Who Did What Now

Katie Charlwood - whodidwhatnowpod.com

Latest episode: Mon Aug 25 2025

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!

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179 total episodes

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Aug25
157. The Battle of Castle Itter
50mins
Aug19
156. Amon Göth - The Butcher of Płaszów
46mins
Aug11
155. Ravensbrück Concentration Camp
64mins
Aug4
154. Irma Grese - The Hyena of Auschwitz
53mins
Jul23
153. Zoot Suit Riots
73mins
Jul16
152. Kate Warne - America's First Female Detective
73mins
Jul7
151 . John Brown - Part II: Heroism is Treason
77mins
Jul3
150. John Brown - Part I: American Abolitionist
83mins
Jun30
149. Mary Astor - Hollywood and Scandal
55mins
Jun24
148. King Edward II - Bisexual Chaos Monarch
87mins
Jun17
147. Alan Turing - The Codebreaker
77mins
Jun9
146. Billy Tipton - Trans Jazz Icon
67mins
Jun3
145. Louisa May Alcott
47mins
May26
144. The Marchioness Disaster
80mins
May20
143. When MIT & Quaker Oats Tested Radiation on Children
72mins
May12
142. Harmen van den Bogaert
65mins
Apr29
141. That Time the USA Banned Sliced Bread
49mins
Apr21
140. Pope Innocent VIII - Anything but Innocent
34mins
Apr15
139. Alice Crimmins - Mother on Trial
72mins
Apr7
138. Murder Mystery on the High Seas
72mins
Apr1
137. Bass Reeves - The Real Lone Ranger
46mins
Mar25
136. The Disappearance of Dorothy Arnold
56mins
Mar18
135. Joan Crawford
74mins
Mar11
134. Dr Gisella Perl - Abortionist at Auschwitz
50mins
Mar8
133. America's Forgotten War on Women
71mins
Mar4
132. Nancy Wake - The Spy With the 5 Million Franc Bounty
87mins
Feb25
131. Bessie Coleman - First Black Aviatrix
50mins
Feb18
130. The Tuskegee Syphilis Study
59mins
Feb11
From the Vault - Mary Jane Kelly - The Ripper's Final Victim
79mins
Feb11
From the Vault - Catherine Eddowes - The Ripper's Fourth Victim
54mins
Feb10
From the Vault - Elizabeth Stride - The Ripper's Third Victim
62mins
Feb10
From the Vault - Annie Chapman - The Ripper's Second Victim
49mins
Feb10
From the Vault - Polly Nichols - The Ripper's First Victim
73mins
Feb4
129. Joshua N. Haldeman - Elon Musk's Apartheid-Loving Grandfather
72mins
Jan27
128. The Brothers Kellogg
54mins
Nov26
127. Nuns on the Run - Outlaws and Thieves
47mins
Nov12
126. Nellie Cashman - The Angel of Cassier
43mins
Oct31
125, The Mysterious Death of Elisa Lam
70mins
Oct15
124. The Tulsa Race Massacre
48mins
Oct7
123. Willowbrook State School
71mins
Oct2
122. Enriqueta Martí - Vampiress of Barcelona
58mins
Sep24
121. Agent 355
58mins
Sep17
120: The Emu War
49mins
Sep3
119. The Kerry Babies
58mins
Aug27
118. Lady Mary Grey
52mins
Aug21
117. Lady Katherine Grey
69mins
Jul30
116. The Infamous 1904 Olympic Games
53mins
Jul24
115. The Stanford Prison Experiment
42mins
Jul16
114. Frederick Rutland - Beverly Hills Spy
55mins
Jul10
113. Flora MacDonald - The Girl Who Saved a Prince
43mins
Jun25
112. Tallulah Bankhead - Queer Icon
55mins
Jun18
111. Chevaliere d'Eon - The 18th Century French Trans Spy
59mins
Jun4
110. Sir Isaac Newton - Ace of Reason
51mins
May28
109. Great Race of Mercy
52mins
May21
108. Barbara Palmer - The Royal Whore
51mins
May14
107. All Aboard the Sex Raft
65mins
May11
106. Mary Toft - The Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits
51mins
May1
105. The Sausage Factory Murder of Chicago
44mins
Apr16
104. The Overbury Poisoning
29mins
Apr1
103. George Villiers - 1st Duke of Buckingham
53mins
Mar26
102. Satanic Panic
53mins
Mar19
101. The Black Widows of Liverpool
47mins
Mar12
100. Queen Medb - Warrior Queen of Ireland
45mins
Mar8
99. The Magdalene Laundries
71mins
Mar5
98. Anne Bonny and Mary Read - Here Be Pirates
49mins
Feb27
97. Marlene Dietrich - Hollywood's Femme Fatale
58mins
Feb21
96. Anne Lister - Gentleman Jack
59mins
Feb13
95. Pope Leo X - The Ultimate Nepo Baby
53mins
Feb6
94. William Dorsey Swann = Queen of Drag
43mins
Jan30
93. Gland Larceny: The Testicle Thieves of Chicago
49mins
Jan23
92. Marguerite de Valois - Queen of Navarre - Part II
52mins
Jan16
91. Marguerite de Valois - Queen of Navarre - Part I
56mins
Jan5
90. The Real Dick Whittington
34mins
Dec13
89. Lavinia Fisher - America's First Female Serial Killer
51mins
Dec6
88. Charles Dickens - Great Expectations, Terrible Reality
68mins
Nov30
87. The Theft of the Irish Crown Jewels
57mins
Nov28
86. De Valera's Prison Break
42mins
Nov14
85. Mary Shelley - The Original Goth Girl
63mins
Oct18
84. Edgar Allan Poe
76mins
Oct10
83. Elizabeth Bathory - The Blood Countess REDUX
68mins
Oct3
82. Sawney Bean And His Cannibal Clan
46mins
Sep26
81. Roald Dahl - Soldier, Writer, Cheater, Spy
63mins
Sep22
80. The Great Fire of London
60mins
Sep12
79. Princess Alice of Battenberg
63mins
Sep5
78. J. M. Barrie - The Man Behind Peter Pan
58mins
Aug31
77. Diana - Princess of Wales
74mins
Aug22
76. Justice for Ellen Poe - A Forgotten Woman
78mins
Aug16
75. The Sydney Shark Arm Murder REDUX
52mins
Aug10
Bittisode 016: The Murder of Lord Darnley - Scotland's Oldest Cold Case
33mins
Aug8
74. Caterina Sforza - Renaissance Woman
46mins
Aug1
73. Frank Abagnale Jr - Catch Him if You Can
59mins
Jul25
72. Mary Stuart - Queen of Scots
64mins
Jul17
71 - Barbie - The Evolution of an Icon
59mins
Jul11
70. The Rise and Fall of the East India Company
66mins
Jul4
69. King Alfonso XIII - The Raunchiest Royal
41mins
Jun26
68. Dr James Barry - the Medical Pioneer with a Secret!
53mins
Jun19
67. Mary Jane Kelly - The Ripper's Final Kill...?
81mins
May11
Bittisode 015: Sex Worker Brides and the Creation of the Millionaire
23mins
May9
66. Catherine Eddowes - The Penultimate Victim
54mins
May4
Bittisode 014: King Charles' Disastrous Disguise
23mins
May3
65. Elizabeth Stride - The Ripper's Third Victim?
66mins
Apr27
Bittisode 013: The Chastity Belt Myth
22mins
Apr25
64. Annie Chapman - The Ripper's Second Kill
49mins
Mar17
63. Polly Nichols - The Ripper's First Victim
81mins
Feb28
62. Gráinne O Malley - Ireland's Pirate Queen
64mins
Feb21
61. Let's Get Divorced
49mins
Feb7
60. The Impotence Trials
47mins
Jan31
59. The Brides in the Bath Murders
56mins
Jan24
58. Coco Chanel - The Fascist Fashionista
56mins
Jan12
57. Evelyn Nesbitt - The First Supermodel
76mins
Jan3
56. Cleopatra - The Last Ruler of Egypt
68mins
Dec15
Bittisode 012: Weird History of Christmas
24mins
Dec13
55. Dame Alice Kyteler - Ireland's First Witch
45mins
Dec5
54. The War at Christmas
42mins
Oct18
53 - The Burning of Bridget Cleary
66mins
Sep29
Bittisode 011: The Island that Despised Doing it!
27mins
Sep27
52 Jacqueline Kennedy - America's Fashionable First Lady
65mins
Sep25
Bittisode 010: Theodore Durrant - The Demon of the Belfry
27mins
Sep20
51 The Case of The Cult of Clitoris
56mins
Sep15
Bittisode: 009 The Death of Diana, Princess of Wales
35mins
Sep1
50 - Winston Churchill - The Paradoxical Prime Minister
77mins
Aug10
Bittisode 008: Anthrax Island
31mins
Aug9
49 - Lady Jane Grey - The Nine Days Queen
45mins
Jul5
48 - The 1788 Doctor's Riots
45mins
Jun29
47 - The Bennington Triangle Mystery...
26mins
Jun21
46 - Lizzie Borden - Axe Murderer (Part 02)
38mins
Jun17
45 - Lizzie Borden - Axe Murderer (Part 01)
42mins
May25
44 - Eleanor of Aquitaine - Queen & Rebel
40mins
May19
43 - The Lost Colony of Roanoke
31mins
May12
42 - Elizabeth Báthory - The Blood Countess
42mins
May3
41 - Typhoid Mary
41mins
Apr26
Bittisode 007: Titanic Toilets
15mins
Apr18
40 - Dr. Cream - The Lambeth Poisoner
38mins
Feb9
39 - Anna Genovese - The Bisexual Mob Queen
39mins
Jan31
38 - Lucrezia Borgia - Victim or Vixen?
44mins
Jan12
37 - Forty Elephants - The 19th Century Women-Only London crime syndicate
32mins
Jan3
36 - JonBenét Ramsey - The Unsolved Murder of the Baby Beauty Queen
49mins
Dec14
35 - Maria Rasputin - Daughter of the Mad Monk
23mins
Dec9
Bittisode 006 - Cuban Cow Crisis
10mins
Dec6
Welcome to Who Did What Now
Dec5
34 - Mary Tudor - The Bloody Queen
43mins
Nov25
Bittisode 005: Wonderful Wine Bricks
10mins
Nov23
33 - Surviving Clipperton Island
29mins
Nov18
Bittisode 004: The Hanging of the Hartlepool Monkey
10mins
Nov16
32 - The Fall of the House of Gucci
32mins
Nov12
31 - Frida Kahlo - Disabled, Queer and Fantastic
41mins
Oct27
Bittisode 003 Halloween Origins: Jack O‘Lantern
12mins
Oct25
30 - Burke & Hare - Bodysnatchers
36mins
Oct18
29 - The Werewolf of Bedburg - Peter Stumpf
20mins
Oct14
Bittisode 002 Halloween Origins: Trick or Treat
14mins
Oct12
28 - Tarrare - The French Cannibal Spy
28mins
Oct7
Bittisode 001 Halloween Origins : Samhain
9mins
Oct5
27 - Vlad the Impaler -The Real Dracula
27mins
Sep28
26 - Elvis Presley Belongs in Disgraceland
22mins
Jun9
25 - Julie D'Aubigny - The Cross-Dressing, Sword-Swinging, Bisexual Opera Singer
26mins
Jun1
24 - What Happened to Amelia Earhart?
31mins
May25
23 - The Failed Kidnapping of Princess Anne
22mins
May18
22 - The Prohibition Poisonings
19mins
May4
21 - Olga of Kyiv - Saint, Princess, Arsonist...
25mins
Apr27
20 - Joan of Arc
29mins
Apr21
19 - Prince Philip - Duke of Edinburgh
40mins
Apr5
018 - Katherine Parr - The Final Queen
39mins
Mar29
017 - Catherine Howard - The Promiscuous Queen
28mins
Mar24
016 - Anne of Cleves - The Ugly Queen
37mins
Mar20
015 - Jane Seymour - The Favourite Queen
27mins
Mar16
014 - Anne Boleyn - The Infamous Queen
41mins
Mar9
013 - Katherine of Aragon - The True Queen
32mins
Mar3
012 - H. H. Holmes -The Real Story
36mins
Feb23
011 - Nell Gwynn - Whore of Yore
40mins
Feb17
010 - Hatshepsut - The Queen Would be King
32mins
Feb10
009 - The Vampire of Czinkota
36mins
Feb2
008 - The Stockholm Syndrome Myth
29mins
Jan26
007 - Mother Teresa - The Sinner
34mins
Jan19
006 - Grainne Mhaol - Irish Pirate Queen
40mins
Jan12
005 - Y2K Bug Did What Now?
51mins
Dec15
004 - The Sydney Shark Arm Murder
18mins
Sep23
003 - Twisted History of Coca Cola
48mins
May19
002 - Grace Kelly - The Hollywood Princess
23mins
May14
001 - 1970 Miss World Fiasco
41mins