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Noble Blood

Noble Blood

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Author Dana Schwartz explores the stories of some of history’s most fascinating royals: the tyrants and the tragic, the murderers and the murdered, and everyone in between. Because when you’re wearing a crown, mistakes often mean blood.

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  • The Drillmaster of Valley Forge

    The Drillmaster of Valley Forge
    Aug 26 2025

    When Baron von Steuben arrived at Valley Forge, he was met with a dismal sight. The soldiers were starving, undisciplined, and freezing. The Baron had a daunting task ahead of him: give them a fighting chance against the British.

    Support Noble Blood:

    — Bonus episodes, stickers, and scripts on Patreon
    — Order Dana's book, 'Anatomy: A Love Story' and its sequel 'Immortality: A Love Story'

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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    39 mins
  • Who's Afraid of the Duchess of Newcastle (Part Two)

    Who's Afraid of the Duchess of Newcastle (Part Two)
    Aug 19 2025

    Virginia Woolf compared her to a giant cucumber plant. Had she read that, Margaret Cavendish might have thought it a compliment.

    Support Noble Blood:
    — Bonus episodes, stickers, and scripts on Patreon
    — Order Dana's book, 'Anatomy: A Love Story' and its sequel 'Immortality: A Love Story'

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    41 mins
  • Hoax! | E2 | Balloon Boy

    Hoax! | E2 | Balloon Boy
    Aug 18 2025

    For a few tense hours in October 2009, the entire world watched as a homemade aircraft purportedly carrying a 6-year-old boy drifted in mid-air on live television. When the balloon landed, there was no boy inside.

    Sources: Wife Swap Season 5, Episode 1: “Heene/Martell”
    Wife Swap Season 5, Episode 18: “Heene/Silver”

    The video that I showed Dana of the YourShakeDown invention: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xAX2Y8-g4g

    Compilation of news coverage from the time of the story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAlwBcvb9RA

    Internet Historian video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWhUvm8SunY&t=1s

    Richard Heene’s response: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Axgyj7g5XZY

    The gawker essay: https://www.gawkerarchives.com/5383858/exclusive-i-helped-richard-heene-plan-a-balloon-hoax

    Transcripts from 911 and CNN: https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/ng/date/2009-10-21/segment/01

    The Denver magazine that cracked the case: https://www.5280.com/the-balloon-boy-hoax-solved/

    More reporting:

    https://people.com/human-interest/10-years-later-balloon-boy-dad-insists-saga-no-hoax/

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2345497/Four-years-Balloon-Boy-aged-10-finally-set-worlds-youngest-heavy-metal-band-brothers.html

    https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/19/us/19balloon.html

    https://nypost.com/2025/02/22/us-news/infamous-balloon-boy-starts-tiny-home-building-business-in-florida/

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    1 hr and 10 mins
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