Advertise on podcast: History Obscura

In 16th-century Italy, the acceptable medical treatment for gunshot wounds and even gunpowder burns was no less than boiling-hot oil. Here's how a clever surgeon stumbled upon the truth: gentler methods could yield far greater results.  www.historyobscurapodcast.com

In the spring of 1962, a member of the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in Novolazarevskaya Station contracted appendicitis. The problem? He was the team's only doctor and needed to remove the infected organ himself.  www.historyobscurapodcast.com

In 1900, two sets of explosives were detonated on either side of Lock 24 of the Welland Canal in Thorold, Ontario. One of the conspirators was none other than Irish-American 'Dynamite' Luke Dillon - but Canadian authorities wouldn't know that for two years.  www.historyobscurapodcast.com

In the 1930s, Italian immigrant Louis Camuti opened Manhattan's first cats-only veterinary house-call service. We honour him this week following the unexpected death of our ferocious Mexican tigress, Sweetpea Mama Kitty 3 www.historyobscurapodcast.com Intro music from Fesliyan Studios

So many theories have been constructed on the final whereabouts of pilot Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan - but research compiled decades after the fact is compelling. Learn about  Betty Klenck's notebook! www.historyobscurapodcast.com

Following a triumphant European tour last summer, I've written down so much lore and history that I want to share with you! Here's a look at the almost unbelievable underground tomb of more than six million Parisians - the Paris Catacombs.  Enter if you dare! Find more episodes and transcripts on our website: www.historyobscurapodcast.com

Try out a side project of mine, Cinch Academy! We discuss AI, social media, tech trends and more with the team at Cinch Communications every month. If you like it, please follow, subscribe and share! Thanks a lot, friends! Here the Spotify link for the show: https://open.spotify.com/show/2WNgvHuDTNbquSCFqnGWpj?si=badefb6ce09f46d7  Music from Canva

It's the New Year of 2026!  Let us embrace empathy, learning and benevolent mindsets more than ever. It's always up to us to ensure that the light of human understanding and intellectualism does not die out during dark ages.  Peace be with us all! Music from Fesliyan Studios and Podcastle. The introductory poem is an excerpt from "The Death of the Old Year", by Alfred Lord Tennyson.  The short story, "Uncle Richard's New Year Dinner," is by Lucy Maud Montgomery. Opening anti-ICE, anti-regime rant courtesy of the author.

It's Christmastime and we're talking Yule Cat! Music from Fesliyan Studios

November 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the start of the Nuremberg trials, the international and formal effort to bring the war criminals of the Nazi party to justice following the end of the Second World War. In remembrance, History Obscura presents the story of one of the most eminent members of the party who was NOT required to testify in one of the United States' or West Germany's courts: Wernher von Braun. #NurembergTrials #NaziHistory #WWII

Welcome back to the show! This brand-new episode of History Obscura covers the peak of Scotland's witch hunting era, all thanks to the obsessive King James I & VI and his hit book, Daemonologie. Deep within the fetid waters of the Nor' Loch, successive generations of Scots would eventually find the material evidence for these atrocities.  Music from Fesliyan Studios www.historyobscurapodcast.com

This evening, we take a look at some compelling cases of reincarnation. Music from Fesliyan Studios Please support the show (and sweet Homer's vet bill) at www.buymeacoffee.com/historyobscura Or, subscribe to the ad-free Patreon feed at www.Patreon.com/historyobscura Thank you!

Perhaps you know him better as H. H. Holmes? Under a variety of names, this slick character swindled dozens of people out of their money, their properties, and even their lives. Music from Fesliyan Studios

Keeping on with the classic Robert Louis Stevenson adventure novel! Music from Fesliyan Studios.

A reading from The New York Times' April 19, 1886 edition. Thanks for listening! Music from Fesliyan Studios.