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Footnoting History
Footnoting History
Footnoting History

Footnoting History is a bi-weekly podcast series dedicated to overlooked, popularly unknown, and exciting stories plucked from the footnotes of history. For... more

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Episodes

Coming Home from War in Ancient Greece

(Host: Lucy) The Iliad and The Odyssey dramatize not only war, but how challenging it can be to return from war, and how war... more

08 Feb 2025 · 17 minutes
Hummel and Howe – Attorneys at Crime

(Host: Josh)  At the height of America’s Gilded Age, two men William F Howe and Abraham Hummel practiced criminal law in... more

25 Jan 2025 · 17 minutes
History for the Holidays IV

(Hosts: Christine, Josh, Kristin)  As the year comes to a close, holidays abound! Join us for our newest episode in our... more

07 Dec 2024 · 16 minutes
A Royal Son: Eustace, Count of Boulogne

(Host: Christine) When England's King Henry I died in 1135, his nephew Stephen usurped the throne. Had Stephen's reign been an... more

23 Nov 2024 · 15 minutes
Thurkill’s Excellent Adventure: A Medieval English Peasant’s Tour of Hell

(Host: Kristin) Hundreds of years before Dante took us on a tour through the afterlife, there was Thurkill, an English peasant... more

09 Nov 2024 · 24 minutes
History for Halloween XI

(Hosts: Christine, Lucy, Kristin)  Spooky season is here again! To celebrate we have another selection of historical frights just for you.   For... more

26 Oct 2024 · 16 minutes
How to Avoid the Death Penalty in Medieval England, Part II

(Host: Samantha) Not everyone who received the death penalty in medieval England was actually killed. Picking up where she left... more

12 Oct 2024 · 15 minutes
How to Avoid the Death Penalty in Medieval England, Part I

(Host: Samantha) In medieval England, just because you received the death penalty for your crimes doesn't mean you necessarily had... more

28 Sep 2024 · 8 minutes
So You've Been Elfshot

(Host: Kristin) Oh no, you’ve been shot by an invisible arrow and now you’re sick. What’s a person to do?... more

14 Sep 2024 · 26 minutes
Napoleon Bonaparte and the Malet Coup

(Christine) In 1812, while France’s Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was on a military campaign in Russia, he learned of trouble back... more

31 Aug 2024 · 17 minutes
Footnoting History
Coming Home from War in Ancient Greece
Footnoting History