Who Did What Now
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Who Did What Now
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 history a bit more interesting! Part of the Inflection network
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226 episodis
195. Joshua N. Haldeman - Elon Musk's Apartheid-Loving Grandfather
Did you hear? Elon Musk is now the world's first "Trillionaire." Enjoy this From the Vault
Anyway, some families have skeletons in the closet, o...
194. Pope Leo X - From the Vault
Continuing Pride Month with one of my favourite things, telling y'all all about bad popes! We've got nepotism, murder, homosexial espionage AND a conp...
193. Chevaliere d'Eon
Kicking off Pride Month with this Beauty from the Vault, the 18th Century Trans Spy, the Chevalière d'Éon
Hosted by Katie Charlwood
Tell m...
193. Marlene Dietrich - From the Vault
Marlene Dietrich, a lover of men, women, drag balls and being anti-fascist. She was an amazing and pwerful women who joined a sewing circl or two...
William Palmer - Day and Nightshade
Introducing your new True Crime fix, Day and Nightshade, podcast that asks you What's Your Poison? And means it...
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Introducing - Day and Nightshade
Introducing Day and Nightshade, the podcast that asks you "what's your poison?" and means it.
For your new favourite True Crime fix (and poison...
192. Errol Flynn - Swashbuckling Scoundrel
Errol Flynn was a Hollywood heartthrob in the Golden Era, a swashbuckler who the ladies would swoon at the sight of, but beneath that dashing exterior...
From the Vault - Marlene Dietrich
Marlene Dietrich was a Hollywood star who wanted to be alone, but before that she was a sex symbol who combatted gender norms and wanted to poison the...
191. Mary Pickford - America's Sweetheart
Mary Pickford was America's Sweetheart, a silent film actress during the Golden Age of Hollywood, the first to be offered a million dollar contract an...
190. Charles Lightoller
Best known as the highest ranking crewmember to survive the sinking of the RMS Titanic, there is more to this man than just one ship, including so man...
189. The Unsinkable Molly Brown - Margaret Brown
The UNSINKABLE Margaret "Molly" Brown was a passenger on the world's largest and most luxurious passenger ship, the White Star Line's RMS Titanic whic...
188. Voilet Jessop
On the 14th April 1912 the world's largest and most luxurious passenger ship, the White Star Line's RMS Titanic sank on the North Atlantic ocean, on b...
187. Miss Piggy
From humble beginnings to international stardom, Miss Piggy made sure that she would get the life that she deserved! She is a beacon (not bacon) of st...
186. Nellie Bly
Nellie Bly was a whirlwind in a new form of journalism - Stunt Girl Journalism! At 23 years old she spent 10 days in the Women's Lunatic Asylum on Bla...
185. The Tuam 796
in 1975 two boys are playing out by the ruins of the old Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, Galway, ireland. They find a hole filled with very small bones....
Magdalene Laundries - From the Vault
The Magdalene Laundries, operatied under the guise of reforming "fallen" and "wayward" women and girls, only to exploit and abuse those that were work...
184. Countess Constance Markievicz - Revolutionary Woman
Countess Constance Markievicz was an aristocrat, suffragist, artist and rebel leader. She was an integral part of te Easter Rising and in Ireland gain...
183. Gisèle Pelicot - To Hell and Back
Gisèle Pelicot, a woman who should have been enjoying her retirement and provincial life had it all come crashing down when she was brought into a pol...
182. Fannie Lou Hamer
Fannie Lou Hamer, a civil rights activist and victime of teh Mississippi Apendectomy, a woman who history deserves to remember,
Hosted by Katie...
181. Katherine Johnson - NASA's Human Computer
Katherine Johnson was a woman whose calculations at NASA helped launch men into space (and bring them home again) shattering barriers for women and Bl...
From the Vault - William Dorsey Swann- Queen of Drag
It's Black History Month, so let's pull a story from the vault, that of one William Dorsey Swann, who entered the world enslaved and would be the beac...
180. Robert Smalls Vs the Confederacy
Some stories from history are so impresive that they sound like you ripped them from a novel; an enslaved man steals a confederate ship, sails it to f...
179. Black Dahlia - Part 2
On January 15th 1947 a mother strolling with her toddler comes across a body in a vacant lot, a body that would become one of America's most infamous...
178. Black Dahlia - Part 1
On January 15th 1947 a mother strolling with her toddler comes across a body in a vacant lot, a body that would become one of America's most infamous...
177. John George Haigh - The Acid Bath Murderer
John George Haigh murdered at least six people over the course of five yers 1944-1949. A notorious fraudster he killed for convenience...and profit, a...
176. Who Killed the King of Siam?
On the 9th June 1946, a shot rings out from the bedroom of the 20 year old monarch, Ananda Mahidol, King Rama VIII of Siam.
And so continues our...
175. The Texarkana Moonlight Murders - Part II
This is the second half the Texarkana Moonlight Murders, where the Phantom Killer spread fear and paranoia through the twin city of Texarkana, leaving...
174. The Texarkana Moonlight Murders - Part I
In 1946 the twin city of Texarkana would be haunted for by a masked stalking lovers lanes for his victims. The predator's reign of terror lasted 10 we...
173. Olivier Levasseur - Hidden Pirate Treasure
Olivier Levasseur showed up at the tail end of the Golden Age of Piracy, plundering his way through both sides of the Atlantic, and claiming a booty s...
172. Jeanne de Clisson - Lioness of Brittany
Continuing our Pirate month, get ready for the tale of Jeanne de Clisson, the Lioness of Brittany, who swore revenge against the Kingdom of France and...
171. Captain Morgan - Pirate, Knight & Politician - Part II
Welcome to the second half of the tale of the infamous Captain Morgan, the man, not the rum, the Privateer, or professional pirate during the Buccanee...
170. Captain Morgan - Privateer, Pirate & Buccaneer - Part I
Captain Morgan, the man, not the rum, was a Privateer, or professional pirate during the Buccaneering Era in the Golden Age of Piracy, many tales and...
From the Vault - Grainne Mhaoil the Irish Pirate Queen
From the Vault - the stpry of Grainne O Maille, the Irish Pirate Queen, a woman who has often been referred to as "Grace" which has never been has her...
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 a...
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...
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 hidd...
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...
167. The McDonalds Hot Coffee Case
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166. The Salem Witch Trials
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165. The Vardo Witch Trials
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The witch craze moves North and...