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14:44 | Apr 18th, 2017
The prince was murdered, and the princess given two demands: surrender the kingdom, and marry the enemy prince. She said yesâbut what she did instead, nobody saw coming. If this were a video podcast, it'd be banned in all territories.
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14:50 | May 2nd, 2017
Who was this mysterious boy from the city of GĂ€vle? Johan came to Stockholm in 1676, an orphan. His mother had been executed. Executed because Johan accused her of being a witch. And he was just getting started. Stockholm was in trouble. Trouble with...Show More
15:32 | Jul 16th
Something True is back, with the story of a celebrated opera singer who set fire to a convent and whipped the buttocks of Parisian lotharios. Luciano Pavarotti? No, Julie d'Aubigny, who in 17th century Paris delighted the upper classes from the stage...Show More
13:27 | Dec 22nd, 2017
Whatever you eat this holiday season, it wonât be anything like this. Something True returns for the holidays with the story of a monstrous pie, cooked by an English village in celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of Queen Victoriaâs coronation. I...Show More
16:59 | May 16th, 2017
In the season finale of Something True, we crack the seal on Jack Parsonsâa legendary rocket scientist, drummed out of the profession for his overbearing interest in the occult magick of Aleister Crowley. Parsons devoted his early retirement to a ful...Show More
13:57 | Apr 4th, 2017
What is history's greatest prank? There's the intimateâperching a bucket of water over the door. And the grandly ambitiousâsay, humiliating an entire navy. These are some good pranks indeed. But history's greatest prank was something much stranger......Show More
12:01 | Mar 28th, 2017
Our debut episode brings you the story of a good boy. A very good boy. Laddie Boy, the First Dog of the United States. A wonderful, charming terrier whom Americans loved even more than they hated his owner: Warren G. Harding, one of the worst preside...Show More
24:18 | Sep 3rd
Guillaume le Gentil didnât find purpose in the church, seeking it instead in the stars. In 1761, he participated in a global astronomical mission to observe the Transit of Venus from various stations across the globe. But the course of science never ...Show More
21:43 | Aug 27th
Richard Welsh thought he could squeeze in a quick drink with his mates after work, but one thing led to another, and he was conscripted into the English army to fight in a global war. His wife, not thrilled, dropped the kids off with a babysitter and...Show More
15:30 | Aug 20th
Nobody in France had seen anything like it. The boy, Tarrare, could eat whatever he wanted, in enormous quantities, and never felt full or put on weight. Tarrare was just hungry. He was hungry all the time. And as he wandered Paris, eating anything h...Show More
21:09 | Aug 13th
Together they set out to chart wildest Canada: a management consultant, a dental student, a Hollywood cinematographer, an ex-sniper, a mysterious treasure hunter, and a cowboy. Nobody believed in their expedition, saying things like, âYou don't have ...Show More
13:27 | Aug 6th
In the 16th century, the Oda and Tokugawa clans sought to unite feudal Japan under their rule. These were big and dangerous boys, but the biggest threat to their political alliance wasnât any enemy clan, but a rude mother-in-law and a young woman who...Show More
15:59 | Jul 30th
The stars themselves proclaimed Timothy Dexter to be a great man, so why wouldn't the Newburyport, Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce? Dexter, a wealthy merchant, wanted nothing more than the respect of Massachusetts high society. And he'd do anything...Show More
10:30 | Jul 23rd
What if Genghis Khan died, just before he really got going? Thanks to a blacksmith's son called Jelme, we don't have to wonder. We might, however, wonder why Jelme's heroic rescue required so much blood and so little clothingâbut thanks to a blacksmi...Show More
02:02 | Jul 9th
The opera singer who burned down a convent. A naked man who saved the life of Genghis Khan. An astronomer who ate bad beef.
These are true stories, but they aren't about people who changed the world. You won't read about them on the Wikipedia pag...Show More
14:47 | May 9th, 2017
Elias Mortimer, a construction lobbyist, needed to land his firm a fat government contract to build veterans' hospitals. Luckily for him, the chief of the Veterans' Bureau had three great loves: getting bribed, misappropriating government funds, and ...Show More
11:27 | Apr 25th, 2017
John Swartwout was minding his own businessâscheming against the United States government with his friend, vice president Aaron Burrâwhen a senator slandered him as a scoundrel. A scoundrel! What was Swartwout to do? Challenge the senator to a duel, ...Show More
15:29 | Apr 11th, 2017
In 1852, one of the wealthiest landowners in California drowned crossing a river. The ensuing scramble for his fortune spilled blood and broke hearts. Note: The area in which this story takes place is now Gilroy, California, home of the annual Gilroy...Show More
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