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Yesteryear Untold A history podcast about the untold stories in history. You will hear about the people and events in history who never got their 15 mins of fame.

The dancing plague - also known as “St. Vitus’s Dance” was a medieval phenomenon that involved spontaneous and continuou...
04/10/2020

The dancing plague - also known as “St. Vitus’s Dance” was a medieval phenomenon that involved spontaneous and continuous dancing by crowds of people. Nowadays we think of flash mobs, but this was definitely different. In technical terms this is called choremania and it actually was a cause for concern during this period.

One known case started in Germany and spread all the way to Italy. One day a woman named Fran Troffea started dancing in the street. 4 days later, 33 people had joined her - within a month 400 people joined in! Most of the 400 people suffered heart attacks and died!!

So, to recap, choreomania is a phenomenon (mainly existing in Europe in the 14th to 17th centuries) where people of all ages started dancing erratically in public until they collapsed or died - hence why it is known as the dancing plague.
@ Aachen, Germany

It's October, so we are jumping into the creepy, haunting and overall crazy stuff that has happened in history that you ...
02/10/2020

It's October, so we are jumping into the creepy, haunting and overall crazy stuff that has happened in history that you don't hear much about. For this episode, we take a look at Jane Toppan, sometimes known as "Jolly Jane" but really known as the serial killer nurse. Jane spent her life murdering people who were either helpless or got in her way. She admitted to killing 31 people, it is believed the real number of her victims is somewhere around 100. Jane has a really strange story that sounds like a horror movie that was derived in a Hollywood studio. Unfortunately for the 100 victims, this was not a Steven Spielberg production. Listen now to hear how Jolly Jane became known as the Serial Killer Nurse.

Listen here:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6VJJLZhm2VFnX19sy5KZBi?si=JXlF6LTBT3GUl9YR8U2SnQ

If you are like us, you probably sit around and think about random things like, “what would it be like to eat breakfast ...
28/09/2020

If you are like us, you probably sit around and think about random things like, “what would it be like to eat breakfast with George Washington?”

Yeah, well, lucky for you we have done some digging. Obviously, there would be some immediate awkwardness getting used to watching his fake chompers rhythmically devouring every morsel of food in front of you. But we wanted to focus more on what would we be eating.

It appears that a typical breakfast with the Washington’s consisted of the following. There was the option of tea or coffee for beverages, so pick your poison. For food, placed in front of you would be the traditional dry toast with bread and butter. Accompanying that would be George’s favorite, hoecakes (no that’s not a derogatory name you call your sister - it’s pancakes made out of corn). And the meat dish would not be the expected broiled fish (bummer) but instead would be sliced tongue. So, basically, breakfast with the Washington’s was nothing to write home to mom about.

Here is Andrew Jackson. Yeah, we all know him. He was the seventh president of the U.S., General of the Army and served ...
28/09/2020

Here is Andrew Jackson. Yeah, we all know him. He was the seventh president of the U.S., General of the Army and served in both houses in the Congress. Overall, Andrew Jackson is known to be a rough around the edge kinda dude - a true badass who gave zero effs about a whole lot. In fact, when he was 67, someone tried to shoot him twice. For whatever reason, the gun misfired and Andrew opened up a can of whoop ass on that dude.

But this story isn’t about Andrew, it’s about his pet parrot. Andrew got his bird “Poll” for his wife from a tavern. This parrot was an African Gray, which if you know anything about them, talk a lot.

Well, fast forward to Andrew Jackson’s funeral. Imagine being there - everyone crying, it’s somber, tears being shed, people paying their respects. Well, also in the audience was Poll, his pet parrot. During the middle of all this Poll decided that it was his turn to start speaking and began cursing. Loudly. Literally, in the middle of the ceremony just kept cursing loud and repetitively - to the point that he was removed completely. It was said that people were “horrified and awed at the bird’s lack of reverence.” Calm down people, I’m sure the bird was just upset and was practicing his eulogy.

This is Boston Corbett. From this picture, he seems like an ordinary dude, but he was far from it. Actually, he was larg...
27/09/2020

This is Boston Corbett. From this picture, he seems like an ordinary dude, but he was far from it. Actually, he was largely considered a hero because, well, he was the soldier that avenged Abraham Lincoln’s death by shooting and killing John Wilkes Booth. He was originally arrested for killing him but then later released and deemed a patriot.

Prior to murdering one of the most notorious murderers, he was super religious and was a practicing street preacher. Basically, he was the dude that would pray for you when you cursed around him and also the guy that stood on the street corner with signs that read “the end is near, choose Jesus”. One day, while walking home from a church meeting, two prostitutes did what they do best and propositioned him into some sexual fun. Not only did he refuse, but he was so distraught and disturbed by this that he went back to his room and did what most men would do - read the Bible, prayed, and then castrated himself with scissors to avoid sexual temptation and to remain holy.

After killing Booth, years later he ended up in an insane asylum (big surprise) but shortly after being admitted, broke free and disappeared for the rest of his life. It is believed that he may have died in a wildfire in Minnesota in 1894 known as the The Great Hinckley Fire.

Throwing it back to that time when Tim Allen, whose actual name is Tim Dick, was arrested in 1978 at a Michigan airport ...
26/09/2020

Throwing it back to that time when Tim Allen, whose actual name is Tim Dick, was arrested in 1978 at a Michigan airport for trafficking 1.4lbs or co***ne. At this time, a new Michigan law had just passed that anyone who is in possession of 1.4lbs or more of co***ne is tied to a life sentence. Tim however worked a deal with authorities and gave info that eventually led to the arrests of 20 other drug dealers. Because of his cooperation, his sentence ended up being only 3 - 7 years in prison, for which he only served 2 years and 4 months. During his time in prison is where he really formed his craft for comedy (mainly to survive) and shortly after his release he took to the local comedy circuit thus leading to the career that we now know.

New episode alert 🚨 Seppuku or known here in the United States as harakiri (pronounced Harry Caray - we see you Cubs) is...
24/09/2020

New episode alert 🚨 Seppuku or known here in the United States as harakiri (pronounced Harry Caray - we see you Cubs) is a form of Japanese ritual su***de by disembowelment. There was a movie back in 2013 with Keanu Reeves called "47 Ronin" that kinda brushed on this... but let's be honest, none of us have seen that movie (and if you have, bless you for sitting through it all), so in our eyes, this is still an untold story in history that is deserving of further exploration. So join us as we take a deep dive (pun intended) into this unputdownable topic. Listen wherever you get your podcasts or click the link in our bio. 🗡 🎧

How many other history geeks are out there? Drop a comment with what subject/era is your favorite and we will work on ad...
22/09/2020

How many other history geeks are out there? Drop a comment with what subject/era is your favorite and we will work on adding it into our future episodes.

Talk to the hand. 🤚
22/09/2020

Talk to the hand. 🤚

Sneak peak to this week’s episode. We promise that this one is super interesting. The episode drops this Thursday wherev...
21/09/2020

Sneak peak to this week’s episode. We promise that this one is super interesting. The episode drops this Thursday wherever you get your podcasts! 🗡

In our latest episode we explore the weird history of wife selling. Yeah, that’s right, selling your wife. As a husband,...
17/09/2020

In our latest episode we explore the weird history of wife selling. Yeah, that’s right, selling your wife. As a husband, you would put a rope around your wife, take her down to the market and she would go home to the highest bidder. Listen now and find out why this was allowed and whether or not it was as bad as it seems. Listen wherever you get podcasts or click the link below.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/79aAwEQ2KoxPqFI3l7O2ap?si=rU9h8Z4iQy6Lxkex88J7uA

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16/09/2020

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11/09/2020

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