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216 episodes
Language
English
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Yes
Date created
2020/05/14
Latest episode
2026/04/21
Average duration
69 min.
Release period
7 days

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Whoever said history was boring obviously wasn’t paying attention. Each week, join Katie Charlwood, history harlot and reader of books, as she delves into the people, places and events that make history a bit more interesting! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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189. The Unsinkable Molly Brown - Margaret Brown
2026/04/21
The UNSINKABLE Margaret "Molly" Brown was a passenger on the world's largest and most luxurious passenger ship, the White Star Line's RMS Titanic which sank on the North Atlantic ocean. But shes far more interesting than you know... Hosted by Katie Charlwood Donate at:  Patreon  Tip Jar Beacons (at the bottom of the page) Follow me on… Instagram TikTok Facebook Bluesky Fan Mail: Katie Charlwood C/O The Postal Store Unit 11A Forte Retail Park Letterkenny Co. Donegal Ireland F92 DY22 Business Enquiries: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
188. Voilet Jessop
2026/04/08
On the 14th April 1912 the world's largest and most luxurious passenger ship, the White Star Line's RMS Titanic sank on the North Atlantic ocean, on board was Miss Unsinkable, the stewardess Violet Jessop, but the Titanic sinking is not the only part of her story Hosted by Katie Charlwood Donate at:  Patreon  Tip Jar Beacons (at the bottom of the page) Follow me on… Instagram TikTok Facebook Bluesky Fan Mail: Katie Charlwood C/O The Postal Store Unit 11A Forte Retail Park Letterkenny Co. Donegal Ireland F92 DY22 Business Enquiries: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
187. Miss Piggy
2026/03/30
From humble beginnings to international stardom, Miss Piggy made sure that she would get the life that she deserved! She is a beacon (not bacon) of style, charm and a certain je ne sais quoi, if you want to know about this icon then loom no further! Hosted by Katie Charlwood Donate at:  Patreon  Tip Jar Beacons (at the bottom of the page) Follow me on… Instagram TikTok Facebook Bluesky Fan Mail: Katie Charlwood C/O The Postal Store Unit 11A Forte Retail Park Letterkenny Co. Donegal Ireland F92 DY22 Business Enquiries: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
186. Nellie Bly
2026/03/24
Nellie Bly was a whirlwind in a new form of journalism - Stunt Girl Journalism! At 23 years old she spent 10 days in the Women's Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell's Island, exposing the mistreatment of the marginilised in these institutions and sparking reform. Her investigative journalism would take her around the world and even to the Eastern Front during the Great War, but tht's only part of her story. Hosted by Katie Charlwood Donate at:  Patreon  Tip Jar Beacons (at the bottom of the page) Follow me on… Instagram TikTok Facebook Bluesky Fan Mail: Katie Charlwood C/O The Postal Store Unit 11A Forte Retail Park Letterkenny Co. Donegal Ireland F92 DY22 Business Enquiries: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
185. The Tuam 796
2026/03/17
in 1975 two boys are playing out by the ruins of the old Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, Galway, ireland. They find a hole filled with very small bones. They tell everyone what tehy find and it is assumed that this is a famine grave. It's sealed up and ignored for 40 years until someone starts questioning what happened to the 796 children that died in The Home. Get ready for a very Irish scandal. Hosted by Katie Charlwood Donate at:  Patreon  Tip Jar Beacons (at the bottom of the page) Follow me on… Instagram TikTok Facebook Bluesky Fan Mail: Katie Charlwood C/O The Postal Store Unit 11A Forte Retail Park Letterkenny Co. Donegal Ireland F92 DY22 Business Enquiries: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Magdalene Laundries - From the Vault
2026/03/15
The Magdalene Laundries, operatied under the guise of reforming "fallen" and "wayward" women and girls, only to exploit and abuse those that were working and residing in them. Their history should not be forgotten. Hosted by Katie Charlwood Donate at:  Patreon  Tip Jar Beacons (at the bottom of the page) Follow me on… Instagram TikTok Facebook Bluesky Fan Mail: Katie Charlwood C/O The Postal Store Unit 11A Forte Retail Park Letterkenny Co. Donegal Ireland F92 DY22 Business Enquiries: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
184. Countess Constance Markievicz - Revolutionary Woman
2026/03/10
Countess Constance Markievicz was an aristocrat, suffragist, artist and rebel leader. She was an integral part of te Easter Rising and in Ireland gaining indepence from the Britsh Empire. Hosted by Katie Charlwood Donate at:  Patreon  Tip Jar Beacons (at the bottom of the page) Follow me on… Instagram TikTok Facebook Bluesky Fan Mail: Katie Charlwood C/O The Postal Store Unit 11A Forte Retail Park Letterkenny Co. Donegal Ireland F92 DY22 Business Enquiries: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
183. Gisèle Pelicot - To Hell and Back
2026/03/08
Gisèle Pelicot, a woman who should have been enjoying her retirement and provincial life had it all come crashing down when she was brought into a police station in November 2020, where she was faced with the fact that she was abused by strangers for a decade, all of which was facilitated by her husband of half a century, Dominique Pelicot. She would be the centre of France's biggest rape trial, a symbol of femninsm and survivors across the globe. Hosted by Katie Charlwood Donate at:  Patreon  Tip Jar Beacons (at the bottom of the page) Follow me on… Instagram TikTok Facebook Bluesky Fan Mail: Katie Charlwood C/O The Postal Store Unit 11A Forte Retail Park Letterkenny Co. Donegal Ireland F92 DY22 Business Enquiries: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
182. Fannie Lou Hamer
2026/03/05
Fannie Lou Hamer, a civil rights activist and victime of teh Mississippi Apendectomy, a woman who history deserves to remember, Hosted by Katie Charlwood Donate at:  Patreon  Tip Jar Beacons (at the bottom of the page) Follow me on… Instagram TikTok Facebook Bluesky Fan Mail: Katie Charlwood C/O The Postal Store Unit 11A Forte Retail Park Letterkenny Co. Donegal Ireland F92 DY22 Business Enquiries: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
181. Katherine Johnson - NASA's Human Computer
2026/02/17
Katherine Johnson was a woman whose calculations at NASA helped launch men into space (and bring them home again) shattering barriers for women and Black scientists. She was a mathematician, a human computer and an American hero. She's got the medals to prove it! Hosted by Katie Charlwood Donate at:  Patreon  Tip Jar Beacons (at the bottom of the page) Follow me on… Instagram TikTok Facebook Bluesky Fan Mail: Katie Charlwood C/O The Postal Store Unit 11A Forte Retail Park Letterkenny Co. Donegal Ireland F92 DY22 Business Enquiries: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
From the Vault - William Dorsey Swann- Queen of Drag
2026/02/10
It's Black History Month, so let's pull a story from the vault, that of one William Dorsey Swann, who entered the world enslaved and would be the beacon of ballroom. Joy is an act of resistance, so listen up to the story of the first Queen of Drag! Hosted by Katie Charlwood Donate at:  Patreon  Tip Jar Beacons (at the bottom of the page) Follow me on… Instagram TikTok Facebook Bluesky Fan Mail: Katie Charlwood C/O The Postal Store Unit 11A Forte Retail Park Letterkenny Co. Donegal Ireland F92 DY22 Business Enquiries: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
180. Robert Smalls Vs the Confederacy
2026/02/04
Some stories from history are so impresive that they sound like you ripped them from a novel; an enslaved man steals a confederate ship, sails it to freedom and then fights the very nation that kept him in chains, well that's something worth talking about, welcome to the life of Robert Smalls. Hosted by Katie Charlwood Donate at:  Patreon  Tip Jar Beacons (at the bottom of the page) Follow me on… Instagram TikTok Facebook Bluesky Fan Mail: Katie Charlwood C/O The Postal Store Unit 11A Forte Retail Park Letterkenny Co. Donegal Ireland F92 DY22 Business Enquiries: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
179. Black Dahlia - Part 2
2026/01/31
On January 15th 1947 a mother strolling with her toddler comes across a body in a vacant lot, a body that would become one of America's most infamous cold cases, the murder of Elizabeth Short, the Black Dahlia. So much of her life and death twisted by myth and bias... Hosted by Katie Charlwood I'm on Tour! Get Your Tickets Donate at:  Patreon  Tip Jar Beacons (at the bottom of the page) Follow me on… Instagram TikTok Facebook Bluesky Fan Mail: Katie Charlwood C/O The Postal Store Unit 11A Forte Retail Park Letterkenny Co. Donegal Ireland F92 DY22 Business Enquiries: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
178. Black Dahlia - Part 1
2026/01/27
On January 15th 1947 a mother strolling with her toddler comes across a body in a vacant lot, a body that would become one of America's most infamous cold cases, the murder of Elizabeth Short, the Black Dahlia Hosted by Katie Charlwood I'm on Tour! Get Your Tickets Donate at:  Patreon  Tip Jar Beacons (at the bottom of the page) Follow me on… Instagram TikTok Facebook Bluesky Fan Mail: Katie Charlwood C/O The Postal Store Unit 11A Forte Retail Park Letterkenny Co. Donegal Ireland F92 DY22 Business Enquiries: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
177. John George Haigh - The Acid Bath Murderer
2026/01/21
John George Haigh murdered at least six people over the course of five yers 1944-1949. A notorious fraudster he killed for convenience...and profit, and tried to dispose of his victims by liquifying them in barrels of acid, earning him the moniker The Acid Bath Killer. And so continues our month long dive into 1940s crime... Hosted by Katie Charlwood I'm on Tour! Get Your Tickets D&D Crafting - Early Access Donate at:  Patreon  Tip Jar Beacons (at the bottom of the page) Follow me on… Instagram TikTok Facebook Bluesky Fan Mail: Katie Charlwood C/O The Postal Store Unit 11A Forte Retail Park Letterkenny Co. Donegal Ireland F92 DY22 Business Enquiries: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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4.8 out of 5
1099 reviews
★★★★★
Libromancer11 2026/04/22
Must Listen
Fascinating stories from history, delivered with a side of snark!
★★★★★
DianaRoseSmith1990 2026/04/20
Fact: Amazing
She’s wonderful to listen to! I learn so much, it’s like chatting and learn from your most fun, and kindest, friend!
★★★★★
Bibalitz 2026/04/20
I like you
I like you
★★★★★
JMJluvsTigger 2026/04/16
Like history… love you!
I can’t get over how much fun you are! I just saw your “lemons” bit and laughed out loud to “suck it” you are just wonderful. You are you, unapologeti...
★★★★★
bgxeggbjugcdrhutdfhhyfxsefghuu 2026/04/14
Fun and So Interesting
Thank you, Katie, for your fun and interesting podcast. I love the little insights into your life and how you are unapologetically yourself. I also lo...
★★★★★
Kim in Omaha 2026/04/10
Test
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★★★★★
Courtney0512 2026/04/07
Very candid
I love her perspective on things, her humility, it just feels like sitting down with a friend
★★★★★
Aimee in IA 2026/04/06
Making history fun!
I’m loving this podcast finding all sorts of pieces I didn’t know in history and learning actual facts in a fun way
★★★★★
Callyp7 2026/04/05
Bananas
I don’t like bananas but I love margaritas. The show is wonderfully quirky. Lots of fun info that you don’t hear anywhere else.
★★★★★
MeggieTea 2026/04/02
She dragged me in…
Katie’s Instagram and FB reels were/are compelling and entertaining at the same time and while I’d followed Who Did What Now” on the platforms, I hadn...
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