Sometimes you throw in your lot with rogues who convince you to board their ramshackle vessel and go die in the Arctic. Sure, you might perish in the frozen darkness - but what happened to the person who abandoned you there? Join Jess and Philippa as they see what Vilhjalmur Stefansson, leader of the doomed Karluk and the  Canadian Arctic Expedition, got up to after he left his previous crew to die.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/Awfulforeverpodcast)

Everything Is Awful Forever

The Return of Bad (Kar)luk: Ada Blackjack

What do you do when your graveyards are at capacity and everyone&apos;s simply dying to get in? Join Jess and Philippa as they confront burial reform in Victorian London and the corpse-ridden scandals that shook the city.Sources: Arnold, C. (2006) Necropolis: London and its Dead. London: Simon & Schuster. Jackson, L. (2014) Dirty Old London: The Victorian Fight Against Filth. New Haven and London: Yale University Press.Walker, George. (1839) Gatherings from Graveyards.https://wellcomecollection.org/works/y95wwnenSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/Awfulforeverpodcast)

Down to Earth

It&apos;s a Monday and we&apos;re all feeling a little down. Sickly, even. But you can always join Jess and Philippa for a small pick-me-up and some sound advice about achieving a healthy glow that is literally radiant.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/Awfulforeverpodcast)

Cursed Cures

Do you ever feel torn between an endless list of podcasts to listen to and that massive pile of books sitting there...judging you for not reading right now? Right. Now? Why not join Jess and Philippa instead, as they flip through the pages of anthropodermic bibliopegy - books bound in human leather.  SourcesBrooke-Hitching, E. (2020) The Madman&apos;s Library: The Strangest Books, Manuscripts and Other Literary Curiosities from History. London: Simon & Schuster.Flanders, F. (2011) The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime. London: HarperCollins Publishers.Rosenbloom, M. (2020) Dark Archives: A Librarian&apos;s Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Flesh. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. The Anthropodermic Book Project: https://anthropodermicbooks.org/Needham, P. (2014) A Binding of Skin in the Houghton Library: A Recommendationhttp://www.princeton.edu/~needham/Bouland.pdf Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/Awfulforeverpodcast)

Books of Blood

Worry not, for Jess and Philippa will explain to you how to do the perfect crime. If you don&apos;t understand it maybe it&apos;s just because you&apos;re not smart enough; not like two white, wealthy, teenage boys from the 1920&apos;s, who were certainly smarter than everyone else, definitely able  to flawlessly execute  perfect crime. Sources:  For the Thrill of It: Leopold, Loeb, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz Age Chicago By Simon Baatz (2008) Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/Awfulforeverpodcast)

Rick and Naughty

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Alice & Junko

It&apos;s that time of the week in which we discuss that time of the month. Join Jess and Philippa as they look at the mysteries of the medieval womb, and the monstrous ways in which women were misunderstood.Sources:Hartnell, J. (2019) Medieval Bodies: Life, Death and Art in the Middle Ages. London: Wellcome Collection.Miller, S. (2010) Medieval Monstrosity and the Female Body. New York, London: Routledge. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/Awfulforeverpodcast)

For Womb The Bell Tolls

Ever wished that you could be a royal? Who doesn'tt? Well, sign up to our three-step Rags to Royalty program, inspired by Madame de Maintenon, that will 100% absolutely take you to queenhood in no time. Sources:Françoise d’Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon (1635—1719) - John J. Conley – 9-(2021) https://iep.utm.edu/mainteno/ Madame de Maintenon – Louis XIV’s secret wife -Moniek (2018) https://www.historyofroyalwomen.com/the-royal-mistresses-series/madame-de-maintenon-louis-xivs-secret-wife/ Undercover Queen - Caroline Weber - 2009 https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/06/books/review/Weber-t.html Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon - The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica –(2021) https://www.britannica.com/biography/Francoise-dAubigne-marquise-de-MaintenonSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/Awfulforeverpodcast)

The Secret Queen

Pocahontas. John Smith. The love. The colours. The wind. You've seen the movie. Now bear witness to the journal ramblings of the hero himself. John Smith, British explorer (2021) https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Smith-British-explorer First Prison in Colonial Virginia (2017) http://www.virginiaplaces.org/government/firstprison.html Pocahontas: Her Life and Legend (2015) https://www.nps.gov/jame/learn/historyculture/pocahontas-her-life-and-legend.htm John Smith of Jamestown: Facts & Biography (2013) https://www.livescience.com/40898-captain-john-smith.html John Smith (2020) https://historicjamestowne.org/history/pocahontas/john-smith/ The True Story of Pocahontas (2017) https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/true-story-pocahontas-180962649/ Following John Smith - Stingray Point and another shallop (2006) https://cbf.typepad.com/johnsmith/2006/07/following_john__2.htmlSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/Awfulforeverpodcast)

The John Smith Journals

If there&apos;s one thing you&apos;ve come to expect from our history podcast it&apos;s that we look at the very bluntest edge technology available. And where else to look other than the operating theatre? Join Jess and Philippa as they look at two surgeons: one, the paragon of his age just before the advent of anaesthesia; the other, a French surgeon who got up close and personal with the dark side of the Sun King.  Sources:Fitzharris, L. (2017) The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister&apos;s Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine. New York: Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Porter, R. (2004) Blood and Guts: A Short History of Medicine. New York, London: W. W. Norton & Company.Snow, S. (2006) Operations Without Pain: The Practice and Science of Anaesthesia in Victorian Britain. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.Van de Laar, A. (2018) Under the Knife: A History of Surgery in 28 Remarkable Operations. New York: St. Martin&apos;s Press.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/Awfulforeverpodcast)

Cutting Edge: A Tale of Two Surgeons

Artichokes! Church brawls! Bounties! Tennis matches to the death, fought beneath the cold gaze of the indifferent stars. Pimp knights. Join Jess and Philippa for one last look at the life of the walking catastrophe also known as Caravaggio.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/Awfulforeverpodcast)

Blood and Butter: The Final Spread

We've looked at demonic possession in Demoniac and Double Demons, but how exactly does one get rid of them once they've invaded your home, made a mess, and insulted your mother-in-law? In this episode, Jess and Philippa look at some of the ways in which both Catholic and Protestant authorities have tried to politely suggest that it might be time for everyone to get on home.  So join us for tales of possession, faith, and potatoes.Sources:Levack, B. (2013) The Devil Within: Possession and Exorcism in the Christian West. New Haven, London: Yale University Press.Sands, K. (2004) Demon Possession in Elizabethan England. Westport, Connecticut, London: Praeger.Young, F. (2016) A History of Exorcism in Catholic Christianity.Cambridge: Palgrave MacMillan.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/Awfulforeverpodcast)

Exorcise Influencers

Art! Betrayal! Stabbing! Also, what rhymes with testicle? Join Jess and Philippa as they continue with the Blood and Butter epic tale of one artist testing the limits of just how many people he can stab. Caravaggio can get away with murder...but what about a mean poem?Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/Awfulforeverpodcast)

Blood and Butter: Black Cloaks and Bawbags

We had one demon, yes. But what about second demons? Another turn of the screw, so to speak. In addition being possessed by paraphrase, Jess and Philippa are obsessed (possessed) by the case of June and Jennifer Gibbons. Join us as we look at this peculiar case that has so much in common with historical cases of alleged demonic possession.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/Awfulforeverpodcast)

Double Demons: The Haunting of the Gibbons Twins

We've always known that Jess might not be quite right, and Philippa suspects that she might finally understand why. Join the demonic duo as they weigh up the pros and cons of  possession, as well as two common modern explanations for this phenomenon.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/Awfulforeverpodcast)

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A macabre history podcast in which Jess and Philippa wax lyrical over the awful oddities of the past.

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