History Obscura
What went bump in the night long ago? Explore all the creepy, lost and just plain weird corners of history with Mandy Gardner and her coven of cats. This is one history podcast with bite! From ghost stories of the ancient Greeks to reincarnation stories from WWII veterans, History Obscura delivers.
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It's the New Year of 2026!
Let us embrace empathy, learning and benevolent mindsets more than ever. It's always up to us to ensure that the light of human understanding and intellectualism does not die out during dark ages.
Peace be with us all!
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The introductory poem is an excerpt from "The Death of the Old Year", by Alfred Lord Tennyson.
The short story, "Uncle Richard's New ...
It's Christmastime and we're talking Yule Cat!
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November 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the start of the Nuremberg trials, the international and formal effort to bring the war criminals of the Nazi party to justice following the end of the Second World War. In remembrance, History Obscura presents the story of one of the most eminent members of the party who was NOT required to testify in one of the United States' or West Germany's courts: Wernher von Braun.
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Welcome back to the show! This brand-new episode of History Obscura covers the peak of Scotland's witch hunting era, all thanks to the obsessive King James I & VI and his hit book, Daemonologie. Deep within the fetid waters of the Nor' Loch, successive generations of Scots would eventually find the material evidence for these atrocities.
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This evening, we take a look at some compelling cases of reincarnation.
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Perhaps you know him better as H. H. Holmes? Under a variety of names, this slick character swindled dozens of people out of their money, their properties, and even their lives.
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Keeping on with the classic Robert Louis Stevenson adventure novel!
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A reading from The New York Times' April 19, 1886 edition.
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Phineas Taylor Barnum was a businessman from a tender age, his first venture having been a general store. A move to New York City in his early 20s--and a chance happening upon a highly marketable human being--changed everything for Barnum and the people he would eventually employ.
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Not many people realise that the queen of the mystery novel has her own mystery that not even Arthur Conan Doyle could solve.
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Wolfsschanze was the Nazi headquarters in Poland during the Second World War, as well as the residence of Herman Goring. Now, a potentially lost war crime has been unearthed from the renowned historical site.
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THE END
The new Christian religion clashes with ancient Norse gods during Leif Ericson's expedition to Vinland.
Please enjoy the final chapters of this spellbinding historical fiction novel from Henry Myers while your host and the coven of cats finish up a few podcast-adjacent projects this month.
As always, thanks for listening :)
The new Christian religion clashes with ancient Norse gods during Leif Ericson's expedition to Vinland.
Please enjoy the final chapters of this spellbinding historical fiction novel from Henry Myers while your host and the coven of cats finish up a few podcast-adjacent projects this month.
As always, thanks for listening :)
The new Christian religion clashes with ancient Norse gods during Leif Ericson's expedition to Vinland.
Please enjoy the final chapters of this spellbinding historical fiction novel from Henry Myers while your host and the coven of cats finish up a few podcast-adjacent projects this month.
As always, thanks for listening :)
The new Christian religion clashes with ancient Norse gods during Leif Ericson's expedition to Vinland.
Please enjoy the final chapters of this spellbinding historical fiction novel from Henry Myers while your host and the coven of cats finish up a few podcast-adjacent projects this month.
As always, thanks for listening :)
The new Christian religion clashes with ancient Norse gods during Leif Ericson's expedition to Vinland.
Please enjoy the final chapters of this spellbinding historical fiction novel from Henry Myers while your host and the coven of cats finish up a few podcast-adjacent projects this month.
As always, thanks for listening :)
The new Christian religion clashes with ancient Norse gods during Leif Ericson's expedition to Vinland.
Please enjoy the final chapters of this spellbinding historical fiction novel from Henry Myers while your host and the coven of cats finish up a few podcast-adjacent projects this month.
As always, thanks for listening :)
Avast, matey! Here be another chapter o' Treasure Island.
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Real or not, they did the trick for Mary Todd Lincoln!
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