Historical Hysteria

77. 5 Festive Xmas Myths 21.12.2023 16:02 ↓

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

76. 25 October 1917* 25.10.2023 4:11 ↓

Or is it the 7th of November?

75. October 11th 1776 11.10.2023 3:46 ↓

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

74. September 27th 1066 27.09.2023 1:38 ↓

Today in local news with Nicholas Ward

00. Update 12.09.2023 4:21 ↓

An update on the progress of Historical Hysteria

73. The Myth of the Right to Bear Arms 22.08.2023 20:25 ↓

An interlude episode on the right to bear arms! Should it be everyone's god given right to own hairy urside appendages? Lets find out.

74. 5 Ways Early Hollywood was Horrifying 27.06.2023 12:16 ↓

5 ways Hollywood was (and still is) horrific. From drugging children to hobbling horses Hollywood has it all baby

73. The Myth of the Pan Am Highway 24.05.2023 4:38 ↓

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

72. The Myth of the Last Soviet Socialist Republic 09.05.2023 14:11 ↓

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

71. The Myth of the ANZAC's 25.04.2023 8:49 ↓

Lest we forget... nothing is sacred.

00. Update on the Podcast 24.04.2023 2:33 ↓

Sorry for the delay

70. Vikings! W Jonas "The" Penguin 28.03.2023 58:47 ↓

An HH talk about pop cultures favourite myth. Today's episode is a little unorthodox in style as it wasn't made for Historical Hysteria.  Explicit language

69. The Myth of Squater's Rights 13.03.2023 18:30 ↓

You've probably heard the term squatters in tv and movies. But what are they and can random squatters really just take part of your property and refuse to leave?! ... No of course the can't.

68.1 The Myth of Dr Robert Liston Update 27.02.2023 4:10 ↓

A quick update on my personal favorite episode. Unfortunatley Historical Hysteria's exclusive... was slightly less exclusive than it could have been  

68.2 Interview w Dr Brown (The Myth of Dr Robert Liston Update) 27.02.2023 1:08:02 ↓

HH's talks with the man who literally wrote the book on the myth of Dr Robert Liston and modern medicine. For more reading check out Dr Browns book Emotions and Surgery in Britain, 1793–1912 - Emotions_and_Surgery_in_Britain__1793_1912.pdf

67. The Real Rosie the Rivetter 13.02.2023 7:42 ↓

Arm curled bicep bulging sleeves rolled up the most iconic photo of WW2... Isn't Rosie the Riveter... so who is?

66. The Myth of the Dreadful Dreadlocks. 04.02.2023 12:29 ↓

Love them or hate them the myths around dreads are as thick and tangled as the hairstyle itself

65. 5 Amazing American Election Myths 20.01.2023 13:57 ↓

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

64. The Myth of Serbo-Croatian 04.01.2023 32:08 ↓

In the northern half of Southern Europe are a group of languages spoken by the Southern Slavs who migrated west from Eastern Europe bringing with them old slavonic which evolved into 3 languages... or 7... or 1? The Balkans can get confusing.

63. The Myth of the WW1 Christmas Truce 24.12.2022 19:13 ↓

So much more than the popular story

62. The Historical Basis of The Witcher Universe 06.12.2022 10:20 ↓

Where Game of Thrones was the War of the Roses with magic, the Witcher series is Eastern European history but with magic

61. The Woman Who Took Down the Capones 22.11.2022 3:47 ↓

Al Capone and his mythical nemesis Elliot Ness, his actual nemesis Frank Wilson and the woman behind the scenes who laid the ground work.

60. The Myth of the Ninja 08.11.2022 11:58 ↓

In another episode on one of Japans most famous exports we learn that everything we know about Japan comes from Edo period propoganda.

59. 20 myths in 6 minutes. 26.10.2022 6:19 ↓

Not at all a filler episode

58. A Lightning Update, Historical Hysteria and the Supreme Court. 17.10.2022 9:27 ↓

Not a full episode this week. Just letting you know HH will return. And a quick update on 5 Law Enforcement Myths