Stuff You Missed in History Class

This 2017 episode covers Hernandez v. Texas, which addressed civil rights for Mexican Americans, was the first case to be argued before the Supreme Court [Read more]

Tracy shares her limited knowledge of Crowley before she started researching the podcast, and the incomprehensible nature of some of Crowley’s writing. They also discuss [Read more]

He’s connected with everything from petty crime to mysticism to claims of nearly eternal life to one of the most famous deceptions in all of [Read more]

In late 1888, five women were brutally murdered in a slum neighborhood of London. The violent killer earned himself a nickname – Jack the Ripper. [Read more]

Crowley was a truly prolific and deliberately transgressive occultist whose practices included sex and drug use, and he went on to influence modern Satanism, as [Read more]

This 2016 episode tells the story of a small theater in Paris which was open from 1897 to 1962, and became famous for its grisly, [Read more]

Holly and Tracy discuss the career of Tod Browning and how difficult it is to know the true nature of certain aspects of the filmmaker’s [Read more]

Tod Browning’s contributions to the horror film genre are massive. And the films that are most responsible for that reputation are covered in this episode, [Read more]

Browning’s story is both fascinating and difficult; he was a golden boy of Hollywood for a time, but also plagued with personal problems. He has [Read more]

This 2017 episode covers an early 18th century engraver-turned-artist who made his mark on the art world by producing satirical prints in series that commented [Read more]