

Who Did What Now
Katie Charlwood
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 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 DY22Fill out the survey! http://bit.ly/whodidwhatnow-survey 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 DY22Fill out the survey! http://bit.ly/whodidwhatnow-survey 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 DY22Fill out the survey! http://bit.ly/whodidwhatnow-survey 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.comFill out the survey! http://bit.ly/whodidwhatnow-survey 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/adchoicesFill out the survey! http://bit.ly/whodidwhatnow-survey 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/adchoicesFill out the survey! http://bit.ly/whodidwhatnow-survey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 15, 2024 • 48min
124. The Tulsa Race Massacre
The Tulsa Race Massacre 1921, when white rage burned black neighbourhoods to the ground, destroying homes, businesses, communities and lives. For nearly a century, people tried - and for a while succeeded - in keeping the events of Greenwood buried, but the truth will out...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.comFan Mail:Who Did What Now PodcastC/O TAGUnit CCourtyard Shopping CentreLetterkennyCo. DonegalF92 XW59 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesFill out the survey! http://bit.ly/whodidwhatnow-survey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 7, 2024 • 1h 11min
123. Willowbrook State School
Originally conceived as a haven for children with intellectual disabilities, the Willowbrook State School was instead to become a breeding ground of neglect, trauma, abuse and exploitation. The truth about what happened behind the doors of the Staten Island institution is a horrifying piece of history.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.comFan Mail:Who Did What Now PodcastC/O TAGUnit CCourtyard Shopping CentreLetterkennyCo. DonegalF92 XW59 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesFill out the survey! http://bit.ly/whodidwhatnow-survey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 2, 2024 • 58min
122. Enriqueta Martí - Vampiress of Barcelona
Children are disappearing from the streets of Barcelona, the struggling, the lost, the poor, are they being taken from this earth by disease that is ravaging the city, or is someone taking them? This Halloween season delve into the first tale of terror of the month, that of the Vampiress of Raval, Enriqueta Martí.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.comFan Mail:Who Did What Now PodcastC/O TAGUnit CCourtyard Shopping CentreLetterkennyCo. DonegalF92 XW59 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesFill out the survey! http://bit.ly/whodidwhatnow-survey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 24, 2024 • 58min
121. Agent 355
Who exactly was Agent 355? An alleged member of Washington's infamous Culper Spy Ring, Agent 355 has captured the ideas of espionage aficionados everywhere, just who was 355 and why was she so instrumental in winning the Revolutionary War?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.comFan Mail:Who Did What Now PodcastC/O TAGUnit CCourtyard Shopping CentreLetterkennyCo. DonegalF92 XW59 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesFill out the survey! http://bit.ly/whodidwhatnow-survey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.