259 Episodes

  1. The Plot to Undo Mary Eleanor Bowes, Part 1

    Published: 2/20/2024
  2. The Sheika Kept Prisoner (with Heidi Blake)

    Published: 2/13/2024
  3. Introducing: History on Trial

    Published: 2/9/2024
  4. The Venetian Doge Condemned in Memory

    Published: 2/6/2024
  5. Introducing: Very Special Episodes

    Published: 2/1/2024
  6. Pompey and the Prince

    Published: 1/30/2024
  7. The Contradictions and Controversies of Marc de Montifaud

    Published: 1/23/2024
  8. John Dee's Language of the Angels

    Published: 1/16/2024
  9. "Eat Him If You Like"

    Published: 1/9/2024
  10. How Pope Joan Became the High Priestess

    Published: 1/2/2024
  11. William the Conqueror, Christmas King

    Published: 12/26/2023
  12. Napoleon's Josephine (with Jennifer Wright)

    Published: 12/19/2023
  13. The Queen Caught Between Kingdoms

    Published: 12/12/2023
  14. Charlotte Corday, the Angel of Assassination

    Published: 12/5/2023
  15. Caroline Norton Balancing the Scales of Justice

    Published: 11/28/2023
  16. The Princess Who Wrestled for Her Future

    Published: 11/21/2023
  17. The World Inside of Rudolf II's Cabinet of Curiosities

    Published: 11/14/2023
  18. The Tabloid Sacrifices of the Spare, Princess Margaret

    Published: 11/7/2023
  19. Eleanor Cobham, Necromancer Witch

    Published: 10/31/2023
  20. The Thrift-Shop Pope

    Published: 10/24/2023

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Author Dana Schwartz explores the stories of some of history’s most fascinating royals: the tyrants and the tragic, the murderers and the murdered, and everyone in between. Because when you’re wearing a crown, mistakes often mean blood.