
Who Did What Now
Whoever said history was boring obviously wasn’t paying attention. Each week, join Katie Charlwood, history harlot and reader of books, as she delves into the people, places and events that make history a bit more interesting! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Feb 11, 2025 • 1h 20min
From the Vault - Mary Jane Kelly - The Ripper's Final Victim
From the Vault - The fifth and final canonical victim of the serial killer known as Jack the Ripper...allegedly... was Mary Jane Kelly, a woman who was an enigma, with a hidden past that no-one could quite figure out. In this episode I share what we do know about Mary Jane and then my friend Melissa from God's Favourites podcast has a chat about how Kelly's addition to the FIve just doesn't add up and how she may bot be a victim of Jack after all...Hosted by Katie CharlwoodI'm on Tour!Get Your TicketsWishlistWishlistDonate at: Patreon Smutty Little Dress FundFollow me on…InstagramTwitterBlueskyTikTokFacebookBusiness Enquiries: katie@whodidwhatnowpod.comFan Mail:Katie CharlwoodC/O The Postal StoreUnit 11AForte Retail ParkLetterkennyCo. DonegalIrelandF92 DY22 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 11, 2025 • 54min
From the Vault - Catherine Eddowes - The Ripper's Fourth Victim
From the Vault - With the news cycle circling a tenuous link to a Jewish immigrant in London, for absolutely no reason whatsoever, let's focus on what we do know of about the Whitechapel murderers, the victims. Their lives, their stories. Let's hear about Catherine Eddowes, the fourth canonical victim of Jack the Ripper.Hosted by Katie CharlwoodI'm on Tour!Get Your TicketsWishlistWishlistDonate at: Patreon Smutty Little Dress FundFollow me on…InstagramTwitterBlueskyTikTokFacebookBusiness Enquiries: katie@whodidwhatnowpod.comFan Mail:Katie CharlwoodC/O The Postal StoreUnit 11AForte Retail ParkLetterkennyCo. DonegalIrelandF92 DY22 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 10, 2025 • 1h 2min
From the Vault - Elizabeth Stride - The Ripper's Third Victim
From the Vault - Elizabeth Stride suffered in life an death, all because of the patriarchal views that existed in the Victorian era and even today, with so much focus on the killer, let's instead focus on the victim, the third canonical victim of Jack the Ripper.Hosted by Katie CharlwoodI'm on Tour!Get Your TicketsWishlistWishlistDonate at: Patreon Smutty Little Dress FundFollow me on…InstagramTwitterBlueskyTikTokFacebookBusiness Enquiries: katie@whodidwhatnowpod.comFan Mail:Katie CharlwoodC/O The Postal StoreUnit 11AForte Retail ParkLetterkennyCo. DonegalIrelandF92 DY22 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 10, 2025 • 50min
From the Vault - Annie Chapman - The Ripper's Second Victim
From the Vault - The life of Annie Chapman, another weary woman in Whitechapel who suffered. Her life so often eclipsed by her death, the victims do not deserve to have their stories a footnote for the lore of a Bogeyman as the second canonical victim of the serial killer known as Jack the RipperHosted by Katie CharlwoodI'm on Tour!Get Your TicketsWishlistWishlistDonate at: Patreon Smutty Little Dress FundFollow me on…InstagramTwitterBlueskyTikTokFacebookBusiness Enquiries: katie@whodidwhatnowpod.comFan Mail:Katie CharlwoodC/O The Postal StoreUnit 11AForte Retail ParkLetterkennyCo. DonegalIrelandF92 DY22 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 10, 2025 • 1h 13min
From the Vault - Polly Nichols - The Ripper's First Victim
From the Vault catch up on the lives of the five canonical victims of "Jack the Ripper" starting with Mary Ann Nichols, Polly to her friends. The one s=that started it all and led to crackpot theories and women being blamed for their own violent deaths at the hands of a man.Hosted by Katie CharlwoodI'm on Tour!Get Your TicketsWishlistWishlistDonate at: Patreon Smutty Little Dress FundFollow me on…InstagramTwitterBlueskyTikTokFacebookBusiness Enquiries: katie@whodidwhatnowpod.comFan Mail:Katie CharlwoodC/O The Postal StoreUnit 11AForte Retail ParkLetterkennyCo. DonegalIrelandF92 DY22 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 4, 2025 • 1h 13min
129. Joshua N. Haldeman - Elon Musk's Apartheid-Loving Grandfather
Some families have skeletons in the closet, others have an entire ossuary under the floorboards, most like to keep them quiet but the Musk family prefer to put them on display. Elon Musk's grandfather, Joshua Norman Haldeman was an apartheid-loving chiropractor, who was super into conspiracy theories and searching for a "long lost city" in his plane.Hosted by Katie CharlwoodI'm on Tour!Get Your TicketsWishlistWishlistDonate at: Patreon Smutty Little Dress FundFollow me on…InstagramTwitterBlueskyTikTokFacebookBusiness Enquiries: katie@whodidwhatnowpod.comFan Mail:Katie CharlwoodC/O The Postal StoreUnit 11AForte Retail ParkLetterkennyCo. DonegalIrelandF92 DY22 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 27, 2025 • 55min
128. The Brothers Kellogg
Before Froot Loops, Special K and Rice Krispies, there was Dr John Harvey Kellogg, a devout Seventh Day Adventist whose only fears were meat-based germs, racial integration and syphilis, a man whose favourite pastimes were ensuring people had enough yoghurt shot into their arses and bullying his younger brother, William Keith Kellogg.Hosted by Katie CharlwoodI'm on Tour!Get Your TicketsWishlistWishlistDonate at: Patreon Smutty Little Dress FundFollow me on…InstagramTwitterBlueskyTikTokFacebookBusiness Enquiries: katie@whodidwhatnowpod.comFan Mail:Katie CharlwoodC/O The Postal StoreUnit 11AForte Retail ParkLetterkennyCo. DonegalIrelandF92 DY22 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 26, 2024 • 48min
127. Nuns on the Run - Outlaws and Thieves
In the 1980s in the idyllic town of Bruges, Belgium, an order of elderly nuns, the Poor Clares decided to stick two fingers up to the Church and trade their convent for a castle with the help of their handyman...I'm on Tour!Get Your TicketsWishlistWishlistDonate at: Patreon Smutty Little Dress Fund (It's my birthday this month)Follow me on…InstagramTikTokFacebookBusiness Enquiries: katie@whodidwhatnowpod.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 12, 2024 • 43min
126. Nellie Cashman - The Angel of Cassier
Cork-born Nellie Cashman emigrated to America and went on to be a total badass, a female prospector, business-owner and genuinely good person. It's a tough time of year and so I decided that for the month of November that I'm going to focus on the fun, ridiculous or downright cool parts of history. Also fairly certain you were traumatised enough in October!Hosted by Katie Charlwood Part of the Airwave Media Network - www.airwavemedia.comI'm on Tour!Get Your TicketsWishlistWishlistDonate at: Patreon Smutty Little Dress Fund (It's my birthday this month)Follow me on…InstagramTikTokFacebookBusiness Enquiries: katie@whodidwhatnowpod.comLooking to Advertise, Contact: advertising@airwavemedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 31, 2024 • 1h 11min
125, The Mysterious Death of Elisa Lam
Elisa Lam was a 21 year old Canadian woman whose mysterious death in the infamous Cecil Hotel caused a stir for internet sleuths and conspiracy theorists alike, but what did happen to Elisa Lam and why has this case been at the centre of true crime lore for over a decade?Hosted by Katie Charlwood Part of the Airwave Media Network - www.airwavemedia.comI'm on Tour!Get Your TicketsWishlistWishlistDonate at: Patreon Smutty Little Dress FundFollow me on…TwitterInstagramTikTokFacebookBusiness Enquiries: katie@whodidwhatnowpod.comLooking to Advertise, Contact: advertising@airwavemedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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