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The Reluctant Historian

Welcome to The Reluctant Historian, the podcast where I, a history teacher, try to show my husband that history IS actually pretty cool! Each week we sit down to talk about a different event in history. At the end, the
Latest Episode1/25/2023

La Corriveau: It's Not About a Sex Dungeon

Season 3, Ep. 2
This week, Liz and Dakota look at an urban legend from Quebec and talk about how the actual history of a murderer quickly became something of a ghost story.Episode Noteshttps://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/la-corriveaus-cage-quebec-canadahttps://www.scaryforkids.com/la-corriveau/https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/la-corriveauhttp://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/corriveau_marie_josephte_3E.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie-Josephte_Corriveauhttps://nuvomagazine.com/culture/la-corriveau-of-quebec-city
1/25/2023

La Corriveau: It's Not About a Sex Dungeon

Season 3, Ep. 2
This week, Liz and Dakota look at an urban legend from Quebec and talk about how the actual history of a murderer quickly became something of a ghost story.Episode Noteshttps://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/la-corriveaus-cage-quebec-canadahttps://www.scaryforkids.com/la-corriveau/https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/la-corriveauhttp://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/corriveau_marie_josephte_3E.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie-Josephte_Corriveauhttps://nuvomagazine.com/culture/la-corriveau-of-quebec-city
1/18/2023

Tarrare: 4 Inch Wide Mouth Mason Jar

Season 3, Ep. 1
Welcome back to season three!This week, Dakota shares the story of a medical history/mystery from the French Revolution, the tale of the man who couldn't stop eating: TarrareEpisode Noteshttps://www.gutenberg.org/files/747/747-h/747-h.htmhttps://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/tarrare/https://www.wiltons.org.uk/news/155https://historianandrew.medium.com/tarrare-the-man-who-couldnt-stop-eating-including-puppies-and-a-maybe-toddler-dde79b8d50b7https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20161014-the-man-who-couldnt-stop-eatinghttps://www.messynessychic.com/2018/07/13/whatever-you-do-dont-tell-the-french-about-tarrare/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarrarehttps://allthatsinteresting.com/tarrare
12/21/2022

Year in Review 2022

Season 2, Ep. 47
This week, Liz and Dakota look back at some of their favourite episodes from 2022, recounting memories and zingers, and looking forward to the future.A huge thanks goes out to all of you who have tuned in this year... the podcast wouldn't be the same without you, and we are so incredibly appreciative that you take the time out of your day to listen to us talk history. We look forward to connecting with you all again on January 18, 2023... Happy Holidays from us at The Reluctant Historian
12/14/2022

The 13 Yule Lads and Other Scary Christmas Stories

Season 2, Ep. 46
This week, Liz and Dakota delve into some Icelandic Christmas Folklore, learning about the Christmas Witch, a hungry Christmas Cat, and 13 meddlesome pranksters.Episode Noteshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/meet-the-thirteen-yule-lads-icelands-own-mischievous-santa-clauses-180948162/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/why-icelands-christmas-witch-much-cooler-and-scarier-krampus-180967605/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_Christmas_folklorehttps://www.britannica.com/place/Icelandhttps://www.mentalfloss.com/article/568050/gryla-christmas-troll-iceland
12/7/2022

15 Christmas Facts Featuring Benedict Cumbergrinch

Season 2, Ep. 45
In a different kind of trivia episode, Liz and Dakota share 15 random Christmas facts. Ranging from Candy Canes to the racist history of Jingle Bells, this episode takes you on a wild ride.Episode Noteshttps://bestlifeonline.com/christmas-facts/https://www.berries.com/blog/45-fun-christmas-factshttps://www.goodhousekeeping.com/holidays/christmas-ideas/g2972/surprising-christmas-facts/https://www.history.com/news/8-things-you-may-not-know-about-jingle-bells
11/30/2022

Larry Pletch and Carl Bivens: Earnest Does Terrorism

Season 2, Ep. 44
This week's Wicked Wednesday is all about America's first plane hijacking, and the infamous story of Earnest "Larry" Pletch. Not to be confused with Earnest of the Earnest Scared Stupid variety.Episode Noteshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/murderous-story-americas-first-hijacking-180956152/https://fearoflanding.com/history/i-dont-know-why-i-killed-him-but-i-did/https://awnaves.medium.com/a-senseless-murder-at-5-000-feet-americas-first-murder-on-a-plane-73179f4c34dchttps://www.newser.com/story/210944/how-americas-1st-hijacking-ended-in-murder.html
11/23/2022

The Mary Celeste: It's Not Unusual to be Loved

Season 2, Ep. 43
This week, Liz and Dakota explore what happened aboard the ghost ship the Mary Celeste and share why the salvaging hearings didn't really go according to plan. Dakota analyzes some of his trauma in the meantime.Episode Noteshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/abandoned-ship-the-mary-celeste-174488104/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Celestehttps://allthatsinteresting.com/mary-celestehttps://www.history.com/news/what-happened-to-the-mary-celestehttps://www.britannica.com/topic/Mary-Celestehttps://museumhack.com/mary-celeste/https://www.kingmanyachtcenter.com/an-october-ghost-story-mary-celeste/