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History Podcasts

Once upon a time, there was a scandal. Your hosts, Abigail and Madeline, gossip about historical figures and all their secrets. Affairs, animal obsessions, inflammable hearts, and secret lives abound in this comedic gossip column focusing on characters throughout history that never got a chance to shine on reality television. They aren't historians in any way, but they sure are search engine and gossip savvy.

Location:

United States

Description:

Once upon a time, there was a scandal. Your hosts, Abigail and Madeline, gossip about historical figures and all their secrets. Affairs, animal obsessions, inflammable hearts, and secret lives abound in this comedic gossip column focusing on characters throughout history that never got a chance to shine on reality television. They aren't historians in any way, but they sure are search engine and gossip savvy.

Language:

English

Contact:

5756400174


Episodes
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#16 Queen Matilda's Lover and David Hahn, the Radioactive Boy Scout

2/12/2020
Queen Matilda ruled aside her lover at the request of the King (not her lover). David Hahn built a nuclear reactor in his mom's potting shed and almost got away with it. Scandalous!

Duration:01:13:04

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#15 - Fritz Haber's Chlorine Bombs and The Ramones Wanna Be Sedated

1/11/2020
New Year, New Numbering Scheme. We tell the scandalous history of Germany's morally questionable World War I scientist, Fritz Haber, and the crazy Rock n' Roll lives of the 70's rock band, The Ramones.

Duration:00:56:21

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Keep Clam for Ivar Haglund and Princess Diana's Crowded Marriage

10/2/2019
Princess Diana's life was anything but a fairy tale, plus Seattle's Seafood Sultan Ivar Haglund and his connection to starvationist Linda Hazzard. Scandalous!

Duration:01:27:31

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Father of Lobotomy and Jeepers Creepers: The Ethel Waters Story

7/30/2019
Walter Freeman: The Father of the Lobotomy and Ethel Waters

Duration:00:46:13

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Great Balls of Fire and Revenge of a Saint

5/2/2019
Jerry Lee Lewis and Olga of Kiev. song by Herra Hnetusmjor, aka Mr. Peanutbutter - Upp Til Hopa

Duration:01:09:48

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Benito Mussolini and Murderous Sk8r Boi Gator

4/8/2019

Duration:01:19:59

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Tell Me a Storysode: Benedict Arnold and Masonic Reptilians (Denver International Airport)

1/18/2019
Guests Adam and Cody tell Madeline all about Traitor Benedict Arnold and the potential for conspiracy at the Denver International Airport. Scandalous!

Duration:01:14:08

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Mary Poppins and Lincoln's Avenger

1/2/2019

Duration:00:55:27

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It’s Bananas How Many Bananas They Ate

12/11/2018
We delve into the story of Hiroo Onoda, the Japanese soldier who waged an unhelpful one-man gorilla war in the Philippines, and the murder mystery of 1950s Superman. Scandalous!

Duration:01:13:43

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Nikola Tesla and Jane Austen

11/21/2018
Nikola Tesla and Jane Austen made incredible contributions to very different areas of academia, but each found passion and purpose in their work as opposed to their personal lives.

Duration:01:01:36

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Justin Trudeau's Mom and Royal Hemorrhoids

10/10/2018
Margaret Trudeau may be the mother of the world's hottest prime minister, but she also was a wild and fabulous first lady who had an eye for equally unavailable (and famous) men. Catherine the Great had to have a child, but to say her husband was her first choice for baby making would be inaccurate to say the least... Russian officers that aren't your husband come in handy sometimes. Scandalous!

Duration:01:01:26

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The Boy Toys of Abraham Lincoln and Marilyn Monroe

9/25/2018
What do Abraham Lincoln and Marilyn Monroe Have in Common? Could it be their rumored affairs with strapping young gents? Scandalous!

Duration:01:05:30

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Poopsicles and Human-Chimp Hybrids

9/11/2018
Who knew that the real-life experiments aimed at creating human-chimp hybrids could be so scandalous... and cursed? And what wonderfully disgusting tool did the famous explorer, Peter Freuchen, use to save his own life? Get learned up on how to wield your excrement in life or death situations on this episode of Antique Scandal

Duration:00:56:21

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I Have Sex The Way That I Eat

8/29/2018
Napoleon was known for his incredible military prowess, but did you know that he was also a hopeless romantic at heart? Spoiler alert! That didn't stop his wife from being the freaking worst. And did the author of Frankenstein really run off with a married baby daddy? Scandalous!

Duration:00:54:43

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Eisenhower's Treaty with ETs and Dickens' Melodrama

8/15/2018
Charles Dickens was a famous author and a not-so-famous terrible husband. Dwight Eisenhower went to the dentist and came back with a little grey man.

Duration:00:53:57

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Don't Fall in Love with Pigeons

8/1/2018

Duration:00:40:53