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159. Lili St Cyr - Burlesque Icon
Episode 159
Lili St Cyr grew up with nothing...and ended up the most scandalous woman in America! From poverty to police raids, to being denounced by the Public …
8 months, 2 weeks ago
158. Liane de Pougy - Courtesan, Princess, Nun
Episode 158
Burlesque's beginnings blossomed out of La Belle Époque, the interwar period between the Franco-Prussian war and WW1. An era where creativity and the…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
157. The Battle of Castle Itter
Episode 157
The Battle of Castle Itter has to be one of the weirdest battle of the Second World War, it's the SS against Wermacht, the Austrian Resistance, US tr…
9 months ago
156. Amon Göth - The Butcher of Płaszów
Episode 156
Amon Leopold Göth was an SS Schutzstafeeln, the commandant of the Płaszów labour camp in Kraków, Poland and a man that was such a monster that Steven…
9 months, 1 week ago
155. Ravensbrück Concentration Camp
Episode 155
Ravensbrück was the only major Nazi concentration camp for women, located just miles north of Berlin, it was close enough to hand, but far enough to …
9 months, 2 weeks ago
154. Irma Grese - The Hyena of Auschwitz
Episode 154
Irma Grese, the baby faced Beast of Belsen and the Hyena pf Auschwitz who revelled in the pain and sufferening of others, especially if she was the o…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
153. Zoot Suit Riots
Episode 153
The Zoot Suit Riot wasn't actually a riot, don't let the name fool you, it is an often overlooked attack on ethnic minorities in Los Angeles which be…
10 months ago
152. Kate Warne - America's First Female Detective
Episode 152
Kate Warne, a woman in history we should know more about. The first "lady" detective in the USA, she solved crimes, performed subtrefuge and even thw…
10 months, 1 week ago
151 . John Brown - Part II: Heroism is Treason
Episode 151
In the second half of the John Brown tale, we get to hear about Brown's FAFO era, from Bleeding Kansas to the guerilla warfare at Osawatomie, the Bat…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
150. John Brown - Part I: American Abolitionist
Episode 150
Happy Independence Day! It's July 4th which means that it's the perfect time to talk about some classic American history. I was hoping to get this in…
10 months, 3 weeks ago