Stuff You Missed in History Class

Part two of the autumn 2026 edition of Unearthed! kicks off with the catch-all potpourri c... more

Part one of this autumn edition of Unearthed! covers updates, medical finds, animals, and ... more

This 2015 kickoff to the Six Impossible Episodes series features Stagecoach Mary, Edward M... more

Holly shares an odd detail about the red barn murder case. She and Tracy also discuss the ... more

This installment of the eponymous foods series covers candy bars, including Snickers, Mars... more

In the spring of 1828, a news story broke in Suffolk, England about the horrific murder of... more

This 2022 episode covers Giordano Bruno, a mathematician, philosopher, astronomer, occulti... more

Tracy ponders how Sara Weiss knew some of the things she knew and whether her husband char... more

Screaming skull lore is something that is unique to Britain, though specific skull lore va... more

Sara Weiss wrote a lengthy account of life and afterlife on Mars, a place she said she vis... more

This 2021 episode covers Colchester, who claimed to be psychic and may have warned Preside... more

Tracy talks about how the beer riots may sound silly, but were underpinned by serious issu... more

Elizabeth Fry is lauded as an early 19th century prison reformer. But she had no formal ba... more

The Munich Beer Riot of 1844 was a reaction to the price of beer set by the Bavarian gover... more

This episode from 2017 covers several moments in history when the world came perilously cl... more

Holly and Tracy unpack the accusation that Robert Moses purposely built overpass bridges t... more

The second part of our two-parter on Robert Moses looks at the vast amount of power he ama... more

Robert Moses is responsible for so much of the infrastructure of New York, including parks... more

This 2021 episode covers smallpox, a viral disease that has existed for millennia. But it&... more

Holly talks about the lack information about Pinel’s family, and how much she’... more

William B. Coley started using a bacterial infection to treat cancers in the late 19th cen... more

Pinel’s work is considered the precursor to psychiatry. In the late 18th century, he... more

This 2020 episode covers the Flexner Report, which is often credited with changing the med... more

Tracy and Holly talk about corporal punishment in schools and student loans. Tracy relays ... more