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Hidden History with Dr. Harini Bhat
17 episodes
Spontaneous Human Combustion: The Fire Within
Ep 15 · Aug 17, 2026 · 37 min
For nearly three hundred years, people have been found burned almost to ash in rooms that barely show a scorch mark: from Countess Cornelia di Bandi in 1731 to Michael Faherty in 2010, whose death an Irish coroner officially attributed to spontaneous human combustion. The pattern is always the same: torso gone, extremities intact, surroundings untouched, and no obvious source of flame. Modern fire science offers a compelling explanation, but a handful of cases still resist easy answers. Head ove…
Real People. Real Crimes | Introducing CRIMES OF REDDIT, a new Crime House podcast!
Aug 12, 2026 · 51 min
Reddit is an endless archive of humanity’s most disturbing, bizarre, and deeply human stories. If you love going down internet rabbit holes, you are going to love CRIMES OF REDDIT with Alexis Linkletter and Sabrina Deana-Roga. Every Tuesday, one host brings a set of true-crime stories while the other reacts in real time with no prep, no spoilers asking the questions on everyone’s mind. They pull at every thread until the whole twisted picture comes into view. It’s dark, it’s messy, and the scari…
Cleopatra's Lost Tomb: History's Greatest Missing Body
Ep 14 · Aug 10, 2026 · 36 min
In 30 BCE, Cleopatra VII died on her own terms rather than face humiliation in Rome, and was buried beside her lover Mark Antony in a tomb described as surpassingly beautiful. Two thousand years later, that tomb has never been found... and rival archaeologists are still hunting for it in two very different places. This episode examines the real evidence behind Cleopatra's death, the underwater ruins of ancient Alexandria, and the controversial excavation at the Temple of Osiris thirty miles away…
The JFK Assassination: The Evidence, the Theories, and the Unanswered Questions
Ep 13 · Aug 3, 2026 · 38 min
On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was shot and killed while riding in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas. Within days, the government named Lee Harvey Oswald as the lone gunman... but more than sixty years later, most Americans still don't accept that verdict. This episode walks through the physical evidence, the major conspiracy theories, and what the newly released classified files actually reveal. Head over to our Hidden History YouTube channel to WATCH this episo…
The Lost Confederate Gold: Spent, Stolen, or Sunken?
Ep 12 · Jul 27, 2026 · 32 min
When Richmond fell in April 1865, the Confederate government fled south with its entire treasury: gold bars, silver coins, and pieces of eight. And by the time Jefferson Davis was captured weeks later, almost all of it was gone. Did it vanish into soldiers' pockets and wartime chaos, or did a secret society bury it for a future uprising? Some treasure hunters say millions in gold still sit in a railroad boxcar at the bottom of Lake Michigan. This episode traces every dollar from the burning capi…
D.B. Cooper: The $200,000 Disappearing Act
Ep 11 · Jul 20, 2026 · 38 min
On the night before Thanksgiving 1971, a man calling himself Dan Cooper hijacked a Northwest Orient Boeing 727, collected $200,000 in ransom, parachuted into a stormy Washington wilderness... and was never seen again. Fifty years of investigation, over a thousand suspects, and a single bundle of rotting bills are all that remain. This episode examines the science, the suspects, and the enduring question of whether D.B. Cooper beat the system entirely. Head over to our Hidden History YouTube chan…
The Death of Edgar Allan Poe: Fraud, Disease, Or Murder?
Ep 10 · Jul 13, 2026 · 35 min
On October 3, 1849, Edgar Allan Poe was found delirious outside a Baltimore polling place, wearing a stranger's clothes, with no memory of the previous five days. Four days later, he was dead at 40... and no autopsy was ever performed. Over 26 theories have been proposed, from rabies and tuberculosis to political cooping and targeted violence. Head over to our Hidden History YouTube channel to WATCH this episode: https://www.youtube.com/@HiddenHistoryPod If you’re new here, don’t forget to follo…
The Lost Colony of Roanoke: America's Oldest Mystery
Ep 9 · Jul 6, 2026 · 32 min
In 1587, around 115 English men, women, and children were left on a barrier island off the coast of North Carolina... and three years later, every single one of them had vanished without a trace. The only clue was a single word carved into a wooden post: CROATOAN. And to this day, nobody knows where they went. Head over to our Hidden History YouTube channel to WATCH this episode: https://www.youtube.com/@HiddenHistoryPod If you’re new here, don’t forget to follow Hidden History to never miss an…
The Shrould of Turin: Faith Versus Forensics
Ep 8 · Jun 29, 2026 · 37 min
A fourteen-foot strip of linen in Turin, Italy bears the ghostly image of a crucified man... and has divided scientists, historians, and believers for nearly seven hundred years. From the Black Death relic trade to radiocarbon dating and cutting-edge X-ray analysis, this episode examines every angle of one of history's most enduring unsolved mysteries. Head over to our Hidden History YouTube channel to WATCH this episode: https://www.youtube.com/@HiddenHistoryPod If you’re new here, don’t forget…
The Death of Alexander the Great: Two Weeks that Changed the Ancient World
Ep 7 · Jun 22, 2026 · 36 min
Explore the mysterious death of Alexander the Great, one of history’s most legendary conquerors, whose sudden demise at age 32 in 323 BCE still puzzles historians today. From disease and poisoning theories to the chilling possibility he was buried alive, this episode breaks down the most compelling explanations... alongside the enduring mystery of his missing tomb. Dive into ancient history, science, and myth as we uncover what might have really happened to Alexander the Great. Head over to our…
Princes in the Tower: The Murder Mystery that Inspired Game of Thrones
Ep 6 · Jun 15, 2026 · 32 min
Learn about the enduring mystery of the Princes in the Tower, where two young heirs to England’s throne vanished in 1483 amid political betrayal, royal intrigue, and a ruthless power grab by their uncle, Richard III. This episode explores the turbulent backdrop of the Wars of the Roses, examines competing theories, from murder and political conspiracy to survival and hidden identities, and considers how modern research and unanswered questions continue to challenge what we think we know about on…
The Patterson–Gimlin Bigfoot Film: Hoax or Proof Bigfoot Exists?
Ep 5 · Jun 8, 2026 · 45 min
Dive into the legend of Bigfoot through the infamous 1967 Patterson-Gimlin film, a 59-second clip that has divided scientists, skeptics, and believers for decades. This episode traces the creature’s roots in Indigenous traditions, unpacks the filming of the encounter, and examines competing explanations, from hoax claims and misidentification to evolutionary theories and even paranormal ideas. Leaving one central question: is Sasquatch real, or is this one of history’s most convincing illusions?…
The Mary Celeste: The Ghost Ship of the Atlantic
Ep 4 · Jun 1, 2026 · 50 min
Uncover the chilling mystery of the Mary Celeste, the infamous “ghost ship” found drifting in the Atlantic in 1872 with its entire crew vanished without a trace. From explosive alcohol fumes and navigation errors to sea monsters and conspiracy theories, this episode explores every possible explanation behind one of history’s most enduring maritime enigmas. Leaving you to decide whether it was a tragic mistake… or something far stranger. Head over to our Hidden History YouTube channel to WATCH th…
The Blast That Shook the World: Meteor, Comet, or Mystery?
Ep 3 · May 25, 2026 · 37 min
In 1908, a massive explosion tore through the Siberian wilderness. It flattened 80 million trees. Shattered windows hundreds of miles away. And lit up the skies across Europe. But here’s the problem: there was no crater. So what caused the Tunguska Event? More than a century later, scientists are still piecing together what happened over the Stony Tunguska River in 1908. Was it a mid-air meteor explosion… or something far stranger? Head over to our Hidden History YouTube channel to WATCH this ep…
The Roswell Incident: UFO Crash, Cover-Up, or Cold War Secret?
Ep 2 · May 18, 2026 · 39 min
In July 1947, something crashed in the desert outside Roswell, New Mexico. The military’s first announcement? They had recovered a flying saucer. Just hours later, they changed their story. It was only a weather balloon. So why the reversal? Why were records destroyed? And why have witness accounts of strange metal, secret interrogations, and even non-human bodies persisted for over 75 years? Was Roswell just a classified military experiment gone wrong… or the moment humanity first encountered s…
The Dancing Plague of 1518: A Deadly Epidemic That Made People Dance to Death
Ep 1 · May 11, 2026 · 37 min
What would make hundreds of people dance uncontrollably for weeks, until they collapsed? In 1518, the city of Strasbourg was overtaken by one of the strangest epidemics in recorded history. It wasn’t the plague. It wasn’t war. It was dancing. Doctors prescribed more dancing. Priests blamed a curse. Musicians were hired to keep the frenzy going. And bodies began to fall. Could something like this happen again? Head over to our Hidden History YouTube channel to WATCH this episode: https://www.yout…
Introducing Hidden History with Dr. Harini Bhat
Apr 21, 2026 · 2 min
Dr. Harini Bhat is a clinical pharmacist and storyteller obsessed with the moments in history that still can't be fully explained. Every week she investigates real events that defy easy explanation. Mass hysterias. Vanished civilizations. Medical oddities. Strange signals. Unexplained phenomena that keep repeating across centuries, as if history is trying to tell us something. Hidden History doesn't dismiss ancient events as myth or superstition. It treats them as open case files, shaped by the…
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