Plot Twisted History
History is most compelling when it twists and turns like an Agatha Christie novel. A writer of historical fiction dives down rabbit holes of history in search of plot twisted stories and tells them to you in service of the surprise.
Episodes
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005: Fair Weather Enemies
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In the dying hours of World War II in the west, the United States fought one of the strangest battles in its military history. In a scenario too bizarre to be invented, American soldiers teamed up with sworn enemies to hold a medieval castle against Hitler fanatics to save some of the most famous Frenchmen alive - all against terrifying odds.
Buckle up, friends, for the rollicking tale of the Battle for Castle Itter!
Tuesday Aug 13, 2024
004: Stravinsky's Very Bad Day
Tuesday Aug 13, 2024
Tuesday Aug 13, 2024
What happens when real history becomes fake history that in turn influences real history? When the ballet The Rite of Spring debuted in Paris in 1913, the result was horrifyingly unexpected, and the event influenced a century of brain science. Or did it? This episode tells the story of what happens when the truth can’t get in the way of a good story.
Tuesday Jul 30, 2024
003: Those Who Open Doors
Tuesday Jul 30, 2024
Tuesday Jul 30, 2024
Sir Isaac Newton identified a scientific door to the future, but left it mostly locked and bolted. It took a nearly forgotten French noblewoman to kick it open that the world might enter. This episode tells the astonishing story of the mostly forgotten polymath Emilie du Chatelet.
Tuesday Jul 16, 2024
002: Saving Scotland
Tuesday Jul 16, 2024
Tuesday Jul 16, 2024
Scotland is a romantic land of culture and tradition so unique that millions of people around the world claim to be Scottish despite never having visited the place. So, when did the Scotland as we know it become the Scotland as we know it? This episode tells the story of precisely when that happened – and it is not what you might expect.
Tuesday Jul 02, 2024
001: Accidental Captain
Tuesday Jul 02, 2024
Tuesday Jul 02, 2024
Welcome to the debut episode of Plot Twisted History. As the saying goes, "well behaved women rarely make history." However, sometimes they are sidelined or erased. This episode features the stories of three forgotten women who broke ironclad rules during the age of sail to avert disaster and save themselves in the process.
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Plot Twisted History
As a writer of historical fiction, I spend far too much time following rabbit trails of history in search of good stories. Those that intrigue me most are stories that feature a good, Agatha Christie style plot twist.
In this podcast, I tell you stories from history that suddenly veer into strange territory and hopefully leave you at least a little agape. Some of these stories you will have heard before, but many should be new to you. In either case, I will tell the story in service of the surprise.
If you choose to follow this podcast, you might notice that about half of these stories feature women. For thousands of years, historians have routinely changed, forgotten, or actively erased the historical acts of women. Which means we have a lot of catching up to do
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