Historia Obscura

This week on Historia Obscura: the stuff I wasn't able to get to in the last 99 episodes. Special thanks to Patreon subscribers Barbara, Cameron Sherman, Scott Sherman, David Cahn, Lisa Chase, and Tom! Subscribe to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historiaobscura! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/historiaobscura/message

This week on Historia Obscura: how a mysterious photograph left a hole in the investigation of a presidential assassination for almost three decades. Special thanks to Patreon subscribers Barbara, Cameron Sherman, Scott Sherman, David Cahn, Lisa Chase, and Tom! Subscribe to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historiaobscura! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/historiaobscura/message

This week on Historia Obscura: how a Sikh militant network spread across British Columbia carried out the deadliest act of aviation terrorism prior to 9/11. Special thanks to Patreon subscribers Barbara, Cameron Sherman, Scott Sherman, David Cahn, Lisa Chase, and Tom! Subscribe to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historiaobscura! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/historiaobscura/message

This week on Historia Obscura: how a teacher from rural South Dakota became one of the foremost figures in the Puerto Rican nationalist movement. Special thanks to Patreon subscribers Barbara, Cameron Sherman, Scott Sherman, David Cahn, Lisa Chase, and Tom! Subscribe to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historiaobscura! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/historiaobscura/message

This week on Historia Obscura: how the experiences of the first prisoner of war taken by the United States during World War II changed his views on wartime honor. Special thanks to Patreon subscribers Barbara, Cameron Sherman, Scott Sherman, David Cahn, Lisa Chase, and Tom! Subscribe to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historiaobscura! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/historiaobscura/message

This week on Historia Obscura: how a young woman's legal battle served as a crucial fight in the battle against modern-day slavery in Africa. Special thanks to Patreon subscribers Barbara, Cameron Sherman, Scott Sherman, David Cahn, Lisa Chase, and Tom! Subscribe to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historiaobscura! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/historiaobscura/message

This week on Historia Obscura: how a reluctant hero saved the life of a US president, before having his sexual orientation publicized and his life turned upside down. Special thanks to Patreon subscribers Barbara, Cameron Sherman, Scott Sherman, David Cahn, Lisa Chase, and Tom! Subscribe to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historiaobscura! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/historiaobscura/message

This week on Historia Obscura: how a Hungarian soccer player used postwar instability to consolidate his political power. Special thanks to Patreon subscribers Barbara, Cameron Sherman, Scott Sherman, David Cahn, Lisa Chase, and Tom! Subscribe to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historiaobscura! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/historiaobscura/message

This week on Historia Obscura: how a French mercenary used his military prowess to become the absolute ruler of a small African nation. Special thanks to Patreon subscribers Barbara, Cameron Sherman, David Cahn, Lisa Chase, and Tom! Subscribe to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historiaobscura! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/historiaobscura/message

This week on Historia Obscura: how longstanding political division in the early State of Israel turned deadly over the fate of an arms shipment. Special thanks to Patreon subscribers Barbara, Cameron Sherman, David Cahn, Lisa Chase, and Tom! Subscribe to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historiaobscura! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/historiaobscura/message

This week on Historia Obscura: how two of the most famous tourist attractions associated with New York may actually be part of New Jersey, according to the Supreme Court. Special thanks to Patreon subscribers Barbara, David Cahn, Lisa Chase, and Tom! Subscribe to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historiaobscura! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/historiaobscura/message

This week on Historia Obscura: how a South American dictator's relentless ambition led to the demise of more than half of his country's citizens. Special thanks to Patreon subscribers Barbara, Lisa Chase, and Tom! Subscribe to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historiaobscura! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/historiaobscura/message

This week on Historia Obscura: how a shooting of four teenages on a New York City subway turned one man into a hero to some, and a monster to others. Special thanks to Patreon subscribers Barbara, Lisa Chase, and Tom! Subscribe to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historiaobscura! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/historiaobscura/message

This week on Historia Obscura: how Nazi fascism gained traction in Ireland during World War II. Special thanks to Patreon subscribers Barbara, Lisa Chase, and Tom! Subscribe to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historiaobscura! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/historiaobscura/message

This week on Historia Obscura: how a series of reforms after a prison riot led to a legal battle over the applicability of the least-known amendment of the Bill of Rights. Special thanks to Patreon subscribers Barbara, Lisa Chase, and Tom! Subscribe to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historiaobscura! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/historiaobscura/message

This week on Historia Obscura: how the life of arguably the most prominent LGBT rights activist in Africa was tragically cut short by hate and intolerance. Special thanks to Patreon subscribers Barbara, Lisa Chase, and Tom! Subscribe to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historiaobscura! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/historiaobscura/message

This week on Historia Obscura: how a once well-respected civil rights leader experienced one of the greatest falls from grace in American political history. Special thanks to Patreon subscribers Barbara, Lisa Chase, and Tom! Subscribe to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historiaobscura! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/historiaobscura/message

This week on Historia Obscura: how Ukrainians successfully protested a stagnant puppet leader, a fraudulent election, and an assassination attempt, but later chose to elect the same leader in a future election. Special thanks to Patreon subscribers Barbara, Lisa Chase, and Tom! Subscribe to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historiaobscura! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/historiaobscura/message

This week on Historia Obscura: how two catastrophes within one month of each other helped to bridge the divide between two countries with a tumultuous past. Special thanks to Patreon subscribers Barbara, Lisa Chase, and Tom! Subscribe to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historiaobscura! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/historiaobscura/message

This week on Historia Obscura: how a tiny island, a copper mine, and a private military company sparked Oceania's deadliest armed conflict since World War II. Special thanks to Patreon subscribers Barbara, Lisa Chase, and Tom! Subscribe to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historiaobscura! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/historiaobscura/message

This week on Historia Obscura: how the most important international border in the modern world nearly became a theatre of World War I. Special thanks to Patreon subscribers Barbara, Lisa Chase, and Tom! Subscribe to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historiaobscura! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/historiaobscura/message

This week on Historia Obscura: how the membership of the United States Congress has changed in January of 2021. Special thanks to Patreon subscribers Barbara, Lisa Chase, and Tom! Subscribe to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historiaobscura! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/historiaobscura/message

This week on Historia Obscura: how an unlikely pact between White nationalists and a Black kleptocrat caused a deadly skirmish in the last days of South African apartheid. Special thanks to Patreon subscribers Barbara, Lisa Chase, and Tom! Subscribe to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historiaobscura! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/historiaobscura/message

This week on Historia Obscura: how a soccer player's own goal in the World Cup would lead to his demise. Special thanks to Patreon subscribers Barbara, Lisa Chase, and Tom! Subscribe to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historiaobscura! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/historiaobscura/message

This week on Historia Obscura: how one man exposed the Israeli nuclear program and was lured back to Israel through one of the most fascinating methods of espionage. Special thanks to Patreon subscribers Barbara, Lisa Chase, and Tom! Subscribe to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historiaobscura! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/historiaobscura/message

This week on Historia Obscura: how a family in the Soviet Union spent almost half a century in the wilderness without any contact with the outside world. Special thanks to Patreon subscribers Barbara, Lisa Chase, and Tom! Subscribe to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historiaobscura! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/historiaobscura/message

This week on Historia Obscura: how the influence of one sport took two nations at odds with each other and created one of the most crucial geopolitical relationships in the modern world. Special thanks to Patreon subscribers Barbara, Lisa Chase, and Tom! Subscribe to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historiaobscura! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/historiaobscura/message

This week on Historia Obscura: how an American woman found her way into the British royal family, spurring a constitutional crisis in the process. Special thanks to Patreon subscribers Barbara, Lisa Chase, and Tom! Subscribe to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historiaobscura! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/historiaobscura/message

This is the third and final episode of the Historia Obscura miniseries The Rwandan Genocide. This week on Historia Obscura: how those responsible for perpetrating the Rwandan genocide were brought to justice. Special thanks to Patreon subscribers Barbara, Lisa Chase, and Tom! Subscribe to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historiaobscura! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/historiaobscura/message

This is the second episode of the Historia Obscura miniseries The Rwandan Genocide. This week on Historia Obscura: how people from Rwanda and the rest of the world risked their lives to do the right thing during Rwanda's darkest hour. Special thanks to Patreon subscribers Barbara, Lisa Chase, and Tom! Subscribe to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historiaobscura! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/historiaobscura/message

This is the first episode of the Historia Obscura miniseries The Rwandan Genocide. This week on Historia Obscura: how an African nation was ravaged by one of the most efficient and brutal genocides in human history. Special thanks to Patreon subscribers Barbara, Lisa Chase, and Tom! Subscribe to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historiaobscura! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/historiaobscura/message

This week on Historia Obscura: how one well-intentioned man's scientific discovery would irreparably damage American sports forever. Special thanks to Patreon subscribers Barbara, Lisa Chase, and Tom! Subscribe to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historiaobscura! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/historiaobscura/message

This week on Historia Obscura: how a series of skirmishes over the status of slavery in the Kansas Territory foreshadowed the bloodiest conflict in American history. Special thanks to Patreon subscribers Barbara, Lisa Chase, and Tom! Subscribe to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historiaobscura! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/historiaobscura/message

This week on Historia Obscura: how the American-born son of an American mother and a Japanese father fought against the United States in World War II. Special thanks to Patreon subscribers Barbara and Tom! Subscribe to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historiaobscura! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/historiaobscura/message

This week on Historia Obscura: how a dissent by Clarence Thomas on a Supreme Court case regarding a specific abortion procedure would pave the way for the nullification of Roe v. Wade. Special thanks to Patreon subscribers Barbara and Tom! Subscribe to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historiaobscura! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/historiaobscura/message

This week on Historia Obscura: how a white supremacist mob committed the only successful coup d'etat in American history against a racially integrated municipal government. Special thanks to Patreon subscribers Barbara and Tom! Subscribe to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historiaobscura! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/historiaobscura/message

This week on Historia Obscura: how a tiny British territory a few miles off the coast of France was invaded and occupied by the Nazis during World War II. Special thanks to Patreon subscribers Barbara and Tom! Subscribe to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historiaobscura! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/historiaobscura/message

This week on Historia Obscura: how an American woman overcame opposition from within and without to become the president of a South American nation. Special thanks to Patreon subscribers Barbara and Tom! Subscribe to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historiaobscura! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/historiaobscura/message

This week on Historia Obscura: how Mexico fought against European superpowers in order to preserve its republican government. Special thanks to Patreon subscribers Barbara and Tom! Subscribe to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historiaobscura! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/historiaobscura/message

This week on Historia Obscura: how a man spent sixty-eight years in prison and lived to see his release. Special thanks to Patreon subscribers Barbara and Tom! Subscribe to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historiaobscura! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/historiaobscura/message

This week on Historia Obscura: how one of the first republics in the modern world underwent several regime changes. Special thanks to Patreon subscribers Barbara and Tom! Subscribe to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historiaobscura! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/historiaobscura/message

This week on Historia Obscura: how a single Korean conscript fought for the Japanese, Soviet, and German armies, all during the same war. Special thanks to Patreon subscribers Barbara and Tom! Subscribe to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historiaobscura! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/historiaobscura/message

This week on Historia Obscura: how a legal battle involving a pregnant Irish teenager set in motion one of the most drastic ideological transformations in world history. Special thanks to Patreon subscribers Barbara and Tom! Subscribe to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historiaobscura! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/historiaobscura/message

This week on Historia Obscura: how a group of ex-Confederates settled in Brazil and created a thriving Southern community there. Special thanks to Patreon subscribers Barbara and Tom! Subscribe to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historiaobscura! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/historiaobscura/message

This week on Historia Obscura: how a young man survived the electric chair and fought in court to ensure he wouldn't be sent back. Special thanks to Patreon subscribers Barbara and Tom! Subscribe to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historiaobscura! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/historiaobscura/message

This week on Historia Obscura: how a newly independent African nation with all odds stacked against turned into a prosperous society, thanks to the governance of one brilliant leader. Special thanks to Patreon subscribers Barbara and Tom! Subscribe to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historiaobscura! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/historiaobscura/message

This week on Historia Obscura: how a man who was born Jewish fought for his right to become an Israeli citizen, despite being a Catholic priest. Special thanks to Patreon subscribers Barbara and Tom! Subscribe to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historiaobscura! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/historiaobscura/message

This week on Historia Obscura: how an opioid epidemic two centuries ago set the stage for one of the most contentious geopolitical issues of the modern day. Special thanks to Patreon subscribers Barbara and Tom! Subscribe to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historiaobscura! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/historiaobscura/message

This week on Historia Obscura: how the American flag was hoisted over a foreign nation for the first time less than thirty years after the United States came into existence. Special thanks to Patreon subscribers Barbara and Tom! Subscribe to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historiaobscura! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/historiaobscura/message

This week on Historia Obscura: how an Indian-American war hero and scholar fought against race-based naturalization restrictions in an attempt to become a United States citizen. Special thanks to Patreon subscribers Barbara and Tom! Subscribe to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historiaobscura! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/historiaobscura/message

This week on Historia Obscura: how one Russian woman struck back against gender norms to become a hero in the fight against Nazi Germany during World War II. Listen for information about the Fiftieth Episode giveaway. Special thanks to Patreon subscribers Barbara and Tom! Subscribe to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historiaobscura! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/historiaobscura/message