The Untold History

By: Steve Gilly Gena Gilly
  • Summary

  • The stories they don't tell you.
    Steve Gilly
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Episodes
  • New Australia
    Jul 1 2020
    In the 1890’s a group of Australian socialists attempted to establish a worker’s colony in Paraguay.  It was envisioned as a socialist utopia but it soon fell apart over disagreements about the consumption of alcohol and fraternizing with the local women, among other things.   Today we tell the story of New Australia. You can subscribe to the Untold History podcast at our website, theuntoldhistory.com, at Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, Spotify, RadioPublic and more. Thanks for listening! (Photo by State...

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    8 mins
  • The Curious Story Of Cats And The Church
    May 22 2020
    Cats are often seen as tools of the devil, or as bad luck, particularly if they are black.  Today we tell how they got that reputation, way back in the Middle Ages, along with how that itself led to massive death across the European continent.   The Untold History podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, TuneIn and on many other podcast apps.  Thanks for listening.
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    12 mins
  • The Vampire of Rhode Island
    Apr 18 2020
    In 1892 a young woman named Mercy Lena Brown died of tuberculosis in Rhode Island. Her mother and sister had also died of the disease and two months later her brother was about to die from it as well. What do you do in a situation like that? Why, you dig up Lena’s grave to see if she’s a vampire, of course! Today we tell the story of one of the last “vampires” in New England, where two centuries of...

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    11 mins

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