Stuff You Missed in History Class

Tracy and Holly talk about the sloppy nature of the William Weare murder. They also discuss ghost stories that may have inspired other media, and [Read more]

October seemed like a good time for an installment of Six Impossible Episodes all about ghosts and hauntings. A lot of these are very well-known [Read more]

William Weare’s murder was brutal, gruesome, and a source of complete fascination for the public, and it set the stage for illustrated crime reporting. Research: [Read more]

This 2012 episode from previous hosts Sarah and Deblina covers the unusual circumstances surrounding Edgar Allan Poe’s disappearance, reappearance, and death.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy [Read more]

Holly and Tracy talk about college experiences with Gothic literature, and modern analysis of Ann Radcliffe’s work. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Once Ann Radcliffe retired from publishing, all kinds of rumors started to spread about her, including some that distressed her greatly. After she died, there [Read more]

In the space of a decade, Ann Radcliffe married, started writing, and had an incredibly successful career as an author. But after her 1797 novel, [Read more]

This 2020 episode covers Mother Shipton, who may or may not have been a real person. She’s described as everything from an oracle to a [Read more]

Tracy talks about how Grimaldi’s memoirs read more like a Dickens novel than a source of biographical information. Then, Holly and Tracy talk about plant [Read more]