History Obscura

Bone China

Ever wondered if there are really bones in your fancy bone china set?
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Scotland Yard Hunts a Killer

London's famous New Scotland Yard details its investigation of the missing woman, Mrs. Durand-Deacon, in 1954.Please support the podcast at Patreon or Buy Me a Tea!Music from Fesliyan Studios--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyobscura/support Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Green Children

Suffolk's green children have remained in local folklore for nearly 1,000 years--two little figures even adorn the village sign.
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Literature & Antique Scabs

Who knows what treasures are to be found in the folds of a pretty Victorian-era letter? Well, not usually these.
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Galileo & the Roof of Hell

Once upon a time, the Florentine Academy put its resources together to locate and determine its exact dimensions.
Yes, really.
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The Year the Pope Said the World Would End...in 1000

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The Franklin Expedition

The British were obsessed with finding a seaway from Canada's east coast to its west coast, and by the mid-19th-century they had begun exploring the Arctic Ocean for that purpose. Things got a bit too chilly for many unlucky people who found themselves in Arctic waters, never to return home.
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A Ghost Story from Normandy

This rather judgemental ghost encounter comes from Normandy in the year 1091...
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Nicola Tesla’s Martians

While conducting mysterious experiments with electricity in Colorado and his New York laboratory, electrical scientist Nikola Tesla received some exciting unearthly signals.
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Serial Killers or Angel Makers?

Once upon a time, in a little Hungarian village, there was a merry widow who wanted to help her fellow womenfolk be free from their abusive husbands...
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