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A Popular History of Unpopular Things

A podcast that makes weird, gross, gory, and just generally “unpopular” history more fun and accessible

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30:36

The Spanish Inquisition

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2024/08/18

Join Kelli as she goes over the history behind the Spanish Inquisition. How and why did Spain hunt down heretics to purge the country of non-Catholics? And there will be a LOT of medieval torture devices in today's episode!Support me on my Patreon - your support helps keep this podcast going!A Popular History of Unpopular Things PatreonFollow the APHOUT YouTube channel!Intro and Outro music credit: NedricFind him on all streaming services and YouTube!Support the Show.

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27:42

The Great Plague and Great Fire of London

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2024/08/04

Join Kelli as she goes over the Great Plague of London, 1665-1666, which ended in part thanks to the Great Fire of London, 1666.These are two big events that killed off a good chunk of London's population and destroyed four-fifths of the city. The new London that was built was better suited to withstand fires and plague, and though it still had some sanitation problems, the days of plague-infested roofs and damaging fires was over.Support me on my Patreon - your support helps keep this podcas...

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40:58

The Black Death

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2024/07/21

Join Kelli for her fiftieth episode where she explores her favorite topic - The Black Death!It's an all-out disease fest, where she goes over the symptoms of plague, how it spread, who it impacted, what it was like for people living with it, and how it impacted the Medieval world.Thank you for helping APHOUT come so far - and this is only just the beginning!Support me on my Patreon - your support helps keep this podcast going!A Popular History of Unpopular Things PatreonFollow the A...

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31:44

The Hindenburg Disaster

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2024/07/07

Join Kelli as she goes over the Hindenburg Disaster. On May 6, 1937, the Hindenburg Zeppelin exploded and caught fire as it was landing at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey. 36 of the 97 people on board died - some in the initial explosion, some from jumping off the airship at height, and some from some horrific burns once they escaped the flaming vessel. It had huge ramifications for the airship industry and the popularity of blimps, zeppelins, and other dirigibles. Support ...

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31:24

The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster

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2024/06/23

Join Kelli as she goes over the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, where a massive 9.0/9.1 earthquake 80 miles off the eastern coast of Japan triggers a tsunami that killed tens of thousands and caused millions in damages. But the earthquake and tsunami also knocked out power to the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, which had terrible, terrible consequences...In this episode, we briefly revisit what happened with Chernobyl so we can compare it to Fukushima, as both disasters received the same nuclear "...

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39:12

The Medusa Shipwreck

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2024/06/09

Join Kelli as she goes over the tragedy of the Medusa Shipwreck. When a French frigate bound for Senegal hits a sandbank and sinks, some get on the lifeboats, while a large portion are stuck on a hastily erected raft. The raft was too heavy and abandoned by the boats, and 147 people on board this flat wooden rectangle were left to try and survive without provisions, a compass, a proper sail, or a rudder. And it doesn't end well.Special shoutout to my newest cannibal Patron - Joaquin! Thank yo...

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29:56

The Victorian Houses of Death

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2024/05/26

Join Kelli as she talks about Victorian-era hospitals in London, known as the Houses of Death because of their fatality rates. These were the most unsanitary of places, and today we'll go into all the nitty-gritty details of what they looked like. We'll also learn about some of the gross surgeries that went on inside Houses of Death before going over how they changed with the advent of anesthetics and antiseptics.Buckle up, this one is pretty gross. But hey - at least you get a break from can...

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26:51

The Tale of Liver-Eating Johnson

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2024/05/12

Join Kelli as she goes over the tale of Liver-Eating Johnson, a mountain man in the early 19th century American frontier who became legendary for how he avenged the murder and scalping of his Flathead indigenous wife. A book, called Crow Killer, really popularized his life - so much so that it was turned into a movie, Jeremiah Johnson, released in 1972 and starring Robert Redford. But is this a true story? Or is it just an embellished legend of a mountain man?Let's look at the (abridged) stor...

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24:44

The Order of the Pug

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2024/04/28

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32:24

The Kentucky Cannibal

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2024/04/14

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27:17

The Werewolf of Bedburg

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2024/03/31

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28:40

The Centralia Underground Mine Fire

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2024/03/17

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30:41

The Lizzie Borden Hatchet Murders

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2024/03/03

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62:20

The Deadly Antarctic Expeditions

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2024/02/18

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52:11

The Jamestown Colony

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2024/02/04

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53:47

The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis

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2024/01/21

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31:04

The Kuru Cannibal Disease

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2024/01/07

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31:25

The Inca Mummies

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2023/12/24

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44:18

The Tuskegee Syphilis Study

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2023/12/10

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38:01

The Cannibal Island

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2023/11/26

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