

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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Dec 6, 2023 • 1h 9min
88. Charles Dickens - Great Expectations, Terrible Reality
Charles Dickens is one of the most popular writers ever to exist, he championed for the poor, he highlighted inequality and child labour laws, and he's even partly responsible for the wholesome concept of Christmas. However there is more to the novelist than meets the eye, so let's dive in and unwrap the bleak truth of Dickens' life.Hosted by Katie CharlwoodPart of the Airwave Media Network - www.airwavemedia.comDonate at: Patreon Tip JarWishlistWishlistFollow me on…TwitterInstagramTikTokFacebookBusiness Enquiries: katie@whodidwhatnowpod.comLooking to Advertise, Contact: advertising@airwavemedia.comFan Mail:Who Did What Now PodcastC/O Endgame Comics & Collectables11 Market SquareLetterkennyDonegalIrelandF92 R8W2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 30, 2023 • 57min
87. The Theft of the Irish Crown Jewels
At the turn of the 20th Century, four days before the King and Queen are due to visit Ireland for the Great Expedition, the country is rocked by Ireland's most scandalous heist in one of its most fortified buildings. The Irish Crown Jewels are stolen from Dublin Castle...Hosted by Katie Charlwood... and BébéPart of the Airwave Media Network - www.airwavemedia.comLet's go on vacation!https://trovatrip.com/trip//europe/united-kingdom/united-kingdom-with-katie-charlwood-may-2024Donate at: Patreon Tip JarWishlistWishlistFollow me on…TwitterInstagramTikTokFacebookBusiness Enquiries: katie@whodidwhatnowpod.comLooking to Advertise, Contact: advertising@airwavemedia.comFan Mail:Who Did What Now PodcastC/O Endgame Comics & Collectables11 Market SquareLetterkennyDonegalIrelandF92 R8W2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 28, 2023 • 42min
86. De Valera's Prison Break
Eamon De Valera, the long fellow, was to become the President and first Taoiseach of the Irish Republic, but before that he was locked up in an English prison while his fellow rebels fought for Irish independence and Home Rule. However Dev wasn't planning in being cooped up in the clink and planned his great escape...Hosted by Katie Charlwood Part of the Airwave Media Network - www.airwavemedia.comLet's go on vacation!https://trovatrip.com/trip//europe/united-kingdom/united-kingdom-with-katie-charlwood-may-2024Donate at: Patreon Tip JarWishlistWishlistFollow me on…TwitterInstagramTikTokFacebookBusiness Enquiries: katie@whodidwhatnowpod.comLooking to Advertise, Contact: advertising@airwavemedia.comFan Mail:Who Did What Now PodcastC/O Endgame Comics & Collectables11 Market SquareLetterkennyDonegalIrelandF92 R8W2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 14, 2023 • 1h 4min
85. Mary Shelley - The Original Goth Girl
Mary Shelley was a force to be reckoned with, an intellectual mastermind, fuelled by passion and who lived a life rife with death and creativity. As a teenager Mary invented an entire genre, and as an adult somehow acquired forged passports to help a lesbian couple escape to France as husband and wife. Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley lived a life, now tune in and hear all about it!Hosted by Katie Charlwood Part of the Airwave Media Network - www.airwavemedia.comLet's go on vacation!https://trovatrip.com/trip//europe/united-kingdom/united-kingdom-with-katie-charlwood-may-2024Donate at: Patreon Tip JarWishlistWishlistFollow me on…TwitterInstagramTikTokFacebookBusiness Enquiries: katie@whodidwhatnowpod.comLooking to Advertise, Contact: advertising@airwavemedia.comFan Mail:Who Did What Now PodcastC/O Endgame Comics & Collectables11 Market SquareLetterkennyDonegalIrelandF92 R8W2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 18, 2023 • 1h 16min
84. Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe was the original goth boy, emo well before that G note made everyine with 45degree fringes and spray on trousers stop in their tracks. Poe was he master of the macabre, from his tragic beginnings to his mysterious end...A much requested tell-tale this spooky seasonHosted by Katie Charlwood and Special Guest, Paul, the host of Kraken's CabinVote for Who Did What Nowhttps://www.theirishpodcastawards.ie/votingPart of the Airwave Media Network - www.airwavemedia.comLet's go on vacation!https://trovatrip.com/trip//europe/united-kingdom/united-kingdom-with-katie-charlwood-may-2024WishlistWishlistDonate at: Patreon Tip JarFollow me on…TwitterInstagramTikTokFacebookBusiness Enquiries: katie@whodidwhatnowpod.comLooking to Advertise, Contact: advertising@airwavemedia.comFan Mail:Who Did What Now PodcastC/O Endgame Comics & Collectables11 Market SquareLetterkennyDonegalIrelandF92 R8W2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 10, 2023 • 1h 8min
83. Elizabeth Bathory - The Blood Countess REDUX
Erzébet Báthori, history's most prolific female serial-killer, who exsanguinated her victims and the bathed in the blood of virgins, out of villainy? Sadism? Or a desperate attempt to regain her youth and beauty,,,? No, not at all, Erzébet Báthori was framed! Now join Katie as she delves into this requested tale of dark history...Hosted by Katie Charlwood Vote for Who Did What Nowhttps://www.theirishpodcastawards.ie/votingPart of the Airwave Media Network - www.airwavemedia.comLet's go on vacation!https://trovatrip.com/trip//europe/united-kingdom/united-kingdom-with-katie-charlwood-may-2024WishlistWishlistDonate at: Patreon Tip JarFollow me on…TwitterInstagramTikTokFacebookBusiness Enquiries: katie@whodidwhatnowpod.comLooking to Advertise, Contact: advertising@airwavemedia.comFan Mail:Who Did What Now PodcastC/O Endgame Comics & Collectables11 Market SquareLetterkennyDonegalIrelandF92 R8W2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 3, 2023 • 46min
82. Sawney Bean And His Cannibal Clan
In the 16th Century Sawney Bean and his bloodthirsty brood ambushed, killed and consumed weary travellers as they traversed the log, narrow roads of the Ayrshire coast for 25 years. Did this cave-dwelling cannibal clan get away with such depravity for a quarter of a century, or is there more to this gory tale than meets the eye...?Hosted by Katie Charlwood Vote for Who Did What Nowhttps://www.theirishpodcastawards.ie/votingPart of the Airwave Media Network - www.airwavemedia.comLet's go on vacation!https://trovatrip.com/trip//europe/united-kingdom/united-kingdom-with-katie-charlwood-may-2024WishlistWishlistDonate at: Patreon Tip JarFollow me on…TwitterInstagramTikTokFacebookBusiness Enquiries: katie@whodidwhatnowpod.comLooking to Advertise, Contact: advertising@airwavemedia.comFan Mail:Who Did What Now PodcastC/O Endgame Comics & Collectables11 Market SquareLetterkennyDonegalIrelandF92 R8W2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 26, 2023 • 1h 4min
81. Roald Dahl - Soldier, Writer, Cheater, Spy
Roald Dahl has created worlds within pages that live in the minds and hearts of children (and some grown-ups) worlds that are chaotic, complicated, dark, jaunty and oft macabre, not so different from the man himself. This week, join Katie as she dives into the life of the disturbing Mr Dahl...Hosted by Katie Charlwood Vote for Who Did What Nowhttps://www.theirishpodcastawards.ie/votingPart of the Airwave Media Network - www.airwavemedia.comLet's go on vacation!https://trovatrip.com/trip//europe/united-kingdom/united-kingdom-with-katie-charlwood-may-2024WishlistWishlistDonate at: Patreon Tip JarFollow me on…TwitterInstagramTikTokFacebookBusiness Enquiries: katie@whodidwhatnowpod.comLooking to Advertise, Contact: advertising@airwavemedia.comFan Mail:Who Did What Now PodcastC/O Endgame Comics & Collectables11 Market SquareLetterkennyDonegalIrelandF92 R8W2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 22, 2023 • 1h
80. The Great Fire of London
Over 350 years ago, the City of London was razed when a tiny spark on Pudding Lane ignited a fire hotter than lava, that would ravage the city for four days. This week join Katie, history harlot and reader of books as she tells the story of The Great Fire of 1666 and the city that rose again from its ashes.Hosted by Katie Charlwood Vote for Who Did What Nowhttps://www.theirishpodcastawards.ie/votingPart of the Airwave Media Network - www.airwavemedia.comLet's go on vacation!https://trovatrip.com/trip//europe/united-kingdom/united-kingdom-with-katie-charlwood-may-2024WishlistWishlistDonate at: Patreon Tip JarFollow me on…TwitterInstagramTikTokFacebookBusiness Enquiries: katie@whodidwhatnowpod.comLooking to Advertise, Contact: advertising@airwavemedia.comFan Mail:Who Did What Now PodcastC/O Endgame Comics & Collectables11 Market SquareLetterkennyDonegalIrelandF92 R8W2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 12, 2023 • 1h 4min
79. Princess Alice of Battenberg
Princess Alice of Battenberg had a far more interesting life than most royals in recent history, she was a princess, a wife, a mother, a nurse, a refugee, a nun, a prolific chain-smoker and of course, mother-in-law to the Queen of England. She lived a life and not one that was happily every after.Hosted by Katie Charlwood Vote for Who Did What Nowhttps://www.theirishpodcastawards.ie/votingPart of the Airwave Media Network - www.airwavemedia.comLet's go on vacation!https://trovatrip.com/trip//europe/united-kingdom/united-kingdom-with-katie-charlwood-may-2024WishlistWishlistDonate at: Patreon Tip JarFollow me on…TwitterInstagramTikTokFacebookBusiness Enquiries: katie@whodidwhatnowpod.comLooking to Advertise, Contact: advertising@airwavemedia.comFan Mail:Who Did What Now PodcastC/O Endgame Comics & Collectables11 Market SquareLetterkennyDonegalIrelandF92 R8W2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.


