SYMHC Classics: Inês de Castro and Pedro I of Portugal
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]
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]
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