Articles by Jenny Williamson

Perched on a cliff at the edge of the world in the remote Orkney Islands, the ancient village of Skara Brae is a picturesque and dramatic sight. Carved into an ancient [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Here’s a really informative documentary on Cahokia: And here is a video of some people playing Chunkey! Our sources include, in no particular order: [...Read More...]

Hundreds of years before European contact, the biggest city in North America was located along the Mississippi River. At its peak, perhaps 15,000 people lived there—and [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! First off, here are some pictures of the site at Gobekli Tepe: Here’s a picture of the single female figure found at the site (in Layer II): And [...Read More...]

In our episode on the Sphinx Water Erosion Theory, we discussed the theory that the Sphinx was 10,000 years old. This date would require us to completely reorder our sense of [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Here’s Debbie Felton’s book Monsters and Monarchs: Serial Killers in Classical History and Mythology. More info can be found here, including [...Read More...]

Serial killers may seem like a modern phenomenon. But there were serial killers in operation in the ancient world—or so it would seem. Evidence for them is everywhere—in [...Read More...]

In this episode, we’ll delve into the mystery of Aokigahara, known in Japanese as the Sea of Trees—and to the rest of the world as the Suicide Forest. After the Golden [...Read More...]

Who were the witches and sorceresses of ancient Greece and Rome–and how did they wield their power? In this episode, ancient occult expert Daniel Ogden introduces us to [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Here’s a link to Daniel Ogden’s titles on subjects including ancient necromancy, witches, serpents, dragons, werewolves, and many [...Read More...]