History Hit Podcasts

Medieval Warfare: Deception and Trickery

Deception and trickery have always been a universal feature of warfare and the wars of the Middle Ages were no exception - from the Battle of...

Serial Killer Family on the Frontier

Between 1871 and 1872, Labette County, Kansas became a source of mystery. Several people have gone missing on their journey west and a few bodies...

Poverty Point: Centre of Ancient America

An ancient, colossal site in Northeastern Louisiana, Poverty Point is a mystery amongst archaeologist and anthropologists a like. Dating back...

Anne Boleyn & Katherine of Aragon: Rival Queens?

History has painted Katherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn in two very different hues: one wife, one mistress; one Spanish, one French; one committed...

Henry III vs. Simon de Montfort

After speaking to Gone Medieval in April 2022 about the first volume of his magisterial biography of Henry III, David Carpenter promised Matt...

Inventing Bond: Wiretapping

We live in a world where everything is bugged. We all know we are being monitored. The surprising thing is that this is nothing new.

From...

Britain's WWII Lumberjills

The Second World War placed a tremendous strain on Britain's natural resources. One of the most important materials for fuelling the war effort...

Murder in the Roman World

The Ancient Romans are often thought of as ahead of their time. They invented concrete, sophisticated road systems and even underfloor...

Henry III vs. Simon de Montfort

After speaking to Gone Medieval in April 2022 about the first volume of his magisterial biography of Henry III, David Carpenter promised Matt...

Nazi Codebreaking with Betty Webb

Betty Webb is the last known living veteran who worked on both German and Japanese codes at Bletchley Park and Dan got an invite to her 100th...

LBJ's Legacy

The Vietnam War or the Great Society? Which event looms larger in the history of the United States? 

The 36th President of the United...

The Dambusters Raid with Max Hastings

80 years ago, in the late hours of May 16th 1943, Wing Commander Guy Gibson fearlessly commanded the 617 Squadron of the Royal Air Force to...

Enslaved Children in 16th Century Spain

Following the Second Granada War (1568-70), thousands of Moriscos in Spain were exiled, imprisoned or enslaved. Moriscos were former Muslims who...

The Haitian Revolution and King Henri Christophe

In the summer of 1791, thousands of enslaved people in Saint Domingue, as Haiti was then known, cast aside their shackles and revolted against...

Chicken Nuggets: A Bitesized History

The most famous chicken nugget of them all, the McDonald’s McNugget, turns 40 this year. So we’re asking, who invented the Chicken...

Nebuchadnezzar

One of the most famous Babylonian Kings - Nebuchadnezzar II was a legendary ruler who appears in biblical stories, cuneiform texts, and was...

The Rise & Fall of the de la Pole Family

The de la Pole dynasty played a central role in the Wars of the Roses. Theirs is a fascinating story of the rises and falls that plagued families...

Hiding Anne Frank

In this episode of Warfare, host James Patton Rogers is joined by Tony Phelan and Susanna Fogel, creators of the new TV series A Small Light,...

Witch Hunts of Scotland

In 1603, James VI & I became the first king of Scotland and England. But this isn’t the only reason he was remarkable. Because he also had a...

The Rise of Buffalo Bill

He was the most famous man in the world at the turn of the 20th century, bringing the American frontier to the rest of the United States, the...

Witches of St Osyth

In March 1582, a number of women from the small Essex village of St Osyth, were hanged for the crime of witchcraft. Several others, including one...