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The Historical Blindness podcast is a podcast about history’s myths, mysteries, and forgotten truths. By examining cases of outrageous hoaxes, pernicious conspiracy theory, mass delusion, ba...
In part 2 of my series on the myth that Nazis developed supertechnology, I look at the growth of this conspiracy theory and later hoaxes, li...
In part 1 of a 2-parter, I explore the myth that Nazis developed supertechnology, like flying saucers, looking at both the reality of German...
In this episode, I look into an early 20th century claim of a supernatural encounter with the past. Did two Oxford dons really see Marie Ant...
In this episode, I continue to look at the topic of women's persecution under fascism then pivot, in observation of International Trans Visi...
In this episode, I kick off women's history month with the story of the much mythologized but undeniably symbolic and important Hypatia of A...
In this episode, I talk about the history of gun rights and gun control as a history of systemic racism. Check out the sho...
In this episode, I talk about Crispus Attucks, a figure in Black history both lauded as the first martyr of American liberty and maligned as...
In this episode, I recount TikTok's recent brush with rapture predictions and then survey America's deep history of failed millennialist pre...
In this year's season premiere, I return to my series on the myths and legends of the Indiana Jones franchise, this time examining the ideas...
In my annual holiday special for 2025, I examine discrepancies in the gospels relating to Jesus's lineage and parentage, as well as the gosp...
This week I'm sharing an episode of a new podcast from CBC, called The Devil You Know. In The Devil You Know, Sarah Marshall explores the ta...
In the conclusion of my series on the moral panics of the eighties, I look at the development of the Satanic Panic and consider its resurgen...
In this episode, I look at the development of the Stranger Danger moral panic as a precursor to right wing conspiracist claims today. This e...
In this episode, I tell the story of a hysteria in 1970s London, involving claims of ghosts, Satanists, and vampires, as well as two dueling...
In this episode, I tell the story of a haunting in Bavaria that was claimed to be the first in which paranormal phenomena was scientifically...
In this new episode, I talk about America's long history of resenting domestic policing by the military especially when the military is used...
After Texas's recent mid-decade partisan redistricting, representing a blatant power grab for the Republican Party undertaken at Trump's beh...
Last month, when the Trump regime allied with Israel in their Twelve-Day War and bombed Iran, there was much scrutiny of presidential war po...
To conclude my series on the Israel-Palestine conflict, I look at Jewish presence in the Levant going all the way back to the Iron Age, the...
In this first part of a two-part series on the Israel-Palestine conflict, I start by looking at the Heritage Foundation's campaign to charac...
In this episode, I discuss the Trump administration's war on higher education and place it within the context of the history of academic fre...
Here at the end of Pride, I want to discuss the long, bigoted history and false scriptural basis of religious opposition to LGBTQ rights, an...
As Trump ramps up his immigration raids in California and brings the armed forces to bear against peaceful citizen protesters, I want to tal...
In this episode, I discuss the history of the controversial wartime power that Trump has invoked to justify his mass deportations and the im...
In this episode, in response to Trump's order supposedly "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History," I look at the many ways he and hi...
In this episode, I tell the history of the US through the history of controversial tariff policies, and I examine speculation about the moti...
From claims about the pagan origins of Easter traditions to biblical literalists asserting that the miraculous darkness at the crucifixion i...
Throughout the Middle Ages and the Reformation, a story was told of the first female Pope, who had hidden her sex and been elevated to the h...
In the face of trans erasure and genocide, this episode affirms the existence of transgender people throughout history, focusing on the tran...
An examination of Aspasia, a woman of ancient Athens who was universally agreed to have been extremely influential in politics and philosoph...
In the 4th and final part of my series on the legends surrounding Lincoln and his assassination, I look at the false urban legend that John...
In the 3rd part of my series on the legends surrounding Lincoln, I further examine conspiracy theories suggesting the plot to assassinate wa...
In the second part of the series, we look at the plot to assassinate Lincoln, and the claims that it was a much larger conspiracy than histo...
In the 2025 season premiere, I kick off a series about the myths and conspiracy theories surrounding Abraham Lincoln's assassination with a...
In this year's annual holiday special, I examine the roots of the Christmas tree custom to determine its origins and whether it is indeed a...
In this holiday special minisode from last year, I tackle the claims of entheogen theorists who suggest, falsely, that almost all Christmas...
In this special presentation, I share an episode of the wonderful podcast Plodding Through the Presidents, in which hosts Howard and Jessica...
This holiday bonus minisode presents my personal thoughts on the upcoming holiday, in the wake of the election, reflecting on the establishm...
In the conclusion of my series on Jack the Ripper, I look the many claims and theories purporting to solve the crimes, their weaknesses and...
In the first part of a 2-parter, I look closely at a genuine historical mystery, THE true crime case, which launched an entire genre of non-...
In my last episode of October, I consider the legends of 16th-century arch-killers, or what we might consider serial killers today, cave-dwe...
In this special presentation, I introduce a spooky podcast for your October listening pleasure, and present a full episode for you to enjoy....
As we start off October, let's consider the appalling act that is foundational to much monster folklore and horror literature: cannibalism,...
In a new standalone episode that follows on from my series on fascism, I seek historical precedent to better understand the threat of the fa...
In the conclusion of my series on the rise of fascism in Italy and Germany in the 1920s, I make further legitimate comparisons to modern Ame...
In a new series on the rise of fascism in Italy and Germany in the 1920s, I make pertinent comparisons to modern American politics and Trump...
In the conclusion of my series on Erich von Däniken and his books popularizing the ancient astronaut theory, I look further into the weaknes...
In the first part of a new 2-part series, I revisit someone I spoke about recently, Erich von Däniken, in order to more thoroughly examine t...
In the conclusion to this 2-part series, I look at claims about 18-19th century technology in antiquity, such as claims of ancient electrica...
In the first half of a 2-part series examining claims of lost ancient high technology, I look at specific examples of advanced technology in...