77. 5 Festive Xmas Myths
From the baby Jesus to the X in Xmas there's a lot of myths around this magical time of year .
Episodes
Historical Hysteria
Come explore the wacky and weird side of history. Push aside the myths and misunderstandings of popular history and gaze at the unvarnished and unapologetic insanity that is real history.
Episodes
76. 25 October 1917*
Or is it the 7th of November?
75. October 11th 1776
Breaking from the Bofton Local Newf room I'm Nicholaf Ward
74. September 27th 1066
Today in local news with Nicholas Ward
00. Update
An update on the progress of Historical Hysteria
73. The Myth of the Right to Bear Arms
An interlude episode on the right to bear arms! Should it be everyone's god given right to own hairy urside appendages? Lets find out.
72 Tortuous Tales of Torture Part 1
Ever wanted to be tortured? No... well don't listen to this episode then
74. 5 Ways Early Hollywood was Horrifying
5 ways Hollywood was (and still is) horrific. From drugging children to hobbling horses Hollywood has it all baby
73. The Myth of the Pan Am Highway
Longest highway in the world 30'000km from Alaska to Argentina! ... right?
72. The Myth of the Last Soviet Socialist Republic
Tucked away in the muddy fields of Moldova is the last of the USSR.
71. The Myth of the ANZAC's
Lest we forget... nothing is sacred.
00. Update on the Podcast
Sorry for the delay
70. Vikings! W Jonas "The" Penguin
An HH talk about pop cultures favourite myth. Today's episode is a little unorthodox in style as it wasn't made for Historical Hysteria. Explicit language
69. The Myth of Squater's Rights
You've probably heard the term squatters in tv and movies. But what are they and can random squatters really just take part of your property and refuse to leave?! ... No of course the can't.
68.1 The Myth of Dr Robert Liston Update
A quick update on my personal favorite episode. Unfortunatley Historical Hysteria's exclusive... was slightly less exclusive than it could have been
68.2 Interview w Dr Brown (The Myth of Dr Robert Liston Update)
HH's talks with the man who literally wrote the book on the myth of Dr Robert Liston and modern medicine. For more reading check out Dr Browns book Emotions and Surgery in Britain, 1793–1912 - Emotions_and_Surgery_in_Britain__1793_1912.pdf
67. The Real Rosie the Rivetter
Arm curled bicep bulging sleeves rolled up the most iconic photo of WW2... Isn't Rosie the Riveter... so who is?
66. The Myth of the Dreadful Dreadlocks.
Love them or hate them the myths around dreads are as thick and tangled as the hairstyle itself
65. 5 Amazing American Election Myths
Did you know Republicans were once yellow instead of red? No well you should listen to this episode.
64. The Myth of Serbo-Croatian
In the northern half of Southern Europe are a group of languages spoken by the Southern Slavs who migrated west from Eastern Europe bringing with them old slavonic which evolved into 3 languages... or 7... or 1? The Balkans can get confusing.
63. The Myth of the WW1 Christmas Truce
So much more than the popular story
62. The Historical Basis of The Witcher Universe
Where Game of Thrones was the War of the Roses with magic, the Witcher series is Eastern European history but with magic
61. The Woman Who Took Down the Capones
Al Capone and his mythical nemesis Elliot Ness, his actual nemesis Frank Wilson and the woman behind the scenes who laid the ground work.
60. The Myth of the Ninja
In another episode on one of Japans most famous exports we learn that everything we know about Japan comes from Edo period propoganda.
59. 20 myths in 6 minutes.
Not at all a filler episode
58. A Lightning Update, Historical Hysteria and the Supreme Court.
Not a full episode this week. Just letting you know HH will return. And a quick update on 5 Law Enforcement Myths
57. The Myth of the Atom Bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima
The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were a necessary evil to end the war, they are what finally compelled the Japanese to surrender... right?
56. The Myth of the Last Samurai. Japan Part 5
When modernity came knocking, Samurai met machine guns with swords... right? ... ummmm no.
55. Samurai vs Knight. Who would win? Japan Part 4
Let's get ready to rumble! In the left corner the slicing samurai and in the right the knifing knight!! Who will win?
54. The Myth of the Katana. Japan Part 3
Forged in the fires of Mt Fuji, folded a thousand times, 9 for mortal men... wait I'm thinking of the one ring. Correction: I mix up the tanto and the kodachi/ wakizashi at one point. The tanto was a small knife. The kodachi and wakizashi are short swords that look similar to katana, tachi, and o dachi