228 Episodes

  1. Why Being a Civil War Soldier Was a Living Hell

    Published: 9/11/2025

  2. The HORRIFYING Life of a Child Emperor in the Forbidden City

    Published: 9/10/2025

  3. The BRUTAL Life of a Sumo Wrestler in Edo Japan

    Published: 9/9/2025

  4. How Did Medieval People Flirt?

    Published: 9/8/2025

  5. The 12 WORST Times to Be a Man in History

    Published: 9/7/2025

  6. The HORRIFYING Life of a Polio Patient in an Iron Lung

    Published: 9/6/2025

  7. Why You'd Regret Being a Wild West Outlaw

    Published: 9/5/2025

  8. The HORRIFYING Life of a Laudanum Addict in Georgian London

    Published: 9/4/2025

  9. The HORRIFYING Life of a Plague Doctor in Renaissance Prague

    Published: 9/3/2025

  10. Why Being a Medieval Monster Hunter Was a Death Sentence

    Published: 9/2/2025

  11. Why You’d Regret Competing in the Ancient Greek Olympics

    Published: 9/1/2025

  12. Why You’d Regret Being a Flamethrower Operator in WWII | History For Sleep

    Published: 8/31/2025

  13. Why You’d Regret Getting Pregnant in Victorian England | History For Sleep

    Published: 8/30/2025

  14. What Sex was Really Like in Feudal Japan | History For Sleep

    Published: 8/29/2025

  15. Why You’d Regret Becoming a Courtesan in Renaissance Venice | History For Sleep

    Published: 8/28/2025

  16. How Did Medieval People Deal With Toothaches? | History For Sleep

    Published: 8/27/2025

  17. The BRUTAL Life of a Cave Woman

    Published: 8/26/2025

  18. What Was It Like to Be a Kamikaze Pilot in WWII?

    Published: 8/25/2025

  19. The HORRIFYING Life of a Victorian Invalid

    Published: 8/24/2025

  20. The HORRIFYING Life of a Maid in Marie Antoinette’s Court

    Published: 8/23/2025

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