Who Did What Now?

Who Did What Now? The history podcast that’s not your history class, with Katie, history harlot & reader of books
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09/05/2026

Whose horse is that? It’s not Margaret’s that’s for sure!

Sources: Lynravn, Joan (1966) Margaret Catchpole (1762–1819)
-Series: Papers of Margaret Catchpole, 1803-1811, AJCP, M944

09/04/2026

De Valera’s Fruitcake Escape!

Sources: McCullagh, David (2020) Jailbreak! De Valera’s daring prison escape
-Murray, Joel (2019) Éamon de Valera’s Escape from Lincoln Prison

09/03/2026

William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale escaped the Tower of London (and the chopping block) in drag!

Sources: Buchan, John (1922) A Book of Escapes and Hurried Journeys
-Nithsdale, W. M., Grace, S., & Joly, J. R. (1827). A letter from the Countess of Nithsdale, &c. [to her sister, the Right Honourable Lucy Herbert Abbess of the English Augustine Nuns at Bruges]

09/02/2026

Ep.207 Escape from Alcatraz

All sources available on the Who Did What Now podcast.

Nothing quite like the venn diagram of the niche interests of Whodunnits, live theatre and snappy comments about Agatha ...
08/29/2026

Nothing quite like the venn diagram of the niche interests of Whodunnits, live theatre and snappy comments about Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None.

This was everything I wanted and more, Shipwrecked Comedy all cast, crew and that fabulous orchestra really knocked it out of the park! Absolutely delighted that I chose chaos and flew in to see this live.

Brava!

08/26/2026

Ep.206 Eva Braun

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08/24/2026

Yes, the N***s really did have a “Super Horse” program!

Sources: Peter, Brigitte (1982) Rescue of the Lipizzaner Horses, Venture or Wonder?
-Letts, Elizabeth (2016) The Perfect Horse

08/19/2026

Ep.205 Unit 731

Imperial Japan’s covert human experimentation program.

This episode is not for the faint of heart.

08/18/2026

Why was Ireland neutral during the Second World War?

Sources: Carroll, J. T. (1975) Ireland in the War Years 1939–1945
-Girvan, Bryan (2006) The Emergency: Neutral Ireland 1939-1946
-Hopkinson, Michael (2002) The Irish War of Independence

08/16/2026

So more of you reached out than I expected, but if you have a venue and you want to have me there, reach out!

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