Stuff You Missed in History Class

Today we’re revisiting one of our scariest episodes of all time, from 2013. From 1916 to about 1927, a strange epidemic spread around the world. [Read more]

Kristallnacht was a massive act of antisemitic violence that was named for the shards of glass left littering the streets in more than a thousand [Read more]

From her college years, Chisolm was politically active. Her drive and desire to make positive change led her to many political firsts, including being the [Read more]

We’re traveling back to a 2012 episode from previous hosts Sarah and Deblina about catastrophic storms, which are almost historical characters in their own right, [Read more]

For the west coast tour, Holly and Tracy talked about the fear of being buried, which reached a fever pitch in Europe and the U.S. [Read more]

These are two entities with a number of similarities: They’re both women, often described as crones or hags, and there’s no clear origin point for [Read more]

This 2011 episode from Sarah and Deblina features the Fox family, which began hearing strange noises in 1848, and sisters Maggie and Kate started communicating [Read more]

Among other things, Sir Walter Raleigh was a courtier, an explorer, a historian, a Member of Parliament and a soldier. He was part of England’s [Read more]

After TV producer David Levy adapted the cartoons of Charles Addams into “The Addams Family,” Charlie’s life changed in a number of ways. As Addams [Read more]

We’re revisiting a 2010 Halloween episode from Sarah and Katie. Today, Franz Mesmer is hailed as the father of hypnosis. His original pursuit was called [Read more]