A Popular History of Unpopular Things

Oct 26 2024 57 ep. 39 mins 17
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A podcast that makes history more fun and accessible - we love all things gory, gross, mysterious, and weird!

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The Headless Horseman

Oct 26 2024 18 mins  
Join Kelli as she goes over the mythology of the Headless Horseman. Most of us associate the headless horseman with Washington Irving's book, the Legend of Sleepy Hollow. But the idea of a ghostly rider looking for his head, or perhaps a decapitated ghost haunting local villages, goes all the way back to medieval Europe, perhaps even deeper into ancient Celtic mythology.Support me

The Pendle Witches

Oct 12 2024 27 mins  
Join Kelli as she goes over the Pendle Witch Trial of 1612, England's most infamous trial. 12 people from the Pendle Hill Area in Lancashire were accused of witchcraft in James I's England, a monarch who hated all-things witches and demons. Of the 12, eleven were put on trial, and ten were hanged. But, like we saw with Salem, two of the main sources of evidence came from hearsay an

The Original Dracula, Vlad the Impaler

Sep 28 2024 30 mins  
Join Kelli as she goes over the ORIGINAL Dracula- Vlad Dracula, the Impaler. Although the fictional character is only loosely based on Vlad, the two are inextricably linked forever because of Bram Stoker's Dracula. So today, we'll go over the real Vlad Dracula - who is he, what did his world look like, and how did he earn the moniker "the Impaler?" Then, we'll look at the connectio

The Delphine LaLaurie Murder Mansion

Sep 14 2024 26 mins  
Join Kelli as she goes over the legend of Madame Delphine LaLaurie, a torturess from New Orleans who tortured, mutilated, and killed at least 20 slaves at her mansion on 1140 Royal Street. But like we saw with the Blood Countess Elizabeth Bathory... is LaLaurie's story grossly exaggerated? How much is fact, and how much is fiction?Let's dive into the mysterious world of New Orleans

The Mignonette Shipwreck

Aug 31 2024 27 mins  
Join Kelli as she goes over ANOTHER shipwreck that ended in cannibalism - that of the Mignonette, a sailing yacht that went down in the South Atlantic. But the Mignonette wasn't really seaworthy, and should never have been out that far... so when a rogue wave destroyed it, and the four men on board had to take their chances on a small dinghy with essentially no supplies... it didn'

The Spanish Inquisition

Aug 17 2024 31 mins  
Join Kelli as she goes over the history behind the Spanish Inquisition. How and why did Spain hunt down heretics to purge the country of non-Catholics? And there will be a LOT of medieval torture devices in today's episode!Support me on my Patreon - your support helps keep this podcast going!A Popular History of Unpopular Things PatreonFollow the APHOUT YouTube channel!Intro and Ou

The Great Plague and Great Fire of London

Aug 03 2024 28 mins  
Join Kelli as she goes over the Great Plague of London, 1665-1666, which ended in part thanks to the Great Fire of London, 1666.These are two big events that killed off a good chunk of London's population and destroyed four-fifths of the city. The new London that was built was better suited to withstand fires and plague, and though it still had some sanitation problems, the days of

The Black Death

Jul 20 2024 41 mins  
Join Kelli for her fiftieth episode where she explores her favorite topic - The Black Death!It's an all-out disease fest, where she goes over the symptoms of plague, how it spread, who it impacted, what it was like for people living with it, and how it impacted the Medieval world.Thank you for helping APHOUT come so far - and this is only just the beginning!Support me on my Patreon

The Hindenburg Disaster

Jul 06 2024 32 mins  
Join Kelli as she goes over the Hindenburg Disaster. On May 6, 1937, the Hindenburg Zeppelin exploded and caught fire as it was landing at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey. 36 of the 97 people on board died - some in the initial explosion, some from jumping off the airship at height, and some from some horrific burns once they escaped the flaming vessel. It had huge ra

The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster

Jun 22 2024 32 mins  
Join Kelli as she goes over the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, where a massive 9.0/9.1 earthquake 80 miles off the eastern coast of Japan triggers a tsunami that killed tens of thousands and caused millions in damages. But the earthquake and tsunami also knocked out power to the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, which had terrible, terrible consequences...In this episode, we briefly revi