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I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! My friend Holley Snaith is a historian, author, and editor. She was kind enough to spend some time talking with me to tell me about her amazing career. I hope you enjoy listening to this conversation as much as I enjoyed having it! Here's a link to Holley's website: https://www.holleysnaith.com/ Social Media:...

I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! this episode is about the actress clara bow. clara was an actress during the silent movie era, and successfully transitioned to 'talKies'. she wAs in the movie 'it', and became known as 'the it giRl'. clara bow caMe to personify the roAring twentIeS with her flapper style and wAys. Clara le...

I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! Do you find yourself lost in the maze of history? Are you interested in the past, but think learning about history is too much work, or boring? Introducing Door Key – an all-natural, non-harmful, multi-sourced history podcast. Happy April Fool's Day! Support the show Subscribe to the Door Key Substack newsletter FR...

I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! March  is Women's History Month, and Door Key is celebrating that by discussing Amelia Earhart! Amelia Earhart is most well-known for being the first woman to fly a plane  across the Atlantic Ocean by herself. Amelia's attempt to be the first woman to circumnavigate the globe ended in her demise. She was so mu...

I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! March  is Women's History Month, and Door Key is celebrating that by having a discussion with author Aly Riley! Aly and I discuss her book 'She Spies: Women of the American Revolution, their historic missions, and agent 355 revealed'. This book talks about the roles women played during the American Revolu...

I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! February is Black History Month, and Door Key is celebrating that by talking about George Washington Carver. Carver was one of the most prominent black scientists of the early 20th century. He was a professor at Tuskegee Institute, where he developed techniques to improve soil that had been depleted by repeated planting...

I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! Door Key is celebrating Black History Month by talking about the one and only Josephine Baker! Josephine Baker was an American-born French dancer, singer, and actress. She was a flapper synonymous with that era, as well as  the first black woman to star in a major motion picture. But she was so much more than that - she...

I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! Door Key trailer. Please subscribe to the podcast and share this trailer. Website: https://doorkey.buzzsprout.com Facebook group: https://m.facebook.com/groups/1040108179952433/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/doorkeypod LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/doorkeypod Threads: https://.www.threads.net/@doorkeypod Suppo...

I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! This episode briefly discusses the life and death of Abraham Lincoln, but the main focus of this episod  is the plot to kidnap his remains about 10 years after his burial. Support the show Subscribe to the Door Key Substack newsletter FREE and paid options: https://doorkey.substack.com/ Follow Door Key on Social Media:...

I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! It's been 50 episodes! This episode is a celebration - Door Key has released 50 episodes! I put a call out to listeners to send in a question or comment, and you listeners really came through! This episode is me reading those questions and comments and answering them! Thank you so much for listening to Door Key! He...

I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! This episode is about Napoleon. I'm joined by military historian Michael Stroud, and we discuss the movie that's out right now about Napoleon, as well as the real historical figure. During our conversation, Michael recommends two books about Napoleon. Those two books are Napoleon by Andrew Roberts and The Camp...

I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! This episode discusses the history of Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is a holiday that is celebrated in America, and is on the fourth Thursday of every November. (There's also Canadian Thanksgiving, as well as similar celebrations in other places of the world, but this episode specifically focuses on American Thanksgiv...

I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! This episode discusses Mary I of England. Mary I is known to history as Bloody Mary, but her real name was Mary Tudor. She was King Henry VIII’s oldest child and the daughter of Catherine of Aragon. She would eventually become Queen of England, but it was a long, tough road for her to get there. And unfortunately, thing...

I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! This episode puts the spooky into Spooktaculer by discussing reported hauntings at Mount Vernon, which was George Washington's home. I don’t think there’s anything much better than a good ghost story, especially around Halloween! This is the fourth and final episode that will be released this October during the Spo...

I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! This episode is about Juana of Castille, who was Queen of Castile. Known to history as Juana la Loca (which translates to Juana the Crazy, or Juana the Mad), Juana had a very tumultuous, tragic life that certainly qualifies for an episode in the Spooktaculer. This is the third of four episodes that will be released this...

I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! This episode is about H.H. Holmes, who is known as America's first serial killer. The crimes Holmes is most well-known for took place in Chicago around the time of the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893,around Chicago, where he built his infamous 'Murder Castle'. This is the second of four episodes...

I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693.  More than 200 people were accused, and before it ended 20 people would be executed. This episode discusses the Salem witch trials, their cause, and their impact...

I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! In November of 1924, a group of people went out on William Randolph Heart's yacht which was named The Oneida to celebrate film producer Thomas Ince's birthday. The weekend ended with Thomas Ince's death. It's unclear what happened on the yacht that weekend to cause Thomas Ince's death, but I&apo...

I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! Alice Roosevelt was the daughter of the 26th President of the United States, Theodore  Roosevelt, but it was her outgoing personality and public antics that made her an icon. This episode takes a look at Alice's life, and why Americans were so captivated by her that they nicknamed her 'America's Princess&...

I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! Catherine the Great was Empress of Russia from 1762 – 1796. Her long reign was inspired by the ideas of the Enlightenment, and during this time, Russia experienced a renaissance of culture and sciences. This all sounds good, but as we'll see see, it wasn’t all sunshine and roses ... Support the show Subscribe to th...

I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! This episode explores the history of the ancient Roman city Pompeii, and gives examples of the (sometimes bawdy) graffiti found scrawled on the walls of the city when it was dug up centuries after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in  79 CE. (A bit of a content warning here, as some of the graffiti is spicy!)  Support the...

I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were American criminals who traveled the Central United States with their gang during the Great Depression committing crimes like bank robbery, car theft, and even murder. PS - There's a great podcast called You're Wrong About that recently released an episode about Bonnie and Cl...

I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! We're finishing Pride Month by talking about Oscar Wilde. Oscar Wilde was an Irish poet, playwright, and author. He was famous for his talent, but also his sharp and biting wit. This episode also discusses his arrest, trial, and subsequent imprisonment for having relationships with men, Support the show Subscribe t...

I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! June is Pride Month, so this episode is about Baron von Steuben. Baron von Steuben was a Prussian Baron who came to the US to help train the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. He was smart. He was brave. He was charismatic.  He was so instrumental in helping the Continental Army win the Revolutionary War tha...

I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! This episode discusses the HBO series Rome, and how it compares with real history. Support the show Subscribe to the Door Key Substack newsletter FREE and paid options: https://doorkey.substack.com/ Follow Door Key on Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1040108179952433 Instagram: https://instagram.c...