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A nonfiction podcast focused on the darker, stranger, and more mysterious aspects of history.
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Thomas Gloom
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Episodes(3)
Episode 12: The Art Of Theft
Some crimes are chaotic. Others are calculated. In this episode, we examine history’s most notorious heists—beginning with the 1990 robbery at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, where thieves walked out with priceless masterpieces that have never been recovered. From there, we trace legendary robb
Episode 11: Institutional Cruelty
For centuries, mental illness wasn’t treated… it was controlled. In this episode, we step inside the brutal history of insane asylums and early psychiatric “care,” beginning with Bethlem Royal Hospital, where madness became public spectacle. From there, we trace the rise of lobotomies in the United
MM#11 Blood On The Senate Floor
He didn’t die on the Senate floor. But a part of him never left it. In this episode, we examine the life and legacy of Charles Sumner—an abolitionist senator who stood against slavery, demanded Black equality, and bled in the halls of Congress after a brutal caning by Representative Preston Brooks i