Florence, 1563. Forbidden from practicing her herbal cures in Venice, the young noblewoman Bianca Capello flees to Florence, where the ruling Medici family practices alchemy. There, she wins herself an invitation to their palace, and, as well as a path to Duke Regent Francesco’s bed. The impassioned bond between Francesco de Medici and Bianca is at the core of this fact-driven dive into medicine, politics, love, and ultimately death in Renaissance Florence.

Gigi Berardi hails from Hollywood, and holds degrees in biology, resources and planning, and dance. A Fulbright scholar in Italy and professor at Western Washington University in Bellingham, she also teaches in Florence, Italy. She’s written more than 400 reviews and articles for print media and been featured on an array of podcasts and broadcast media. Beyond writing, her other passions include dance, cheesemaking, and travel.

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In 1846, Yorkshire, the Brontë sisters— Charlotte, Anne, and Emily— navigate precarious lives marked by heartbreak and struggle. Charlotte faces rejection from the man she loves, while their blind father and troubled brother add to their burdens. Despite their immense talent, no one will publish their poetry or novels. Amidst this turmoil, Emily encounters a charming shepherd during her solitary walks on the moors, yet he remains unseen by anyone else. After Emily’s untimely death, Charlotte— now a successful author with Jane Eyre— stumbles upon hidden letters and a mysterious map. As she stands on the brink of her own marriage, Charlotte is determined to uncover the truth about her sister’s secret relationship. The Man in the Stone Cottage is a poignant exploration of sisterly bonds and the complexities of perception, asking whether what feels real to one person can truly be real to another.

STEPHANIE COWELL is the author of 7 novels, including Nicholas Cooke, The Physician of London, The Players: a novel of the young Shakespeare, Marrying Mozart, Claude & Camille: a novel of Monet, and The Boy in the Rain. Her work has been translated into several languages, optioned for film, and adapted into an opera. Cowell has been awarded an American Book Award. She has also been an opera singer, balladeer, and founder of the Strawberry Opera and an outdoor performance series in NYC. Fun facts include auditioning before Richard Rodgers, the Rodgers of Rodgers and Hammerstein fame, and performing in places like the famous Harvard Club and even mental institutions and prisons.

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In 1806, Isobel Gunn is staring down the inevitability of a spinster’s farm life in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, often referred to as the Island of Women.  At the same time and across the ocean in Maskinongé, Quebec, Marie-Anne Gaboury is facing the prospect that her dashing new coureur de bois husband will leave her a fur trade widow when he returns west to the wilderness. Both women launch themselves on perilous voyages that will change them forever and transform them into legends. A Small Compass is the story of the first two women to venture into the Canadian wilderness, where they meet and must help each other battle what they know and what they don't to defend all they love.

Cinda Gault holds a Ph.D. in English, specializing in Canadian national identity issues in women’s writing of the 1960s and 1970s. She teaches and writes about Canadian literature and lives in Toronto, Ontario. 

Her fiction includes This Godforsaken Place, a historical novel set in 1885 against a background of the Louis Riel rebellion with appearances by Riel’s general, Gabriel Dumont, and Wild Bill Cody’s Wild West Show star Annie Oakley.

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On a bitterly cold December morning nearly 280 years ago, a young woman named Elizabeth was executed…twice!

With the governor’s pardon in hand, her father was within musket shot when the noose finally stopped twitching. Ms. Elizabeth’s last breath swept across the hills and hollows, as though the trees themselves carried her immortal curse through every limb, root, and fallen leaf. Her father, frozen by his failure, fell from his horse and swore an unholy promise to avenge his daughter’s persecution. 

Make no mistake: Ms. Elizabeth’s execution was not her end. Not by a long shot.

Revenge, karma, reincarnation—and the timeless war between good and evil—are all at play in Windham County’s most infamous property. Dark spirits and vengeful forces battle for dominance, seeking to claim the souls that once lived within the brick walls of this historical landmark.

Though tales and mystery’s often drift into myth, Ms. Elizabeth’s story has never truly faded. For centuries, she’s been seen walking the family farms, drifting through cornfields, lingering by the roadside, peering through windows—haunting the descendants of those who robbed her of life, justice, and land. Land that now lies beneath a building known as The Windham Inn.

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When a group of friends stumble upon a brand-new Ouija board, a night of harmless fun spirals into a terrifying encounter with the unknown. Spooked by the pleas of restless spirit “Peter”, they burn the board — which reappears the next day, without a trace of the fire.

Haunted by cryptic warnings, unexplainable phenomena, and a message they can’t ignore, the thrillseekers find themselves tangled in ghostly vengeance. As the line between the natural and the supernatural blurs, they face a life-altering question: Can they trust the board, or are they unleashing a darkness far beyond their control?

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Once upon a time, a woman named Scarlett was ostracized from her Amish community for being the girl who cried wolf, or more specifically, coyote. Years ago, no one believed her when she witnessed her father killed by a coyote in the woods of Unity, ME. However, when the predatory beast returns Scarlett will stop at nothing to make sure this threat is taken care of. But this time, she has someone on her side – the handsome widower next door, Jacob. So when Jacob, more or less, is like, “Scarlett, what great fearlessness you have,” she’s all, “The better to get vengeance with.” And soon Scarlett’s story of redemption may just end with happily ever after.

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Information pulled from the following sources

• Wikipedia - Hazel Farris -⁠ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazel_Farris⁠

• That’s Spooky podcast - Episode 240 – Mystery Meat Machine - April 19th, 2023 - by Tyler Hyde & Johnny Cann -⁠ http://thatsspooky.com/2023/04/19/episode-240-mystery-meat-machine/⁠

• ⁠www.newspapers.com⁠

• Birmingham Post-Herald - History Lives in Bessemer Museum - by Jeff Hardy 0 February 3rd, 1983 -⁠ https://www.newspapers.com/image/794842894/?clipping_id=134806609&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjc5NDg0Mjg5NCwiaWF0IjoxNzAzMzcwMjUxLCJleHAiOjE3MDM0NTY2NTF9.QX1AHpZp69w-aLOgFjuRC8Zwn5hoTn9oWkwW8ekRSVE⁠

• Newsbreak website - The Tragic Tale of the Mummy of Hazel Farris: Alabama's Macabre Sleeping Beauty - by April Killian - November 12th, 2023 -⁠ https://original.newsbreak.com/@april-killian-1599867/3226703188173-the-tragic-tale-of-the-mummy-of-hazel-farris-alabama-s-macabre-sleeping-beauty⁠

• Mummipedia Wiki - Hazel Farris -⁠ https://mummipedia.fandom.com/wiki/Hazel_Farris⁠

• Mummy Stories website - Hazel Farris: The Mummy of Bessemer, Alabama - by Madeline Burkhardt - December 31st, 2018 -⁠ https://www.mummystories.com/single-post/madelineburkhardt⁠

• ⁠https://www.in2013dollars.com/us/inflation/1906?amount=500⁠

• Wayback Machine website - HAZEL FARRIS SIDESHOW MUMMY -⁠ https://web.archive.org/web/20090629071159/http://www.sideshowworld.com/blowoffHarrisFarris.html⁠

• The Atlanta Journal - See Hazel the Mummy: She’s Well Preserved - October 27, 1976 - by Ron Taylor -⁠ https://www.newspapers.com/image/972591541/?terms=Hazel%20the%20mummy&match=2⁠

• Nashville Banner - Nobody’s Ever Proved Hazel’s No Real Mummy - by Red O’Donnell - August 23rd, 1957 -⁠ https://www.newspapers.com/image/603575296/?terms=Hazel%20the%20mummy&match=1⁠

• The Tennessean article - Killed 5 Men - April 27th, 1970 -⁠ https://www.newspapers.com/image/113461371/?clipping_id=122636562⁠

• The Ghost Doctor website - BESSEMER’S HAUNTED HALL OF HISTORY⁠ Alabama⁠ - by Alan Brown -⁠ https://theghostdoctor.com/bessemers-haunted-hall-of-history/⁠

• YouTube - “The Mysterious Tale of Hazel the Mummy: Fact or Fiction” - uploaded by Exploring History - 17 Oct 2023.

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Trigger Warning: This episode discusses incest.

Underneath this crucifix, a peasant family of five and their maid lie in a family grave. All of them had their skulls smashed in. The extremely brutal murderer did not even stop at Josef, who was only two and a half years old. He killed the boy with a single blow through the roof of the pram. The criminal police assumed a sixfold robbery-murder, although all the money was left behind. The neighbours of the murdered family, however, suspected a man from their village of having committed the heinous act. He wanted to marry the beautiful farmer's daughter, but her father did not allow it. Did that man kill the whole family out of revenge, or did someone else have a dirty hand in it? Someone who was so close to the murdered family that no one paid any attention to him...

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Captain Kidd has captivated imaginations for over 300 years and inspired many stories about pirates, but was he a criminal? Just how many ships did he plunder, how many men did he force to walk the plank, and how many throats did he slit? Or is the truth more inconvenient, that he was a buccaneer’s worst nightmare, a revered pirate hunter turned fall guy for scheming politicians? 

In “Captain Kidd,” Marquis reveals the real story. Kidd was an English-American privateer and a leading New York husband and father, dubbed “trusty and well-beloved” by the King of England himself and described by historians as a “worthy, honest-hearted, steadfast, much-enduring sailor” who was the “victim of a deliberate travesty of justice.” With honors far more esteemed than the menacing Blackbeard or any other sea rover at the turn of the 17th century, how can Kidd be considered both a gentleman and pirate, both hero and villain?

The ninth-great-grandson of legendary privateer Captain William Kidd, Samuel Marquis, M.S., P.G., is a professional hydrogeologist, expert witness, and bestselling, award-winning author of 12 American nonfiction-history, historical fiction, and suspense books, covering primarily the period from colonial America through WWII. His American history and historical fiction books have been #1 Denver Post and Amazon bestsellers, and have received multiple national book awards in both fiction and nonfiction categories, including the Kirkus Reviews and Foreword Reviews Book of the Year, American Book Fest and USA Best Book, Readers’ Favorite, and the Colorado Book Awards. His historical titles have also garnered glowing reviews from #1 bestseller James Patterson, maritime historians, U.S. military veterans, Kirkus Reviews, and Foreword Reviews (5 Stars). His pirate book, “Blackbeard: The Birth of America,” has been an Amazon #1 Bestseller in U.S. Colonial Period History. The Marquis lives with his wife in Louisville, Colorado, where they raised their three children.

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In this unique, illustrated collection, Literary Witches co-creator Katy Horan unearths the true and fictional stories behind twenty traditional murder ballads, exploring the beauty and horror of the art form through stories, lyrics, and original illustrations.

Murder Ballads is a guide to the origins and cultural impact of murder ballads as a music genre, covering its roots in patriarchal violence and white supremacy, as well as its contemporary relationship to true crime.

Mysterious and alluring as the songs themselves, Murder Ballads will delight history enthusiasts, armchair musicologists, true crime fans (and critics), as well as anyone who appreciates the darker side of folk music.

Katy Horan is a Texas-based Illustrator and fine artist. She received her BFA in Illustration from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2003 and has since become known for work that is dark, beautiful, and almost always about women. She is the co-creator, with writer Taisia Kitaiskaia, of Literary Witches: A Celebration of Magical Women Writers and The Literary Witches Oracle: A 70-Card Deck & Guidebook.

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March 25, 1911. Hundreds of seamstresses are hard at work on the upper floors of a ten-story factory loft. The workday ends and Esther Greenberg stands from her sewing machine and heads for the stairs, looking forward to her plans for that Saturday evening. “Fire!” someone shouts, and Esther sees smoke outside the windows. The building is ablaze and she’s trapped nine stories up.Charlie Pendergrass has learned a great deal since becoming a fireman—about the job and himself. But he must decide what kind of future he wants, and he just might lose it all to the flames.From the irascible fire chief Edward Croker to the ruthless business magnate Max Blanck, Hell’s Hundred Acres is the richly detailed story of the disparate lives that intersected at one of the deadliest tragedies in New York City history—the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

Andrew Serra spent twenty-five years with the New York City Fire Department, retiring as the captain of Ladder 20 in SoHo—Hell’s Hundred Acres. He is the author of several historical novels and the 9/11 memoir, Finding John. He’s appeared on FOX-5 NY Good Day Wake Up, NY1 News Around the Boroughs, and been featured on Elvis Duran and the Morning Show. He lives in New York City with his wife and two children.

You can learn about the other books on his website.

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How did women fulfill their needs and desires in the seventeenth century? This book takes readers into the witches' sabbaths and spell-casting of Cartagena de Indias, a vibrant Caribbean port city. Women from Africa, Spain, Portugal and indigenous women from Colombia bought and sold love magic potions and remedies as they tried to find lovers and husbands. They risked the dangers of violent men and cruel inquisitors to satisfy their need for love ... and money.

Trained as a historian of Spain and its global empire at the University of California, Berkeley, Nicole von Germeten’s research has taken her to dozens of archives and libraries on three continents. Her first two books investigated African populations and their social and religious organizations. More recently, she has written five books about the history of crime and policing in Colombia and Mexico.

We discuss her book “Violent Delights, Violent Ends: Sex, Race, and Honor in Colonial Cartagena de Indias.” Violence and desire intertwine as readers take a trip to the 1600s and learn how women found love and satisfied their desires in a tropical port city.

Nicole is an associate dean in the College of Liberal Arts at Oregon State University, and has written extensively on the history of crime, violence, gender, and sexuality in Latin America.

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And if you had been listening to this on Patreon, we also would have discussed whether Aesop was a thieving jerk, we found out Maury Povich never loved you, we met the loneliest/most extreme insects in the world, we found out if having grasshopper superpowers would kill you, we looked at the weirdest historical plague ever, we discussed the most disturbing regional delicacies in the world, and we shared a recipe for cricket protein energy balls.

I never preach about environmental issues on the show, but you are going to hear about a kind of insect apocalypse that plays the weather the way my dad used to play the ponies. How big an issue will we be talking about? To this day, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, our story remains the largest concentration of living creatures, ever.

Celebrity cameos include the God of the Old Testament; biblical prophet Moses; the Angel of Death, Pharoah Ramesses II of Egypt; Aesop the Greek fable man; Frau Troffea, queen of the Strasbourg plague dance, and human guinea pig John Stapp.

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I have always been passionate about history but never saw it as anything more than far off stories that I could never see a real piece of outside of a museum. That is, until I started doing a serious amount of research and found I could source any number of real relics and antiques from just about any period of human history. I started Redbeard's Relics to just share pictures and videos of what I found and thought some people might think it was as cool as I do. Never did I think I would have multiple millions of people watch my content, and have a consistent 300-500k people watching every month. I pride myself on filling in the gaps in our history books that we all learned from in school. I share artifacts you never heard of, ranging vastly in price from very cheap, to multi-million dollar items from across history. I make many of these pieces available to people to purchase and have formed a very successful business around it all! I travel the world sourcing rare treasures from auctions, private sellers, as well as directly from museums who are looking to raise funds for other endeavors. If it exists, I can likely source it and share it's full story. This in turn has brought me dozens of high profile clients who want that treasure that no one else has. Above all however, I care about the history. I strive to preserve history, one relic at a time and share it's history for the next generation.

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Michael Anderson writes an ancient history blog (2008) and political discussion blog (2017). In this politically charged era, Michael delves into how the political rights of the public have been sidelined in pursuit of elite goals. He outlines how affluent families, in collaboration with major corporations, have bolstered their grip on the federal government, displayed authoritarian tendencies, and utilized their media influence to foster political oppression. Nowadays, the elites rely on the major media conglomerates to sway government actions. Furthermore, the right to vote has been eroded by the elite’s control over candidate selection and funding.

Anderson has authored four previous books: Twilight of the American Experiment, Without Moral Balance Our Republic Will Fall (2023), The Conservative Gene, How Genetics Shape the Complex Morality of Conservatives (2021), Tribalism: The Curse of 21st Century America (2019), The Progressive Gene, How Genetics Influences the Morality of the Left (2017).

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Acclaimed journalist, podcaster, and true–crime historian Kate Winkler Dawson tells the true story of the scandalous murder investigation that became the inspiration for both Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter and the first true-crime book published in America.

On a cold winter day in 1832, Sarah Maria Cornell was found dead in a quiet farmyard in a small New England town. When her troubled past and a secret correspondence with charismatic Methodist minister Reverend Ephraim Avery was uncovered, more questions emerged. Was Sarah’s death a suicide…or something much darker? Determined to uncover the real story, Victorian writer Catharine Read Arnold Williams threw herself into the investigation as the trial was unfolding and wrote what many claim to be the first American true-crime narrative, Fall River. The murder divided the country and inspired Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter—but the reverend was not convicted, and questions linger to this day about what really led to Sarah Cornell’s death. Until now.

In The Sinners All Bow, acclaimed true-crime historian Kate Winkler Dawson travels back in time to nineteenth-century small-town America, emboldened to finish the work Williams started nearly two centuries before. Using modern investigative advancements—including “forensic knot analysis” and criminal profiling (which was invented fifty-five years later with Jack the Ripper)—Dawson fills in the gaps of Williams’s research to find the truth and bring justice to an unsettling mystery that speaks to our past as well as our present, anchored by three women who subverted the script they were given.

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Patrick O’Donnell is a retired City of Milwaukee police sergeant with 25 years of street experience. During his tenure as a police officer and sergeant, he received numerous letters of commendation and the Chief of Police 'Superior Award for saving a life, while putting himself in great peril. He supervised various special units and investigated major felonies. He’s the bestselling author of ten books, including his upcoming thriller, The Good Collar. He is known for his thinking out-of-the-box marketing strategies and entrepreneurial spirit! He hosts the popular Cops and Writers Podcast where he interviews state, local, and federal law enforcement members, celebrities, and writers who are making a splash in the publishing world.

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