History Obscura

About History Obscura

What went bump in the night long ago? Explore all the creepy, lost and just plain weird corners of history with Mandy Gardner and her coven of cats. This is one history podcast with bite! From ghost stories of the ancient Greeks to reincarnation stories from WWII veterans, History Obscura delivers.

Publisher

Mandy Gardner

Category

history · true crime

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

28 Dec 2019

Latest episode

7 Jan 2026

Latest episodes

185 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   7 Jan 2026

   Teaser - Cinch Academy Plug

   Try out a side project of mine, Cinch Academy! We discuss AI, social media, tech trends and more with the team at Cinch Communications every month. If you like it, please follow, subscribe and share!Thanks a lot, friends!Here the Spotify link for the show: https://open.spotify.com/show/2WNgvHuDTNbquSCFqnGWpj?si=badefb6ce09f46d7 Music from Canva

2. 

   5 Jan 2026

   A New Year's Story by Lucy Maud Montgomery... and an Important Introduction by Mandy

   It's the New Year of 2026! Let us embrace empathy, learning and benevolent mindsets more than ever. It's always up to us to ensure that the light of human understanding and intellectualism does not die out during dark ages. Peace be with us all!Music from Fesliyan Studios and Podcastle.The introductory poem is an excerpt from "The Death of the Old Year", by Alfred Lord Tennyson. The short story, "Uncle Richard's New Year Dinner," is by Lucy Maud Montgomery.Opening anti-ICE, anti-regime rant courtesy of the author.

3. 

   26 Dec 2025

   Merry Christmas & Congratulations on the New Pajamas

   It's Christmastime and we're talking Yule Cat!Music from Fesliyan Studios

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

21 ratings

Spotify

4.0 / 5

39 ratings

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