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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:

Instructions for American Servicemen in Britain 1942 May 11, 2021

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Does what it says on the tin!

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Ten Days in a Mad House: Part Three May 11, 2021

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In which Nelly Bly is taken to the police for apparent lunacy.

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Ten Days in a Mad House: Part Two May 11, 2021

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The second part of Nellie Bly's story of her intentional commitment to a New York insane asylum in the 1860s.

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Ten Days in a Mad House: Part One May 11, 2021

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"Ten Days in a Mad House" is the true account of one Nellie Bly, a 19th-century reporter for a New York newspaper. What was it really like inside those walls?

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A Christmas Carol, Stave Five: The End of It May 11, 2021

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Here concludes the tale of Scrooge. Do consider supporting the podcast with a wee cup o' tea? Thank you ever so much! Merry Christmas! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/bXdjrqt

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A Christmas Carol, Stave Four: The Last of the Spirits May 11, 2021

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Meet the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come!

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A Christmas Carol, Stave Three: The Second of the Three Spirits May 11, 2021

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Part Three of Charles Dickens' best-known Christmas story.

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A Christmas Carol, Stave Two: The First of the Three Spirits May 11, 2021

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Part Two of Charles Dickens' tale of Ebenezer Scrooge.

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A Christmas Carol, Stave One: Marley’s Ghost May 11, 2021

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Twas the night before the night before Christmas, and all through the house verily every strange creature stirred! We like it that way. Make way for a classic Victorian holiday ghost story, written by Charles Dickens.

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“The Body Snatcher,” a Halloween tale by Robert Louis Stevenson May 11, 2021

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Happy Halloween! As a special treat, I've decided to share Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Body Snatcher," published in 1884. Though perhaps this story is not quite true, it IS based upon the very real Ressurectionist industry that plagued Scotland during the Victorian era.

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Thunder provided by Lord Samhain, in conjunction with our own trickster-cryptid, Colonel Butler.

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