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**History Obscura**

What went bump in the night a thousand years ago? Explore all the creepy, lost and just plain weird corners of history with me every Saturday! Please support the show at www.patreon.com/HistoryObscura, or https://www.buymeacoffee.com/historyobscura

Latest Episodes:

The Great Fire of London Aug 13, 2023

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One night in 1666, it all started at a bakery in Pudding Lane....

Music from Fesliyan Studios

Support the show at www.patreon.com/historyobscura, or at www.buymeacoffee.com/historyobscura

Plural Worlds: Alien Theory through the Ages Aug 07, 2023

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From the Ancient Greeks to modern extraterrestrial and UAP/UFO theory...is there really life out there?

Music from Fesliyan Studios

Support the show at www.patreon.com/historyobscura, or at www.buymeacoffee.com/historyobscura

Lief Erickson’s Viking Saga Jul 31, 2023

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Chapter 20 of Henry Myers' amazing historical novel, The Utmost Island! You can now find the entire audio of the book at the Historical Fiction Book Club. More to follow, so subscribe to the feed!

Music from Fesliyan Studios

Support the show at www.patreon.com/historyobscura, or at www.buymeacoffee.com/historyobscura

Hitobashira: Japan’s Human Pillars Jul 24, 2023

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Human sacrifice was an architectural feature of feudal Japan, it seems.

Music from Fesliyan Studios

Please support the show at www.buymeacoffee.com/historyobscura

or at www.patreon.com/historyobscura

Dickens & Hans Christian Andersen: The Bad Houseguest Jul 19, 2023

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Two great authors of the 19th century kept up a friendship writing letters for 9 years--until one day, the fairytale king came to stay with the London novelist.

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Please support the show at www.patreon.com/HistoryObscura, or https://www.buymeacoffee.com/historyobscura

DNA & Migration to the Americas--Plus a Bonus/Bogus? Welsh Tale Jul 09, 2023

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The timeline for original human migration into the Americas is becoming more complex as researchers explore new ways to track early settlers.

Music from Fesliyan Studios

Support the show at www.patreon.com/historyobscura

or at www.buymeacoffee.com/historyobscura

Thanks!

A True(ish) Viking Tale Jul 02, 2023

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Chapter nineteen of Henry Myers' The Utmost Island.

Music from Fesliyan Studios.

A Brief & Pungent History of Cadaveric Dissection Jun 25, 2023

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Medical students were long prohibited from studying human anatomy from the naked form itself--especially when the subject was dead. Once the study was begrudgingly accepted, however, everyone wanted a first-hand look.

Music by Fesliyan Studios

Support the show at www.BuyMeACoffee.com/HistoryObscura, or at www.Patreon.com/HistoryObscura