Historical True Crime: The Borgias
The Borgia family can be summed up with a few choice words: treachery, hedonism, scandal, and oh right, a bulk supply of murder. For those w...
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Yesterday's News is a podcast dedicated to the idea that anyone who made history was probably a bit of a hot mess.
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Historical True Crime: The Princes in the Tower, History's Ultimate Cold Case
King Richard III lives on in our cultural imagination as one of England's most nefarious villains, particularly for the suspected murder of...
Historical True Crime: An 18th Century Heist!
The Affair of the Diamond Necklace was the eighteenth century's most notorious heist—and for good reason. It's a dramatic story of lus...
Historical True Crime: The Bullet-Proof Baroness of New Orleans
The humid, cobbled streets of New Orleans' French Quarter have their fair share of shadowy stories, but none are as notorious as that of Mic...
Historical True Crime: The Mayerling Incident
On January 30, 1889, tucked away in the Mayerling hunting lodge near Vienna, one of history's darkest stories unfolded. That morning, servan...
Historical True Crime: What Happened To The Roanoke Colony?
On a misty August day in 1590, John White disembarked from a perilous voyage across the Atlantic ocean. White and his crew had come to Ameri...
Historical True Crime: The Sex Scandal That Rocked Regency England
In 1820, England talked about one thing and one thing only: The spectacular breakdown of the marriage between King George IV and his wife Ca...
Historical True Crime: Who Was Jack The Ripper?
Who was history's most infamous serial killer? In this episode—the second of our two-part series on Jack the Ripper—we go full a...
Historical True Crime: Jack the Ripper's Canonical Five Victims
In 1888, Jack the Ripper haunted London's Whitechapel District. He preyed on the vulnerable, killing at least five innocent women—and...
Historical True Crime: King Tut's Curse
"Death shall come on swift wings to him who disturbs the peace of the king." These are the words that greeted Sir Howard Carter and his expe...
Historical True Crime: The Execution of the Romanovs
For centuries, the Romanovs were one of the most powerful families in the world, yet they will forever be remembered for their brutal downfa...
Queens: Victoria, "The Widow of Windsor"
Everyone has heard of Queen Victoria, but very few people know about her 1) Weird AF childhood 2) Super-size court scandals and 3) Super-sec...
Queens: Isabella, "The She-Wolf of France"
Isabella, the "She-Wolf" of France was the most notorious woman of the medieval ages. Known for her beauty, intelligence, and ability to shm...
Queens: Wanrong, China's Tragic Empress Consort
Based on our past episodes, it's safe to say that queens tended to have some pretty, shall we say, turbulent love lives—but Empress Wa...
Queens: Hatshepsut, The Defiant Woman Pharaoh of Egypt
Hatshepsut went from being a royal consort to leading Egypt as one of very few woman pharaohs—and she didn't rise to the top by being...
Queens: Empress Elisabeth, Austria's Infamous Queen
If Empress Elisabeth was alive today, she'd probably make headlines for A) Being a dang Olympic athlete B) Seducing noted hotties of all gen...
Queens: Nzinga, The Warrior Queen of Matamba and Ndongo
The African warrior queen Nzinga called herself "King" and led her armies with a sword around her neck (swordlace!). She also regularly deva...
Queens: Joanna, "The Mad Queen of Castile"
Castile's "Mad Queen" Joanna was whip-smart, exquisitely beautiful, and, as her nickname would suggest, hopelessly insane. Juana la Loca whi...
Queens: Catherine the Great, Russia's Rebel Empress
When it comes to rebellious queens, it's hard to beat Catherine the Great. This woman chucked her own himbo husband off the Russian throne,...
Queens: Mary Queen of Scots, History's Most Dramatic Monarch
Mary Queen of Scots is like if a period drama cross bred with a Fast and Furious movie. The action JUST. DOESN'T. STOP. This girl's life was...