History Uncovered

Today we look back at 100 episodes, and discuss updates to our favorite stories.https://allthatsinteresting.com/history-uncoveredcredits: https://allthatsinteresting.com/podcast-creditsHistory Uncovered is part of the Airwave Media network: www.airwavemedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each Christmas, millions of children around the world eagerly await the arrival of Santa Claus, the jolly old man in the bright red suit who carries a sack full of presents for all the good boys and girls. However, the iconic representation of Santa Claus is a relatively modern invention that largely originated with the well-known poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas,” more commonly known as “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas,” written in 1823, as well as a famous illustration by cartoonist Thomas Nast, inspired by that poem, from 1863.But the story of Santa Claus is far from the only Christmas legend told around the world to this day. In fact, there are countless folktales about Christmas that star other figures entirely, particularly in Europe, and many of them have origins that predate not only Santa Claus, but the spread of Christianity itself. In fact, many of these tales were born of pagan customs that were later adapted to fall in line with Christian values.https://allthatsinteresting.com/christmas-legendscredits: https://allthatsinteresting.com/podcast-creditsHistory Uncovered is part of the Airwave Media network: www.airwavemedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Of the great mass of people staring up at the towering white structures in Chicago’s Jackson Park and enjoying the sight of the world’s first Ferris Wheel, no one knows that the blue-eyed devil walks among them. His name is Dr. H. H. Holmes.https://allthatsinteresting.com/hh-holmescredits: https://allthatsinteresting.com/podcast-creditsHistory Uncovered is part of the Airwave Media network: www.airwavemedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the end of November 2023 and we've picked a few of our favorite history news stories from this month as well as a handful of significant anniversaries from decades past.Over the past month, we've covered a number of fascinating stories, including the unearthing of a 1,000-year-old skeleton in Germany that was missing all of its facial bones, the surprise discovery of 30,000 to 50,000 ancient Roman coins under the water off the coast of Sardinia, a historian who stumbled upon scores of lost French letters from the Seven Years War, the curious find of a Bronze Age meeting hall that may have ties to the legendary King Hinz, and the sale of a menu from the RMS <em>Titanic</em>.https://allthatsinteresting.com/roman-coins-sardiniacredits: https://allthatsinteresting.com/podcast-creditsHistory Uncovered is part of the Airwave Media network: www.airwavemedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From the moment CBS News broadcaster Walter Cronkite lowered his glasses on November 22, 1963, and told the American public that President John F. Kennedy was dead, the same question has echoed in the minds of countless people throughout the U.S. and around the world. Who assassinated the president? Who killed JFK?https://allthatsinteresting.com/who-killed-jfkcredits: https://allthatsinteresting.com/podcast-creditsHistory Uncovered is part of the Airwave Media network: www.airwavemedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1949, priests performed an exorcism on a boy referred to as "Roland Doe," a.k.a. Ronald Hunkeler, in a chilling ordeal that became the real-life inspiration for The Exorcist.https://allthatsinteresting.com/roland-doe-the-exorcist-true-storycredits: https://allthatsinteresting.com/podcast-creditsHistory Uncovered is part of the Airwave Media network: www.airwavemedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, we'll be discussing people who have fallen from mind-boggling heights. And most — though tragically not all — managed to survive. These are their remarkable stories. https://allthatsinteresting.com/vesna-vuloviccredits: https://allthatsinteresting.com/podcast-creditsHistory Uncovered is part of the Airwave Media network: www.airwavemedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As legend has it, the flying Mothman horrified countless Point Pleasant residents in the late 1960s. And when the Silver Bridge collapsed, the creature was blamed for the deaths of 46 people.https://allthatsinteresting.com/mothmancredits: https://allthatsinteresting.com/podcast-creditsHistory Uncovered is part of the Airwave Media network: www.airwavemedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Enfield Haunting began with a bang. Literally. In the summer of 1977, Peggy Hodgson heard loud noises coming from her daughters' room, upstairs at their house at 284 Green Street, in Enfield, North London. Hodgson went upstairs to investigate and to tell the girls, Margaret, 12, and Janet, 11, to quiet down and go to bed — only to find them cowering in fear.This is the true story of the Enfield haunting, the poltergeist that plagued the Hodgson family between 1977 and 1979. https://allthatsinteresting.com/the-enfield-hauntingcredits: https://allthatsinteresting.com/podcast-creditsHead to http://factormeals.com/historyuncovered50 and use code HISTORYUNCOVERED50 to get 50% off Factor, America’s #1 Ready-To-Eat Meal Kit.History Uncovered is part of the Airwave Media network: www.airwavemedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Every year when the green leaves turn bright orange and pumpkins appear on our doorsteps, Washington Irving’s classic ghost story, The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow, is retold.The beloved American legend follows the tale of Ichabod Crane, a superstitious schoolteacher who finds himself in the haunted town of Sleepy Hollow, where he suffers an ill-fated encounter with the village’s infamous headless horseman before he mysteriously disappears from the community for good.While the legend is a staple in American folklore, its inspiration is global. Indeed, Washington Irving’s haunting work is born out of a mixture of foreign lore, local history, and a bit of the uncanny.https://allthatsinteresting.com/the-legend-of-sleepy-hollowcredits: https://allthatsinteresting.com/podcast-creditsHead to http://factormeals.com/historyuncovered50 and use code HISTORYUNCOVERED50 to get 50% off Factor, America’s #1 Ready-To-Eat Meal Kit.History Uncovered is part of the Airwave Media network: www.airwavemedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices