No one expects the fifteenth century's biggest party pooper, Tomas de Torquemada and the Spanish Inquisition. What should you do if you see someone wearing fancy clothes on a Sunday?How many ways can you denounce your neighbour?Is a 'Papal Bull' a type of livestock?Was Torquemada evil or just 'over-keen'?The answers to these questions ( and some dungeon sound effects) can be found in episode 38 of Rogues Gallery Uncovered - The Podcast of Bad Behaviour in Period Costume. Thanks for listening....

Take a walk on the very wild side in 18th century London with teenage "Lad About Town," William Hickey. There's sex, booze, fighting and disrespecting of elders - what's the youth of yesterday coming to? Is stealing a rowing boat morally unacceptable? Which was the most violent pub in London - possibly?What do you do when caught in bed with another man's mistress?Should you ever drink anything described as "..a villainous compound of filth?" All these and many more questions will be answered...

After a bit of a break, Rogues Gallery Uncovered returns.  Join Hollywood's most misbehaved  duo, David Niven and Errol Flynn, as they water ski and roister through the 1930s - leaving a trail of broken hearts and heads in their wake. How gleefully unreliable can one man be?What was 'special' about 'OK Freddie'?Why wasn't Niven in Gunga Din?Why did Flynn get angry on behalf of his horse?All these questions, and so many more will be answered in a celebrity packed episode 37 of Rogues Gallery...

Keep your hands where everyone can see them while attending this stern lecture warning of the physical and moral decay brought about by the 19th century’s most destructive social contagion - MASTURBATION!! It’s a wrist achingly provocative tale of madness, blisters, breakfast cereals, female hysteria and abstinence.  Are there any life and sanity threatening  conditions NOT caused by masturbation?Why is spicy food evil?What is a 'four-pointed urethral ring' ?Does it really make you go...

Ramble on in search of filth with Restoration London's most promiscuous, booze addled, royalty offending, saucy poetry writing genius - John Wilmot 2nd Earl of Rochester. It's a disgraceful double-ended tale of Italian sex woodwork, highway robbery, park abuse and rhyming couplets.  How many years did Rochester spend permanently drunk?How offensive was the poem he accidentally gave to King Charles II?What happened under the shrubbery in Hyde park when the sun went down?Was Rochester brilliant...

 Its "All Aboard" when the 18th century's most promiscuous sailor puts into as many ports as he can, with Admiral Augustus John Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol.  Enjoy  a salty tale of multiple mistresses, naughty nunneries, and opera.  How many brothels did he visit in one day?What did he wear when looking for love beneath bridges?Why was he forever grateful to a horseDid he ever have enough energy to do any sailing? All of these questions and many more will be answered in episode  34 of Rogues...

Be provoked beyond reason by 18th century Ireland's most quarrelsome and violent bully boy - George "Fighting" Fitzgerald.  Its a short tempered tale of animal disguise, head trauma, gratuitous musketry and good old fashioned insanity. What did Fitzgerald do to his father - twice!?How did he stand when facing an armed opponent?Should you  avoid him on a narrow street?Why should you not try and seduce his female travelling companion?All these questions will be answered in episode 33 of Rogues...

Enjoy non stop nineteenth century sexcapades with Queen Victoria's most prolific swordsman and erotic wordsmith - Edward Sellon. Its a shameless tale of peeping, pooping, penile stamina and pistols. Why should ladies refrain from playing hide and seek with him?How many 'affairs' could he conduct at any one time?What's the worst thing that can happen when cleaning a sailing ship?Should he have been allowed anywhere near a girls boarding school?The answers to these and equally sleazy questions...

Brawling, duelling, thievery and seduction with the 17th century's most violent woman warrior - Catalina de Erauso.  Its a bloody tale of senseless violence, nunnery escapades, greed, unbelievable coincidences and the Pope.  Why did Catalina disguise herself as a man?How many times did she lose her temper and kill someone?What made her apologise profusely to her brother?Who was "The Cid"? All this and so much more will be answered in episode 31 of Rogues Gallery Uncovered - The podcast of...

Enjoy a spectacular night on the lash in Victorian London with one of the 19th century's most prolific party animals, Henry Weysford Charles Plantagenet Rawdon-Hastings. It's a convivial tale of drinking, rat baiting, dancing girls, drinking, outrageous pranks,  and menacing Scandinavians....... and drinking. Why should you always dance with a pocketful of coins?Who looked like "a giant blancmange"?What is so dangerous about Ratcliffe Highway?How much booze can four gentlemen of quality put...

Get whipped into a terrified frenzy of social anxiety with the 18th century's most notorious gang of lawless youths. It's a fear-inducing tale of brutal slashing, barrel-rolling, eye-gouging, random stabbing and violent flatulence.  Who was 'King of the Mohocks'?What is “Tippling the Lion”?How scared should I be?Is any of it true?Find out in episode 29 ( season 2) of Rogues Gallery Uncovered - The podcast of bad behaviour in period costume. Email:  [email protected] Support the...

Victorian Superman He translated the karma sutra, sneaked into one of the holiest places on earth, was the first European to see Lake Tanganyika – by accident -  and possessed an extremely impressive moustache. His name was Richard Francis Burton and there was very little he couldn’t do. It’s a tale of pathological boredom, heroic drinking, sexual exploration and malaria. Why did Burton live with a family of monkeys?What did he use to hit one of his teachers over the head?Where did someone...

Pirate, Cannibal, Bastard!! Tearing the heart out of the Spanish Main with the 17th century's most violently unhinged buccaneer - François l'Olonnais. It's a grisly tale of insane brutality, comedic beheading and poetic justice. Why did l'Olonnais hate the Spanish?Why would he have made a bad optician?What's the difference between a pirate and a privateer?What did his enemies do rather than be captured by him?The answers to all these questions and more can be found in episode 27 of Rogues...

Get "Hot for Teacher" with 17th century France's most hands-on sexual educator - Ninon de Lenclos. It's an enlightening tale of a woman who didn't give damn, outraged priests, lute playing, intimate soaping and free love. What did Ninon smuggle out of a nunnery in her underwear?How did Cardinal Richelieu waste his money?Why did no one go to the queen's parties?Did she really cheat the devil?The answers to all these questions and more can be found in episode 26 of Rogues Gallery Uncovered -...

He's built like an outside privy, loves bending horseshoes with his bare hands and tosses foxes into the air for a laugh. He's 18th century Europe's most manly monarch  - the heavyweight champion, king of Poland, Augustus the Strong. It's a masculine tale of bullfighting, bear fighting, rampant shagging and fine, delicate porcelain.   How did he become King of Poland when he wasn't even  Polish?How many animals did he toss in a single day?What arrangement did he have with his mistress's...

He's arrogant, scheming, selfish and will shag anything with a pulse. He's also famous, good looking and an ancient Greek hero. Meet Alcibiades.  You'll love him but not as much as he loves himself. It's a classical tale of ego, vigorous promiscuity, shameless backstabbing and phallic statue vandalism. What happened when he ended up in bed with Socrates?How annoyed was the king of Sparta when he slept with his wife?How many stone penises is he supposed to have broken?The answer to all these...

She was one of history's first recorded serial killers. Meet the 17th century's worst employer - Countess Elizabeth Bathory  It's a tale of psychopathy, torture, soccer and witchcraft.   Why was Elizabeth known as "The Blood Countess"?How many did she kill?What did she do with knitting needles?Did she really bathe in blood?Find out all the grisly answers in episode 23 of Rogues Gallery Uncovered - the podcast of bad behaviour in period costume. Support the gallery on Patreon  HERE Visit the...

Putting the "Verse" into "Perverse" with Russia's rudest poet - Ivan Barkov. This may be a shorter episode than usual but it's packed with literary smut. It's a tale of excessive drinking, wordsmithery, and an irresistible joy in causing outrage and offence. What was found shoved up Barkov's bottom?How unfeasibly well endowed was the hero of his most famous work?What happened when he spent three days with Catherine the Great?Who were his famous fans?The answers can all be found in episode 22...

If it's new, different or foreign - he hates it! Get whipped up into an outraged frenzy with the 19th century's most reactionary politician -  Charles De Laet Waldo Sibthorp. It's a blustering tale of outrage, offence, & old fashioned values. What was so offensive about trains?How did Sibthorp manage to infuriate Queen Victoria?Why did he rush from a brothel to the House of Commons?Was there anything he didn't complain about?Find out all the answers in episode 21 of Rogues Gallery...

Have a ringside seat as two 18th century gentlemen hack each other to pieces over an argument. It's a savagely violent tale of bombast, bloodletting and brutality as obnoxious aristocratic duellist Charles Mohun picks fights with anyone who gets in his way. But has he bitten off more than he can stab? Find out in episode 20 of Rogues Gallery Uncovered - the podcast of bad behaviour in period costume.   Support the gallery on Patreon  HERE Visit the exclusive store HERE Sign up for the...

Meet Mae West, the Hollywood icon who invented sex, at the beginning of her scandalous career It’s a shocking tale of prostitution, playwrighting, prize-fighters and jazz.   What did all the boys shout when she was on stage?Why was she arrested?How bad were the reviews of her play “Sex”?Did she care?How many orgasms did she give a lover in one night?Find out in episode 19 of Rogues Gallery Uncovered – the podcast of bad behaviour in period costume.  Buy a “Bad Girl Good Behaviour” T-Shirt ...

It's Flogging, Fustigation and Fun & Games with Regency London's most successful dominatrix (and BDSM pioneer) Teressa Berkley. Visit her specially appointed salon in the heart of the city, pay at the door and bend over as we explore 19th century England's fascination with "six of the best." Did "Flogging Houses"  have royal clients?  (of course, they did) What was the legendary  "Berkley Horse"? and how did it work? How many whips, rods, canes and switches did she have? What is...

Charming the dames, killing the opposition and taking care of business with the 1930s most glamorous gangster - "Bugsy" Siegel. Its a tale of Hollywood extravagance, contract killing, high society and the birth of Las Vegas. What happened when "Bugsy" caught someone cheating at cards? What did he try to sell Benito Mussolini? Why was his girlfriend so popular? Who was the only actor who stood up to him? All the answers and more can be found in episode 17 of Rogues Gallery Uncovered - the...

Join the self-pleasuring French literary giant as he explores the delights and diseases of the mysterious East. It's a grubby tale of 19th-century sex tourism, habitual masturbation, writer's block and VD. Why couldn't Flaubert leave himself alone? What happened when he visited a bathhouse? Were the contents of his letters home explicit? Did he write Madame Bovary? All this and more will be answered in episode 16 of Rogues Gallery Uncovered - the podcast of bad behaviour in period...