Stuff You Missed in History Class

When Prince Pedro of Portugal was married off in the 1300s, he only had eyes for his new wife’s lady in waiting. This 2017 episode [Read more]

Tracy and Holly discuss the possible inspiration for Maggie Lena Walker’s name, and then discuss favorite recipes as inspired by a listener mail. They also [Read more]

While the ghost illusion he created for theaters dominates his life story, Pepper’s life story has a number of twists and turns. It’s got several [Read more]

Maggie Lena Walker was the first Black woman in the U.S. to charter a bank – she was also the first Black woman in the [Read more]

This 2011 episode from previous hosts Sarah and Deblina covers the life of Mary-Elizabeth Bowser, who was released from enslavement by Elizabeth Van Lew, then [Read more]

Tracy and Holly discuss the inherent problems with looking at the story of the princes in the tower, particularly many people having the same name. [Read more]

Olivia Ward Bush-Banks was a Harlem Renaissance writer who also supported writers and artists, hosted salons, and taught drama courses. She was well-known during her [Read more]

Sir Thomas More’s version of what happened to the sons of Edward IV has long dominated popular understanding of it. But the conflict between the [Read more]

This 2017 episode examines how, after a traumatic event, strange things began happening around Esther Cox. In the 1870s, Amherst, Nova Scotia was abuzz with [Read more]

Holly and Tracy talk about their experiences with haunted houses, then discuss watching “The Exorcist,” and the dynamics in play in Roland Doe’s story. Learn [Read more]