Historical Hysteria

Is the plural of Octopus, Ocotopi, Octopodes, or Octopuses? And what has that got to do with an ox cart? Well... it's complicated

Robert Liston, the fastest knife in the west. Who was he? Why did he kill so many people? What was his record 300% mortality? Listen to find out!

Happy New Year. HH will be returning soon

Dark Ages 2: the darkening. Did you know that a lot of people in the world aren't from Europe?

Did the dark ages exist? No not really

From undigested sh*t to literal poison our ancestors had some funny ideas. But then maybe they aren't the only ones

There are a lot of... interesting personalities in politics.  Edit: There are some historical errors in the Andrew Jackson entry which I am working on revising

In 1962 Ethiopia annexed Eritrea and things only went downhill from there

Does it work? Why do we do it? Did Benjamin Franklin invent it?

Five of the most incredible awe inspiring last stand stories from history. Warning, there is a little bit of myth in these

What if I told you we were living in one of the great dark ages of history? And how we lived and who we are will become one of the great mysteries of history?

Eliot Ness and the Untouchable are famous as the men who over 1930 and 1931 took down Al Scarface Capone the most feared gangster in America. Or did they? No, not really.

Cave men died in their 30's and Serfs in their 40's right? No. No they didn't

Did two Scottish serial killer help birth modern medical education? Yeah pretty much.

You've probably been taught at some point that more people speak Mandarin than English. But is it true? Yes, no, kindof. The mandarin characters I mention in the episode are:  舍 - House 川 - River 稻田 - Rice paddy The character for house is not the common one but it is the best demonstration of the logographic elements of Mandarin

History is full of propaganda and one generations hero can quickly become the next generations arch villain

Henry David Thoreau, is the archetypal survivalist, naturalist, and self sufficiency expert. But how much of his story is true?

Dollars today are used in twenty countries and territories around the world. But why did the word dollar takeoff?

5 horrific facts, factoids, events and inventions which will make you wish medicine never existed and you were never born... it's fun I promise! 

The Lions of the Panjshir as of recording hold on as the last of the anti Taliban resistance in Afghanistan. But who are they? As the events in Afghanistan continue to unfold. I am making some special episodes out of synce with my normal releases to combat the many many myths around the nation and it's history. PS I forgot to mention in the episode Massoud was Ahmad Shah's war name and means fortu...

Despite 20 years of war, many myths about Afghanistan and the Taliban abound

Meet Countess Elizabeth Bathory the Most prolific serial killer in history... or was she?

From games to movies Nuclear Winter is seen as the inevitable catastrophic outcome of any nuclear war. But why? What is it and what cause it? Find out in this weeks episode!

If all life as we know it ended tomorrow, would the IRS be prepared? You bet your ass they would be.

This week  we are taking a short dive into the most 5 ridiculously un-killable maniacs of World War 2. From Kings and Presidents to random mechanics.  If your favourite didn't make the list send a message to @manichistory on twitter!