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Historical Hysteria podcast

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Historical Hysteria

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  Nicholas Ward  

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.

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.

 

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#85

77. 5 Festive Xmas Myths

From the baby Jesus to the X in Xmas there's a lot of myths around this magical time of ye... more

21 Dec 2023

16 MINS

16:02

21 Dec 2023

#84

76. 25 October 1917*

Or is it the 7th of November?

25 Oct 2023

04 MINS

04:11

25 Oct 2023

#83

75. October 11th 1776

Breaking from the Bofton Local Newf room I'm Nicholaf Ward

11 Oct 2023

03 MINS

03:46

11 Oct 2023

#82

74. September 27th 1066

Today in local news with Nicholas Ward

27 Sep 2023

01 MINS

01:38

27 Sep 2023

#81

00. Update

An update on the progress of Historical Hysteria

12 Sep 2023

04 MINS

04:21

12 Sep 2023

#80

73. The Myth of the Right to Bear Arms

An interlude episode on the right to bear arms! Should it be everyone's god given right to... more

22 Aug 2023

20 MINS

20:25

22 Aug 2023

#79

72 Tortuous Tales of Torture Part 1

Ever wanted to be tortured? No... well don't listen to this episode then

11 Jul 2023

25 MINS

25:18

11 Jul 2023

#78

74. 5 Ways Early Hollywood was Horrifying

5 ways Hollywood was (and still is) horrific. From drugging children to hobbling horses Ho... more

27 Jun 2023

12 MINS

12:16

27 Jun 2023

#77

73. The Myth of the Pan Am Highway

Longest highway in the world 30'000km from Alaska to Argentina! ... right?

24 May 2023

04 MINS

04:38

24 May 2023

#76

72. The Myth of the Last Soviet Socialist Republic

Tucked away in the muddy fields of Moldova is the last of the USSR.

09 May 2023

14 MINS

14:11

09 May 2023

#75

71. The Myth of the ANZAC's

Lest we forget... nothing is sacred.

25 Apr 2023

08 MINS

08:49

25 Apr 2023

#74

00. Update on the Podcast

Sorry for the delay

24 Apr 2023

02 MINS

02:33

24 Apr 2023

#73

70. Vikings! W Jonas "The" Penguin

An HH talk about pop cultures favourite myth. Today's episode is a little unorthodox in st... more

28 Mar 2023

58 MINS

58:47

28 Mar 2023

#72

69. The Myth of Squater's Rights

You've probably heard the term squatters in tv and movies. But what are they and can rando... more

13 Mar 2023

18 MINS

18:30

13 Mar 2023

#71

68.2 Interview w Dr Brown (The Myth of Dr Robert Liston Update)

HH's talks with the man who literally wrote the book on the myth of Dr Robert Liston and m... more

27 Feb 2023

1 HR 08 MINS

1:08:02

27 Feb 2023

#70

68.1 The Myth of Dr Robert Liston Update

A quick update on my personal favorite episode. Unfortunatley Historical Hysteria's exclus... more

27 Feb 2023

04 MINS

04:10

27 Feb 2023

#69

67. The Real Rosie the Rivetter

Arm curled bicep bulging sleeves rolled up the most iconic photo of WW2... Isn't Rosie the... more

13 Feb 2023

07 MINS

07:42

13 Feb 2023

#68

66. The Myth of the Dreadful Dreadlocks.

Love them or hate them the myths around dreads are as thick and tangled as the hairstyle i... more

04 Feb 2023

12 MINS

12:29

04 Feb 2023

#67

65. 5 Amazing American Election Myths

Did you know Republicans were once yellow instead of red? No well you should listen to thi... more

20 Jan 2023

13 MINS

13:57

20 Jan 2023

#66

64. The Myth of Serbo-Croatian

In the northern half of Southern Europe are a group of languages spoken by the Southern Sl... more

04 Jan 2023

32 MINS

32:08

04 Jan 2023

#65

63. The Myth of the WW1 Christmas Truce

So much more than the popular story

24 Dec 2022

19 MINS

19:13

24 Dec 2022

#64

62. The Historical Basis of The Witcher Universe

Where Game of Thrones was the War of the Roses with magic, the Witcher series is Eastern E... more

06 Dec 2022

10 MINS

10:20

06 Dec 2022

#63

61. The Woman Who Took Down the Capones

Al Capone and his mythical nemesis Elliot Ness, his actual nemesis Frank Wilson and the wo... more

22 Nov 2022

03 MINS

03:47

22 Nov 2022

#62

60. The Myth of the Ninja

In another episode on one of Japans most famous exports we learn that everything we know a... more

08 Nov 2022

11 MINS

11:58

08 Nov 2022

#61

59. 20 myths in 6 minutes.

Not at all a filler episode

26 Oct 2022

06 MINS

06:19

26 Oct 2022