Stuff You Missed in History Class

Queen Victoria loved two men: Prince Albert, and after his death, her servant, John Brown. Late in life, the Queen had a third partner, a [Read more]

In the early 1900s, New York City’s Triangle Shirtwaist factory was one of the largest blouse factories in the city. It was also incredibly unsafe. [Read more]

The German battleship Bismarck was the most feared warship in the world – a powerful complement to U-boats. But when she sank the pride of [Read more]

In the late 1800s, no one really monitored food additives. After Congress refused to regulate food safety, Harvey Wiley had groups of healthy men ingest [Read more]

It’s the three-hundredth episode of your favorite history podcast, and what better way to celebrate than to take a closer look at real story behind [Read more]

In this all-listener-suggested episode, Deblina and Sarah take a look at why four different warships from around the world went down, and why they were [Read more]

Jimmy Winkfield won the Kentucky Derby twice, and he was also the last African-American jockey to win the race. Winkfield moved abroad in 1904 to [Read more]

From the sinking of Black Sam’s Wydah to the Medusa’s disastrous accident off the African coast, history is rife with tales of shipwrecks. Listen in [Read more]

Although Madame Tussaud’s museum is world-famous, the story of Marie Tussaud herself is less well-known. So who exactly was she, and how did she create [Read more]

This year, Prince William and Kate Middleton will be getting married at Westminster Abbey. Listen in to learn more about royal weddings as Sarah and [Read more]