In 1920s Los Angelos Mother May Otis Blackburn and her daughter Ruth Wiland Rizzio headed a cult that promised understandid, salvaion and so much hidden treasure, but the devout wouldn't be showered with riches and gold, instead they would live a life of secrecy, forced marriages, rituals and baking people in an oven. Hosted by Katie Charlwood Donate to L os Angeles Regional Food Bank Birthday Gift Vouchers: Playful Promises , WhatKatieDid , Buttress & Snatch (to whodidwhatnowpod@gmail.com) ...
Nov 11, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 168
Remember, remember the fifth of November, Gunpowder, Treason and Plot. I see no reason why gunpowder treason should ever be forgot.. Please enjoy this BONUS episode this Bonfire Night, the tale of Guy Fawkes who very early blew up parliament Hosted by Katie Charlwood Donate to Burlesque Hall of Fame Gift Vouchers: Playful Promises , WhatKatieDid , Buttress & Snatch (whodidwhatnowpod@gmail.com) I'm on Tour! Get Your Tickets Donate at : Patreon Tip Jar Just in Case Beacons (at the bottom of th...
Nov 10, 2025•1 hr 10 min
SEE ME LIVE IN LONDON!!! See Who Did What Now LIVE in London this November 2025!!!! Get Your Tickets In the mid-nineties a woman made headlines all over the world bcause she sued McDonalds for having hot coffee... Now that seems ridiculous right? A ridiculous news story that turned an elderly woman into a laughing stock, a greedy instigator of "frivolous lawsuits" but behind he headline is the story of a reasonable woman with a reasonable request from a gluttonous corporation... Hosted by Katie ...
Nov 04, 2025•48 min•Ep. 167
SEE ME LIVE IN LONDON!!! See Who Did What Now LIVE in London this November 2025!!!! Get Your Tickets It's time for the most famous witch trial in American history...the Salem Witch Trials Hosted by Katie Charlwood Donate to Burlesque Hall of Fame I'm on Tour! Get Your Tickets Donate at : Patreon Tip Jar Just in Case Beacons (at the bottom of the page) Follow me on… Instagram TikTok Facebook Bluesky Fan Mail: Katie Charlwood C/O The Postal Store Unit 11A Forte Retail Park Letterkenny Co. Donegal ...
Oct 28, 2025•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 166
SEE ME LIVE IN LONDON!!! See Who Did What Now LIVE in London this November 2025!!!! Get Your Tickets The witch craze moves North and soon a small islet in northern Norway is under the watchful eye of John Cunningham, a man reccomended to the country by King James VI... Hosted by Katie Charlwood Listen to Kiss Like You’re Sorry Donate to Burlesque Hall of Fame Read up on Strangulation I'm on Tour! Get Your Tickets Donate at : Patreon Tip Jar Just in Case Beacons (at the bottom of the page) Follow...
Oct 20, 2025•50 min•Ep. 165
SEE ME LIVE IN LONDON!!! See Who Did What Now LIVE in London this November 2025!!!! Get Your Tickets As we continue spooky season, how coud we discuss witches and not share he tale of the very witch trial that shaped King James' view of daemonologie, The North Berwick Witch Trials Hosted by Katie Charlwood Listen to Kiss Like You’re Sorry Donate to Burlesque Hall of Fame I'm on Tour! Get Your Tickets Donate at : Patreon Tip Jar Just in Case Beacons (at the bottom of the page) Follow me on… Insta...
Oct 13, 2025•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 164
It is the season of the witch and so get ready for England's darkest hour, the trial of the Pendle Witches, in which families are condemned by the testimony of a young child. The first of many tales this season of those accused of witchcraft and cunning... Hosted by Katie Charlwood See Who Did What Now LIVE in London this November 2025!!!! Listen to Kiss Like You’re Sorry Donate to Burlesque Hall of Fame I'm on Tour! Get Your Tickets Donate at : Patreon Tip Jar Just in Case Beacons (at the botto...
Oct 07, 2025•1 hr•Ep. 163
COME SEE ME LIVE IN LONDON THS NOVEMBER! Welcome to the final installment in the Josephine Baker Saga: Death of a Showgirl. She lived a full life, fro rags to riches, resistance to Rainbow tribe, she was a civil rights activist, mother of 12 and a diva til the end. Hosted by Katie Charlwood Listen to Kiss Like You’re Sorry Donate to Burlesque Hall of Fame I'm on Tour! Get Your Tickets Donate at : Patreon Tip Jar Just in Case Beacons (at the bottom of the page) Follow me on… Instagram TikTok Face...
Oct 02, 2025•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 162
COME SEE ME LIVE IN LONDON THS NOVEMBER! Josephine Baker had a life so full it could not be contained by one episode alone! In this eoisode Josephine deals with duals, death, international tours, another marrige, and nazis. But how exactly does one from, the highest paid movie star of the era to becoming a French Resistance spy!? Hosted by Katie Charlwood Listen to Kiss Like You’re Sorry Donate to Burlesque Hall of Fame I'm on Tour! Get Your Tickets Donate at : Patreon Tip Jar Just in Case Beaco...
Sep 26, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 161
Jospehine Bake lived a full life, so much so that it was impossible to fit the bisexual, burlesque icon's story into just one episode! So welcome to part one, where we learn all about how Josephine went from dirt poor to dancing in Paris, one of the celebrated performes of the Jazz era, and who liked Willy so much she married to of them! Hosted by Katie Charlwood Donate to Burlesque Hall of Fame I'm on Tour! Get Your Tickets Donate at : Patreon Tip Jar Beacons (at the bottom of the page) Follow ...
Sep 15, 2025•1 hr•Ep. 160
Lili St Cyr grew up with nothing...and ended up the most scandalous woman in America! From poverty to police raids, to being denounced by the Public Morality Committee, she had a scandalous life on and off the stage.. Hosted by Katie Charlwood Donate to Burlesque Hall of Fame I'm on Tour! Get Your Tickets Donate at : Patreon Tip Jar Beacons (at the bottom of the page) Follow me on… Instagram TikTok Facebook Bluesky Fan Mail: Katie Charlwood C/O The Postal Store Unit 11A Forte Retail Park Letterk...
Sep 09, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 159
Burlesque's beginnings blossomed out of La Belle Époque, the interwar period between the Franco-Prussian war and WW1. An era where creativity and the arts boomed and the Burlesque show was born and it created stars, women like Liane de Pougy, a star, a desired courtesan, a princess and a nun. Hosted by Katie Charlwood I'm on Tour! Get Your Tickets Donate at : Patreon Tip Jar Just in Case Beacons (at the bottom of the page) Follow me on… Instagram TikTok Facebook Bluesky Fan Mail: Katie Charlwood...
Sep 01, 2025•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 158
The Battle of Castle Itter has to be one of the weirdest battle of the Second World War, it's the SS against Wermacht, the Austrian Resistance, US troops, an SS officer, some politicians, a famous tennis player and Charles de Gaulle's sister....in the Alps Hosed by Katie Charlwood Donate at : Patreon Tip Jar Beacons (at the bottom of the page) Follow me on… Instagr am Facebook Bluesky Fan Mail: Katie Charlwood C/O The Postal Store Unit 11A Forte Retail Park Letterkenny Co. Donegal Ireland F92 DY...
Aug 25, 2025•51 min•Ep. 157
Amon Leopold Göth was an SS Schutzstafeeln, the commandant of the Płaszów labour camp in Kraków, Poland and a man that was such a monster that Steven Spielberg had to tone down his cruelty in Schindler's List because he didn't want audiences to think that it was exaggerating or making things up. Hosted by Katie Charlwood Donate at : Patreon Tip Jar Beacons (at the bottom of the page) Follow me on… Instagram TikTok Facebook Bluesky Fan Mail: Katie Charlwood C/O The Postal Store Unit 11A Forte Ret...
Aug 19, 2025•47 min•Ep. 156
Ravensbrück was the only major Nazi concentration camp for women, located just miles north of Berlin, it was close enough to hand, but far enough to avoid too many questions. A place of brutality, where women were used as forced labour for Siemens and Heinkel, to build rockets and luftwaffe machinery. To provide products for businesses owned by prominent SS, and to make uniforms for the soldiers. But it wasn't all work, women were used for horrific "scientific" experiments, tortured and more... ...
Aug 11, 2025•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 155
Irma Grese, the baby faced Beast of Belsen and the Hyena pf Auschwitz who revelled in the pain and sufferening of others, especially if she was the one who was inflicting it. Hosted by Katie Charlwood I'm on Tour! Get Your Tickets Donate at : Patreon Tip Jar Just in Case Beacons (at the bottom of the page) Follow me on… Instagram TikTok Facebook Bluesky Fan Mail: Katie Charlwood C/O The Postal Store Unit 11A Forte Retail Park Letterkenny Co. Donegal Ireland F92 DY22 Business Enquiries: katie@who...
Aug 04, 2025•53 min•Ep. 154
The Zoot Suit Riot wasn't actually a riot, don't let the name fool you, it is an often overlooked attack on ethnic minorities in Los Angeles which became a pivotal moment in the Chicano Civil Rights Movement. What happened in Downtown LA in June 1943? Hosted by Katie Charlwood I'm on Tour! Get Your Tickets Donate at : Patreon Tip Jar Beacons (at the bottom of the page) Follow me on… Instagram TikTok Facebook Bluesky Fan Mail: Katie Charlwood C/O The Postal Store Unit 11A Forte Retail Park Letter...
Jul 23, 2025•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 153
Kate Warne, a woman in history we should know more about. The first "lady" detective in the USA, she solved crimes, performed subtrefuge and even thwarted an assassination attempt on President-elect, Abraham Lincoln. Hosted by Katie Charlwood I'm on Tour! Get Your Tickets Donate at : Patreon Tip Jar Beacons (at the bottom of the page) Follow me on… Instagram TikTok Facebook Bluesky Fan Mail: Katie Charlwood C/O The Postal Store Unit 11A Forte Retail Park Letterkenny Co. Donegal Ireland F92 DY22 ...
Jul 16, 2025•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 152
In the second half of the John Brown tale, we get to hear about Brown's FAFO era, from Bleeding Kansas to the guerilla warfare at Osawatomie, the Battle at Black Creek and of course the rai on Harper's Ferry, and the events that led him to be executed for treason. Hosted by Katie Charlwood I'm on Tour! (News Coming Soon) Donate at : Patreon Tip Jar Beacons (at the bottom of the page) Follow me on… Instagram TikTok Facebook Bluesky Fan Mail: Katie Charlwood C/O The Postal Store Unit 11A Forte Ret...
Jul 07, 2025•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 151
Happy Independence Day! It's July 4th which means that it's the perfect time to talk about some classic American history. I was hoping to get this into one epidoe but alas, there's too much to tell. so join me for Part I of the tale of John Brown, the American Abolitionist, Hosted by Katie Charlwood I'm on Tour! Get Your Tickets Donate at : Patreon Tip Jar Beacons (at the bottom of the page) Follow me on… Instagram TikTok Facebook Bluesky Fan Mail: Katie Charlwood C/O The Postal Store Unit 11A F...
Jul 03, 2025•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 150
A film noir femme fatale, actress Mary Astor found herself embroiled in a custody battle and "crime of the century!" A scandal so inticing that it knocked the news of fascists off of the front page of the newspapers. To start off our US History month, the American starlet and the purple diary scandal! Hosted by Katie Charlwood I'm on Tour! Get Your Tickets Donate at : Patreon Tip Jar Beacons (at the bottom of the page) Follow me on… Instagram TikTok Facebook Bluesky Fan Mail: Katie Charlwood C/O...
Jun 30, 2025•56 min•Ep. 149
King Edward II had everything he needed in life, a great education, a throne to sit upon, huge tracts of land and a beautiful face... unfortunately his greatest achievement as King was having a pirate beoyfriend Hosted by Katie Charlwood I'm on Tour! Get Your Tickets Donate at : Patreon Tip Jar Just in Case Beacons (at the bottom of the page) Follow me on… Instagram TikTok Facebook Bluesky Fan Mail: Katie Charlwood C/O The Postal Store Unit 11A Forte Retail Park Letterkenny Co. Donegal Ireland F...
Jun 24, 2025•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 148
Alan Turing is a man who deserved to be celebrated, a cryptanalyst, mathematician and codebreaker who helped win the Second World War, A man who was possibly neurodivergent and definitely homosexual. This pride month I am so excited to finally tell you about about the genius, Alan Turing. Hosted by Katie Charlwood I'm on Tour! Get Your Tickets Donate at : Patreon Tip Jar Just in Case Beacons (at the bottom of the page) Follow me on… Instagram TikTok Facebook Bluesky Fan Mail: Katie Charlwood C/O...
Jun 17, 2025•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 147
It's Pride month and so it's the perfect time to tack about trans cultural icon, Billy Lee Tipton - a transgender jazz musician, who performed all over the country, had five dogs, five wives and a great sense of humour. Hosted by Katie Charlwood Donate at : Patreon Tip Jar Beacons (at the bottom of the page) Follow me on… Instagram TikTok Facebook Bluesky Fan Mail: Katie Charlwood C/O The Postal Store Unit 11A Forte Retail Park Letterkenny Co. Donegal Ireland F92 DY22 Business Enquiries: katie@w...
Jun 09, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 146
This Pride Month, let us tell a tale of one of the best-known authors and least-known asexuals in history - Miss Louisa May Alcott. You may know her as the writer of the classic novel, Little Women, but Alcott had an interesting life that is only hinted at in her novels Hosted by Katie Charlwood Donate at : Patreon Tip Jar Beacons (at the bottom of the page) Follow me on… Instagram TikTok Facebook Bluesky Fan Mail: Katie Charlwood C/O The Postal Store Unit 11A Forte Retail Park Letterkenny Co. D...
Jun 03, 2025•48 min•Ep. 145
1989 in London, England, 130 partygoers boarded a small pleasure boat - The Marchioness - for a birthday bash cruise down the Thames river. Less than an hour later, over a third of these people would lose their lives after the boat was struck by a large dredger. For the survivors and the victims families, the pain had only begun. Hosted by Katie Charlwood I'm on Tour! Get Your Tickets Donate at : Patreon Tip Jar Just in Case Beacons (at the bottom of the page) Follow me on… Instagram TikTok Face...
May 26, 2025•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 144
Massachusetts has a shadow on its history, that of the Fernald School in South Boston, an institution designed to provide children with intellectual disabilities skills that they would be able to have a better life. A mission that changed over time, instead of providing skills ans support, the children were treated as lab rats, with some even tested with radiation. Hosted by Katie Charlwood Donate at : Patreon Tip Jar Just in Case Beacons (at the bottom of the page) Follow me on… Instagram TikTo...
May 20, 2025•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 143
Harmen van den Bogaert was one of the earliest colonisers settlers in 17th Century North America, an ambassador to the Mohawks, he has a bright future which leads to what the Dutch Republic would call a "bad fate." Hosted by Katie Charlwood I'm on Tour! Get Your Tickets Donate at : Patreon Tip Jar Just in Case Beacons (at the bottom of the page) Follow me on… Instagram TikTok Facebook Bluesky Fan Mail: Katie Charlwood C/O The Postal Store Unit 11A Forte Retail Park Letterkenny Co. Donegal Irelan...
May 12, 2025•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 142
Sometimes history is depressing, other times it's downright silly, like that time America outright banned sliced bread, much to the chagrin to housewives everywhere! Hosted by Katie Charlwood I'm on Tour! Get Your Tickets Donate at : Patreon Tip Jar Just in Case Beacons (at the bottom of the page) Follow me on… Instagram TikTok Facebook Bluesky Fan Mail: Katie Charlwood C/O The Postal Store Unit 11A Forte Retail Park Letterkenny Co. Donegal Ireland F92 DY22 Fill out the survey! http://bit.ly/who...
Apr 29, 2025•50 min•Ep. 141
What happens when a pope trades prayers for power? When you dig into the wild story of Pope Innocent VIII - a man whose reign was packed with shady deals, family favours, and political chaos, it's like Game of Thrones... but in the Vatican. Let's unpack the secrets, scandals, and surprises behind one of the most unforgettable popes in history. Hosted by Katie Charlwood I'm on Tour! Get Your Tickets Donate at : Patreon Tip Jar Just in Case Beacons (at the bottom of the page) Follow me on… Instagr...
Apr 21, 2025•35 min•Ep. 140
