Hodgepodge History: Recent Episodes
Antonia Humphrey
Hodgepodge History is a strange history podcast focusing on all the weirdest moments in the past and is a good reminder that while the world seems chaotic now, people have always been crazy. Hodgepodge History is hosted by Antonia Humphrey. All of my sources are listed on my website.
This weeks episode is about the smallpox epidemics in 18th century Boston and the attempts to slow the spread.
Sources:
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/smallpox/sp_variolation.html
https://www.history.com/news/smallpox-george-washington-revolutionary-war
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7335227/#:~:text=Smallpox%20was%20a%20dreaded%20disease,and%201775%20were%20particularly%20severe.&text=In%20the%20epidemic%20of%201721,those%20who%20contracted%20the%20malady.
This week's episode is about the strange history of poison, both intentional and accidental. Enjoy!
https://www.novelsuspects.com/articles/meet-the-woman-who-killed-over-600-men-giulia-tofana/
https://slate.com/technology/2006/04/a-history-of-poison.html
https://www.theguardian.com/science/grrlscientist/2012/feb/24/1
https://sites.dartmouth.edu/toxmetal/arsenic/arsenic-a-murderous-history/
https://www.bionity.com/en/encyclopedia/History_of_poison.html
https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-deadliest-poisons-in-history-and-why-people-stoppe-5942161
https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-609/aconite
https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/socrates#:~:text=Socrates%20was%20accused%20of%20corrupting,executioner's%20cup%20of%20poisonous%20hemlock.
https://www.poison.org/articles/why-is-monkshood-considered-a-poison--174
https://www.healthline.com/health/hemlock-poisoning#treatment
https://slate.com/technology/2014/08/poisonous-plants-socrates-drank-hemlock-tea-as-his-preferred-mode-of-execution.html
https://medium.com/@editors_91459/meet-the-woman-who-poisoned-makeup-to-help-over-600-women-murder-their-husbands-cfb03929c36d
https://time.com/4982099/quackery-medicine-history/
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucgajpd/medicina%20antiqua/sa_poisons.html
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/23174/5-classic-poisons-and-people-who-used-them
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Strychnine#section=Other-Experimental-Properties
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/arsenic
https://www.healio.com/news/hematology-oncology/20120325/arsenic-medicinal-double-edged-sword
https://jmvh.org/article/arsenic-the-poison-of-kings-and-the-saviour-of-syphilis/
https://pharmaceutical-journal.com/article/opinion/syphilis-and-the-use-of-mercury
https://pharmaceutical-journal.com/article/opinion/syphilis-and-the-use-of-mercury
https://www.livescience.com/37390-antimony.html#:~:text=Word%20origin%3A%20Antimony%20was%20named,was%20likely%20used%20even%20earlier.
https://www.rsc.org/periodic-table/element/51/antimony
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/318180
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/504802/5-dubious-historical-antidotes-poison-and-what-actually-works
https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2016/jul/07/toxic-legacy-a-brief-history-of-poison-remedies
Today's episode is a little bit shorter than the others. I give a brief background on the legend of the Unicorn and will be expanding on this information on next weeks episode about the history of poison. Enjoy!
Today's story is about a couple who decided they were entitled to the fortune of their friend and felt the need to take his life. Their grisly act would result in their deaths and leave a lasting effect on those who witnessed their hangings.
The Attack of the Dead Men was a battle between the Germans and Russians in Poland during World War I. The Fortress held no significant value for either side's strategy but created a distraction that allowed the Russians to move their forces through Poland without German interference. This battle truly is a nightmare that came to life.
Chevalier d'Eon lived a fascinating and adventurous life full of secrets and rumors. d'Eon's life raises the question: Does society really change? Or were the important social issues of today prevalent through our past? d'Eon is certainly a character and worked their entire life to be who they knew they truly were only to be a topic of gossip on their death bed.
Hodgepodge History is a strange history podcast and a good reminder that people have always been crazy. The podcast is hosted by Antonia Humphrey. Antonia has a passion for history and is so excited to share all the useless facts that swim around in her head.
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