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61. Let's Get Divorced
Episode 61
Getting married is all fine and well, but what happens when you (historically) want to dissolve your relationship, well my friends question no more a…
3 years, 5 months ago
60. The Impotence Trials
Episode 60
In Medieval Europe, especially France and England, it was basically illegal not to have sex with your spouse! In order to ensure that a marriage coul…
3 years, 6 months ago
59. The Brides in the Bath Murders
Episode 59
While the Great War rages on across the Channel, tragedy strikes on a chilly afternoon in London where a newlywed is found dead in the bathtub, a mer…
3 years, 6 months ago
58. Coco Chanel - The Fascist Fashionista
Episode 58
Coco Chanel, the creator of the couture French fashion house was a style icon, an astute business women and also a Nazi collaborator... From the poor…
3 years, 6 months ago
57. Evelyn Nesbitt - The First Supermodel
Episode 57
Evelyn Nesbitt was the original "It" girl, she was THE Gibson Girl, the world's first supermodel and unsurprisingly like most women in history, a vic…
3 years, 6 months ago
56. Cleopatra - The Last Ruler of Egypt
Episode 56
Queen Cleopatra VII Philopator was the last ruling member of the Ptolemaic Dynasty, and perhaps the most famous. A woman who used her skills, knowled…
3 years, 7 months ago
Bittisode 012: Weird History of Christmas
There are some Christmas traditions that are weird, creepy or downright illegal... Some have fallen out of fashion (looking at you , Feast of the Ass…
3 years, 7 months ago
55. Dame Alice Kyteler - Ireland's First Witch
Episode 55
Dame Alice Kyteler was the first woman to be officially charged for the crime of witchcraft in Ireland, and maybe all of Europe... Let Katie tell you…
3 years, 7 months ago
54. The War at Christmas
Episode 54
What says historically festive ore than wartime at Christmas? Join Katie as she shares yuletide tales of truces, more truces and clandestine gifts...…
3 years, 8 months ago
53 - The Burning of Bridget Cleary
Episode 53
In the late 1800s Bridget Cleary was burned alive by her husband, was it because the "real" Bridget had been stolen by evil fairies and had been repl…
3 years, 9 months ago