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Who Did What Now

Katie Charlwood

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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1:12:54

158. Liane de Pougy - Courtesan, Princess, Nun

Who Did What Now ·

2025/09/01

Burlesque's beginnings blossomed out of La Belle Époque, the interwar period between the Franco-Prussian war and WW1. An era where creativity and the arts boomed and the Burlesque show was born and it created stars, women like Liane de Pougy, a star, a desired courtesan, a princess and a nun.Hosted by Katie CharlwoodI'm on Tour!Get Your TicketsDonate at:PatreonTip JarJust in CaseBeacons (at the bottom of the page)Follow me on…InstagramTikTokFacebookBlueskyFan Mail:Katie CharlwoodC/O The Postal

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50:32

157. The Battle of Castle Itter

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2025/08/25

The Battle of Castle Itter has to be one of the weirdest battle of the Second World War, it's the SS against Wermacht, the Austrian Resistance, US troops, an SS officer, some politicians, a famous tennis player and Charles de Gaulle's sister....in the AlpsHosed by Katie CharlwoodDonate at:PatreonTip JarBeacons (at the bottom of the page)Follow me on…InstagramFacebookBlueskyFan Mail:Katie CharlwoodC/O The Postal StoreUnit 11AForte Retail ParkLetterkennyCo. DonegalIrelandF92 DY22Business Enquiries:

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46:57

156. Amon Göth - The Butcher of Płaszów

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2025/08/19

Amon Leopold Göth was an SS Schutzstafeeln, the commandant of the Płaszów labour camp in Kraków, Poland and a man that was such a monster that Steven Spielberg had to tone down his cruelty in Schindler's List because he didn't want audiences to think that it was exaggerating or making things up. Hosted by Katie CharlwoodDonate at:PatreonTip JarBeacons (at the bottom of the page)Follow me on…InstagramTikTokFacebookBlueskyFan Mail:Katie CharlwoodC/O The Postal StoreUnit 11AForte Retail

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1:04:36

155. Ravensbrück Concentration Camp

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2025/08/11

Ravensbrück was the only major Nazi concentration camp for women, located just miles north of Berlin, it was close enough to hand, but far enough to avoid too many questions. A place of brutality, where women were used as forced labour for Siemens and Heinkel, to build rockets and luftwaffe machinery. To provide products for businesses owned by prominent SS, and to make uniforms for the soldiers. But it wasn't all work, women were used for horrific "scientific" experiments, tortured and

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154. Irma Grese - The Hyena of Auschwitz

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2025/08/04

Irma Grese, the baby faced Beast of Belsen and the Hyena pf Auschwitz who revelled in the pain and sufferening of others, especially if she was the one who was inflicting it. Hosted by Katie CharlwoodI'm on Tour!Get Your TicketsDonate at:PatreonTip JarJust in CaseBeacons (at the bottom of the page)Follow me on…InstagramTikTokFacebookBlueskyFan Mail:Katie CharlwoodC/O The Postal StoreUnit 11AForte Retail ParkLetterkennyCo. DonegalIrelandF92 DY22Business Enquiries: katie@whodidwhatnowpod.comFill out

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1:13:35

153. Zoot Suit Riots

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2025/07/23

The Zoot Suit Riot wasn't actually a riot, don't let the name fool you, it is an often overlooked attack on ethnic minorities in Los Angeles which became a pivotal moment in the Chicano Civil Rights Movement. What happened in Downtown LA in June 1943?Hosted by Katie CharlwoodI'm on Tour!Get Your TicketsDonate at:PatreonTip JarBeacons (at the bottom of the page)Follow me on…InstagramTikTokFacebookBlueskyFan Mail:Katie CharlwoodC/O The Postal StoreUnit 11AForte Retail ParkLetterkennyCo

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1:13:57

152. Kate Warne - America's First Female Detective

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2025/07/16

Kate Warne, a woman in history we should know more about. The first "lady" detective in the USA, she solved crimes, performed subtrefuge and even thwarted an assassination attempt on President-elect, Abraham Lincoln.Hosted by Katie CharlwoodI'm on Tour!Get Your TicketsDonate at:PatreonTip JarBeacons (at the bottom of the page)Follow me on…InstagramTikTokFacebookBlueskyFan Mail:Katie CharlwoodC/O The Postal StoreUnit 11AForte Retail ParkLetterkennyCo. DonegalIrelandF92 DY22Business Enquiries:

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1:17:46

151 . John Brown - Part II: Heroism is Treason

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2025/07/07

In the second half of the John Brown tale, we get to hear about Brown's FAFO era, from Bleeding Kansas to the guerilla warfare at Osawatomie, the Battle at Black Creek and of course the rai on Harper's Ferry, and the events that led him to be executed for treason. Hosted by Katie CharlwoodI'm on Tour! (News Coming Soon)Donate at:PatreonTip JarBeacons (at the bottom of the page)Follow me on…InstagramTikTokFacebookBlueskyFan Mail:Katie CharlwoodC/O The Postal StoreUnit 11AForte Retail

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1:23:59

150. John Brown - Part I: American Abolitionist

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2025/07/03

Happy Independence Day! It's July 4th which means that it's the perfect time to talk about some classic American history. I was hoping to get this into one epidoe but alas, there's too much to tell. so join me for Part I of the tale of John Brown, the American Abolitionist,Hosted by Katie CharlwoodI'm on Tour!Get Your TicketsDonate at:PatreonTip JarBeacons (at the bottom of the page)Follow me on…InstagramTikTokFacebookBlueskyFan Mail:Katie CharlwoodC/O The Postal StoreUnit 11AForte Retail

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55:33

149. Mary Astor - Hollywood and Scandal

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2025/06/30

A film noir femme fatale, actress Mary Astor found herself embroiled in a custody battle and "crime of the century!" A scandal so inticing that it knocked the news of fascists off of the front page of the newspapers. To start off our US History month, the American starlet and the purple diary scandal! Hosted by Katie CharlwoodI'm on Tour!Get Your TicketsDonate at:PatreonTip JarBeacons (at the bottom of the page)Follow me on…InstagramTikTokFacebookBlueskyFan Mail:Katie CharlwoodC/O The Postal

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1:27:47

148. King Edward II - Bisexual Chaos Monarch

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2025/06/24

King Edward II had everything he needed in life, a great education, a throne to sit upon, huge tracts of land and a beautiful face... unfortunately his greatest achievement as King was having a pirate beoyfriendHosted by Katie CharlwoodI'm on Tour!Get Your TicketsDonate at:PatreonTip JarJust in CaseBeacons (at the bottom of the page)Follow me on…InstagramTikTokFacebookBlueskyFan Mail:Katie CharlwoodC/O The Postal StoreUnit 11AForte Retail ParkLetterkennyCo. DonegalIrelandF92 DY22Business Enquiries:

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1:17:35

147. Alan Turing - The Codebreaker

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2025/06/17

Alan Turing is a man who deserved to be celebrated, a cryptanalyst, mathematician and codebreaker who helped win the Second World War, A man who was possibly neurodivergent and definitely homosexual. This pride month I am so excited to finally tell you about about the genius, Alan Turing.Hosted by Katie CharlwoodI'm on Tour!Get Your TicketsDonate at:PatreonTip JarJust in CaseBeacons (at the bottom of the page)Follow me on…InstagramTikTokFacebookBlueskyFan Mail:Katie CharlwoodC/O The Postal StoreUnit

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1:07:06

146. Billy Tipton - Trans Jazz Icon

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2025/06/09

It's Pride month and so it's the perfect time to tack about trans cultural icon, Billy Lee Tipton - a transgender jazz musician, who performed all over the country, had five dogs, five wives and a great sense of humour. Hosted by Katie CharlwoodDonate at:PatreonTip JarBeacons (at the bottom of the page)Follow me on…InstagramTikTokFacebookBlueskyFan Mail:Katie CharlwoodC/O The Postal StoreUnit 11AForte Retail ParkLetterkennyCo. DonegalIrelandF92 DY22Business Enquiries: katie@whodidwhatnowpod.comFill

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145. Louisa May Alcott

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2025/06/03

This Pride Month, let us tell a tale of one of the best-known authors and least-known asexuals in history - Miss Louisa May Alcott. You may know her as the writer of the classic novel, Little Women, but Alcott had an interesting life that is only hinted at in her novels Hosted by Katie CharlwoodDonate at:PatreonTip JarBeacons (at the bottom of the page)Follow me on…InstagramTikTokFacebookBlueskyFan Mail:Katie CharlwoodC/O The Postal StoreUnit 11AForte Retail ParkLetterkennyCo. DonegalIrelandF92

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1:20:42

144. The Marchioness Disaster

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2025/05/26

1989 in London, England, 130 partygoers boarded a small pleasure boat - The Marchioness - for a birthday bash cruise down the Thames river. Less than an hour later, over a third of these people would lose their lives after the boat was struck by a large dredger. For the survivors and the victims families, the pain had only begun.Hosted by Katie CharlwoodI'm on Tour!Get Your TicketsDonate at:PatreonTip JarJust in CaseBeacons (at the bottom of the page)Follow me on…InstagramTikTokFacebookBlueskyFan

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1:12:07

143. When MIT & Quaker Oats Tested Radiation on Children

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2025/05/20

Massachusetts has a shadow on its history, that of the Fernald School in South Boston, an institution designed to provide children with intellectual disabilities skills that they would be able to have a better life. A mission that changed over time, instead of providing skills ans support, the children were treated as lab rats, with some even tested with radiation.Hosted by Katie CharlwoodDonate at:PatreonTip JarJust in CaseBeacons (at the bottom of the page)Follow me

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1:05:06

142. Harmen van den Bogaert

Who Did What Now ·

2025/05/12

Harmen van den Bogaert was one of the earliest colonisers settlers in 17th Century North America, an ambassador to the Mohawks, he has a bright future which leads to what the Dutch Republic would call a "bad fate."Hosted by Katie CharlwoodI'm on Tour!Get Your TicketsDonate at:PatreonTip JarJust in CaseBeacons (at the bottom of the page)Follow me on…InstagramTikTokFacebookBlueskyFan Mail:Katie CharlwoodC/O The Postal StoreUnit 11AForte Retail ParkLetterkennyCo. DonegalIrelandF92 DY22Business

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49:42

141. That Time the USA Banned Sliced Bread

Who Did What Now ·

2025/04/29

Sometimes history is depressing, other times it's downright silly, like that time America outright banned sliced bread, much to the chagrin to housewives everywhere! Hosted by Katie CharlwoodI'm on Tour!Get Your TicketsDonate at:PatreonTip JarJust in CaseBeacons (at the bottom of the page)Follow me on…InstagramTikTokFacebookBlueskyFan Mail:Katie CharlwoodC/O The Postal StoreUnit 11AForte Retail ParkLetterkennyCo. DonegalIrelandF92 DY22Fill out the survey! http://bit.ly/whodidwhatnow-survey Hosted

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140. Pope Innocent VIII - Anything but Innocent

Who Did What Now ·

2025/04/21

What happens when a pope trades prayers for power? When you dig into the wild story of Pope Innocent VIII - a man whose reign was packed with shady deals, family favours, and political chaos, it's like Game of Thrones... but in the Vatican. Let's unpack the secrets, scandals, and surprises behind one of the most unforgettable popes in history.Hosted by Katie CharlwoodI'm on Tour!Get Your TicketsDonate at:PatreonTip JarJust in CaseBeacons (at the bottom of the page)Follow me

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1:12:21

139. Alice Crimmins - Mother on Trial

Who Did What Now ·

2025/04/15

In 1965 Alice Crimmins became the centre of one of America's most sensational murder trials, accused not only killing her children, but of violating society's expectation of motherhood. Alice's story was shaped as much by misogyny and by mystery. But the question remains, did Alice Crimmins kill her children, or was she a victim of the court of public opinion?Hosted by Katie CharlwoodI'm on Tour!Get Your TicketsDonate at:PatreonTip JarJust in CaseBeacons (at the bottom of the page)Follow me

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