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The Beggar Princess of Bristol
Episode 35
On April 3, 1817, a strange woman in a turban and ruffled black dress appeared in a small village to the north of Bristol. She would claim to be a Pr…
5 years, 5 months ago
What Crown Prince Wilhelm Left Behind
Episode 34
Georg Friedrich, the great-great-grandson of Kaiser Wilhelm II is embroiled in a legal battle with Germany, attempting to reclaim millions of euros w…
5 years, 5 months ago
The Blood Sacrifice of the Tang Emperor
Episode 33
Yang Guifei is considered one of the four great beauties of China. But her role as imperial consort would have deadly consequences and spell the end …
5 years, 6 months ago
Grand Princess Olga of Kiev Takes Her Revenge
Episode 32
In 945, Olga's husband, Igor I, was murdered by a subjugated tribe. Olga then became the de-facto ruler of Kievan-Rus, and she would let the Drevlian…
5 years, 6 months ago
How Tycho Brahe Saw the Stars
Episode 31
Tycho Brahe was the heir to several lines of Danish nobility. Rather than spend his life as a bureaucrat, he devoted himself to astronomy and collect…
5 years, 7 months ago
The Távora Executions
Episode 30
In the words of Omar Little, "When you come at the king, you best not miss." A possible bungled assassination attempt on the King of Portugal in 1758…
5 years, 7 months ago
The Red Paint on Leopold II
Episode 29
Leopold II, King of the Belgians, was a man obsessed with the profits that came with colonization. Using smokescreens of charities and shell corporat…
5 years, 8 months ago
Queen Caroline Matilda's Personal Doctor
Episode 28
King George III's "criminal sister" was sent to marry the King of Denmark when she was a teenager. Her husband wanted very little to do with her, and…
5 years, 8 months ago
ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL: The Tilly Cult
Episode 27
In 2001, a woman named Ghislaine de Védrines befriended a charming man named Thierry Tilly. The rest of her close-knit aristocratic family soon becam…
5 years, 9 months ago
The Bloody Queen of Madagascar
Episode 26
Stories from history are not kind to Queen Ranavalona of the Kingdom of Imerina. They call her bloodthirsty, mad, a "female Caligula." People were ki…
5 years, 9 months ago