Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe Halloween Special: The Statement of Randolph Carter
Season 5 Episode 219
I repeat to you, gentlemen, that your inquisition is fruitless. Detain me here forever if you will; confine or execute me if you must have a victim t…
9 years, 4 months ago
The Kingdom of Jorvik
Season 5 Episode 218
Today we begin in Orkney. The history of Orkney is rather obscure, and that fact is reflected in the show… with it appearing only occasionally in the…
9 years, 4 months ago
Halfdan's Ravaging of the North
Season 5 Episode 217
We begin our story in Alt Clut. Alt Clut was an ancient British Kingdom and it could trace itself back to Roman Britannia – and possibly even further…
9 years, 5 months ago
The Great Heathen Army: Always Be Prepared
Season 5 Episode 216
Click here to go the Summary of Zee’s PhD that I talked about. We are coming to a major turning point in the story of Britain.The Anglo Saxon kingdom…
9 years, 5 months ago
King Burgred and the end of the Danish Sausage Fest
Season 5 Episode 215
It’s 873 and so far Halfdan has extracted THREE Danegelds from King Burgred in exchange for promising to not occupy Mercia. And, of course, he’s gone…
9 years, 6 months ago
National Lampoon's Viking Vacation
Season 5 Episode 214
It’s 872 and Halfdan’s year has been a bit of a mixed bag. On the one hand, he had received a major Danegeld from Mercia, to add to the one he receiv…
9 years, 6 months ago
Danegelds, Peace, and Shame
Season 5 Episode 213
Last time we left off, Alfred… who we have been following since his earliest days, and whom we now know the most intimate details of, including the s…
9 years, 6 months ago
Alfred the Last AEtheling
Season 5 Episode 212
It’s mid April of 871. For four long months, the House of Wessex has been battling against an invasion army of Danes who are holding the Royal Tun of…
9 years, 7 months ago
The Battles of Basing and Meretun
Season 5 Episode 211
It’s January of 871, still… A tremendous amount has happened in the last fortnight, and the year had barely even begun. People tend to compress the p…
9 years, 7 months ago
The Battle of Ashdown
Season 5 Episode 210
“God, in his goodness and justice so much offended by our sins, had thus worn down the lands and kingdoms of the Christians.” That’s a quote from Pru…
9 years, 7 months ago