History Hit Podcasts

The Origins of Jim Crow

The Jim Crow era is one of the darkest periods in American history. The country was divided by laws, customs and etiquettes that demeaned African...

Queen Isabella: She-Wolf of France

"Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned." When that woman is Queen Isabella; She-Wolf, the results are catastrophic.

As our series on the...

The Dark History of London’s Drug World

Travel back to post-WW1 London, when sex, drugs and music was exploding in Soho... causing a national moral panic.

The drugs of choice?...

The Confederacy: Life In The South

The Civil War consumed the Confederacy for its entire existence, draining it of supplies, food and people. In this second episode of our...

Lady Nene: Female Samurai?

Assassin's Creed Shadows introduces us to some of Japan's mightiest historical leaders. Yet, "beside every great man is an ever greater woman"....

Ireland's Witchcraft Trials

In 1711, a wave of terror gripped the Islandmagee peninsula in County Antrim. First there was the haunting and supernatural murder of a local...

Black Death: The Origin Story

The myth goes thus: the Black Death reached Christendom at the Siege of Caffa when Mongols catapulted diseased bodies over the walls. Where did we...

The Sphinx

The Great Sphinx of Giza is probably the most recognisable statue in the world but it’s also one of the most mysterious...with conflicting...

Sodom and Gomorrah

What really happened to the damned cities of Sodom and Gomorrah? Tristan Hughes and Dr. Dylan Johnson delve into the infamous biblical story to...

Real Wives of Dictators | Börte, wife of Genghis Khan

What was life like to be married to Genghis Khan?

In this new limited series, Real Wives of Dictators, we're finding out all about the women...

Edward II: King of Incompetence

Gone Medieval begins a gripping 4 part series exploring scandal, power, and betrayal in the Plantagenet Court.

This one of England’s most...

THE LEADERS: Churchill

Does Churchill deserve the legacy he has? He took the reigns from a foundering Chamberlain and proved himself to be the man the country...

The Illuminati in the US

What do Thomas Jefferson and Beyonce have in common? They have both been thought to be members of the Illuminati.

But what really is this...

Swords And Throwing Stars: What Weapons Did Samurai and Shinobi Use?

Chasing Shadows 3. Weapons

Assassin's Creed Shadows gives players the chance to experience history as two icons of medieval Japan: samurai...

Robert Dudley: Elizabeth I's Forbidden Love

Passion, scandal, and power collided in the tumultuous relationship between Elizabeth I and Robert Dudley. Rumours of secret trysts between them...

Death at the Savoy Mansions: Post-War London's Drug Underworld

During the victory celebrations of World War One, a rising star is found dead in her bed after a suspected overdose.

22-year-old Billie...

Göbekli Tepe: The First Temple?

Long before Stonehenge, ancient builders in southeast Türkiye were creating some of the world’s first monumental stone structures. Their most...

D-day to Berlin: The Americans Cross the Rhine

80 years ago this week, American forces unexpectedly discovered an intact bridge across the river Rhine - the last natural defence of the...

German Peasants' War

Dr. Eleanor Janega is joined by historians Andy Drummond and Professor Lyndal Roper to explore the dramatic events of the German Peasants' War,...

Beauty & Ugliness in the Ancient World

When we think about Greek and Roman beauty, we think of marble statues of huge men with tiny...feet.

But what did it mean to be a beautiful...

The Confederacy: Who Was Jefferson Davis?

Only one person has ever held the title of President of the Confederate States of America. In this episode, we're going to find out more about him...