Anecdotes for Awkward Folks
Hello! We are two introverted people who found it weird to socialize post pandemic, and decided to start a podcast on a variety of weird/interesting historical topics so we could have talking points at future social gatherings.Please join us on a fun and sometimes horrifying historical journey! New episodes drop every other Monday.
Episodes
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Today and the next episode we focus on one of the most famous serial killers of all time, and the most prolific female serial killer of all time, Elizabeth Bathory! Known for bathing in virgin girl's blood she slaughtered 600 peasant girls to try to stay young!
Except, she didn't. Like she super didn't. She was a super crappy person, but the bigger issue was that she was a single woma...
Hello! Here's the second part of our Siege of Leningrad episode. This one gets into the gnarly and vile conditions that the besieged faced, resulting in over 800,000 civilian deaths.
We totally understand if you want to skip this one, we had no idea how dark this topic was going to get.
Here's our sources for this episode.
Sources:
Alexievich, Svetlana, et al. The Unwomanly Face of War...
During WW2, the siege of Leningrad was a vastly underreported and horrific chapter in the USSR's history. Survivors were penalized if they talked about conditions after the fact, so a lot of what we now know about the total loss of life and murder, and even cannibalism that took place trickled out during the course of several decades.
We read several books on the subject, and today we're going to take you on a j...
Today's episode is about the greatest meth binge in history, and what led to the circumstances that allowed it to happen. We hope you like it! Also, we promise the audio and editing quality will get better, we're just new to it. :)
Please join us on a fun and sometimes horrifying historical journey! New episodes drop every other Monday.
Sources for today's episode:
Ohler, Norman, and White...
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