The Doctor and the Atomizer: The Country Doctor Behind Perfume’s Most Beautiful Bottles
In a quiet Toledo shed in the late 1880s, country doctor Allen DeVilbiss tinkered with a problem: how to spray treatments into his patients’...
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Storical Podcast
A history podcast with a pop culture twist. Get book, TV, movie, and podcast recommendations about your favorite historical figures. New episodes released on Mondays.
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Pikake and the Princess
On March 6, 1899, a flock of peacocks on a Waikīkī estate began to wail so loudly that people across the island heard them and knew. Their k...
STORICAL IS NOW THE SCENT ARCHIVE
Storical is becoming something new. Same voice. Same obsession with the past. But from here on, every story runs through scent — because sce...
STORICAL HALLOWEEN SPECIAL: THEDA BARA, VAMPIRE
Theda Bara was the most famous movie star you’ve probably never heard of. One of the first movie stars, America’s first goth, and Hollywood’...
STRANGE STORIES IN PERFUME HISTORY
In a first for Storical Podcast, here is a live episode! I recently gave a lecture sharing some of the most interesting stories in perfume h...
STORICAL HALLOWEEN SPECIAL: MERCY BROWN AND THE NEW ENGLAND VAMPIRE PANIC
We all know about Eastern European vampires but did you know that right here in America we had our own vampire panic? Yup. It turns out New...
THE GILDED AGE: ASTORS VS VANDERBILTS PT. 2
Gilded Age New York was all about flaunting your money. And no one did it better than the first families of excess, the Astors and the Vande...
THE GILDED AGE: ASTORS VS VANDERBILTS PT. 1
Gilded Age New York was all about flaunting your money. And no one did it better than the first families of excess, the Astors and the Vande...
STORICAL HALLOWEEN SPECIAL: LIZZIE BORDEN TOOK AN AXE
This is the Storical Halloween Special. The veil is thin and the dead walk among us. Before you indulge in some tricks or treats, enjoy this...
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS: THE CAPTIVE QUEEN</a#x3E;
Storical is back with an all new episode about the messy life of Mary Queen of Scots. There is murder, treason, Medicis, and Tudors… you won...
EDMONIA LEWIS: SCULPTING AN IDENTITY IN MARBLE</a#x3E;
Storical is back for an all new season starting with a special episode for Black History Month. This week, we’re talking about Edmonia Lewis...
A VERY VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS</a#x3E;
The festivities that grew into modern day Christmas have spanned millennia. But most of the traditions we recognize today began under the re...
FAN FAV: THE PAGANS, OLIVER CROMWELL, & CHARLES DICKENS</a#x3E;
Pssst…it turns out Christmas is a super pagan holiday. On today’s episode we’re doing a brief overview of the origins of Christmas and how C...
SARAH WINNEMUCCA: NATIVE ACTIVIST & AUTHOR</a#x3E;
It’s Native American Heritage Day! For today’s episode, I’ll be shining a light on an important Native woman in Nevada history: Sarah Winnem...
STORICAL HALLOWEEN SPECIAL</a#x3E;
Edgar Allan Poe had a mind for the macabre. But as it turns out, some of his most famous works were based on true tales of horror. Listen to...
LITERARY ROAD TRIP WITH EDGAR ALLAN POE</a#x3E;
Edgar Allan Poe died in 1849, but there are still places standing that housed the author. This week, we’re traveling from Richmond to Baltim...
STORICAL FOOTNOTES: THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF EDGAR ALLAN POE</a#x3E;
Edgar Allan Poe died as he lived…mysteriously. It’s been more than 200 years and we still don’t know what killed Poe but there are theories....
CHARLES DICKENS, EDGAR ALLAN POE, & GRIP THE RAVEN</a#x3E;
Edgar Allan Poe’s masterpiece, The Raven, was inspired not by any ordinary raven, not by a harbinger of doom, it was a talking pet raven nam...
EDGAR ALLAN POE: ATMOSPHERE OF SORROW</a#x3E;
October is spOoOoky month and OF COURSE Edgar Allan Poe died in October. This month on Storical, tune in every week for a new episode on the...
MARIE LAVEAU: WITCH OR SAINT?</a#x3E;
Marie Laveau was THE Voodoo Queen in a city overrun with purported doctors and queens. Today we’re separating fact from fiction about both M...