The Pendle Witches

It is the season of the witch and so get ready for England's darkest hour, the trial of the Pendle Witches, in which families are condemned by the testimony of a young child. The first of many tales this season of those accused of witchcraft and cunning...

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October 02, 2025 162. Josephine Baker - Death of a Showgirl - Part III
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Welcome to the final installment in the Josephine Baker Saga: Death of a Showgirl. She lived a full life, fro rags to riches, resistance to Rainbow tribe, she was a civil rights activist, mother of 12 and a diva til the end.

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1h 18min

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