50 Episodes

  1. Trailer for “Ambivalent Offenders”

    Published: 7/5/2025
  2. George Villiers: Part 3

    Published: 7/1/2025
  3. Yoko Ono, "the So-Called Woman Who Broke Up the Beatles": Part 1

    Published: 6/30/2025
  4. George Villiers: Part 2

    Published: 6/24/2025
  5. "Just Throw Away the Key" Episode 1: Jails, Prisons, & Custody Levels, Oh My!

    Published: 6/14/2025
  6. NEW PODCAST TRAILER (HOSTED BY JAMIE)! "Just Throw Away the Key: The Hidden World of Prisons Behind Our True Crime Fascination"

    Published: 6/14/2025
  7. George Villiers, Favourite to King James I: Part 1

    Published: 6/6/2025
  8. Mary Todd Lincoln: Part 3

    Published: 5/15/2025
  9. Mary Todd Lincoln: Part 2

    Published: 5/7/2025
  10. Mary Todd Lincoln: Part 1

    Published: 4/25/2025
  11. President Lincoln's Assassination and Aftermath

    Published: 4/14/2025
  12. Tonya Harding, Figure Skating’s Most Controversial Star

    Published: 4/1/2025
  13. Andrew Carnegie and the Robber Barons

    Published: 3/24/2025
  14. Mark Antony: Part 3

    Published: 3/10/2025
  15. Mark Antony: Part 2

    Published: 3/3/2025
  16. Mark Antony, Roman politician & lover of Cleopatra: Part 1

    Published: 2/24/2025
  17. Dueling Villains Judgement Episode

    Published: 2/12/2025
  18. Alice Perrers (20 minute Preview from Patreon Episode!)

    Published: 2/3/2025
  19. Aaron Burr: Dueling Villains (Part 2)

    Published: 1/9/2025
  20. Aaron Burr: Dueling Villains (Part 1)

    Published: 12/18/2024

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Just like much of the past can’t be seen in black & white, neither can many of the people who lived there. So who are these people in the grey?They've been called many things-- villains, notorious, infamous, questionable moral character, offenders of many crimes or horrific incidents. But like most people, the truth lies in the grey--and our podcast sheds light on the historical facts and stories behind each person in a conversational, approachable style and then finally lets us (& you) decide...Where do we think they fall in history’s judgment? Have they been fairly or unfairly vilified in the historical discourse? Let us just boil it down to judging the hell out of some pretty interesting dead people.