Archive Sleuth
History Podcasts
A show for anyone with a love for fascinating, half-forgotten stories from history. Georgina Asfaw applies her detective skills gained over a decade of sleuthing inside archives large and small around the world to bring lesser-known stories of the past to light. True stories of murder, crime, love, adventure, and the odd pirate or two. These are stories that open windows onto human experience, society, and culture at different moments in history, and that reveal the extraordinary in ordinary lives.
New episodes released every two weeks on Thursdays.
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/archive-sleuth.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Location:
United States
Description:
A show for anyone with a love for fascinating, half-forgotten stories from history. Georgina Asfaw applies her detective skills gained over a decade of sleuthing inside archives large and small around the world to bring lesser-known stories of the past to light. True stories of murder, crime, love, adventure, and the odd pirate or two. These are stories that open windows onto human experience, society, and culture at different moments in history, and that reveal the extraordinary in ordinary lives. New episodes released every two weeks on Thursdays. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/archive-sleuth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Language:
English
The Celebrity Divorce Trial of the (19th) Century
Duration:00:46:01
Alan Turing writes to Winston Churchill
Duration:00:37:57
Jane Austen, Horatio Nelson and the sailor brother who links them
Duration:00:32:32
Mutiny and Murder on the Dove Brigantine Part 3
Duration:00:27:29
Mutiny and Murder on the Dove Brigantine Part 2
Duration:00:22:47
Mutiny and Murder on the Dove Brigantine
Duration:00:22:26
A Midwife's Tale
Duration:00:32:29
An international volunteer in the Spanish Civil War
Duration:00:30:28
A Royal Scandal Part 2
Duration:00:38:45
A Royal Scandal
Duration:00:28:48
A Nun in the French Revolution
Duration:00:29:05
Scandal in High Society Part 2
Duration:00:27:33
Scandal in High Society
Duration:00:26:07
The letters of Mrs Middleton
Duration:00:27:40
Mary Blandy and the patricidal poisoning part 3
Duration:00:33:59
Mary Blandy and the patricidal poisoning part 2
Duration:00:26:04
Mary Blandy and the patricidal poisoning
Duration:00:26:23
Introducing Archive Sleuth
Duration:00:02:33