The Weird History Podcast

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Posted November 4, 2016 •

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104 Thomas Jefferson, Mastodon Hunter

Posted November 3, 2016 • 00:20:31

Thomas Jefferson loved mastodons, in part because he wanted to prove that American animals were not degenerate. In the late 1700s a French naturalist,...

103 How Gothic Got Goth

Posted October 27, 2016 • 00:15:52

“Gothic” has described a lot of things: Mustachioed barbarians just outside the Roman empire, grand cathedrals such as Notre Dame and Chartres,...

102 Five Scary Clowns

Posted October 20, 2016 • 00:19:58

Anymore it seems like scary clowns outnumber standard, whimsical clowns. Clowns are monsters, figures of fear, and they seem more likely to laugh with...

101 Kara Helgren on Witches, Puritans, and the Salem Tourist Experience

Posted October 13, 2016 • 00:54:41

Kara Helgren has previously worked for the city of Salem, Massachusetts as a tour guide, leading visitors through the ominously-named Witch House. According...