We are Cindy and Katie, and every two weeks we bring you a random theme and offer several of our favorite historical events loosely based on that theme. We are basically just living out our old lady fantasies of rocking on the front porch together, drinking, and gossiping about people who are already dead. Music: The Life of a Divorced Bumblebee by Josef Bel Habib (www.epidemicsound.com). Design: canva.com
Send us a textIt's our annual Murder of the Century showdown! The end of 2024 delivers us the 10th Century vs 16th Century. Katie shares the story of Nikephoros II Phokas and Cindy shares the story of Peter Stubbe.
Send us a textIn honor of the holiday season, we are re-releasing our 12 Days of Christmas special! For the next 12 days, we will re-release one episode a day, each one with our own spin on the classic holiday theme, "The 12 Days of Christmas."Cindy talks about the drummer boys of the Civil War.
Send us a textIn honor of the holiday season, we are re-releasing our 12 Days of Christmas special! For the next 12 days, we will re-release one episode a day, each one with our own spin on the classic holiday theme, "The 12 Days of Christmas."Katie tells about the life of “Mad” Jack Churchill.
Send us a textIn honor of the holiday season, we are re-releasing our 12 Days of Christmas special! For the next 12 days, we will re-release one episode a day, each one with our own spin on the classic holiday theme, "The 12 Days of Christmas."Cindy briefly shares the history of Irish dance.
Send us a textIn honor of the holiday season, we are re-releasing our 12 Days of Christmas special! For the next 12 days, we will re-release one episode a day, each one with our own spin on the classic holiday theme, "The 12 Days of Christmas."Katie shares the story of the Dancing Plague of 1518.
Send us a textIn honor of the holiday season, we are re-releasing our 12 Days of Christmas special! For the next 12 days, we will re-release one episode a day, each one with our own spin on the classic holiday theme, "The 12 Days of Christmas."Liz the Historian tells the story of urban milk maids in London of the 18th/19th century.
Send us a textIn honor of the holiday season, we are re-releasing our 12 Days of Christmas special! For the next 12 days, we will re-release one episode a day, each one with our own spin on the classic holiday theme, "The 12 Days of Christmas."Katie shares some of the privileges that the Queen has.
Send us a textIn honor of the holiday season, we are re-releasing our 12 Days of Christmas special! For the next 12 days, we will re-release one episode a day, each one with our own spin on the classic holiday theme, "The 12 Days of Christmas."Cindy explains why geese attack and how you too can prevent a geese attack.
Send us a textIn honor of the holiday season, we are re-releasing our 12 Days of Christmas special! For the next 12 days, we will re-release one episode a day, each one with our own spin on the classic holiday theme, "The 12 Days of Christmas."Katie tells the story of Mansa Musa.
Send us a textIn honor of the holiday season, we are re-releasing our 12 Days of Christmas special! For the next 12 days, we will re-release one episode a day, each one with our own spin on the classic holiday theme, "The 12 Days of Christmas."Cindy tells the story of the Aflockalypse.
Send us a textIn honor of the holiday season, we are re-releasing our 12 Days of Christmas special! For the next 12 days, we will re-release one episode a day, each one with our own spin on the classic holiday theme, "The 12 Days of Christmas."Katie tells us all about Hen Fever.
Send us a textIn honor of the holiday season, we are re-releasing our 12 Days of Christmas special! For the next 12 days, we will re-release one episode a day, each one with our own spin on the classic holiday theme, "The 12 Days of Christmas."Cindy explains what the $&*+ a turtle dove is.
Send us a textIn honor of the holiday season, we are re-releasing our 12 Days of Christmas special! For the next 12 days, we will re-release one episode a day, each one with our own spin on the classic holiday theme, "The 12 Days of Christmas."In this episode, Katie explains the origins of the 12 Days of Christmas and shares some stories about several unfortunate people who met their demise via falling from windows.
In honor of the 2024 election, we offer truly crazy stories in history. Katie shares the story of Anne Boleyn and Cindy shares the story of Hannibal Barca crossing the Alps.
On this whimsical episode, Katie and Cindy tackle the theme of "Least Likely to Succeed." Cindy gives a brief history of Neanderthals and Katie shares the story of Daniel Sickles.
In this episode, Katie and Cindy explore the theme, "In Another Life." Katie tells the fascinating story of Dorothy Eady and Cindy shares about the amazing escapes of Yoshie Shiratori.
In this episode, our husbands pick the topic! Katie's husband chose the history of the Medal of Honor and Cindy's husband chose the story of Ching Shih.
In this episode, Katie gives a brief history of espionage with a focus on the Elizabethan era. Cindy shares stories about her two favorite spies: Nathan Hale and Julia Child.
In this Halloween special, Katie tells the history of ghosts (going all the way back to Ancient Mesopotamia!) and Cindy shares about the lives of executioners in Europe during the Middle Ages to the 17th century.
In this episode, Cindy shares some of the unusual friendships of Tycho Brahe and Katie talks about how you actually CAN fight Nazis with Nazis.
In this month's episode, Cindy and Katie tell stories from Ancient Egypt. Cindy talks about hippos in Ancient Egypt and Katie shares all about the interesting uses of mummies.
This episode is for our German listeners! Our stories this week are inspired by tales from the Brothers Grimm.
In this special Mother's Day episode, Katie shares the story of Mary Ball Washington and Cindy tells the story of Fredegund.
It's not an April Fool's...Cindy and Katie are back! In this episode we explain where we have been, Katie shares an ancient forgery and Cindy shares the surprising secret weapon of The Battle of Pelusium.
We're baaaack! After taking a summer vacation, Cindy and Katie are back at the whole history podcasting thing. Cindy shared the story of Anne Bonny and Mary Read, and Katie teaches us about the horrors and dangers of geysers.
In this episode, we discuss how Nazism seems to seep into all the things we love, including bagels and Titanic movies.
Today we celebrate podcasting for one year!
In this episode, Cindy and Katie explore the history of some interesting foods. Cindy shares the archaeology behind bog butter, and Katie shares the history of waffles.Want to try making your own ancient butter? Follow this recipe and send us your results!https://nordicfoodlab.org/blog/2013/10/bog-butter-a-gastronomic-perspective/
To ring in the New Year, we thought we'd have a Murder of the Century smackdown. Who will be the winner? 17th Century Bavatia Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder OR 18th Century Psychopath Crown Prince Sado? Let us know your vote! Happy 2022!
Cindy talks about the drummer boys of the Civil War.
Katie tells about the life of “Mad” Jack Churchill.
Cindy briefly shares the history of Irish dance.
Katie shares the story of the Dancing Plague of 1518.
Liz the Historian tells the story of urban milk maids in London of the 18th/19th century.
Katie shares some of the privileges that the Queen has.
Cindy explains why geese attack and how you too can prevent a geese attack.
Cindy tells the story of the Aflockalypse.
Cindy explains what the $&*+ a turtle dove is.
Katie explains the origins of the 12 Days of Christmas and shares some stories about severa unfortunate people who met their demise via falling from windows.
A fitting topic for the week before Thanksgiving. Cindy and Katie explore different family dynamics in this episode. Also included: a Yum Box unboxing, bunny murders, and a plenty of pope-tastic puns.
In this episode, Cindy and Katie share their most irrational fears and some crazy stories that support these fears. Katie fears bear attacks and shares two extremely bizarre international bear attacks during the 20th century. Cindy has an irrational fear of whales and shares the story of the whaling vessel, The Essex.
On this week's episode, Cindy and Katie explore the theme of OG Influencers. Katie shares the jaunty history of macaroni (and not the cheese kind!) and Cindy explores the cancel culture of Elizabeth Bathory.Countess Dracula: https://www.amazon.com/Countess-Dracula-Times-Elisabeth-Bathory/dp/0747536414
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