228 Episodes

  1. The HORRIFYING Life of an Opium Addict in Victorian London

    Published: 10/20/2025
  2. The HORRIFYING Reality of the Stanford Prison Experiment

    Published: 10/19/2025
  3. The Strange Way Victorians Tried to Talk to the Dead

    Published: 10/18/2025
  4. The HORRIFYING Life of a Soldier in the Battle of the Bulge

    Published: 10/17/2025
  5. The ABSURD Lifestyles of Gilded Age Millionaires

    Published: 10/16/2025
  6. Why You’d REGRET Being a Mummy-Maker in Ancient Egypt

    Published: 10/15/2025
  7. The HORRIFYING Fate of the USS Indianapolis

    Published: 10/14/2025
  8. The ENTIRE History of England

    Published: 10/13/2025
  9. The HORRIFYING Life of a Prostitute in Renaissance Amsterdam

    Published: 10/12/2025
  10. The HORRIFYING Life of a Medieval Alcoholic

    Published: 10/11/2025
  11. The HORRIFYING Life of a Cowboy with Tuberculosis

    Published: 10/10/2025
  12. Why You Wouldn’t Last a Day as a Roman Plebeian

    Published: 10/9/2025
  13. The ENTIRE Dark History of Opium

    Published: 10/8/2025
  14. The HORRIFYING Life of a Depression Era Boxer

    Published: 10/7/2025
  15. The STRANGE Things Victorians Did

    Published: 10/6/2025
  16. The STRANGE History of Halloween: From Ghosts to Candy Corn

    Published: 10/5/2025
  17. The HORRIFYING Life of a WWII B-17 Tail Gunner

    Published: 10/5/2025
  18. The ENTIRE History of Ancient Rome

    Published: 10/4/2025
  19. Why You’d REGRET Living in a Medieval Castle

    Published: 10/3/2025
  20. The HORRIFYING Life of a 1970s Quaalude Addict

    Published: 10/2/2025

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