Short Suck 63: The Children's Crusade: Faith, Folly, and 30,000 Kids

Timesuck with Dan Cummins by Dan Cummins

Aug 14, 202600:59:29Comedy

In 1212, thousands of children set out across Europe believing God would part the Mediterranean and lead them peacefully to Jerusalem. (Spoiler alert: God didn't.) Their impossible journey became one of the strangest and...

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