Episodes

  • Episode 5- The Princess Alice Boat Disaster
    Sep 21 2025

    Largely forgetten by history, but not us, The Princess Alice Disaster was the deadliest boat crash inland of the British Isles. Explore the dangerous lack of regulations in Victorian London that led to the death of over 600 people on the River Thames with Hunter and Shyanne.

    Source List:

    https://www.londonmuseum.org.uk/collections/london-stories/what-were-londons-pleasure-gardens/

    https://www.royalmintmuseum.org.uk/journal/history/pounds-shillings-and-pence/

    https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/maritime-history/library-archive/drowning-sewage-sinking-princess-alice

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-44800309

    The Five, The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold

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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Episode 4- The Summer of No Sun
    Feb 16 2025

    The erruption of Mount Tambora in 1815 was the largest in recorded history and had massive effects on the global climate causing a summer of no sunshine. Learn from Hunter and Shy about the pandemics, famine and the dramatic effects on weather which inspired the classic horror novels of Frankenstein and Dracula and may have led to the invention of the bicycle.


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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • Episode 3- Halley's Comet
    Dec 20 2024

    Throughout history we've looked to the stars to see when something awful will happen and every 70ish years it's Halley's Comet, star of Bethlehem, on the Bayeux tapestry, what can't she do?

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    53 mins
  • Episode 2- The Great Stink
    Sep 30 2024

    The year: 1858, the place: London. The population: over 3 million. The stink: great.

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    34 mins
  • Episode 1- English Monarchs
    Sep 23 2024

    Can't tell the difference between Henry VII and Henry VIII? Are you wondering what the hell a Plantaganet is? This is the podcast for you. To kick off the podcast, Hunter gives Shyanne the rundown of the English monarchs and their monarchic dynasties, from William the Conqueror to Charles III.

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    51 mins