The Weird History Podcast

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30 The Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace, Part Two

Posted May 14, 2015 • 00:21:26

Hong Xiuquan and his Taiping rebels successfully founded a new kingdom in southern China. The Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace sought to overthrow the...

29 The Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace, Part One

Posted May 7, 2015 • 00:14:40

In the 1850s a man who styled himself as the younger brother of Jesus Christ led China into a bloody rebellion. China in the early 1800s was ravaged...

28 Attack the Rock

Posted April 30, 2015 • 00:14:27

The foreboding form of Alcatraz Island looms just beyond San Francisco, an obvious symbol of isolation and punishment. Alcatraz was never the biggest,...

27 King of Jewels and Centaurs

Posted April 23, 2015 • 00:14:54

One of the most persistent myths of the Middle Ages was that of Prester John, a mythical Christian king whose supposed domain was located beyond the...

21 Shanghaied!

Posted March 12, 2015 • 00:21:17

In the late 1800s countless men were exploited by a system that used debt and indentured servitude to keep them tied to the shipping industry. The process...