Rogues Gallery Uncovered

Aug 27 2024 48 ep. 20 mins 64
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Rogues Gallery Uncovered, the podcast of bad behaviour in period costume. 
True (ish) stories of history’s most fascinating and scandalous men and women.
From Casanova and Mata Hari to Errol Flynn and Rasputin, it’s a history podcast with a difference. Join lovable rogue Simon Talbot every fortnight for bawdy, colourful tales of ‘Libertines, Lotharios and Complete Bastards.’  It’s funny, shocking, shameless and doesn’t mention Jane Austin once!

It’s not suitable for kids or easily offended grownups.   

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Agent 00 3some - Dušan Popov 1941

Aug 27 2024 27 mins  
He's a casino roaming, penthouse living, movie star dating, ruthless, fearless, WW2 double agent with a cycling-based codename.Meet the real-life inspiration for Ian Flemming's James Bond, Dušan Popov. Why was his codename 'Tricycle'?How did a champagne cork start a dancefloor brawl?Was it possible to sleep through the Blitz?How angry did he make J Edgar Hoover?All these and many

I am the God of Hellfire!!! - Sir Francis Dashwood 1760

Aug 06 2024 27 mins  
Flagellation, Blasphemy, Drunkenness, Promiscuity and Impersonating the King of Sweden, with the legendary leader of the most famous Hellfire Club...Sir Francis Dashwood. How convivial was he?Why did he hate cats?What is 'Erotic Shrubbery ?How many drinking clubs can one man form? All these questions and 30 minutes more can be found in episode 45 of Rogues Gallery Uncovered - The p

Welcome to the Devil's Club - Philip Duke of Wharton 1723

Jul 23 2024 24 mins  
“A harmless bit of blasphemy and dressing up" from the chairman of the very FIRST Hell Fire Club - Philip Duke of Wharton.He should support the establishment, but instead he makes fun of it.Discover the debauched history of - arguably- England’s very first Hellfire Club. What is 'Holy Ghost Pie'?Who gives a bear cub as a gift?Why did Alexander Pope hate him so much?Why did the

Drunk in Charge of an Enormous Penis - Grigori Rasputin 1915

Jul 09 2024 21 mins  
Grigori Rasputin, everyone's favourite irresistible, indestructible, mad monk is having a night on the town in Moscow.He's a controversial, mystic, healer and holy man but the Romanov family love him so he can get up to all sorts of rude, vodka fuelled high jinks. Why did Tsarina Alexandra like him so much?Why did Tsar Nicholas II dislike him?Was Rasputin responsible for the Russia

Dead Exciting - George Selwyn 1757

Jun 25 2024 18 mins  
A necrophiliac in Paris!Join 18th-century England's most deviant politician ( and that's saying something) on a fun-packed mini-break to the French capital.With wit, cross-dresser and execution enthusiast George Selwyn. Who was Robert Damiens?How many horses does it take to pull a man apart?Why did Georgian high society pay good money to sit in a field?Is disguising yourself as a w

Your Money or Your Wife - Claude Duval 1670

Jun 11 2024 18 mins  
High fashion meets highway robbery with the 17th century's most lusted-after gentleman thief, Claude Duval.It's a flamboyantly dressed tale of rampant flirting, lewd piccolo playing and an appalling French accent. Why was France full of posh Englishmen in the 1650s?How many masked women can visit one man's prison cell?Can you dance provocatively in stiff leather boots?What was the

ErotoManiac - Henry Spencer Ashbee 1901

May 28 2024 29 mins  
In an extra rude episode, meet 19th-century England's most prolific and energetic smut collector.Henry Spencer Ashbee.Listener discretion is advised - Those Victorians could be spicy! Just how much X-rated material could one gentleman collect?Who were his famous friends?Did he go blind?Was he the mysterious author of erotic classic "My Secret Life"?Was Victorian morality really so

You Dirty Old Man - William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry 1808

May 14 2024 23 mins  
Find out why 69 is just a number to Regency England's most rampant geriatric - William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry, 'Old Q'.It's a heart warming tale of hot chocolate, comfy blankets, early nights and Greek-themed orgies. How does a man in his 80s 'please' the ladies?How fast can you drive a carriage?Why should you never accept a milkshake from this man?What would Horatio Nels

Sodomy Seems To Be The Hardest Word - Tomas de Torquemada 1492

Apr 30 2024 17 mins  
No one expects the 15th century's biggest party pooper, Tomas de Torquemada and the Spanish Inquisition.It’s a tortuous tale of a controversial historical figure, religious persecution, the Catholic Church, heretics, the Dominican Order and the Spanish monarchy.But I’ve tried to keep it lighthearted.What should you do if you see someone wearing fancy clothes on a Sunday?How man

Teenage Rampage - William Hickey 1768

Apr 16 2024 20 mins  
Take a walk on the very wild side in 18th century London with teenage "Lad About Town," William Hickey.There's sex, booze, fighting and disrespecting of elders - what's the youth of yesterday coming to?It’s a nostalgic rose-tinted saunter through the taverns and brothels of Georgian England with a young man who would become famous for his diaries and memoirs chronicling scandal,