Podcasts by The Bones and Bobbins Podcast

8 - Where Did You Find That Key? Secret Drawers, Hidden Compartments, and Locked Cabinets from 2023-10-13T17:45

S04E08: The secret drawers, hidden compartments, and locked cabinets nestled into pieces of antique furniture.

Because, who doesn’t want an excuse to look for indoor treasures on a crisp, cloudy...

7 - Wait. Where did YOU come from? from 2023-07-28T18:00

S04E07: American islands that never lost their British accents (from the 16 and 1700s) and the unnatural origins of the Transatlantic Accent.

Learn some new (old) phrases from Ho...

6 - Dreadnought, Sink Not from 2023-06-14T16:00

S04E06: The USS Recruit (1917), the dreadnought in Union Square, and the Unsinkable Molly Brown

Like real historical stories that are way, way better than their legendary counter...

5 - Traysure! from 2023-05-15T18:55:26

S04E05: Metal detecting, geocaching, and digging up stuff in your own backyard!

It’s digging in the dirt and tromping through the woods season! Come along with us while Haley con...

4 - The Deadly Garden from 2023-04-13T14:00

S04E04: Poisonous Plants and Drury Lane Gardens.

Take a stroll around a garden so dangerous that just walking through it can cause you to faint, then scamper off to the world of ...

3 - Paws, Claws, and Caws: The Lore of Black Cats, Crows, and Ravens from 2023-03-18T15:00

S04E03: The lore of black cats, crows, and ravens.

Us, to literally every black cat or corvid we see: Who’re our good little witches’ familiars? Sweet baby omens of doom? The bes...

2 - Beauty and the Bikes from 2023-02-12T17:15

S04E02: Beauty entrepreneur and philanthropist Madam C. J. Walker and Boston bicycling trailblazer Kittie Knox.

Fan of a multi-step beauty routine? (Same.) So, as it happens, was...

1 - You Can Be the President, I’d Rather Be the Pope from 2023-01-19T17:19:58

S04E01: Weird pope facts and the bizarro world that is Vatican City/the Vatican/the Holy See.

First: If you’re unfamiliar with the Prince song “Pope,” we highly recommend going d...

17 - Indigenous Badassery from 2022-11-30T22:49:14

S03E17: It’s National Native American Heritage Month, so we’re talking about stone cold badass Madame Marie Dorion, and the many ways in which Native and Indigenous Americans have contributed to...

16 - Feminism on Wheels from 2022-10-23T19:00

S03E16: Victorian dress reform, the Rational Dress Society, and the history of bicycles.

For Victorian women, bicycles usher in both a newfound freedom and a new wave in practica...

15 - Waxing Dramatic from 2022-10-12T15:09:41

S03E15: Madame Tussaud and her famed museum of lifelike wax figures, and Grand Guignol, a pioneering theater at the forefront of shockingly realistic body horror.

Marie Tussaud’s...

14 - There’s No Place Like Utopia from 2022-09-26T12:50:37

S03E14: Celebration, Florida and Arcosanti, Arizona: Two very different approaches to building a (mostly failed) utopia.

Learning how to almost successfully thrive in the desert,...

12 - Professionally Sneaking from 2022-08-27T16:30

S03E12: The spy gadgets of WWII and a married couple–Jonna and Antonio Mendez–who were very real masters of disguise.

Spy craft meets spy crafts with lipstick compasses, pencil d...

11 - Our Bodies, Our Clothes? from 2022-08-12T23:00

S03E11: The history of women in pants and boobs in fashion.

Ah, yes. The perennial drama of possessing cleavage and/or legs.

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4 - Dipping a Skull into Private Clubs, Fraternal Orders, and Secret Societies from 2022-03-04T21:00

S03E04: The Not Terribly Good Club of Great Britain and a fascinating look into the history of fraternities and sororities in the United States.

Private clubs can be fraught with...

3 - Stick a Pin in It from 2022-02-18T21:34:18

S03E03: Entomology (insect collecting) and the taxidermy of Walter Potter.

Some people like academic displays with carefully labeled insects, some like kitten weddings. Who are w...

2 - Roses Are Red, Your Lips Are Blue from 2022-02-07T22:14:28

S03E02: The history of the valentine and the hypnotic love spell murderer, Dr. Carl Coppolino.

From penning sweet nothings to vinegar valentines, Natali explains why the history ...

1 - The Princesses Are Not Okay from 2022-01-24T20:47

S03E01: “Princess” Alice Roosevelt, the irrepressible eldest daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt, who was pretty much always up to no good, and Princess Alexandra of Bavaria, who was pretty...

24 - All is Artificial, All is Brite from 2021-12-24T00:00

S02E24: The mind-blowing plot twists of WWII bomber pilot Si Spiegel (and his artificial Christmas trees), and the glittering nostalgia that is a box of Shiny Brite Ornaments

In ...

23 - From Mary Sachs to Coco Sucks from 2021-12-10T00:00

S02E23: Mary Sachs, the Merchant Princess of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and Coco Chanel, who was very good at both designing clothes and being a horrifyingly terrible person.

Meet...

22 - Certain Death&The Final Makeover from 2021-11-12T00:34

S02E22: Historical ways to confirm death and the art and science of modern embalming practices.

It was really hard for people throughout history to tell exactly how dead the bodi...

21.5 - Halloween Bonus: Trick or Treat, You Decide from 2021-10-29T00:00

A Halloween bonus episode featuring Natali and the girls. ("The girls" being Natali's delightful and witchy teen daughters, who came to Haley's rescue!)

Once upon a Halloween wee...

21 - The First Femmes of Forensics from 2021-10-15T15:00

S02E21: Kate Warne, the heroic first woman Pinkerton detective, and Pearl Tytell, handwriting detective and trailblazing forensic document examiner.

When you need a tricky job do...

20 - Living Nightmares from 2021-10-01T00:00

S02E20: Slender Man and the Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

Whether written at the dawn of a nation or crowd-sourced on the internet, all urban legends hold within them at least a tiny ...

19 - She Walks in Beauty Like a Fright? from 2021-09-17T00:00

S02E19: Mrs. Margaret Smith-Wilkinson, nicknamed the Countess of Monte Cristo, and Lady Jane Lewson, the possible real life inspiration for Miss Havisham.

Come meet a hotel mogul...

18 - Wicked Stitches from 2021-09-03T00:00

S02E18: Woven spells, sewing magic, and the history of spinsters.

Is there someone in your life who knits with glass needles, spins their own yarn, sews their own patterns, or dyes their ...

17 - Whoa, Mama! from 2021-08-20T00:00

S02E17: Personal Ghost Stories and Haley’s Haunted Mom.

I mean, who doesn’t want to hear stories about a spooky local legend, a whispering apparition, a 1970s UFO, and Haley’s mo...

16 - Fashion and Function from 2021-08-06T00:00

S02E16: Sewing spacesuits and the science lab at the Eiffel Tower.

Did you know that the Eiffel Tower doubles as art and science? It’s true! Also true: sewing a space suit is hard, and th...

15 - Make All the Bones About It from 2021-07-23T00:00

S02E15: Catacomb saints and the Sedlec Ossuary.

Here for all of your bejeweled skeleton and fancy skull garland needs!

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S02E05: The Ring of Senicianus (The Real ‘One Ring to Rule Them All’ that inspired Tolkein?) and the Prague Orloj: Meet a cursed Roman artifact that just might lead to Hobbits and an astronomica...

04 - Black Crape and Black Widows from 2021-02-19T00:00

S02E04: Mourning attire and practices and black widow murderers: You know, when you think about it, it’s actually kind of unclear which one of these categories is more deadly.

Sh...

03 - A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words, but Jewelry Keeps Talking Forever from 2021-02-05T00:00

S02E03: Post-mortem photography and mourning jewelry: It’s not all sunshine and hair locks, my friends.

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10 - You Want Me to Put What in That Bottle?! from 2020-08-28T00:00

S01E10: Witch Bottles and Tomb Curses.

Can we please all just agree not to open the tomb, drink the mystery liquid, or make glass bottles filled with nails and pins to explode in fires? Listen

09 - Was That One or Two Eyes of Newt? from 2020-08-14T00:00

S01E09: The History of Grimoires and How to Make One.

Join us today in the restricted area of the Curiosity Shop, where a squeaky old library cart holds grimoires aplenty! 

Please ...

08 - If It Moves, Run! from 2020-07-31T00:00

S01E08: Mannequins, Automatons, and a Trip into Hell’s Own Uncanny Valley.

Did that automaton just move? And how long has that mannequin been standing behind me? Hello? Is anybody here? Listen

07 - Corsets: It’s a Cinch! from 2020-07-17T00:00

S01E07: Historical, Medical, and Modern Corsets.

In this episode, Haley and Natali discuss sexy potential death traps and boobs. So very many boobs.

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