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Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood
Whoever said history was boring obviously wasn’t paying attention. Each week, join Katie Charlwood, history harlot and reader of books, as she delves into the people, places and events that make history a bit more interesting!
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Episodes
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood112. Tallulah Bankhead - Queer Icon
Tallulah Bankhead was the movie star that never was, a theatrical legend and was far too honest for her own good, During the golden age of Hollywood Tallulah's…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood111. Chevaliere d'Eon - The 18th Century French Trans Spy
The Chevaliere d'Eon was a French diplomat, soldier and spy who survived two French kings, the 7 Years War, and the French Revolution, who just so happened to…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood110. Sir Isaac Newton - Ace of Reason
Starting off Pride month with an Ace historical figure! There is so little ace/aroace representation out there from history to even now, I wanted to ensure we…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood109. Great Race of Mercy
What's this? A good news story from history??? Officially referred to as the 1925 Nome Serum Run, the Great Race of Mercy was an Alaskan dogsled relay that…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood108. Barbara Palmer - The Royal Whore
Barbara Palmer, Lady Castlemaine, Duchess of Cleveland, King's Whore and Curse of the Nation... Barb went by many names, but actions speak more than words and…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood107. All Aboard the Sex Raft
It's 1973 and Dr Santiago Genovés, an anthropologist with theory that women's ovulation holds the key to world peace, has a plan to remove conflict from…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood106. Mary Toft - The Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits
The tale of Mary Toft is a curious one, not because of the event portrayed over the years. Mary Toft was an illiterate, impoverished woman involved in one of…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood105. The Sausage Factory Murder of Chicago
It’s historical true crime time! Louisa Luetgert went missing in May 1897, her husband - the Sausage King of Chicago claims that his beloved wife ran off…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood104. The Overbury Poisoning
It’s historical true crime time! The world’s obsession with true crime is nothing new, and this one really was the talk of the Stuart court. This…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood103. George Villiers - 1st Duke of Buckingham
There's nothing typical about the King's favourite, George Villiers, the 1st Duke of Buckingham. A man so charming that a dukedom was created just for him, and…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood102. Satanic Panic
Step into the shadows with us and delve into the perplexing phenomenon of the Satanic Panic. In the 1980s , communities were consumed by fears of occult…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood101. The Black Widows of Liverpool
Catherine Flanagan and Margaret Higgins, the Merseyside murderesses emigrated to Liverpool in order to escape and survive the famine, An Gorta Mór, but…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood100. Queen Medb - Warrior Queen of Ireland
Queen Medb, Queen of Connacht and downright vengeful woman whose beauty could rob men of two thirds of their valour oh and who may or may not have been a real…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood99. The Magdalene Laundries
In this special IWD24 episode Katie does a deep dive into the Magdalene Laundries, operating under the guise of reforming "fallen" and "wayward" women and…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood98. Anne Bonny and Mary Read - Here Be Pirates
Anne Bonny and Mary Read were a deadly pirate duo who plundered, pilfered and pillaged their way to infamy to become legends from the golden age of privacy…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood97. Marlene Dietrich - Hollywood's Femme Fatale
Embark on a journey through Marlene Dietrich's captivating life (and occasionally scandalous) life. Delve into the magnetic charm and rebellious spirit that…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood96. Anne Lister - Gentleman Jack
Ready for a wild ride through Anne Lister's diary confessions? Let's spill the tea on this 19th-century trailblazer who not only defied society but also…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood95. Pope Leo X - The Ultimate Nepo Baby
Pope Leo X was an interesting religious leader, he had a pet elephant, excommunicated Martin Luther and had his lover framed for murder, and that's only just…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood94. William Dorsey Swann = Queen of Drag
William Dorsey Swann was a former slave who went on to become the very first drag queen. Swann took care of their community, held the most sensational soirees…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood93. Gland Larceny: The Testicle Thieves of Chicago
If you go down to the Windy City, the Windy City is mighty pretty, but you might have your nuts chopped, yes siree! During the roaring twenties there was a…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood92. Marguerite de Valois - Queen of Navarre - Part II
We are diving into part II of the life of France's slandered queen, Marguerite de Valois, Queen of Navarre. A woman who's life was tainted with libel and…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood91. Marguerite de Valois - Queen of Navarre - Part I
Marguerite of Valois, Queen of Navarre (or Queen Margot to her friends) lived through a time of political upheaval in France, with a lifetime tainted by…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood90. The Real Dick Whittington
The tale of Dick Whittington (and his cat) is one that has flowered through folklore and onto the stage, becoming a pantomime staple several centuries after…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood89. Lavinia Fisher - America's First Female Serial Killer
The name Lavinia Fisher is one that has haunts the true crime annals for centuries. She was accused of poisoning and murdering many guests who had the…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood88. Charles Dickens - Great Expectations, Terrible Reality
Charles Dickens is one of the most popular writers ever to exist, he championed for the poor, he highlighted inequality and child labour laws, and he's even…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood87. The Theft of the Irish Crown Jewels
At the turn of the 20th Century, four days before the King and Queen are due to visit Ireland for the Great Expedition, the country is rocked by Ireland's most…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood86. De Valera's Prison Break
Eamon De Valera, the long fellow, was to become the President and first Taoiseach of the Irish Republic, but before that he was locked up in an English prison…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood85. Mary Shelley - The Original Goth Girl
Mary Shelley was a force to be reckoned with, an intellectual mastermind, fuelled by passion and who lived a life rife with death and creativity. As a teenager…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood84. Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe was the original goth boy, emo well before that G note made everyine with 45degree fringes and spray on trousers stop in their tracks. Poe was…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood83. Elizabeth Bathory - The Blood Countess REDUX
Erzébet Báthori, history's most prolific female serial-killer, who exsanguinated her victims and the bathed in the blood of virgins, out of…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood82. Sawney Bean And His Cannibal Clan
In the 16th Century Sawney Bean and his bloodthirsty brood ambushed, killed and consumed weary travellers as they traversed the log, narrow roads of the…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood81. Roald Dahl - Soldier, Writer, Cheater, Spy
Roald Dahl has created worlds within pages that live in the minds and hearts of children (and some grown-ups) worlds that are chaotic, complicated, dark…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood80. The Great Fire of London
Over 350 years ago, the City of London was razed when a tiny spark on Pudding Lane ignited a fire hotter than lava, that would ravage the city for four days…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood79. Princess Alice of Battenberg
Princess Alice of Battenberg had a far more interesting life than most royals in recent history, she was a princess, a wife, a mother, a nurse, a refugee, a…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood78. J. M. Barrie - The Man Behind Peter Pan
James Matthew Barrie, a Scottish novelist and playwright, best known for being the creator of Peter Pan, brought joy, childhood fantasies and the name Wendy to…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood77. Diana - Princess of Wales
The late Diana, Princess of Wales, was the first wife of King Charles III and to many is the uncrowned queen whose life and tragic death have been steeped in…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood76. Justice for Ellen Poe - A Forgotten Woman
Ellen Poe was the wife of a prosperous doctor in Tipperary during the Irish Famine, but their marriage was not a happy one. Ellen suffered at the hands of her…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood75. The Sydney Shark Arm Murder REDUX
In April 1935, Australia is sitting between two world wars and while celebrating ANZAC day a shark in a Sydney aquarium vomits up an entire human limb, and so…
Who Did What Now With Katie CharlwoodBittisode 016: The Murder of Lord Darnley - Scotland's Oldest Cold Case
In this week's bittisode we discuss the mysterious death of Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, the King Consort to Mary, Queen of Scots. This unsolved murder is…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood74. Caterina Sforza - Renaissance Woman
Caterina Sforza was certainly a force to be reckoned with, the Countess of Forli and Lady of Imola, she fought off armies, husbands and even cardinals, so…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood73. Frank Abagnale Jr - Catch Him if You Can
Frank Abagnale Jr is known as a reformed conman, a criminal gone good, using his skills and expertise to protect big companies from fraudsters like he was…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood72. Mary Stuart - Queen of Scots
It's Who Did What Now's one-year anniversary with the Airwave Media Network, so why not celebrate it by talking about the most scandalous queen in Scottish…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood71 - Barbie - The Evolution of an Icon
In 1959, when Barbie was first introduced to the world, no-one could have expected that this little doll (of what some might call naughty origins) would become…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood70. The Rise and Fall of the East India Company
For a historical example of just how incredibly devious, vile and downright evil a corporation can be, look no further than the East India Company's undisputed…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood69. King Alfonso XIII - The Raunchiest Royal
Seeing as this is Episode 69 (nice) why not take find out the history of the only King to be both nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize and for having a stake in…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood68. Dr James Barry - the Medical Pioneer with a Secret!
Dr James Barry was the very first European doctor to perform a caesarean section in which both mother and baby survived, he was a pioneer in preventative…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood67. Mary Jane Kelly - The Ripper's Final Kill...?
Mary Jane Kelly has been an enigma of sorts for over a century, as well as being an exception to the rule. So much of Kelly's life is seeped in mystery, in…
Who Did What Now With Katie CharlwoodBittisode 015: Sex Worker Brides and the Creation of the Millionaire
France was in crippling debt and a Scotsman of all people had the ultimate plan to save the country, all he needed was a bank, some drunk soldiers and a…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood66. Catherine Eddowes - The Penultimate Victim
Catherine Eddowes is the penultimate victim of the so-called "canonical five" during the infamous Whitechapel Murders. Being moved from pillar to post for much…
Who Did What Now With Katie CharlwoodBittisode 014: King Charles' Disastrous Disguise
King Charles I of England was not the most efficient of monarchs and as a result plunged England into a Civil War that would lead to an odd situation involving…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood65. Elizabeth Stride - The Ripper's Third Victim?
Elizabeth Stride was a lot of things, from Nymphs Row to the Poplar Workhouse and the lodging house on Flower & Dean Street. Elizabeth Stride lived many lives…
Who Did What Now With Katie CharlwoodBittisode 013: The Chastity Belt Myth
A little bit of brevity never hurt anyone (well it did, but we won't talk about that...yet) in this week's bittisode Katie discusses the myths surrounding the…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood64. Annie Chapman - The Ripper's Second Kill
Annie Chapman, also known as "Dark Annie" had everything going for her, she had a husband with a good job, a family and she was in a social sense, upwardly…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood63. Polly Nichols - The Ripper's First Victim
Mary Ann Nichols, known as Polly to friends, family and the law, was the first canonical victim of the serial killer known as Jack the Ripper. One of many…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood62. Gráinne O Malley - Ireland's Pirate Queen
An amazing woman from Irish history who once divorced her husband by shouting at him through a window, shocked the entirety of Queen Elizabeth I's court…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood61. Let's Get Divorced
Getting married is all fine and well, but what happens when you (historically) want to dissolve your relationship, well my friends question no more as Katie…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood60. The Impotence Trials
In Medieval Europe, especially France and England, it was basically illegal not to have sex with your spouse! In order to ensure that a marriage could be…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood59. The Brides in the Bath Murders
While the Great War rages on across the Channel, tragedy strikes on a chilly afternoon in London where a newlywed is found dead in the bathtub, a mere day into…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood58. Coco Chanel - The Fascist Fashionista
Coco Chanel, the creator of the couture French fashion house was a style icon, an astute business women and also a Nazi collaborator... From the poorhouse to…
Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood57. Evelyn Nesbitt - The First Supermodel
Evelyn Nesbitt was the original "It" girl, she was THE Gibson Girl, the world's first supermodel and unsurprisingly like most women in history, a victim to the…