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The new Christian religion clashes with ancient Norse gods during Leif Ericson's expedition to Vinland. This week's sponsors are Athletic Greens and Somebody Write This! Music from Fesliyan Studios Please support the show at www.patreon.com/HistoryObscura, www.buymeacoffee.com/bXdjrqt  or anchor.fm/historyobscura/support Thank you! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyobscura/support

Thor and Odin's world are on the precipice of Ragnarok as the Viking ship inches its way closer to Greenland. This week's sponsors are Just Cheesy: A Podcast and Lunatics Radio Hour! Music from Fesliyan Studios Please support the show at www.patreon.com/HistoryObscura, www.buymeacoffee.com/bXdjrqt  or anchor.fm/historyobscura/support Thank you! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyobscura/support

This week's sponsors are Athletic Greens and ReviewParty.com! Music from Fesliyan Studios Please support the show at www.patreon.com/HistoryObscura, www.buymeacoffee.com/bXdjrqt  or anchor.fm/historyobscura/support Thank you! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyobscura/support

Contemporary stories from 18th-century London, straight from John O'London's Stories of London!  This week's sponsor is Go Ask Alice! Music from Fesliyan Studios Please support the show at www.patreon.com/HistoryObscura, www.buymeacoffee.com/bXdjrqt  or anchor.fm/historyobscura/support Thank you! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyobscura/support

Our adventure through the 19th-century NYC Blackwell's Island Insane Asylum has come to an end, dear friends. Please enjoy the final chapters! This week's sponsors are Endless Ink Books and Technically a Conversation! Music from Fesliyan Studios Please support the show at www.patreon.com/HistoryObscura, www.buymeacoffee.com/bXdjrqt  or anchor.fm/historyobscura/support Thank you! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyobscura/support

You'll remember Christopher Columbus' glowing letter to the Spanish monarchs in 1493, bragging of his discoveries. Would it shock you to learn his legacy and the exploits of those who came afterwards were more evil than good? No? Well, just in case, here's Bartolomeo de las Casas to convince you. This episode contains some gruesome scenes. This week's sponsors are Endless Ink Books, Athletic Greens and Once Upon a Rewatch! Music from Fesliyan Studios Please support the show at www.patreon.com/HistoryObscura, www.buymeacoffee.com/bXdjrqt  or anchor.fm/historyobscura/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyobscura/support

Nellie Bly's 12th-14th chapters of 10 Days in a Mad House describe bitter cold and brutal treatment at the hands of the asylum's sorely underqualified nurses.  This week's sponsors are Endless Ink Books, Athletic Greens, Technically a Conversation, and No Bad Reviews: A Coffee Podcast! Music from Fesliyan Studios Please support the show at www.patreon.com/HistoryObscura, www.buymeacoffee.com/bXdjrqt  or anchor.fm/historyobscura/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyobscura/support

Brain surgery is not the modern miracle you may think it is! Tune in for all kinds of evidence to the contrary, including plenty of ancient trepanation.  This week's sponsors are Endless Ink Books, Athletic Greens and Based on a True Story! Music from Fesliyan Studios Please support the show at www.patreon.com/HistoryObscura, www.buymeacoffee.com/bXdjrqt  or anchor.fm/historyobscura/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyobscura/support

Is the Panacea Society really holding the true Southcott Box, or was that disappointing container opened by Harry Price in the 1920s the real thing? And why didn't the world end in 2004? This week's sponsors are Athletic Greens and Ghost Town Podcast! Music from Fesliyan Studios Please support the show at www.patreon.com/HistoryObscura, www.buymeacoffee.com/bXdjrqt  or anchor.fm/historyobscura/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyobscura/support

More from our dear 19th-century gentlewoman, Nellie Bly, as she spies within the inner workings of New York City's Women's Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell's Island. This week's sponsors are Athletic Greens and EndlessInk Books! Music from Fesliyan Studios Please support the show at www.patreon.com/HistoryObscura, www.buymeacoffee.com/bXdjrqt  or anchor.fm/historyobscura/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyobscura/support

Hear ye hear ye, as one boasts of his triumphant life in service of the great Pharoah! These tales are straight from the ancient Egyptian papyri and stone. Music from Fesliyan Studios Please support the show at www.patreon.com/HistoryObscura, www.buymeacoffee.com/bXdjrqt  or anchor.fm/historyobscura/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyobscura/support

Haunted dolls, masks, detailed Greek sculpture, medieval paintings and corpses all play large roles in the history of the Uncanny Valley. This episode covers Lilly from Zak Bagans' The Haunted Museum, Springheel'd Jack, Moskvin's Russian Dolls, and more. Music from Fesliyan Studios Please support the show at www.patreon.com/HistoryObscura, www.buymeacoffee.com/bXdjrqt  or anchor.fm/historyobscura/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyobscura/support

In 1880s New York, the last thing any woman wanted was to be committed to the infamous lunatic asylum at Blackwell's Island. Except for Nelly Bly, investigative reporter for Joseph Pulitzer's New York World. In this episode, we continue Bly's personal account of her time as an inmate within those walls.  Music from Fesliyan Studios Please support the show at www.patreon.com/HistoryObscura,  www.buymeacoffee.com/bXdjrqt  or  anchor.fm/historyobscura/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyobscura/support

The Falcon Lake Incident and the Shag Harbour UFO are two unforgettable stories from another historical year full of unidentifiable craft sightings. The UFOs of 1967 came thick and fast, and left good evidence in their wake. Music from Fesliyan Studios Please support the show at Patreon, BuyMeACoffee, or Anchor! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyobscura/support

Witness the ducking of a witch from the front row of the assembled villagers! This episode is all witch, all the time. Dive in (but try not to float.) Music from Fesliyan Studios Please support the show at Patreon, BuyMeACoffee, or Anchor! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyobscura/support

Checking in again on the utter Filth of the Victorians...turns out things weren't any better in the rest of Europe. A feud between medical surgeons actually led to an effective boycotting of clinical sanitary codes.  Music from Fesliyan Studios Please support the show at Patreon, BuyMeACoffee, or Anchor! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyobscura/support

The two famous friends, Houdini and Conan Doyle, had a bad falling out over a seance gone wrong. Music from Fesliyan Studios Please support the show at Patreon, BuyMeACoffee, or Anchor! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyobscura/support

Did a bunch of meddling kids really fool the great Harry Price, ghost hunter? Music from Fesliyan Studios Please support the show at Patreon, BuyMeACoffee, or Anchor --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyobscura/support

I'm back at the Jack the Ripper case for a fresh, modern spin on things! Music from Fesliyan Studios Please support the show at www.patreon.com/HistoryObscura, www.buymeacoffee.com/bXdjrqt  or anchor.fm/historyobscura/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyobscura/support

Hoaxer? Innocent victim? Nobody knows for sure who the mysterious Kaspar Hauser really was, but his story of neglect and intrigue still fascinates all who hear it.  Music from Fesliyan Studios Please support the show at www.patreon.com/HistoryObscura, www.buymeacoffee.com/bXdjrqt  or anchor.fm/historyobscura/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyobscura/support