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A Recast of ‘Historical Blindness’

Historical Blindness is a podcast about history’s myths, mysteries, and misconceptions. By examining cases of outrageous hoaxes, pernicious conspiracy theory, mass delusion, baffling mysteries and unreliable historiography, host Nathaniel Lloyd searches for insights into modern religious belief and political culture.

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Recastable Episodes (248)

1. The Lost Colony - Part One: The Secret Token (UPDATED and REMASTERED VERSION) Dec. 23, 2016
2. The Lost Colony - Part Two: The Dare Stones Jan. 23, 2017
3. The Dancing Plague Feb. 24, 2017
4. The Found Manuscript of Wilfrid Voynich March 23, 2017
5. Blind Spot: The Codex of Rohonc April 11, 2017
6. Firebrand in the Reichstag! April 25, 2017
7. Blind Spot: The Oberfohren Memorandum and the Ernst Confession May 9, 2017
8. Kaspar Hauser, Part One: Foundling May 23, 2017
9. Blind Spot: Princess Caraboo of Javasu June 5, 2017
10. Kaspar Hauser, Part Two: Princeling June 20, 2017
11. Blind Spot: The Lady of the Haystack July 3, 2017
12. The White Ladies of German Lore July 18, 2017
13. Blind Spot: Tutelary Spirits Aug. 1, 2017
14. Joseph Mulhatton: The Liar Laureate of the World Aug. 15, 2017
15. Blind Spot: Swift's Lost Silver Mine and Dorr's River of Gold Aug. 29, 2017
16. The Trial of Levi Weeks for the Murder of Elma Sands Sept. 12, 2017
17. Blind Spot: The Loss of Theodosia Burr Alston Sept. 26, 2017
18. Jubal Early's Lost Cause Oct. 10, 2017
19. The Specter of Devil Worship, Part One Oct. 24, 2017
20. The Specter of Devil Worship, Part Two Oct. 31, 2017
21. Bloody Libel; or, the Slaughter and Sacralization of Young William of Norwich Dec. 12, 2017
22. Blind Spot: The Terrible within the Small; or, The Fabrication of the Learned Elders of Zion and the Forgery of Their Protocols Dec. 26, 2017
23. The Carroll A. Deering, Ghost Ship of Cape Hatteras Jan. 9, 2018
24. Blind Spot: Three Men Gone from Eilean Mor, the Missing Keepers of the Flannan Isles Light Jan. 23, 2018
25. A Brief History of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Feb. 6, 2018
26. Blind Spot: The Great Los Angeles Air Raid and the Secret Memos of Majestic 12 Feb. 20, 2018
27. The Turin Shroud: Divine Likeness or Bogus Relic? March 6, 2018
28. The Marian Apparition of Guadalupe and Her Fantastical Portrait March 20, 2018
29. The Priory of Sion and the Quest for the Holy Grail, or Lincoln's Links and Plantard's Plans April 3, 2018
30. Blind Spot: The Secret of Rennes-le-Château and Abbé Saunière’s Riches April 17, 2018
31. Eustache Dauger, the Secret Prisoner in the Velveteen Mask (aka the Man in the Iron Mask) May 1, 2018
32. Blind Spot: The Beloved Disciple and the Authorship of John May 15, 2018
33. The Lost Youth of St. Martin's Land, or Woolpit's Green Children May 29, 2018
34. Blind Spot: Babes in the Wailing Wood June 12, 2018
35. The Bastard Princes in the Bloody Tower; Part One, Pretenders to the Throne June 26, 2018
36. The Bastard Princes in the Bloody Tower; Part Two, The Skeletons Under the Stairs July 10, 2018
37. Blind Spot: Little Dauphin Lost July 24, 2018
38. The Campden Wonder; or, The Supposed Murder of William Harrison Aug. 7, 2018
39. The Memorable Arrest of Martin Guerre Aug. 21, 2018
40. The Phantom Airships of 1890s America Sept. 4, 2018
41. Blind Spot: Charles Dellschau and His Extraordinary Sonora Aero Club Sept. 18, 2018
42. The Myth and Mystery of Christopher Columbus Oct. 2, 2018
43. The Diabolical Features of Spring-Heeled Jack Oct. 16, 2018
44. Blind Spot: Tracking the Devil in Devon Oct. 30, 2018
45. In Defense of the Dubious (live Sound Edu talk @ Harvard 11/3) Nov. 20, 2018
46. A Conversation with Mike Dash Dec. 4, 2018
47. A Very Historically Blind Christmas Dec. 18, 2018
48. The Killing of Dr. King, Part One: A Dream Defied Jan. 15, 2019
49. The Killing of Dr. King, Part Two: The Legend of Raoul Jan. 29, 2019
50. The Killing of Dr. King, Part Three: Ray's Reasons Feb. 12, 2019
51. Blind Spot: The Jowers Affair Feb. 26, 2019
52. Patron Exclusive Blindside Episode: Murder in the Red Barn March 5, 2019
53. Maria Monk and Her Awful Disclosures March 12, 2019
54. Blind Spot: A Tale of Two Babylons March 26, 2019
55. Amazing Races (Switcheroo) April 1, 2019
56. Terror over Tunguska: The Siberian Blast of 1908 April 9, 2019
57. Blind Spot: The Great Dying and the Chicxulub Crater April 23, 2019
58. Leviathan, the Great Sea Serpent, Part One: Here Be Dragons May 14, 2019
59. Leviathan, the Great Sea Serpent, Part 2: Into the Chaos Waters May 28, 2019
60. The Monster of Loch Ness: Delusion or Denizen of the Deep? June 11, 2019
61. Nazi Occultism, Part One: The Myth of the Aryans July 2, 2019
62. Nazi Occultism, Part Two: The Death's Head Cult July 16, 2019
63. Nazi Occultism, Part Three: The Hunt for a Hyperborean Heritage July 30, 2019
64. The Wrong Side of History: Holocaust Denial and Its Fallacies Aug. 13, 2019
65. The Chronological Revision Chronicles, Part One: The Fomenko Timeline Sept. 3, 2019
66. The Chronological Revision Chronicles, Part Two: The Velikovsky Catastrophe Sept. 17, 2019
67. The Chronological Revision Chronicles, Part Three: The Hardouin Conspiracy and the Newton Piracy Oct. 1, 2019
68. Shadow of the Werewolf, Part One: Killer on the Road Oct. 15, 2019
69. Shadow of the Werewolf, Part Two: The Salve and the Sabbat Oct. 29, 2019
70. PATREON MINISODE: Alfred Russel Wallace; Man of Science, Man of Pseudoscience Nov. 26, 2019
71. A Very Historically Blind Christmas II: Father Christmas Dec. 16, 2019
72. The End of Edward II, Part One: The Iron Virago (A Royal Blood Mystery) Feb. 4, 2020
73. The End of Edward II, Part Two: The Hermit King (A Royal Blood Mystery) Feb. 18, 2020
74. Zoroaster, the First Magus (An Encyclopedia Grimoria Volume) March 3, 2020
75. Gnostic Genesis (An Apocryphal Catechism) March 17, 2020
76. The Unbelievable History of the Ancient and Honorable E Clampus Vitus March 31, 2020
77. Blind Spot: Drake's Plate, a Brazen Plot April 14, 2020
78. Cocoliztli: The Mystery Pestilence May 12, 2020
79. In the Footsteps of the Wandering Jew: Anti-Semitic Canards in the Coronavirus Era May 26, 2020
80. The Feat of the Flying Friar: St. Joseph of Cupertino June 9, 2020
81. The Killing of Dr. King (supercut rerelease) #BlackLivesMatter June 22, 2020
82. Jubal Early's Lost Cause (rerelease) #BlackLivesMatter June 30, 2020
83. The Jansenist Miracles of Enlightenment France, Part One: The Thaumaturges July 14, 2020
84. The Jansenist Miracles of Enlightenment France, Part Two: The Convulsionnaires July 28, 2020
85. The Murder of Lord Darnley, Part One: The Vipers' Nest (A Royal Blood Mystery) Aug. 18, 2020
86. The Murder of Lord Darnley, Part Two: The Casket Letters (A Royal Blood Mystery) Sept. 1, 2020
87. The Illuminati Illuminated, Part One: The Order's Origins Sept. 15, 2020
88. PATREON MINISODE: A Dark Day Indeed Sept. 22, 2020
89. The Illuminati Illuminated, Part Two: The Order in America Sept. 29, 2020
90. A Rediscovery of Witches, Part One: The Hammer and the Horned God Oct. 13, 2020
91. A Rediscovery of Witches, Part Two: The Moon Goddess and the Cunning Folk Oct. 27, 2020
92. The Smoke-Filled Room: Contested Elections in America Nov. 10, 2020
93. Circuit Riders, Midnight Appointments, and Packed Benches: A History of the Supreme Court Nov. 24, 2020
94. Patron Exclusive Release: The Thanksgiving Mythos Nov. 26, 2020
95. The Eleventh Hour: Presidential Pardon Power Dec. 8, 2020
96. A Very Historically Blind Christmas III: The Epiphany of the Magi Dec. 22, 2020
97. Hermes Trismegistus, Father of Alchemy (An Encyclopedia Grimoria volume) Jan. 5, 2021
98. Patron Minisode Release: Little Caesar Lost Jan. 19, 2021
99. The Epistle of Prester John Jan. 26, 2021
100. The Abode of the Lost Tribes of Israel, Part One: Conquest Feb. 9, 2021
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