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Sex in Ancient China
Episode 59
How did the people of Ancient China think about sex?
From sexual vampirism to unrealistic representations of courtesan culture, from wife lending to a…
3 years, 11 months ago
Indecent Exposure
Episode 58
It can happen on a bus, in a park, in your home, at the school gates. An estimated one in every ten women in England and Wales have reported it happe…
3 years, 11 months ago
Gothic Fiction
Episode 57
From Dracula, to Frankenstein, to Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, to Twilight’s Edward Cullen…when did our fascination with gothic fiction begin?
In today’s ep…
3 years, 11 months ago
Seances
Episode 56
Everybody hold hands! We're going for a seance!
How long have we've been trying to talk to dead people for? And have we ever actually been speaking to…
3 years, 11 months ago
Ghosts
Episode 55
How long have people believed in ghosts?
Eleanor Janega is back Betwixt the Sheets with Kate to tell us why you should always stand up to ghosts and w…
3 years, 11 months ago
The Grisly Deaths of Kings & Queens
Episode 54
Did Henry VIII really have syphilis? Who died from a red hot poker up the bum? And which king was taken down by a school of fish?
To learn about the o…
3 years, 11 months ago
Black Georgians
Episode 53
Who were Ignatius Sancho, Dido Elizabeth Belle and Francis Barber?
Between 10,000 and 30,000 black people lived in Britain during the Georgian period.…
3 years, 11 months ago
Henrietta Maria: The Most Hated Queen Consort?
Episode 52
What does it take to get the reputation as one of the least popular queens in history?
Should we remember Henrietta Maria as the wife of the King exec…
4 years ago
Serial Killers & Misogyny
Episode 51
What is it with our culture’s fascination with serial killers? Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, Peter Sutclifffe, Jack the Ripper….these violent people are…
4 years ago
Phobias & Manias
Episode 50
What did Salvador Dali, Elizabeth I and Sigmund Freud have in common? They all had phobias, and it's possible you do too.
As ‘normal’ as you might con…
4 years ago