Come explore the wacky and weird side of history. Push aside the myths and misunderstandings of popular history and gaze at the unvarnished and unapologetic insanity that is real history.
From the baby Jesus to the X in Xmas there's a lot of myths around this magical time of year .
Breaking from the Bofton Local Newf room I'm Nicholaf Ward
An interlude episode on the right to bear arms! Should it be everyone's god given right to own hairy urside appendages? Lets find out.
Ever wanted to be tortured? No... well don't listen to this episode then
5 ways Hollywood was (and still is) horrific. From drugging children to hobbling horses Hollywood has it all baby
Longest highway in the world 30'000km from Alaska to Argentina! ... right?
Tucked away in the muddy fields of Moldova is the last of the USSR.
An HH talk about pop cultures favourite myth. Today's episode is a little unorthodox in style as it wasn't made for Historical Hysteria. Explicit language
You've probably heard the term squatters in tv and movies. But what are they and can random squatters really just take part of your property and refuse to leave?! ... No of course the can't.
HH's talks with the man who literally wrote the book on the myth of Dr Robert Liston and modern medicine. For more reading check out Dr Browns book Emotions and Surgery in Britain, 1793–1912 - Emotions_and_Surgery_in_Britain__1793_1912.pdf
A quick update on my personal favorite episode. Unfortunatley Historical Hysteria's exclusive... was slightly less exclusive than it could have been
Arm curled bicep bulging sleeves rolled up the most iconic photo of WW2... Isn't Rosie the Riveter... so who is?
Love them or hate them the myths around dreads are as thick and tangled as the hairstyle itself
Did you know Republicans were once yellow instead of red? No well you should listen to this episode.
In the northern part of Southern Europe are a group of languages spoken by the Southern Slavs who migrated west from Eastern Europe bring with them old slavonic which evolved into 3 languages... or 7... or 1? The Balkans can get confusing.
So much more than the popular story
Where Game of Thrones was the War of the Roses with magic, the Witcher series is Eastern European history but with magic
Al Capone and his mythical nemesis Elliot Ness, his actual nemesis Frank Wilson and the woman behind the scenes who laid the ground work.
In another episode on one of Japans most famous exports we learn that everything we know about Japan comes from Edo period propoganda.
Not a full episode this week. Just letting you know HH will return. And a quick update on 5 Law Enforcement Myths
The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were a necessary evil to end the war, they are what finally compelled the Japanese to surrender... right?
When modernity came knocking, Samurai met machine guns with swords... right? ... ummmm no.
Let's get ready to rumble! In the left corner the slicing samurai and in the right the knifing knight!! Who will win?
Forged in the fires of Mt Fuji, folded a thousand times, 9 for mortal men... wait I'm thinking of the one ring. Correction: I mix up the tanto and the kodachi/ wakizashi at one point. The tanto was a small knife. The kodachi and wakizashi are short swords that look similar to katana, tachi, and o dachi
Japan and the Samurai will be back next week. On an unrelated note. How real was the medical science of the third reich? And is it still in use?
The honourable, inscrutable, mysterious, and honourable bushido born on a windswept mountain in.... San Francisco?
Everything you know about Japan comes from Edo period propoganda
From being visible from space to being a wall there are a many myths and legends about the greatest defensive structure ever built
Did throwing knives exist? Not really, but kind of.
Did Mao invent TCM? Kind of... but it's more complex than that.
"Most quotes you see on the internet are fake" George Washington 1912
From DNA to bite marks, how much of modern law enforcement can you really trust? Spoiler: I don't really know but don't worry neither does anyone else!
Stick it to the man by listening to this episode about the surprisingly fascinating history of cannabis *Disclaimer - HH cannot guarantee any vague concept of "the man" will care if you listen to this episode
PI's and department stores the history of the credit score is as strange as it is stupid. Thank god we didn't let the same people who invented credit scoring seize control of the economy by constructing a spiraling system of debt and growth based on arbitrary superstition.
There are 193 UN Members. That was easy. How complex a question could this be?
Everything you know about the Dark Ages is probably wrong. But don't kick yourself, because everyone from William Shakespeare to Hollywood has getting the dark ages wrong for ever.
Hamilton! The musical has reignited the story of Alexander Hamilton to popular fame around the world. And with the musical have come just a whole raft of myths. From Hamilton the abolition to Hamilton the tactical genius, there are some big myths about Hamilton.
It is sometimes claimed that because of the patriarchy women didn't make history. These 5 women would like a word with whoever created this idea.
This is a slightly different episode than usual, it answers a question I've been getting, how I do my research, and has some fun tidbits from the vault of lost episodes, including the surprisingly sexy history of pineapples and John Quincy Adams and the Mole Men. Warning Some Explicit Language
The Caliphs of Islam the successors of Muhammad as political and spiritual leaders of Islam existed from 632 CE to 1924 CE. So what happened to them? Edit: In this episode the 'Federated Islamic State of Anatolia' is referred to as "thinly veiled neo-nazis". I realise this could imply a political connection between the group and neo-nazi's. Which there isn't, the term 'thinly veiled neo-nazis' was a meant as a figure of speech not a literal description. Though the group is a far right, anti democratic extremist group promoting autocracy, and theocracy, it is not politically a neo-nazi group.
Who was the worst director in history?
Want to know where El dorado is? Listen to find out!
According to Putin, Ukraine "has no historical tradition of statehood". And Ukraine and Russia are the same country split in two by social engineering communists So is Ukraine a country? What is Ukrainian culture and language? And what on earth is going on in Eastern Europe? This episode goes back 1000 years to the foundation myths of the Russian Empire, and the very bedrock of the Russian state. So super easy to wrap up in 30 minutes.
Join us this week for the long and tragic story of Magellan and the first circumnavigation of the world.
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