Stuff You Missed in History Class

SYMHC Classics: The King’s Evil

This 2017 episode examines the practice of British and French monarchs laying on hands to cure...

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Behind the Scenes Minis: Murder and Home Decor

Holly discusses the strange reassurance she finds in examining historical crime stories. Tracy...

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Marie Anne Adelaide Lenormand, The Empress’s Oracle

Lenormand was a fortune-teller in France in the 19th century. She was hugely influential, because...

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The Murder of Pearl Bryan

The story of what happened to Pearl Bryan is horrifying and frightening. The scandalous...

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SYMHC Classics: Paris Catacombs

This 2019 episode notes that the Catacombs contain the bones of an estimated 6 to 7 million...

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Behind the Scenes Minis: Jack and Pearl and Patience

Holly and Tracy talk about pumpkin carving traditions and techniques. They also discuss Pearl...

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Patience Worth and Pearl Curran

Patience Worth was a popular writer in the early 20th century. But she was a 17th-century ghost,...

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Jack-o'-lanterns

Jack-o’-lanterns have become one of the most iconic symbols of Halloween. Their origin story...

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SYMHC Classics: Poveglia

This 2018 episode covers an uninhabited Italian island that has come to be called all manner of...

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Behind the Scenes Minis: Fall Fun

Tracy and Holly talk about the bummer story that didn't make it into Unearthed!, kids who...

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Unearthed! in Autumn 2023, Part 2

Part two of our autumn 2023 edition of Unearthed! includes potpourri, repatriations, shipwrecks,...

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Unearthed! in Autumn 2023, Part 1

In part one of our Autumn 2023 edition of Unearthed!, we have some oldest things, books and...

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SYMHC Classics: Crescent Hotel

This 2016 episode covers the Crescent Hotel of Eureka Springs, Arkansas. A colorful part of the...

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Behind the Scenes Minis: Criminals and the Maco Light

Tracy and Holly talk about the sloppy nature of the William Weare murder. They also discuss ghost...

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Six Impossible Episodes: Ghost Stories

October seemed like a good time for an installment of Six Impossible Episodes all about ghosts...

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The Murder of William Weare

William Weare's murder was brutal, gruesome, and a source of complete fascination for the public,...

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SYMHC Classics: Death of Poe

This 2012 episode from previous hosts Sarah and Deblina covers the unusual circumstances...

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Behind the Scenes Minis: Gothic All Week

Holly and Tracy talk about college experiences with Gothic literature, and modern analysis of Ann...

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Ann Radcliffe, Gothic Great Enchantress, Part 2

Once Ann Radcliffe retired from publishing, all kinds of rumors started to spread about her,...

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Introducing: The Puzzler with A.J. Jacobs

Listen up, SYMIHC fans! We are super excited about a brand-new podcast called The Puzzler. It's a...

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