Episodes

  • The Loch Ness Monster, Part 3
    Sep 10 2024

    Resurfacing with part three, we continue our voyage through the history of the Loch Ness Monster, following the organisations making scientific efforts to identify Nessie, and the story of one particularly infamous Nessie Hunter.

    https://www.patreon.com/theHistocrat

    https://bsky.app/profile/thehistocrat.bsky.social


    Mythillogical logo + Thumbnail art by Ettore Mazza. You can find more of Ettore's excellent artwork below:

    https://www.instagram.com/ettore.mazza/

    https://ettoremazza.tumblr.com/


    Suonatore di Liuto Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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    1 hr and 53 mins
  • The Loch Ness Monster, Part 2
    Sep 5 2024

    What lurks in the unfathomable depths of Loch Ness? This time we dive into the mystery of the famous monster, from mythical creatures of Scotland, to the sightings that gave birth to the legend we know today.

    https://www.patreon.com/theHistocrat

    https://bsky.app/profile/thehistocrat.bsky.social


    Mythillogical logo + Thumbnail art by Ettore Mazza. You can find more of Ettore's excellent artwork below:

    https://www.instagram.com/ettore.mazza/

    https://ettoremazza.tumblr.com/


    Suonatore di Liuto Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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    1 hr and 51 mins
  • The Loch Ness Monster, Part 1
    Aug 10 2024

    What lurks in the unfathomable depths of Loch Ness? This time we dive into the mystery of the famous monster, from mythical creatures of Scotland, to the sightings that gave birth to the legend we know today.

    https://www.patreon.com/theHistocrat

    https://bsky.app/profile/thehistocrat.bsky.social


    Mythillogical logo + Thumbnail art by Ettore Mazza. You can find more of Ettore's excellent artwork below:

    https://www.instagram.com/ettore.mazza/

    https://ettoremazza.tumblr.com/


    Suonatore di Liuto Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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    2 hrs and 52 mins
  • Pandora's Box and the Creation of Man
    May 18 2024

    Hey guys, it’s your girl Pandora, welcome to my latest unboxing video. Charles and Crofty join me to unpack my jar of evils, on the way learning of the creation of humanity, the trickery of Prometheus, and how the story evolved from Ancient Greece to the present day.

    https://www.patreon.com/theHistocrat

    https://www.twitter.com/The_Histocrat

    https://bsky.app/profile/thehistocrat.bsky.social


    Mythillogical logo + Thumbnail art by Ettore Mazza. You can find more of Ettore's excellent artwork below:

    https://www.instagram.com/ettore.mazza/

    https://ettoremazza.tumblr.com/


    Suonatore di Liuto Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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    2 hrs and 6 mins
  • The Flying Dutchman
    Apr 14 2024

    On our second ever solo episode, Charles takes a deep dive into the briny seas of the 18th century, to track the origins of the phantom ship of legend. Over the course of a hundred years of voyaging we'll watch the slow development of the Dutchman from merely an unfortunate vessel doomed by storms and plague, to an ill omen for all who encounter her.


    https://www.patreon.com/theHistocrat

    https://www.twitter.com/The_Histocrat

    https://bsky.app/profile/thehistocrat.bsky.social


    Mythillogical logo by Ettore Mazza. You can find more of Ettore's excellent artwork below:

    https://www.instagram.com/ettore.mazza/

    https://ettoremazza.tumblr.com/


    Suonatore di Liuto Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Amaterasu and the Japanese Creation Myth
    Jan 24 2024

    So folks, it’s been a while! On today’s episode Crofty and Charles journey to the land of the rising sun, to examine the head of the Japanese pantheon and mythical ancestress of it's Imperial family, Amaterasu. Together they examine her earliest appearances in Japanese myth, along with wider theories as to her origin and evolving significance in Japan’s culture.


    https://www.patreon.com/theHistocrat

    https://www.twitter.com/The_Histocrat


    Mythillogical logo by Ettore Mazza. You can find more of Ettore's excellent artwork below:

    https://www.instagram.com/ettore.mazza/

    https://ettoremazza.tumblr.com/


    Suonatore di Liuto Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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    2 hrs and 24 mins
  • The Fairies, Part 2
    Sep 8 2023

    In the second part of their examination of Fairies, Charles and Crofty tour the fairy ruins and otherworlds of both Ireland and Scotland. Here they delve too deeply into the unique fairies and pagan gods that call those nations home, and explore some of the darker sides of how fairy belief was treated in centuries past.

    https://www.patreon.com/theHistocrat

    https://www.twitter.com/The_Histocrat


    Mythillogical logo by Ettore Mazza. You can find more of Ettore's excellent artwork below:

    https://www.instagram.com/ettore.mazza/

    https://ettoremazza.tumblr.com/


    Suonatore di Liuto by Kevin MacLeod
    Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4440-suonatore-di-liuto
    License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licensehttp://incompetech.com/

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    1 hr and 48 mins
  • The Fairies, Part 1
    Aug 25 2023

    In the first episode of a two parter, Charles and Crofty run the risk of being trapped in fairy land on a quest to understand the origins of its famous denizens. Together they trace the history of these mysterious creatures throughout Britain and Ireland, examining how they evolved from elusive elves in Anglo Saxon times, to the regal fairy courts of Elizabethan literature, before finally take their iconic forms amongst the Victorian folklore craze.

    https://www.patreon.com/theHistocrat

    https://www.twitter.com/The_Histocrat


    Mythillogical logo by Ettore Mazza. You can find more of Ettore's excellent artwork below:


    https://www.instagram.com/ettore.mazza/


    https://ettoremazza.tumblr.com/


    Suonatore di Liuto by Kevin MacLeod
    Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4440-suonatore-di-liuto
    License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licensehttp://incompetech.com/

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    1 hr and 51 mins